MIKHAIL GRABOVSKI (BLR)
CENTRE
| GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM |
| 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 2 |
Continuing his NHL success at the 2009 World Championship, Leaf rookie Mikhail Grabovski is leading Belarus to a great run while averaging almost 30 minutes of ice time a game.
MIKHAIL STEFANOVICH (BLR)
CENTRE
| GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2008 draft pick Mikhail Stefanovich is seeing limited action but gaining vital experience while competing against some NHL level talent at the 2009 World Hockey Championship.
LUKE SCHENN (CAN)
DEFENSEMAN
| GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM |
| 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 0 |
Rookie defenseman Luke Schenn is enjoying a good tournament with limited ice time on a solid D group. Schenn is continuing his development while playing for Canada for the first time at the pro level.
IAN WHITE (CAN)
DEFENSEMAN / FORWARD
| GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 0 |
Ian White is up to his old tricks again at the 2009 World Hockey Championships. Once again White is being asked to move back and forth from defense to forward and doing it well. Unfortunately, White suffered a neck injury with conclusion symptoms and has left the team.
NIK HAGMAN (FIN)
LEFT WING
| GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +2 | 0 |
Nik Hagman is leading a Finnish team that has been impressive thus far. While there was some worry that the 2 concusions he suffered during the NHL season may have set him back this tournament is disproving that theory.
LEO KOMAROV (FIN)
CENTRE
| GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
Leaf 2006 draft pick Leo Komarov is seeing limited action at the 2009 World Championship for Finland, but is playing a strong defensive game and getting under the skin of opponents while gaining some highly valued experience against NHL level talent.
CARL GUNNARSSON (SWE)
DEFENSEMAN
| GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 4 |
Leaf 2007 draft pick Carl Gunnarsson has only played 1 game thus far at the 2009 World Hockey Championship and has been unimpressive. However, he is learning that the NHL level talent is higher than that which he sees in the Swedish Elite League.
ANTON STRALMAN (SWE)
DEFENSEMAN
| GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM |
| 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +7 | 6 |
Anton Stralman joined team Sweden after the Marlies were eliminated from the AHL playoffs and is showing once again that he is an NHL capable defensemen via his strong play at the 2009 World Hockey Championship.
JASON BLAKE (USA)
LEFT WING
| GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +5 | 4 |
Jason Blake joins Leaf coach Ron Wilson and GM Brian Burke with team USA where thus far he has played well. Blake has also been placed in a leadership role with a young team by coach Wilson as he was named an alternate captian.
LEE STEMPNIAK (USA)
RIGHT WING
| GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 6 |
Also joining Coach Wilson and GM Burke with team USA is disappointing trade acquisition, Lee Stempniak who thus far has been mediocre on an American team that has a lot of good young forwards.
RECORD
34-35-13 (81 PTS)
STANDINGS
24TH Overall
POWER PLAY
16TH Overall (18.8%)
PENALTY KILL
30TH Overall (74.7%)
April 14, 2009
SIGNING
TO TORONTO |
F Viktor Stalberg |
April 14, 2009
SIGNING
TO TORONTO |
F Robert Slaney |
April 3, 2009
SIGNING
TO TORONTO |
F Tyler Bozak |
March 31, 2009
SIGNING
TO TORONTO |
F Chris Hanson |
March 27, 2009
SIGNING
TO TORONTO |
D Jay Harrison |
March 15, 2009
SIGNING
TO TORONTO |
F C. DiDomenico |
March 5, 2009
SIGNING
TO TORONTO |
F Jeff Hamilton |
March 4, 2009
TRADE
TO TORONTO |
TO TAMPA BAY |
| G Olaf Kolzig | D Richard Petiot |
| D Jamie Heward | |
| D Andy Rogers | |
| 2009 4th rd. pick |
March 4, 2009
TRADE
TO TORONTO |
TO BUFFALO |
| 2009 2nd rd. pick | C Dominic Moore |
March 4, 2009
TRADE
TO TORONTO |
TO RANGERS |
| 2009 2nd rd. pick | RW Nik Antropov |
| 2010 cond. pick |
March 4, 2009
WAIVERS
TO TORONTO |
FROM OTTAWA |
| G Martin Gerber |
March 4, 2009
WAIVERS
TO TORONTO |
FROM RANGERS |
| D Erik Reitz |
March 4, 2009
SIGNING
TO TORONTO |
F Jeff Hamilton |
January 21, 2009
TRADE
TO TORONTO |
TO PITTSBURGH |
| F Ryan Hamilton | F Robbie Earl |
January 7, 2009
TRADE
TO TORONTO |
TO ANAHEIM |
| F Brad May | 2010 cond. 6th rd. |
November 24, 2008
TRADE
TO TORONTO |
TO ST. LOUIS |
| F Lee Stempniak | D Carlo Colaiacovo |
| F Alex Steen |
LEAFSREBUILDTRACKER.COM has assembled a list of Leaf year end awards based on their NHL counterparts. In each case the winning player is the Leaf judged most qualified to win the award from all the players on the 2008-2009 Leaf team. The Leaf players winning the LRT awards are by no means expected to win the corresponding NHL awards at the end of the season.
Select an award from the list above to see the 2008-2009 Leaf winner and runner-ups as well as LRT's 2009-2010 projected Leaf winner of that award.
Nik Hagman tallied 22 goals and 20 assists for 42 points in just 65 games in 2008-2009. Hagman was noticable on every shift and helped tutor the younger Leaf forwards such as Nikolai Kulemin and Mikhail Grabovski.
