Scoring Predictions for the 2019/20 Toronto Maple Leafs - by Moses

Toronto Maple Leafs

Player                                           GP       G      A      PTS    +/-

1.  Mitch Marner                          82       30     87      117    +40
2.  Auston Matthews                    82       50     50      100    +33 
3.  John Tavares                            71      44     47        91    +40  
4.  Morgan Rielly                          82      25     61        86    +30
5.  William Nylander                    77      30     45        75    +30 
6.  Kasperi Kapanen                    75       24     43        67    +21  
7.  Andreas Johnsson                   76       25     40        65    +20 
8.  Tyson Barrie                            82       17     42        59    +23   
9.  Ilya Mikheyev                         80       23     35        58     +7  
10.Jake Muzzin                            82       13     36        49     +20  

Gestapo Techniques Part 5 - by Moses

  The modern day level of bureaucratic and authoritative red tape enshrined in the Canadian Constitution has led us to today where every person in this country can be tracked by GPS.  When the authorities strike, they usually do so in great numbers.  Remember the Sammy Yatim case in Toronto, Ontario, Canada a few years back?  Just a quick review;  Ratim, an 18 year old Arab Adolescent, was drunk or high and had a switchblade on a public bus.  He scared everyone there, yet no one was injured.  When the Police arrived they ordered him to disarm and give up his switchblade from a distance.  When Yatim didn't comply, an Officer of the law shot him EIGHT times.  Now explain to me this;  If authoritative measures allow for gross misconduct of the officers on our force how does the average home look at the end result.  An 18 year old was killed, murdered.  Bottom line.  Why didn't the Police shoot Yatim in the foot to disarm him.  As a result of 8 or 9 Policemen being in gross negligence of the law, we're supposed to believe they act in our interests?  Now we're led to believe that the Police force needs to SERVE and PROTECT, yet there are unconstitutional undercover task force vehicles parading throughout our city every day and night on our streets.  We're supposed to trust that there won't be any breaches in the law by the police themselves, yet with uncommon consistency we see these breaches (infractions on the law by the police themselves).  At this point the authorities say that they don't racially profile (which they do), that they don't monitor the home (which they do), and that the general populous can't hold them accountable to their actions (which they can).  How many more lies and deception are the authorities going to promote?  

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS PEOPLE

The Imminent trade of the Toronto Maple Leafs - by Moses

  It is apparent early into this years' NHL season that the Toronto Maple Leafs lack the muscle to support the skilled players they have.  The same could be said of the team through the last two years in the playoffs.  Dubas needs to be proactive in this quest for a tough player, as the Leafs can't afford to lose Matthews, Marner, Tavares, or Nylander to injury. 
   Look at the Montreal Canadians of the seventies.  They had a ton of skilled players (like the Leafs of today) and had Rick Chartraw when the opponent tried to intimidate one of the Canadians skilled players.  Montreal played under Scotty Bowman and were not the typical seventies NHL Teams.  There were the Bruins and the Flyers that played a dirty style game of hockey using intimidation as their weapon.  The reason the Habs were so proficient in the seventies was because they couldn't be intimidated.  If a team tried taking a run at one of their skilled players Chartraw or Larry Robinson would even the score.  Big Bird wasn't really a fighter but was the biggest and strongest player in the game when he played and was graceful when exacting a dirty hit.  In other words he wasn't the type of hockey player to injure a player when he fought back.  It was either a clean hit or a fight.  Many players feared what Robinson was capable of in a fight.  Chartraw on the other hand was a loose cannon and known to be one of the best fighters in the game.  He exacted revenge on the opponents with reckless abandon and teams (like the Bruins and the Flyers) knew they were in for it if they tried to be physical with Lafleur, Shutt, Cournoyer or any other skilled players on their team (for that reason).

  By account, the Leafs are a young enough team to withstand trading away draft picks to pick up a tough left winger in the mold of Wayne Simmonds.  Having a big guy playing alongside Matthews would free up Auston's game.  I would expect this to lead him to many years scoring 100+ points and perhaps a sip from the Cup.

Trade Proposals

1st Trade

From the Toronto Maple Leafs;  Jeremy Bracco (RW) and 2021 4rth Round Draft Pick to the New Jersey Devils for Wayne Simmonds (Forward) and $8 Million U.S.D (financial arrangements to pay 80% of Simmonds' salary for the 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 campaigns).

2nd Trade

From the Toronto Maple Leafs;  Trevor Moore (LW) to the Minnesota Wild for Carson Soucy (D)

  With Simmonds the Leafs would be adding another veteran that will prevent teams from bullying our skilled players.  The veteran presence will be very important for the Stanley Cup playoffs as this takes some of the load off our current veterans, such as John Tavares, Zach Hyman, Jason Spezza and Frederik Andersen (among others).  Trading for Soucy is purely insurance that at least our blue-line will have enough healthy bodies for the duration of the Stanley Cup playoffs.  

As a result here is our Roster;

Coach

Mike Babcock

Goaltenders

1.  Frederik Andersen
2.  Kasimir Kaskisuo *
3.  Ian Scott *

Defencemen

1.  Morgan Rielly
2.  Tyson Barrie
3.  Jake Muzzin
4.  Cody Ceci
5.  Justin Holl
6.  Travis Dermott 
7.  Carson Soucy  
8.  Rasmus Sandin *
9.  Martin Marincin
10.Timothy Liljegren *

Forward Lines

             LW                                               C                                        RW

1.  Wayne Simmonds                   Auston Matthews             William Nylander

2.  Zach Hyman +                           John Tavares                    Mitch Marner

3.  Andreas Johnsson                    Jason Spezza                   Kasperi Kapanen

4.  Dmytro Timashov                 Alexander Kerfoot               Ilya Mikheyev

Bench

1.  Frederik Gauthier (C)

* - in Minors
+ - on injured reserve