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CHINAZheng Zhi — 34, midfielder, Guangzhou Evergrande. The China captain has played in the English Premier League with Charlton Athletic, as well as Scottish giant Celtic. The 2013 Asian Player of the Year also lifted the Asian Champions League trophy with his current Chinese club.Gao Lin — 28, striker, Guangzhou Evergrande. The powerful striker is inconsistent but can be a real handful for defenders. Has scored more goals in the Chinese Super League than any other domestic striker.Zhang Linpeng — 25, defender, Guangzhou Evergrande. A powerful and skilful defender who often plays right-back for his club. Has been tipped to move to Europe soon.___UZBEKISTANServer Djeparov — 32, midfielder. The two-time Asian Player of the Year brings creativity, vision and a set piece threat to Uzbekistan, as well as unpredictable hairstyles.Odil Ahmedov — 27 midfielder, FC Krasnodar. The powerful and mobile midfielder can also play in the back four if necessary. Has a powerful shot and was once linked with Arsenal.Vitaliy Denisov, 27, Lokomotiv Moscow. An experienced left-back who has become one of the most accomplished in the Russian Premier League.___SAUDI ARABIANasser Al Shamrani — 30, striker, Al Hilal. The 2014 Asian Player of the Year is in great form, though he also made headlines for spitting at an opponent after the Asian Champions League final.Salem Al Dawsari — 23, midfielder, Al Hilal. One of the most gifted midfielders in West Asia, Dawsari can provide something special when his team needs it.___NORTH KOREAJong Il Gwan — 22, striker, Rimyongsu. The 2010 Young Asian Player of the Year is awkward for defenders to handle and dangerous in the area. Top scorer at the 2014 Asian Games.Pak Song Chol — 27, midfielder, Rimyongsu. A playmaker who rarely gives the ball way. Likes to drop deep to receive the ball and then start another attacking move. Played at the 2010 World Cup. Nike Vapormax Wholesale . 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Adjustment to a mismatched and ineffective back-end was a must for the Leafs, who finished near the league basement defensively last season – yielding more shots against than any other club. Polak, while not an upgrade to the steady, but increasingly over-taxed Gunnarsson, does offer a different kind of presence to the Toronto defence, something brawnier and edgier for head coach Randy Carlyle, if not quite better. Gunnarsson, it was ultimately deemed, could be replaced on the top pairing with something similar internally. "We like our defence individually," general manager Dave Nonis said after the final round of the draft was completed on Saturday afternoon, "[but] we didnt necessarily like how they fit together last year. We wanted to move some pieces and change the look, rebuild it a little bit. I wouldnt say its a major overhaul by doing something like this, but it does give us a different element and its a player we didnt really have." Maybe more significant is how the trade promises to open up further opportunity for the clubs two top guns on defence: Morgan Rielly and Jake Gardiner. By removing Gunnarsson – who teamed with Dion Phaneuf on left side of the top pair – and adding the right-handed Polak, the Leafs opened up room for Rielly and Gardiner to become more prominent members of the defence. Rielly should move from a place on the bottom pair to something more substantial in the top-four. Gardiner, who led the team in even-strength ice-time, might be the one to replace Gunnarsson on the top pair. "Those guys are going to have to take steps forward," Nonis said of the promising duo. "It might be a lot to ask for Morgan a little bit in his second year, but he made some pretty big strides last year and we would expect that hell take some more next [year]. And I think Jake is a good possibility [of doing the same] as well." Left-handed shots, Rielly and Gardiner were both forced to play the right side often last season – nearly the entire season for the rookie – due to the rarity of right-handed defenders on the Toronto defence (Gardiner, specifically, struggled with the change and eventually had to move back to the left). The addition of the 6-foot-1, 227-pound Poolak will ease that glut and allow more options for Carlyle.dddddddddddd The Blues, who ranked third in the league defensively a year ago, employed Polak in shutdown capacities as well as on their second-ranked penalty kill. He was known in St. Louis as a fierce, physical competitor willing to play through injury. The 28-year-old, who has two years remaining on a five-year contract ($2.75 million cap hit), led the Blues defence in hits and finished second in blocked shots. "Hes a tough guy to play against," Nonis said of Polak, picked in the sixth round of 2004 Draft. "If you look at the minutes he plays he often plays against teams top players. He is very physical, hes very strong. I think theres a perception that because hes so big hes not mobile, I dont think thats true at all. We think that one of his strengths is his skating ability. Hes going to provide a little bit of edge." The fifth overall pick in 2012, Rielly had a fine first season in Toronto, demonstrating improvement with each passing month. He finished with 27 points in nearly 18 minutes of nightly work, emerging as one of the Leafs top possession players in 73 games. It remains to be seen whether he can climb another rung as a sophomore next season though the organization is certainly hopeful based on all that they saw a year ago. "We are hoping that he improves next year," said Nonis. "He may not. He might go through a year where hes not quite ready to go up the lineup, but were comfortable that hes going to get there and hes going to be an impact player and were going to give him an opportunity to do that." Gardiner, meanwhile, finished a rollercoaster third season on a high. He was easily the teams best defenceman down the stretch of another alarming late season collapse, totaling five goals and 14 points in the final 21 games. "Jakes going to have times where [the media] sitting below me in the press-box will hear me smacking on the wall, but the fact is hes got God-given ability that you just cant teach," Nonis said of the 23-year-old. "I think hes getting the other part of his game under control. The last half of the season the turnovers and some of the mistakes he was making earlier were decreasing … He did come a long way." Nonis expects the Leafs to be active at the outset of free agency on July 1st. He was inclined to add another defenceman to the mix, while stating his acceptance to the status quo if furthers upgrades were unavailable. Gunnarsson had mixed feelings after a five-year stay in Toronto. He received word of the trade shortly after 11 a.m. on Saturday morning and was "kind of shocked". "I didnt expect it," he told TSN.ca, still piecing together the emotions of his first trade in the NHL. "Sucks leaving Toronto…its been great." ' ' '