How Do the Toronto Maple Leafs Stack Up Down the Middle?

With the acquisitions of Defensemen Francois Beauchemin and Mike Komisarek, plus the addition of Swedish goaltending sensation Jonas Gustavsson, the Toronto Maple Leafs should be able to keep their goals against average down. The question is, who will put the puck in the net at the other end? It says here, if you are counting on the scoring to come from the centre position, don’t hold your breath.The Maple Leafs are poised to open the 2010 season with four centres, Mikhail Grabovski, Matt Stajan, and John Mitchell, are poised to fill the No. 1-2 and No. 3 spots. Tyler Bozak, Christian Hanson, and Andre Deveaux are set to battle it out for fourth line duties. When you consider either Grabovski, Mitchell or Stajan will be your number one centre on opening day the outlook is pretty grim. Grabovski, Stajan and Mitchell had a combined 47 goals last season while putting up an atrocious minus-28 rating. To say the Leafs will be in tough against the majority of NHL teams is an underst...