Leafs' Phaneuf: Alternate Captain For Team Canada: Dion Phaneuf will serve as as alternate captain for Team Canada at the IIHF World Hockey Championship, reports the Toronto Star. (Updated 05/03/2012)
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/27/12).
Fantasy Analysis
Let's hope this experience helps him build his game and confidence -- his game seemed to be a bit scattered at the end of the season. (Updated 05/03/2012).
Phaneuf was derailed last season by a horrific skate cut that came within a tiny fraction of an inch of ending his season and possibly his career. His conditioning was off upon his return but when the Leafs traded Tomas Kaberle, we finally got to see the Dion of old. He was offensively dominant in the final third of the season, potting a forward-like 17 points in his final 26 games. That's clearly not a sustainable pace. But his more mature approach coupled with a more creative Leafs' power play this season could get him back to near 50 points. And that would be his best output since his glory years in Calgary. Draft accordingly. (Updated 10/4/11)
