Questions that have to be answered.

I really like the play of Stalberg, (who’s quickly turning into my favorite Leaf) along with Bozak, Kadri, Rosehill, Hanson, and Macdonald.

Here are my questions.

Should these guys be sent down with the way they’ve been playing?

Is there any hope for one of them or any combination of these guys staying as a complete (scoring) three man line? The Leafs haven't had any scoring power of note in their second and third lines in a very long time

Was this all for show and these very talented kids never had a chance from the start?

It's seems that all teams display their young talent at this time but only a rare few actually make the jump to the big club. Toronto seems to be in the enviable position of having at least three talented players who could make up an entire second or third line of rookies that seem to play with that very illusive thing called chemistry.

Here are the stats to prove my point:

2009/10 Preseason
No. Player Pos GP G A PTS +/- S S%
45 Viktor Stahlberg LW 6 4 2 6 2 17 23.5
43 Nazem Kadri C 6 3 2 5 6 10 30.0
42 Tyler Bozak C 5 1 3 4 3 10 10.0
39 John Mitchell C 5 2 2 4 0 9 22.2
20 Christian Hanson C 6 1 2 3 0 10 10.0


Does a veteran get to play just because he’s a veteran?

I'll take youth any day in a situation like this.

What would you do If you were Ron Wilson?