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Date: Team: Pos:
Carter Ashton - W - Maple Leafs

Don't be surprised if a number of Maple Leaf prospects get a long look at training camp in September.

Certainly Joe Colborne and Ryan Hamilton will be considered for Leaf roster spots in 2013-14 as they both have some NHL service time. However, Marlies Carter Ashton, Greg Scott and Jerry D’Amigo could also be ready to take the next step. Marlie coach Dallas Eakins believes that any or some combination of those five players could fill out spots with the big club. Stay tuned. Training camp for the suddenly improving Maple Leafs could be interesting.
Source: Toronto Star
May 25 - 11:52 AM
Carl Gunnarsson - D - Maple Leafs

Carl Gunnarsson will be a restricted free agent this summer.

"The ball is in their court right now, so they got to get it moving," Gunnarsson said. "The four years I've had here have been great. We'll see what they want from me next year. I haven't thought about what I want." He plans to speak with his agent this week.
Source: Sportsnet.ca
May 22 - 4:35 PM
Leo Komarov - W - Maple Leafs

Leo Komarov admitted Tuesday that he's talking with the Moscow Dynamo of the KHL but said he's waiting for an offer from the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Komarov is a restricted free agent and is free to head to Russia if he pleases. Whether he's seriously contemplating it or not, the fact is that this will likely drive the price up for whatever contract Toronto had in mind. Depending on what the KHL club is willing to offer, the cost might be too much for the Leafs to keep a player that's essentially a fourth liner.
Source: Dmitry Chesnokov on Twitter
May 21 - 1:49 PM
Mike Kostka - D - Maple Leafs

Mike Kostka will not require any surgical procedures to repair his fractured index finger.

Leafs' vice-president of hockey operations Dave Poulin made the announcement after further X-rays were done. Kostka sustained the injury in Game 1 against Boston and wasn't able to play for the rest of the series. He is eligible to become an unrestricted free agent this summer and it's unclear if he'll be back with Toronto.
Source: Toronto Sun
May 21 - 8:24 AM
Mikhail Grabovski - C - Maple Leafs

Mikhail Grabovski admitted, in an published interview Monday, that he bit Montreal Canadiens forward Max Pacioretty back on Feb. 9.

"He was choking me and I bit him," Grabovski told Yahoo!'s Dmitry Chesnokov. "Don't stick your hands where you shouldn't. To be honest with you he was choking me pretty hard, to the point where I really couldn't breathe. And I couldn't pull his hand away at all. I tried to hit him with my other hand, but I couldn't because he was choking me. There was nothing left to do but bite him." The NHL investigated the incident but no suspension was given because they couldn't prove that a bite occurred, but it doesn't matter now.
Source: Toronto Sun
May 21 - 8:15 AM
James van Riemsdyk - W - Maple Leafs

Toronto head coach Randy Carlyle was very impressed with what he saw from winger James van Riemsdyk in the Maple Leafs' playoff series against Boston.

Carlyle referenced the fact that van Riemsdyk was seemingly unwilling to take the punishment required to score goals when he first arrived in Toronto, saying "We told him to camp in front of the net and if he didn’t want to do that, we’d put somebody else there. From that point on, he made the decision that he was going to go to those tough areas and make a living there." The 24-year-old led the Maple Leafs in playoff scoring with seven points, which bodes well for his future with the club.
Source: Toronto Sun
May 19 - 9:32 AM
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

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