TorontoSun: ... The same execs, for the record, don't care as much for the Leafs' new centre, Mikhail Grabovski. «Too small," said one. «Too selfish. He has a Sergei Berezin mentality without Berezin's talent.» ... As of today, the Leafs forwards are Nik Antropov, Jason Blake, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Niklas Hagman, Alex Steen, Grabovski, Dominic Moore, Boyd Devereaux, Jiri Tlusty, Nikolai Kulemin, Mark Bell and the eventually re-signing, Matt Stajan. Could be the worst collection of forwards in Leafs history.

Globe and Mail: The Toronto Maple Leafs will announce later today that they have signed young forward Matt Stajan to a two-year deal worth $3.5-million (all currency U.S.).
With Stajan under contract that means the Leafs have 24 players signed for the upcoming season for a $51.3-million payroll. The Leafs also are close to signing28-year-old Swedish defenceman Jonas Frogren.
Stajan, 24, scored a career-high 16 goals last season and was one of only three Leafs to play in each of the 82 regular season matches. Jason Blake and Tomas Karberle were the others. Stajan's salary of $1.75-million will make his the 11th highest paid player with Toronto, just behind Nik Antropov ($2.05-million) and ahead of Alexander Steen ($1.7-million).

Here is the Leafs payroll for 2008-09:

Player Salary Cap hit

Bryan McCabe $5,750,000
Pavel Kubina $5,000,000
Tomas Kaberle $4,250,000
Jason Blake $4,000,000
Vesa Toskala $4,000,000
Jeff Finger $3,500,000
Niklas Hagman $3,000,000
Mark Bell $2,166,700
Alexi Ponikarovsky $2,105,000
Nik Antropov $2,050,000
Matt Stajan $1,750,000
Alexander Steen $1,700,000
Nikolai Kumelin $1,487,500
Jamal Mayers $1,333,333
Carlo Colaiacovo $1,282,300
Dominic Moore $900,000
Jiri Tlusty $855,000
Mikhail Grabovski $850,000
Ian White $850,000
Anton Stralman $737,700
Curtis Joseph $700,000
Boyd Devereaux $575,000
Staffan Kronwall $487,500
John Mitchell $475,000
Tucker buyout $1,000,000
Raycroft buyout $533,333

Total payroll $51,338,366