Well the Leafs’ season is almost over (3 games left?), although for many of the veterans and those that have been with the team for more than a year, it was done much earlier than now (JvR, Lupul, Hunwick, Kadri were all shut down due to injuries & etc). This year was meant to be a rebuilding year so nothing was expected of the team. At the same time, it was hard to get enthused about the team – I hardly watched any games, but I kept up to date with blogs.

The team saw some high profile trades before and during this season. The faces of the franchise, Kessel & Phaneuf are both gone. The trade deadline wasn’t as exciting as I had hoped, and we weren’t able to convert all of our one-year-contracts into picks; but it opened enough slots to give our prospects some try outs. I’m not sure how the Leaf’s management did it, but they somehow got around the post-trade deadline call up rules and had a ton of Marlies rotating in and out of the lineup. Did we really have that many injuries? Well as long as the NHL doesn’t slap the team on its wrist and cause them to lose a draft pick or two…

I’m not sure if the Leafs will get the 1st overall draft pick. It would be nice to draft Matthews as a franchise 1C but I hear the other picks are pretty promising too. We’ll see what happens – next year the expectations will be higher on the team. Maybe the kids will compete for a playoff spot!