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Updates and Rumours from around the League

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Well we cannot all love 'Canada's Team,' or it would be boring.
 
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Rumpleforeskin said:
via @billysweatt "this is for all Leafs Fans, I never turned down anything. Just wanted to wait to see how things shaked out with their trades"

"Then Burke yanked the deal. If he didn't there is a possibility I could have been a Leaf today"
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It's Bill Freakin Sweatt.... big deal. The guy is almost 22 and has yet to play an NHL game.
 
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It's moreso the principle of the situation rather than his status as a player, HP. And even with that in mind he's a pretty decent prospect in his own right so to needlessly lose a body that could have benefitted the Leafs down the road and at least made an impact on the farm club is disappointing to say the least.
 
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Rumpleforeskin said:
via @billysweatt "this is for all Leafs Fans, I never turned down anything. Just wanted to wait to see how things shaked out with their trades"

"Then Burke yanked the deal. If he didn't there is a possibility I could have been a Leaf today"
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Man, I almost feel like signing up for twitter just so I can ask him why we should give a shit.
 
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hockeylover said:
His agent said that Burke gave a "generous offer" but they were interested in testing free agency. That's pretty much a no.
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Especially when you have yet to play a game in the NHL ...

... or even the AHL.

No wonder Burke pulled that offer off the table.
 
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I saw Jon Zion a couple of summers ago standing in line outside a bar in Ottawa, and I couldn't help but think "nice move turning down that contract and going back in the draft"

What a putz.

I guess he is playing in Europe at least.
 
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LeafGm said:
Man, I almost feel like signing up for twitter just so I can ask him why we should give a shit.
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haha me too. Im tempted to sign up for twitter and tell him "No, your agent clearly said you wanted to test free agency"
 
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Sweatt:
06/07 (18, NCAA): 30 gms, 9 gls, 26 pts (82 gms, 25 gls, 71 pts)
07/08 (19, NCAA): 37 gms, 10 gls, 27 pts (82 gms, 23 gls, 60 pts)
08/09 (20, NCAA): 37 gms, 12 gls, 23 pts (82 gms, 27 gls, 51 pts)
09/10 (21, NCAA): 39 gms, 15 gls, 33 pts (82 gms, 32 gls, 70 pts)




He looked like he could be a real prospect at 18 years old, but he's shown zero progression since then.

For a guy who might be at best a 3rd or 4th liner in the NHL, Sweatt and his agent do a lot of talking.
 
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leafman101 said:
As for Wellwood, I thought he turned himself into a nice checking line center. Its too bad he's not bigger. I'd take him over Mitchy though.

I think Vancouver will be disappointed that they let him go to pay Malhotra 3 times as much.
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I'd prefer Wellwood over Mitchell as well. And I agree that paying Malholtra so much more is not a good idea for Vancouver.
 
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09/10
Wellwood (27): 75 gms, 14 gls, 25 pts, +6, 13:52, 53.8% F/O
Malhotra (30): 71 gms, 14 gls, 33 pts, +17, 15:37, 62.5% F/O


Malholtra's probably a better fit than Wellwood as a checking centre given his size. But Malholtra comes at a big price tag of 2.5 mill.

In a cap world, I'd take Wellwood at a 1/3 of the cost. He's better value.
 
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Huet's going to be playing in Switzerland this season:

Report: Huet to Play for Swiss Team.
The Swiss news site 20 Minutes Online reports Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Cristobal Huet will be loaned to the Swiss team Fribourg-Gotteron next season under a one-year contract.

SPECTOR'S NOTE: Hat tip to "Andreas" for the link. No official word yet from the Blackhawks but it's believed loaning Huet to a European team is among their options.
 
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seriously, if that is what Chicago is doing and they get away with that, I can't see why the big money teams wouldn't use that.

basically the leafs still pay the salary (contractually obligated) yet the number comes off the books and he still plays (for a swedish team)

Everyone is happy. Better than a buyout for sure

I would love to see in the new CBA buyouts not affect the cap. Give the teams that make money and have to participate in revenue sharing an advantage for being profitable.
 
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That would defeat the purpose of a cap.

Free buyouts would be like a big eraser. It allows teams to sign players for too much money then just wipe it off the books if things don't work out.
 
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Well, Huet is from Europe, so going back to the Swiss makes sense for him if he's not getting a job in the NHL.

From a cap perspective, this is no different from demoting a player to the AHL. NHL teams can 'hide' a contract today by sending him to the AHL anyways.
 
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corksens said:
That would defeat the purpose of a cap.

Free buyouts would be like a big eraser. It allows teams to sign players for too much money then just wipe it off the books if things don't work out.
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Not really because they would have to pay it out right...

so if there is 7 million left on Fingers deal, the leafs would pay 7 million up front, say thanks and then he walks
 
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I agree with Cork here. This gives richer teams a huge advantage over small market teams.
 
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