2018/19 Toronto Maple Leafs W/ John Tavares and Trade - by Moses

From Toronto Maple Leafs; Curtis McElhinney, Nikita Zaitsev, and 2019 1st Round Draft Pick to the New York Islanders for Ryan Pulock

As a result this is our team;

Head Coach - Mike Babcock

Goalies

1.  Frederik Anderson
2.  Garret Sparks
3.  Calvin Pickard

Defencemen

1.  Morgan Rielly
2.  Ryan Pulock
3.  Travis Dermott
4.  Jake Gardiner
5.  Calle Rosen *
6.  Ron Hainsey
7.  Justin Holl *
8.  Andreas Borgman *
9.  Andrew Nielsen *

* - Alternates

Forwards

1.  John Tavares (C)
2.  Auston Matthews (C)
3.  Mitch Marner (RW/C)
4.  William Nylander (RW/C)
5.  Nazem Kadri (C/LW)
6.  Kasperi Kapanen (RW)
7.  Andreas Johnsson (LW) 
8.  Patrick Marleau (LW/C)
9.  Zach Hyman (LW)
10.Connor Brown (RW)
11.Ben Smith (C) *
12.Miro Aaltonen (C) *
13.Frederik Gauthier (C/LW) *
14.Dmytro Timashov (LW) *

* - Alternates

Lines

1st Line    LW Nazem Kadri  C John Tavares  RW Mitch Marner

2nd Line  LW Zach Hyman  C Auston Matthews  RW William Nylander

3rd Line  LW Andreas Johnsson  C Patrick Marleau  RW Kasperi Kapanen    

4rth Line LW Frederik Gauthier  C Ben Smith  RW Connor Brown

2018/19 Toronto Maple Leafs Trade Talks and New Roster- by Moses

Trades

1.  From Toronto Maple Leafs - (LW) James van Riemsdyk and (D) Nikita Zaitsev to the St. Louis Blues for (D) Alex Pietrangelo

2.  From the Toronto Maple Leafs - (G) Curtis McIlhenney, (C) Miro Aaltonen, and (D) Calle Rosen to the Columbus Blue Jackets for  (D) Zach Werenski

Other Moves

1.  Free cap space by not signing (LW) James van
Head Coach - Mike Babcock

Projected Record 53 Wins - 20 Losses - 5 OTL - 4 SHL 115 Points

Goalies

1.  Frederik Andersen
2.  Garret Sparks Riemsdyk
3.  Calvin Pickard

Defencemen

1.  Alex Pietrangelo
2.  Morgan Rielly
3.  Zach Werenski
4.  Jake Gardiner
5.  Ron Hainsey
6.  Travis Dermott
7.  Justin Holl
8.  Andrew Nielsen
9.  Connor Carrick
10.Andreas Borgman

Defence-Pairings

1.  Alex Pietrangelo and Zach Werenski

2.  Morgan Rielly and Jake Gardiner

3.  Ron Hainsey and Travis Dermott

4.  Justin Holl and Andrew Nielsen 

5.  Connor Carrick and Andreas Borgman

Lines

1.  Zach Hyman  Auston Matthews  Connor Brown

2.  Nazem Kadri  William Nylander  Mitch Marner

3.  Andreas Johnsson  Patrick Marleau  Kasperi Kapanen

4.  Matt Martin  Leo Komarov  Josh Leivo

5.  Dmytro Timashov  Ben Smith  Jeremy Bracco       

The Occupy Movement Revisited - by Moses

  In 2010/11 (July '10 - Dec 31 '11) the Occupy Movement started in many places around the World.  Canada, Portugal, Greece, Egypt, and Palestinian Leaders all bought in to make it happen.  This was the new Kibbutz Movement I stood to reason.  I spoke in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada on many occasions to discuss the importance of having a Kibbutz Movement, and a new beginning towards a new Kibbutz Movement in Nations outside Canada.

  We preach to our young to have strong ideals.  To be brave to work.  To be honorable among our friends and family.  We all have our ideas of a Utopian society, where everything performs at optimum.  Is the Occupy Movement a relating analogy towards a Utopian society?  Perhaps just a simpler existence.

  It is now May of 2018 and we have seen a brainwashing occur in the last 7 years.  The Occupy Movement has magically disappeared from five Nations based on the infinite wisdom of the U.S Government.  The U.S.A were the first Nation to shut down their Occupy Camps.  In fact, the Mainstream Media of the U.S.A dares not to even make an analogy of what could have been (Couldn't that have been closer to a Utopian society for having existed?).

  As we stand today we see a game of ping pong being played around the World.  Strike/counter-strike mentality.  When will the mentality of indifference be accepted and incorporated towards the young that would like to live their lives according to those ways (as opposed to living in F.E.M.A camps across their Nations).  Growing up in Canada I always prided myself as being lucky to be living where I was living.  That I could have fun at Camp and enjoy the summer.  The children's freedoms and rights were defended at almost all Canadian summer camps.  The problem with camps in 1983 in Canada are different than today; back then there weren't many 'Black' or 'Asian' kids in Canadian Camps.  There was some segregation in our Country back then.  THAT was the problem back then.  In today's' age we've employed multiculturalism across Canada breeding multiculturalism in our summer camps.  The problem in today's age is that we're seeing Freedoms and Rights being sacrificed (by-laws being one example) in how people live their lives.  This is a growing epidemic in mega-cities and affects our youth.  A child then goes to a multicultural summer camp with deficiencies from that environment.  The multicultural aspect of the camp is definitely a good thing but why are there deficiencies for the children's home environment being perpetuated from their home base.  Maybe we need alternatives to the issues of a 21 year old shooting, a 17 year old on crack, a 25 year old on an a.p.b, or a 19 year old - whose homeless, falling.  Wouldn't a 15 year old be better served to see the option of a society that's a little less superficial than the one we see today (before he/she acts out on him/herself)?                               

Toronto Maple Leafs Developments - by Moses

Don't sign Free-Agent Tyler Bozak and trade Nikita Zaitsev for young talent. 

Sign Free-Agent John Tavares for $70 Million U.S.D over six years with $3 Million of the contract being given as a signing bonus.  This will only affect the pay role by about $2.7 Million U.S.D/Year over those six years as Bozak and Zaitsev earned a combined $8.5 Mil U.S.D last year.

Sign William Nylander to a 3 year deal for $26 Mil U.S.D

Sign James van Riemsdyk to a three year deal for $22 Mil U.S.D

If need be to be under the cap; lose Roman Polak (currently at 2.5 Mil/Year) and lose Leo Komarov (currently at $2.5 Mil/Year).