The core of players to build a winner around has clearly grown this season. So have the draft picks and prospects within the organization. Knowing Brian Burke, I expect even some of what fans believe to be core pieces could be moved this summer if the right pieces come back the other way. There is no first line centre in the group of surviving players below. That person is likely to come through other means.
Like everyone else following the Leafs, I've handed out grades. Last season there were no A grades at the end of the season. This year there are 5 players and the oldest among them is just 27. Things are looking up finally.
| PLAYER | AT 20 GAMES | AT 40 GAMES | AT 60 GAMES | AT 82 GAMES | FINAL GRADE |
| Luke Schenn | A | B | B | A | A |
| Tomas Kaberle | A | B | - | - | - |
| Jonas Gustavsson | A | C | D | D | |
| Clarke MacArthur | B | B | B | B | B |
| Mikhail Grabovski | B | A | A | A | A |
| Phil Kessel | B | B | A | A | A |
| Nik Kulemin | B | B | A | A | A |
| Mike Brown | B | - | C | B | C |
| Fredrik Sjostrom | B | B | C | C | C |
| Kris Versteeg | C | A | - | - | - |
| Francois Beauchemin | C | B | - | - | - |
| Dion Phaneuf | C | B | B | A | B |
| Colton Orr | C | B | - | C | |
| Carl Gunarsson | C | D | C | B | C |
| J-S Giguere | C | C | C | D | C |
| Tyler Bozak | D | C | C | C | C |
| Mike Komisarek | D | D | D | D | D |
| Tim Brent | D | D | C | B | C |
| John Mitchell | D | D | - | - | - |
| Brett Lebda | D | D | D | D | D |
| Keith Aulie | - | B | B | B | B |
| Nazem Kadri | - | C | - | B | C |
| Colby Armstrong | - | C | B | - | - |
| James Reimer | - | - | A | A | A |
| Joffrey Lupul | - | - | B | B | B |
| Darryl Boyce | - | - | C | B | C |
| Joey Crabb | - | - | C | C | C |
| Matt Lashoff | - | - | - | C | C |
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