Toronto Maple Leafs 2008 Opening Night Projected Lineup

Well, I know this is not a very original article, but I actually did my homework on this one. First off, a lot of this is actually based on comments by Leafs GM Cliff Fletcher and/or those by coach Ron Wilson. Also the Leafs had one of their first team practices of the year in which most players were present. The first line is a bit of a surprising one. No shocker that Nik Antropov is there—or even that Poni is the LW on the "top line". What is very surprising is that Wilson wants to give Mikhail Grabovski every opportunity to start on that line as well. Given his inexperience, it seems surprising that Grabovski appears to be the team's opening-day No. 1 center. First Line:    Ponikarovsky   Grabovski    Antropov   Wilson has also stated recently that Steen and Stajan will be the teams second and third centers. It appears the Leafs are attempting to go with three balanced "scoring" lines. Fletcher has said numerous times that Nikolai ... (link)