A summer's worth of waiting, anticipating, and hoping for a Tomas Kaberle trade all turned out to be a waste of valuable time to all Leafs fans. Much like all of the anticipation for TSN's Free Agent Frenzy, all fans are left with this bitter taste in their mouths and a feeling that they got duped by all the media speculation and rumors.
The bitter taste is not because we don't like Kaberle. In fact, Kaberle is still probably the best player on the Leafs' roster. But when you look at the grand scheme of things, trading him for forward help would have helped the Leafs to win more games in the near future.
The Leafs' forward stock in the pantry is fairly empty. There are still so many unknowns with the team, you really can't give them a definitive grade.
How will sophomores Tyler Bozak, Carl Gunnarsson, Christian Hanson, and Jonas Gustavsson adjust to the NHL being ready for them (scouting, game plans, etc.)?
Mikhail Grabovski, will he ever be able to put it all together?
Is Nikolai Kulemin going to continually improve to justify that new $5.7 million contract?
Those are just a few questions that ...
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