I want you back !

[Ratboy]

I f***ing love this song. The bassline is amazing. Especially in the 2nd chorus, the way the octave is integrated. Beautiful.

 

[taurine330]

Mogilny

 

[Cap'n Flavour]

Definitely Stralman but even better would be Svehla from 20 years ago.

 

[scooter87]

Kulemin before the injuries T_T

 

[IBeL34f]

Steen was my first thought, but Stralman is an excellent choice as well.

 

[al secord]

Ohhhhh Greg McKegg give me one more chaaaaaance.

 

[IBeL34f]

Ohhhhh Greg McKegg give me one more chaaaaaance.

Now. Since. I. See. Yoouuuuu. In Phil's arms.

 

[ACC1224]

Seguin

 

[I Believe]

Kulemin before the injuries T_T

Oh man, that Kulemin/Grabovski/Macarthur line was fun to watch back then.

 

[613Leafer]

Hamilton would be a very good fit (we didn't draft him, but it was our pick). 24 year old 6'6 RHD top pairing defenceman.

 

[BertCorbeau]

Right now? Grabner... Somehow learned how to score again as soon as he left the Leafs.

 

[Jozay]

Kessel, easily.

 

[Schenn]

Ohhhhh Greg McKegg give me one more chaaaaaance.

 

[The Apologist]

100% Phil the Thrill... This team would be lights out, pick your poison good.
Imagine:
Matthews or Willie
And then
Naz or Mitch
Followed by
JVR or Phil

Who the hell do you defend?

 

[Goonface2k14]

Phil Kessel
Alexander Steen
Michael Grabner
Anton Stralman
Tuukka Rask
Brian Boyle
Richard Panik

In that order, based on the Leafs' current roster.
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[Apotheosis]

Kessel or Stralman.

 

[HomerJLeafs]

Stralman
Steen
Stajan

 

[Mickey Marner]

I ****ing love this song. The bassline is amazing. Especially in the 2nd chorus, the way the octave is integrated. Beautiful.

TFW 10 year old Michael Jackson is more talented than you will ever be.

 

[WillyFirstofhisName]

2011 1st rounder.

You know what? If we could do trade-backsies right after the draft, that would be nice too. We traded the Saad pick too. Remember a lot of people though he should have went much earlier

 

[PromisedLand]

Give me A.Steen instead of Bozak; and I think we compete in the playoffs


Seguin and Dougie Hamilton under Babcock would have been nice as well

FU Burke

 

[CalEh]

These are all so great to read.

What a great thread. What a time to be a LEAFS fan. What a time to be ALIVE.

GO LEAFS GO. GO LEAFS GO. GO LEAFS GO. GO LEAFS GO.

 

[Bullseye]

If Pitt retain 1.25 mil per year then Kessel. In fact I'd trade JVR for Kessel right now.

 

[tokyoite]

Luke Schenn ?

 

[WillyFirstofhisName]

Want to play a little more of a revisionist here?...considering the Kessel trade was already done, we actually had these picks before that draft, and who would have been available, it could have been:

25th - Rackell (Philly's pick via Versteeg)
30 - Gibson (Bostons pick via Kaberle)
39 - Saad (ours)
43 - Kuch (acquired by dealing Stralman)
^ Could subsititute Trocheck in lieu of any of those 4
86 - Leivo (Versteeg)
100 - Gaudreau (ours)
130 - Shaw (ours)
152 - Manson (via Edmonton)
160 - Anton Forsberg (we swapped this for Anaheim's 2012 6th for some reason)
190 - Ondrej Palat (ours)
203 - Dzingel (Anaheim's pick via Joey MacDonald)

So esseintially if our FO was competent before Shanny arrived, our projected future lineup in 2011 could have been (discounting Morgan Rielly and onwards):
Gaudreau-Trocheck-Kucherov
JVR-Bozak-Kessel
Saad-Kadri-Lupul
Palat-Komarov-Kulemin/Shaw

Phaneuf-Gunnarsson
Gardiner-Manson
Fraser-Franson (ew)

Gibson
Reimer

But that 2011 draft netted us Biggs, Percy, Leivo, Nilsson, Cameranesi, Broll, Robertson, Sparks, Everson. Despite hindsight being 20/20, our scouting was absolute dog crap. I like our FO and future now though.

 

[Stephen]

You know your team has been lost in the wilderness when the only ex-Leafs worth mentioning are basically Kessel, Steen, Stralman and Rask. Most other guys are basically close to bouncing out of the NHL when their time in Toronto is up...