Fun With Numbers Toronto Maple Leafs Style.

As we get ready to watch our beloved Maple Leafs this Saturday I thought we should have something to ponder over.

How much will you make this weekend?

Name	Pos.	09/10 Salary	Pay Per Game
Jason Blake	L	$4,500,000	$54,878.05
Phil Kessel	C	$4,500,000	$54,878.05
Michael Komisarek	D	$4,500,000	$54,878.05
Tomas Kaberle	D	$4,250,000	$51,829.27
Francois Beauchemin	D	$4,200,000	$51,219.51
Vesa Toskala	G	$4,000,000	$48,780.49
Jeff Finger	D	$3,500,000	$42,682.93
Lee Stempniak	R	$3,500,000	$42,682.93
Mike Van Ryn	D	$3,350,000	$40,853.66
Niklas Hagman	L	$3,000,000	$36,585.37
Mikhail Grabovski	C	$2,750,000	$33,536.59
Alexei Ponikarovsky	L	$2,500,000	$30,487.80
Matthew Stajan	C	$1,750,000	$21,341.46
Garnet Exelby	D	$1,725,000	$21,036.59
Wayne Primeau	C	$1,400,000	$17,073.17
Jamal Mayers	R	$1,400,000	$17,073.17
Colton Orr	R	$1,000,000	$12,195.12
Ian White	D	$950,000	$11,585.30
Jonas Gustavsson	G	$900,000	$10,975.61
Luke Schenn	D	$875,000	$10,670.73
Nikolai Kulemin	R	$850,000	$10,365.85
Rickard Wallin	C	$800,000	$ 9,756.10
Viktor Stalberg	L	$715,000	$ 8,719.51
Joey MacDonald	G	$650,000	$ 7,926.83
John Mitchell	C	$500,000	$ 6,097.56
Jay Rosehill	D	$500,000	$ 6,097.56

"I wanted to remain a Maple Leaf," Tucker said. "It was difficult to pick up the pieces after I left. It was tough."

Oh!!!!! A random thought and side note on Tucker...

Tucker was bought out by the Toronto Maple Leafs that were in a rebuilding stage, he played eight-years and 531 games.

"I have always been, pretty much, a blue-collar player, and anything I have ever achieved in my career has been through hard work."

Blue collar. Hard working. Gritty. Sound familiar? Leafs general manager Brian Burke wants his team to have, -remember- “proper levels of pugnacity, testosterone, truculence and belligerence” but we don't have Darcy anymore and still Toronto pays him US$1-million a season--for the next 4 years all to be an elder statesman with the Colorado Avalanche.

Tucker responded on his first return with the Avalanche by scoring a goal and adding an assist in Colorado's 4-1 victory. We paid him $12,195.12 to beat us that night.