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James Reimer - G - Maple Leafs

Toronto GM Dave Nonis expects James Reimer to be back as the team's number one goalie next season.

"At this point, I'd say he'll be back as No. 1," Nonis told reporters on Thursday to wrap up the year. "I think his mental make-up remains his strength. It's something you could question last year. I think it was clear that a lot of his issues a year ago were based upon his health. When we needed quality goaltending ... James was very good. I don't think anyone could point to goaltending as an issue with our team." The Leafs may continue their search for a quality veteran keeper, but Reimer made plenty of positive steps during the lockout-shortened campaign.
Source: Toronto Star
May 17 - 10:02 AM
Mark Fraser - D - Maple Leafs

Mark Fraser isn't certain if the X-ray floating around the Internet, depicting his fractured skull, is real or not.

"I haven't seen anything, but to be honest I can't bring any validity to anything," he said Thursday while sporting a nasty scar above his right eye. "I wasn't the one taking the picture and I haven't even seen it." Fraser suffered a frontal skull fracture when was struck by the puck in Game 4 against Boston. He is expected to be available in time for training camp.
Source: Toronto Star
May 16 - 4:52 PM
Tyler Bozak - C - Maple Leafs

Toronto GM Dave Nonis said the team will re-sign Tyler Bozak if the contract makes sense.

Nonis said, "the (salary) cap is going down, and how we allocate our dollars is very important if we're going to remain competitive." Bozak will become an unrestricted free agent in July if a new deal isn't worked out with the Maple Leafs. It was also revealed that he tore his triceps muscle at the end of Game 5 against Boston. The injury was initially reported as a bicep issue. In any event, his "arm injury" will take about four weeks to recover from.
Source: TSN.ca
May 16 - 12:30 PM
Mark Fraser - D - Maple Leafs

Mark Fraser sustained a frontal skull fracture in Game 4 against Boston.

He didn't suffer brain damage, bleeding or a concussion though which is good news.
Source: James Mirtle on Twitter
May 16 - 12:22 PM
Phil Kessel - W - Maple Leafs

Toronto's brass was thrilled with the play of Phil Kessel this season.

"From a development standpoint, what we would say is the biggest plus, because there were a lot of pluses, is probably the play of Phil Kessel," Leafs vice-president of hockey operations Dave Poulin said on Wednesday. "Not only in the playoffs and in that series, but throughout the year. He took his game to a different level. He did it physically and he did it in all three zones and he played hard (against the Bruins)." Much was made about Kessel's past struggles versus his old team heading into the first round, but he put those talks to rest by netting four goals and recording six points in the series. The 25-year-old winger has one year left on his current deal, so an extension could be in the works as soon as this summer.
Source: Toronto Sun
May 16 - 11:50 AM
Tyler Bozak - C - Maple Leafs

Tyler Bozak won't need surgery for his bicep injury.

According to Leafs vice-president of hockey operations, Dave Poulin, the Toronto center suffered the injury on a faceoff late in Game 5. The ailment kept him out of Games 6 and 7. Bozak is expected to need four weeks to recover. He can become an unrestricted free agent this summer and now that the Leafs' season is over, it is expected that contract talks will resume.
Source: Toronto Sun
May 15 - 6:06 PM
Mikhail Grabovski - C - Maple Leafs

Mikhail Grabovski represents an interesting situation for the Maple Leafs this off-season.

Toronto may want to re-sign potential unrestricted free agent Tyler Bozak and lock up restricted free agent Nazem Kadri to a long-term deal. To free up some cap space, Grabovski's $5.5 million cap hit could be moved. If the Leafs decide to go down that route then GM Dave Nonis will probably seek a trade partner first and if that's doesn't work out then he could use a "compliance" buyout. Of course all of this is pure speculation right now. Grabovski had a tough regular season before showing some improved play in the postseason. However, as a whole points were hard to come by for him.
Source: Toronto Star
May 15 - 11:57 AM
Clarke MacArthur - W - Maple Leafs

Clarke MacArthur had a solid playoffs for Toronto, but it might not save his roster spot on the team for next season.

