A lot is being made about the Leafs' inability to score but I don't think the picture is as gloomy as many in the media portray. I decided to make some predictions for goal-scoring totals for our lineup this year and I don’t think they are all that unreasonable. Kessel and Phaneuf would have to have career years, but I expect nothing less from both individuals. I've also include previous best totals for each player in brackets.
Tyler Bozak - 23 (previous best 8 in 37 games)
Phil Kessel - 39 (previous best 36)
Kris Versteeg - 25 (previous best 22)
Clark Macarthur - 14 (previous best 17)
Nazem Kadri - 14 (previous best n/a)
Nikolai Kulemin - 23 (previous best 16)
Colby Armstrong - 17 (previous best 22)
Mikhail Grabovski - 10 (previous best 20)
Christian Hanson - 7 (previous best 2 in 31 games)
John Mitchell - 5 (previous best 12)
Luca Caputi - 5 (previous best in 23 games)
Fredrik Sjostrom - 5 (previous best 12)
Colton Orr - 1 (previous best 4)
Mike Brown - 3 (previous best 6)
Tomas Kaberle - 8 (previous best 11)
Dion Phaneuf - 20 (previous best 20)
Luke Schenn - 9 (previous best 5)
Francois Beauchemin - 5 (previous best 8)
Carl Gunnarsson - 7 (previous best 3 in 43 games)
Mike Komisarek - 3 (previous best 4)
Brett Lebda - 3 (previous best 6)
Total 245; which total would’ve been sixth best in the league last year and 35 better than our total last year. If the Leafs can even improve by half that amount and reduce the goals against by at least 30 (which, again, I don’t think is an unrealistic expectation), the team should be much improved and competing for a playoff spot.
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