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Is Joffrey Lupul’s season in danger with Randy Carlyle as Toronto Maple Leafs new head coach?

Found March 03, 2012 on centericechat.com: Yardbarker Blogger Network
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As immediate as possible, it seems, new Toronto Maple Leafs bench boss Randy Carlyle admits he made a mistake while in Anaheim with the Ducks. Joffrey Lupul, Toronto’s talented top left-winger, was never given that chance as he battled back surgery and injuries in the 2009-10 and the early part of the 2010-11 season. Lupul was outspoken about his past with Carlyle when the Leafs played the Ducks earlier this season. Via the Star: “I know the opportunity I’m getting in Toronto I never would have had in Anaheim. Randy Carlyle just didn’t see me as that type of player,” Lupul said in November. “You want to prove people wrong. (Carlyle) didn’t give me any opportunity on left wing. His words to me were, ‘You’re not able to play left wing in this league.’ It’s something I’ve worked on since I got to Toronto, and now I feel more comfortable on left than I ever was on right.” Carlyle knows he made a mistake. He admits it. He tried to use Lupul as a right winger, but that has bee
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