He will probably be permitted to walk as a free agent this summer despite getting two goals and three points in five postseason appearances. The Leafs have some depth players on the Marlies, in the AHL, who could take his place in the lineup and play for less money. MacArthur had eight goals and 20 points in 40 games with Toronto during the regular season.
Source: Toronto Star
May 15 - 11:48 AM
Tyler Bozak - C - Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs assistant GM Claude Loiselle said Tuesday that Tyler Bozak has a bicep injury.

Bozak missed Games 6 and 7 with an upper-body injury. It was thought to be the same shoulder injury that sidelined him late in the season. We still don't know the severity of the bicep injury and it's unclear if the two ailments are related. Unless something is torn, it's hard to imagine Bozak will need surgery, but it's clear now why he couldn't play through the injury.
Source: James Mirtle on Twitter
May 14 - 6:29 PM
Joe Colborne - W - Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs reassign Joe Colborne to AHL Toronto.

Colborne, who is a former Bruins first-round draft pick, played in Games 6 and 7 of the Leafs' first-round series against Boston. He didn't score but did finish with three shots on goal in the two games. He'll join the Marlies during their second-round playoff series.
Source: James Mirtle on Twitter
May 14 - 5:27 PM
Korbinian Holzer - D - Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs reassign Korbinian Holzer to AHL Toronto.

Holzer was recalled as a precaution more than anything. It makes sense to send him back down with the Maple Leafs now eliminated and the Marlies in the second round of the AHL playoffs.
Source: James Mirtle on Twitter
May 14 - 5:21 PM
Joffrey Lupul - W - Maple Leafs

Joffrey Lupul tweeted the Monday's Game 7 loss to the Boston Bruins will "haunt me until the day I die."

It's hard to blame Lupul for feeling that way after the Maple Leafs blew a three-goal lead in the third period and then lost in overtime. Lupul didn't have a point Monday night but was all over the ice and just missed on a couple of opportunities. It's unlikely anyone on the Maple Leafs will get over the feeling of collapse anytime soon, but eventually they'll move past it and start preparing for next year.
Source: Joffrey Lupul on Twitter
May 14 - 12:34 PM
Randy Carlyle - C - Maple Leafs

Leafs coach Randy Carlyle thought his team couldn't sustain enough of their energy Monday night.

"I thought we ran out of gas, Carlyle said. "We knew they were going to come with a push and it seemed that we stopped they started to pinch their game down the wall. They started that early in the third and we capitalized on it, but we couldn’t seem to execute for the full 20 minutes of the third period. We scored two or three goals off of rushes that we exploited them, pinching, and had support underneath and got a two on one I think the Kadri goal. We had another breakaway, (Matt) Frattin missed on the breakaway and we weren’t executing in getting some things off of it. When you build a 4-1 lead you want to check, check, check, and as I said I thought we just ran out of gas as far as our group."
Source: Toronto Star
May 14 - 11:34 AM
Phil Kessel - W - Maple Leafs

Phil Kessel wasn't ready to look at the bright side after the Leafs were ousted in Game 7 of their first-round series.

While some were able to find a silver lining, Kessel wasn't ready to do that after being a part of a monumental collapse that saw the Leafs blow a three-goal lead in the third period. "How can you look at the positives after a game like that?" Kessel said. "I don’t know what happened to us. 4-1, you can’t lose that game. Obviously we’ll have the summer to think about it, work hard and get back at it next year." Kessel had four goals and two helpers in the seven-game series.
Source: Toronto Star
May 14 - 11:30 AM
Nazem Kadri - C - Maple Leafs

After the disappointment of blowing a three-goal lead settled, Nazem Kadri took the glass-half-full approach.

"At the end of the day, we proved a lot of people wrong. Nobody gave us a fair shake at this series. We pretty much gave Boston all it could handle," said Kadri. "I truly believe it’s going to make every single person in that dressing room a better hockey player in the future. This is an experience you can’t buy. We’re going to take what we can and go back to work next year. Despite the struggles early in the playoffs, Kadri emerged as one of the better up-and-coming young centers in the league with 18 goals and 44 points this season.
Source: Toronto Star
May 14 - 11:26 AM

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