Toronto Maple Leafs' Forward Dilemma: Should They Stay or Should They Go?

, though it's hard to imagine any team taking him on at $2 million a season. That gives Toronto three options:

1. Sit him in the press box as the 13th or 14th forward.  
2. Send him to the AHL and let him try to rediscover his game with the Marlies.   
3. Send him down and bring him back up on re-entry waivers, hoping someone would take him for one year at $1 million.

The last option isn't too far-fetched, since he does have a lot of grit and wouldn't be much of a gamble for a team with some cap space.

If Bell can't be moved, Devereaux would be the next guy on the list. Let's hope it doesn't come to that, though, because Devo wouldn't fetch a whole lot in a trade and he's a useful energy player. It's never a bad thing to have someone with speed these days.

 

Ideal lineup:

Blake-Antropov-Steen

Tlusty-Grabovski-Kulemin

Hagman-Stajan-Mayers 

Mitchell-Moore-Williams

Spares: Devereaux, Hollweg

 

Easy as pie!

Check in tomorrow as Josh pares down the Leafs' blueline.

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