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hockeylover said:
Stephen Burtch ‏@SteveBurtch
the #Leafs SHOULD be able to move one of their top 6 wingers and get a top 4 D man from another NHL club.
The question is - what teams have surplus top 4 D and not enough W?
So are Lupul or MacArthur worth Fedor Tyutin to Columbus?
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:lol
 
Komi speaks:

Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Mike Komisarek addressed a report out of St. Louis this weekend that suggested that he would welcome a trade out of Toronto.

Andy Strickland, a St. Louis-based reporter, tweeted on Saturday, "Mike Komisarek gave Leafs a list of 12 teams he'd accept a trade to but I'm told he'd pretty much accept a trade anywhere. Wants to play."

Komisarek, who has been a healthy scratch for the past 14 games, discussed the report with the media on Sunday.

"I'm not going to be commenting on what someone in St. Louis said so I don't even know the guy or why he said that," said Komisarek. "So I know the media types will like to say, 'A report, an anonymous report,' I'm curious to see where you guys get your stuff. That's all I can say at this time."

Komisarek did suggest that he was amused by the flurry of interest in him.

"It must be a slow news day," he said.

Strickland also tweeted, "Even if Leafs took back 50 per cent of Komisarek salary not sure teams are lining up to take that contract...compliance buyout seems more likely."

The 31-year-old, who has no points in four games for Toronto this season, has a modified no-trade clause. He is in the fourth season of a five-year, $22.5 million contract, with an annual cap hit of $4.5 million.

Komisarek commented on the difficulty of watching games from the press box.

"You want to play, you want to contribute, that's the biggest thing. You don't want to be a passenger," explained Komisarek. "You want to be helping the team out and I can just worry about what I can control and that's come to the rink and keep a positive attitude and sure as well got to be ready if an opportunity comes when and where that it is who knows.

"We'll see how it unfolds. Right now I'm just taking it day by day. Well see how it unfolds."

Maple Leafs head coach Randy Carlyle was asked about how veterans John-Michael Liles and Komisarek are responding to being healthy scratches.

"They've handled it like most professionals. There hasn't been one iota of negativity from either of those gentlemen."
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http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=417305
 
Komisarek must have done something to piss Caryle off (injuring himself at practice?). He seemed to be playing fine, and at any rate he is certainly no worse than Korbinian Holzer. There's more to this story than you're seeing.
 
PlayerToBeNamedLater said:
There's no story.

He's the 8th or 9th best dman when everyone is healthy.
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If Komisarek wasn't in the doghouse, Caryle wouldn't continue to run with a struggling Holzer without so much as giving the former another opportunity. The fact that they seem to be trying to avoid playing Komisarek at all costs doesn't square with his play this season.
 
Goldust said:
If Komisarek wasn't in the doghouse, Caryle wouldn't continue to run with a struggling Holzer. The fact that they seem to be trying to avoid playing Komisarek at all costs doesn't square with his play this season.
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Komi's in the dog house because he sucks.

It isn't Komi or Holzer. Komi would have to leap frog Holzer and Liles and Gardiner when he gets back, just to get into the top 6.
 
PlayerToBeNamedLater said:
Komi's in the dog house because he sucks.

It isn't Komi or Holzer. Komi would have to leap frog Holzer and Liles and Gardiner when he gets back, just to get into the top 6.
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Komisarek looked pretty solid to me in the games he did play this season.

Like I said, if there was nothing personal here then Holzer would at least have been sat for a game.
 
Goldust said:
Komisarek looked pretty solid to me in the games he did play this season.

Like I said, if there was nothing personal here then Holzer would at least have been sat for a game.
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If Holzer was sat, Liles, the other healthy scratch, would go in before Komi. Or Gardiner would play if he was healthy enough.

Komi is just way down on the depth chart due to performance.
 
There has been a complete overhaul of management and coaching and Komi still doesn't play.

Its not personal. Other than the fact that he personally sucks.
 
I don't think there;s any big mystery - a coach can put the fear of god into young players, not so much into vets.

and if the vet is a borderline player, the coach is going to go with a kid who listens to him, not a vet who doesn't.
 
holzer is also a much better skater than komisarek.

tough to slot komi in, too. fraser-franson work well as a 3rd pair but seem to get into trouble when their minutes are increased.

komisarek kind of fits into the same category, except he's slower than both of them, doesn't bring franson's offense, and seems to take more minor penalties than fraser. also, the whole left/right thing.
 
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