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suggestion to clean up the leafs HUGE mess

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Yep some of those of those trades could definitely happen,some of them couldn't.I have been kinda forced to watch the Nucks(I am livin in BC)and definitely think Mason Raymond would be an awesome asset to the Leafs and would just fix even more of those cracks.But Cory Schneider is not exactly ready to play in the big leagues full time(which the Leafs would want of him) but when Cory does start to play,if he has even a smidge of talnt,The Leafs will want him cause right npw there goalies are like fish going up stream(and everybody is hunting em down! :unsure:

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The Leafs should follow the following steps:

Trade Pavel Kubina, Mats Sundin, Bryan McCabe, Darcy Tucker, and Andrew Raycroft to Western Conference teams for prospects or picks. Ideally the Sundin trade would also yield a young top-six forward plus prospects and picks.

Retain their RFAs for next season.

This would give them a roster going forward of:

F: Jason Blake, Alex Ponikarovsky, Nik Antropov, Mark Bell, Alex Steen, Chad Kilger, Matt Stajan, Kyle Wellwood, Jiri Tlusty, Boyd Devereaux, Young top sixer (a la Hudler/Filppula)

D: Tomas Kaberle, Hal Gill, Carlo Coliacovo, Ian White, Anton Stralman, Staffan Kronwall

G: Vesa Toskala, Justin Pogge

This leaves two forwards and a defenseman that need to be acquired, with a cap hit of only about 30m. Assuming Sundin returns for around 5m, that means the Leafs would have about 15m with which to add a forward and a defenseman. If these are smart acqusitions, and guys that are likely to help the team long-term, the Leafs could be in a solid rebuilding mode while still maintaining the potential for current success. They absolutely should not spend to the cap in this scenario unless the guys they are getting WARRANT that kind of money. I would project the free agent signings as no more than 4m or 5m each for someone under 33 that is WORTH that kind of money.

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