Joe Colborne News

They'll be trying to stay alive the next three games at Ricoh Coliseum to extend the American Hockey League final back here in 10 days.

Hey all! Welcome to Arctic Ice Hockey's first annual NHL Mock Draft. Over the next thirty days, Ryan, Tim and myself will attempt to telepathically channel the minds of NHL General Managers as they complete their final rankings in preparation for the 2012 NHL Draft being held June 22, 2012 in Pittsburgh, PA.

But the first stage has definitely arrived, with hockey in June now a certainty.

Rick Dudley may be leaving his post as Toronto's director of player personnel to become the assistant general manager in Montreal , but it's not because he believes the Maple Leafs are a lost cause.

That has become the running joke in the Toronto Marlies dressing room, where Matt Frattin's four-week-old playoff beard consists of a few whiskers above his lip and a few more on his chin.

But when Joe Colborne found a little hole on Yann Danis in the third period, the visitors' bench was celebrating.

Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke has sat in the front office chair for five years.

Ben Scrivens may finally meet his match when the Toronto Marlies face off against the Oklahoma City Barons in the AHL's Western Conference final.

You can say a lot of things about Brian Burke. However, one thing that every member of Leafs nation, and any other nation, can agree upon is that Brian Burke has given the Leafs the most well-stocked cupboard of prospects than they've had in a long, long time.

Along with Nazem Kadri and Jake Gardiner, Joe Colborne is one of the blue-chip players on the Marlies with the expectation being that he goes to the NHL, and soon.

After miserable seasons upon seasons in which the sports conglomerate has defined ineptitude on the ice, the pitch and the court, lo and behold Larry Tanenbaum and Co.

It's no secret to anyone that this offseason may be Brian Burke's last as GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs .