The Globe and Mail’s James Mirtle is reporting that the Leafs have cut 23 players from their training camp roster. This list – which features hardly any surprises – can be found below.
Assigned to AHL: Will Acton, Tyler Brenner, Matt Caruana, Dave Cowan, Jamie Devane, Josh Engel, Brayden Irwin, Kyle Neuber, Denny Urban, Kelsey Wilson
Assigned to Junior: David Broll (Sault Ste. Marie), Sam Carrick (Brampton), Andrew Crescenzi (Kitchener), Josh Leivo (Sudbury), Josh Nicholls (Saskatoon), Sondre Olden (Erie), Stuart Percy (Mississauga), Brad Ross (Portland), Garret Sparks (Guelph)
Released from Try-out: Garrett Clarke, Mitchell Heard, Mike Schwindt, Matt Stanisz
My thoughts on the cuts:
- Mitchell Heard is the only name on the list I’m somewhat upset about. Although unspectacular, Heard had a good showing in the rookie tournament, not unlike Andrew Crescenzi‘s last year which landed him an ELC.
- Kenny Ryan remains. He’s likely AHL bound, but his strong game against Ottawa has shown the brass he might be ready for prime time.
Colby Armstrong 6’2 195 Forward
Darryl Boyce 6’0 200 Forward
Tyler Bozak 6’1 195 Forward
Mike Brown 5’11 205 Forward
Luca Caputi 6’3 200 Forward
Joe Colborne 6’5 213 Forward
Tim Connolly 6’1 190 Forward
Joey Crabb 6’1 190 Forward
Jerry D’Amigo 5’11 213 Forward
Philippe Dupuis 6’0 196 Forward
Matt Frattin 6’0 200 Forward
Mikhail Grabovski 5’11 183 Forward
Richard Greenop 6’4 246 Forward
Ryan Hamilton 6’2 230 Forward
Nazem Kadri 6’0 188 Forward
Phil Kessel 6’0 202 Forward
Nikolai Kulemin 6’1 225 Forward
Matthew Lombardi 5’11 195 Forward
Joffrey Lupul 6’1 206 Forward
Clarke MacArthur 6’0 191 Forward
Greg McKegg 6’0 195 Forward
Dale Mitchell 5’9 200 Forward
Marcel Mueller 6’3 232 Forward
Colton Orr 6’3 222 Forward
Jay Rosehill 6’3 215 Forward
Kenny Ryan 6’0 210 Forward
Greg Scott 6’0 193 Forward
Mike Zigomanis 6’0 200 Forward
Keith Aulie 6’5 217 Defence
Jesse Blacker 6’2 190 Defence
Jeff Finger 6’1 209 Defence
Cody Franson 6’5 213 Defence
Jake Gardiner 6’2 184 Defence
Carl Gunnarsson 6’2 196 Defence
Simon Gysbers 6’4 200 Defence
Korbinian Holzer 6’3 205 Defence
Mike Komisarek 6’4 243 Defence
Matt Lashoff 6’2 204 Defence
John-Michael Liles 5’10 185 Defence
Juraj Mikus 6’4 210 Defence
Dion Phaneuf 6’3 214 Defence
Luke Schenn 6’2 229 Defence
Jonas Gustavsson 6’3 192 Goaltender
Mark Owuya 6’2 198 Goaltender
James Reimer 6’2 212 Goaltender
Jussi Rynnas 6’5 212 Goaltender
Ben Scrivens 6’2 192 Goaltender
Damien Cox of the Toronto Star speculates that unsigned Coyotes forward Kyle Turris could be a trade option for the Maple Leafs, stating that very preliminary talks may have taken place between Brian Burke and Coyotes GM Don Maloney. He goes on to say that Tyler Bozak could be the asking price for the former third overall pick of the 2007 entry draft.
In my opinion, this could be a great deal; or it could blow up in our face. It’s not known for sure if it would just be Bozak for Turris straight up, but at this point in time it would be a hell of a hard decision to determine who has more value.
Turris has more offensive potential than Bozak, but currently is (and projects to be) a better all around player.
What are everyone else’s thoughts on this?
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