Jason Blake led all Leaf players in total points in the 2008-2009 season with 63. Blake has traditionally been a shoot first pass second player, but this year he set a carrer high in assists with 38 to go along with his 25 goals.
Jason Blake scored 25 goals to lead the Leafs in the 2008-2009 season. This year was a comeback season for Blake after a disappointing first season with the Leafs in 2007-2008 that saw the one time 40 goal scorer amass only 15 goals.
Pavel Kubina led all Leaf defensemen with 40 points in the 2008-2009 season. Kubina played on both the Power Play and Penalty Kill units, leading the team in Power Play goals. While his plus/minus was not impressive that was the case for the entire Leaf team.
Vesa Toskala wins this trophy based soley on the fact that of all the bad goaltenders the Leafs have gone through this season, he was the best. Toskala played through an injury most of the seaon before undergoing surgery at the beginning of March. Toskala posted a 22- 17-11 record with a 3.26 GAA in 2008-2009.
Luke Schenn had an impressive rookie campaign for the Leafs. The defenseman led the team in hits despite missing 12 games due to an injury. Schenn also averaged over 20 minutes of ice time a game and pitched in offensively with 2 goals and 12 assists.
Matt Stajan had his best season offensively putting up 15 goals and 40 assists while continuing his strong defensive play. Stajan was a penalty killing forward and the team's go-to faceoff man. Stajan also led all Leaf forwards in hits in 2008-2009 with 114.
Ian White was all but written off at the start of the 2008-2009 season. White was 9th on the Leaf depth chart for defensemen and sat in the press box for the first 11 games of the season. White first cracked the lineup as a forward before eventuially returning to defense putting up 10 goals and 17 assists for 27 points.
Nik Hagman put up 42 points over 65 games while playing a hard, gritty game. Despite his hard play style Hagman only tallied 4 minutes in penalties in 2008-2009 and if not for suffering 2 concusions, Hagman most likely would have led the team in scoring.
The following rookies have played in at least 5 games for the Leafs this season and are were all under the age of 25 at the start of the season.
FORWARDS
| NAME | GP | G | A | PTS | AGE |
| A. Deveaux | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| M. Grabovski | 78 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 25 |
| C. Hanson | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 |
| N. Kulemin | 73 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 22 |
| J. Mitchell | 76 | 12 | 17 | 28 | 24 |
| J. Williams | 11 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 25 |
DEFENSEMEN
| Name | GP | G | A | PTS | AGE |
| J. Harrison | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
| P. Oreskovic | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| L. Schenn | 70 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 19 |
| J. Sifers | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 |
GOALTENDERS
| Name | GP | W | L | OT | GAA | SV% | AGE |
| J. Pogge | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4.35 | .844 | 22 |
SIX DEGREES OF LEAFSREBUILDTRACKER.COM
WHO ARE WE?
This LEAFSREBUILDTRACKER.COM was created by an impassioned Maple Leaf fan by the name of Owen Wooding who after 25 years of watching the team continually make the same mistakes over and over again finally saw the first sign of the Leafs changing their team building philosophy. Mr. Wooding continues to be the driving force behind the site by way of content, site design as well as maintenance, and encourages informed comments and suggesstions from fellow Leaf fans.
WHAT ARE WE?
While some less informed types would suggest that any team that is not winning is rebuilding and hence the Leafs have been rebuilding since 1967, those with an actual understanding of such things know that is simply not true. As far as LEAFSREBUILDTRACKER.COM is concerned the rebuilding process began Jan 22, 2008 with the dismissal of John Ferguson and the hiring of Cliff Fletcher and continues on under Brian Burke.
WHY HAVE A SITE LIKE THIS?
The goal of this site is to hold Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) accountable regarding their commitment to rebuild the franchise. This site will track and evaluate all of the Maple Leaf transactions (signings, trades, draft picks, front office changes, etc) from a rebuilding standpoint.
HOW WILL WE DO IT?
When Leaf Management makes a move that does not appear to be in the best interest of rebuilding the team and instead seems to be falling back on the old habits of plugging holes with veteran players to finish in the middle of the pack, we will call them on it. We will explain the issues with such moves to Leafs Nation without smoke and mirrors of false hope to disguise the greed of MLSE shareholders as we've seen in the past.
WHEN WILL THE REBUILD BE OVER?
While there is no official time table in place for the rebuilding process we do know that Brian Burke received a 6 year contract to run the hockey operations which expires at the end of the 2014-2015 season. When lumped together with the year that Cliff Fletcher spent as Leaf's GM that makes 7 years. Most GM's come in with a "5 year plan" however we know that the Leafs have very little in the way of promising young talent or prospects and are almost the equivalent of an expansion franchise from that standpoint. As a result we think it fair to expect the team to be challenging for a playoff spot by the 2011-2012 season (4 years mark), be challenging for a top 4 spot in the conference by 2014-2015 (6 year mark) and be among the top 3 teams in the league by 2016-2017 (8 year mark). These are very conservative expectations to give the Leafs ample time to get their house in order. If however the team makes faster progress while sticking to the rebuilding plan that would be wonderful. Keeping Leaf Management and Leaf fans patient during that time may be the most difficult part of the rebuilding process and we will endeavour to help in that respect.
WHERE CAN YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THE REBUILD PROCESS?
For all Leaf rebuild information just bookmark LEAFSREBUILDTRACKER.COM to keep yourself informed about the rebuilding process and help us help you, the Leaf fan, hold MLSE accountable during this process.
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