If the Toronto Maple Leafs are deep at any position, it's certainly on defense. With the additions of Dion Phaneuf, Mike Komisarek, and Francois Beauchemin at various points last season, they'll start next season with a strong core of both offensive minded defenders and stay at home guys as well.
That includes two young studs in Luke Schenn and Carl Gunnarsson, and the biggest question of all in Tomas Kaberle; who by all accounts could be long gone by the time next year rolls around.
They also have Jeff Finger, a constant healthy scratch this season, and a tough player to get rid of simply for his menacing contract of $3.5 million per season for the next two years. Its widespread knowledge that the likelihood is he'll be sent down to the minors, thus lifting his salary fro ...
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Free Agent Frenzy: Does Brian Burke Dare Add More Depth on Maple Leafs’ Defense?
Posted: 13th June 2010 by Jon Neely in NHLComments Off on Free Agent Frenzy: Does Brian Burke Dare Add More Depth on Maple Leafs’ Defense?