Claimed off Waivers: P.A. Parenteau (claimed by NJ)

[Alexander the Gr8]

Ladd - Tavares - ???????
Lee - Nelson - Strome

Popular belief is that top RW will be filled by one of the kids (Barzal, Ho-Sang, Beauvillier). Unless there's a trade in the works

Snow is making room for Kucherov or Gaudreau

 

[Pyrophorus]

Toronto, Edmonton, Vancouver, Columbus, Calgary, Winnipeg, and Arizona in that order would have the first shot at him.

Hard to think he gets past Arizona at the latest.

This is the order for everyone.

 

[Pyrophorus]

They tried that last year. No one wanted to pay what the Leafs were asking for and he got injured before they had a chance to dump him for whatever they could get.

Conjecture.

 

[Battle Lin]

has 20 20 potential...not bad for just over 1 mill

 

[613Leafer]

Id wouldnt classify be saddled with Bozak and Matthias as "top offensive minutes". Was Leafs best 5x5 producer. 4 less points that Kadri (2nd on Leafs in overall scoring). 20 goals is his career average too

He was #1 among Leafs forwards for PP time with 201:54, and at even-strength he had 39.7% offensive zone starts vs 29.3% defensive zone starts (second highest offensive zone starts on the team for a forward that played 25+ games).

His minutes were top-offensive minutes, most PP time + the second most lopsided zone starts on the team at even-strength. Regardless of who his linemates were (there weren't many good options), he was still getting offensive minutes.

http://stats.hockeyanalysis.com/rat...amid=28&type=individual&sort=toi&sortdir=DESC

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Solid player. I'd certainly welcome him back. Head scratching move from Snow here. Every team could use that vet you can put on lines 1-3 and who can pot 20. On a cheap one year contract no less.

 

[sansabri]

Conjecture.

Lol, no.

http://thehockeywriters.com/toronto-maple-leafs-are-disappointingly-silent-at-trade-deadline/

 

[bossram]

Who couldn't use a 20 goal scorer at just over 1 million? It just makes no sense.

 

[AZviaNJ]

Toronto, Edmonton, Vancouver, Columbus, Calgary, Winnipeg, and Arizona in that order would have the first shot at him.

Hard to think he gets past Arizona at the latest.

Duclair, Doan, Vrbata and some grinder combo of White/Fischer/Samuelsson on the right side. Islanders have a much greater need for PA and they cut him. PA's not coming to AZ.

 

[jiboy]

His attitude is not the best and to get his famous 20 goals he needs all the PP and some more offensive minutes. If you put him on the third line and 2nd wave your just getting a soft player who feels he should be playing more and brings a bad vibe to the team.

 

[Ducks Nation*]

Ducks please..................

 

[Leafidelity]

I was surprised when nobody asked for him at the deadline and I'm surprised now. Would have been great if we had the chance to keep him over Michalek, Greening and the other vet flotsam.

 

[sansabri]

I was surprised when nobody asked for him at the deadline and I'm surprised now. He was nothing but a solid NHL player that you can slot in the middle of your lineup while in Toronto.

Islanders wanted him, but the Leafs asked for too much.

 

[Kelly]

Islanders wanted him, but the Leafs asked for too much.

Which is fine.

Lou held his ground, if he kneeled for every GM nobody would take him seriously. We still shipped off Polak, Winnik, Matthias for all good returns.

 

[Kimota]

That guy never get any respect.

 

[CodeE]

Solid player. I'd certainly welcome him back. Head scratching move from Snow here. Every team could use that vet you can put on lines 1-3 and who can pot 20. On a cheap one year contract no less.

The cheap one year contract was designed because Snow felt that our four bluechip 1st rounders (Barzal, Beau, Ho-Sang, Dal Colle) could use another full year of development before making the big club. From the second PAP was signed, almost every Islander fan saw this as a stopgap as opposed to any sort of long-term solution.

PAP disappointed in training camp while Barzal, Beau, and Ho-Sang flourished. Would you hold onto the vet who can pot 20 on a cheap one year contract if it meant holding back say Marner or Nylander, knowing they were ready for NHL icetime?

Snow likely burned a bridge with PAP but it's not a head-scratching move when you consider how many Islander forwards are locked into roster spots. JT, Ladd, Nelson, Strome, Bailey, Lee, Clutterbuck, Cizikas, Chimera, Kulemin take up 10 out of a possible 13 roster spots, then you add in Quine & Prince, then you add in Barzal, Beau, Ho-Sang. Oh, and don't forget "scratched for 72 games outta 82" Eric Boulton as well. We'd also like to carry 3 goalies and 7 defensemen if possible.

You gotta prioritize the kids and figure out the most expendable roster forward.

 

[ManofSteel55]

surprised that a trade couldn't happen. I would think lots of teams would have interest.

 

[Seachd]

This is the order for everyone.

That's what he said.

 

[periferal]

His attitude is not the best and to get his famous 20 goals he needs all the PP and some more offensive minutes. If you put him on the third line and 2nd wave your just getting a soft player who feels he should be playing more and brings a bad vibe to the team.

You have any more hard core evidence to support that claim?

 

[TT1]

I remember when this guy was worth a 1st round pick.. it was just last season . How the mighty have fallen.

 

[Bouboumaster]

To Montreal!

 

[Legend123]

To Montreal!

well we need a scapegoat just in case

 

[MattMartin]

what? He's made some of the better moves in his tenure.

Snow did something to him as a child. Maybe he didn't throw him a puck after the game? I dunno.

 

[IslesNorway]

The deeply disturbing bit here is that they waive PAP whilst still keeping Eric Boulton on the roster....

 

[jiboy]

You have any more hard core evidence to support that claim?

Well he is not the hardest worker , he even admitted in an interview it was partly his fault if it did not work in Mtl. Roy and Therrien did not seem to like him at all. It seems every team he played for has soured on him at some point. Just the fact he could not get traded at the deadline and the contract he signed shows nobody in the league thinks highly of him. From what I saw and heard im guessing his compete level is the main problem because he does have talent.