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poor I-learned-everything-I-know-from-draft-profile-websites jays

it's liek you've never watched him play.

blazing speed.

heh.
 
Happens quite often with taller players, that you'll see a wide varience of opinions on their speed.......generally because people always tend to view them as slower than they really are.
 
Thing that scares me off Wheeler the most is his playoff production. It's been consistently disastrous. We are building a team with hopes of making the playoffs eventually and I don't want Wheeler anywhere near Toronto.
 
I'm glad Burke didnt do anything tonight, it would have blown up in his face if he did. Outside of Seguin and Hall, nobody in the 1st round is NHL ready this upcoming season, and even if they make it to the NHL not a lot of them will turn out more then average. Burke is smart to wait, and see what he can get for Kaberle, other teams just arent that desperate but that will change. Anahiem has lost Niedermeyer and most likely Wisnewski, Pittsurgh may lose Gonchar to UFA. Theres two teams right there that will be desperate for a puck moving D, and Im sure more teams will come out of the woodwork. It's not a matter of if burke will trade kaberle, its just a matter of when.
 
Heard a caller to the Fan on Friday night say the Leafs should trade J.S. Giguere to the Flyers for Jeff Carter.

Where were you calling from, Zeke?
 
Also don't see this mentioned (although it probably was, somewhere), but Berger said the Leafs had been offered a first round pick "after # 20" for Luke Schenn. Needless to say, Burkie had no interest in something that ridiculous.
 
axlsalinger said:
Also don't see this mentioned (although it probably was, somewhere), but Berger said the Leafs had been offered a first round pick "after # 20" for Luke Schenn. Needless to say, Burkie had no interest in something that ridiculous.
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Why would that team even waste its breath in that offer. Schenn was #5 just a couple of years ago and has shown everything we expected him to thus far. What possible incentive would we have to downgrade that to a late first round question mark that could be 2 years away from an NHL appearance.
 
Offering a late 20's pick for Schenn is such a waste of time for everyone.

Schenn was a former 5th overall pick, who has shown he CAN already play at the NHL, at the age of only 20. Other than just for the sake of being able to say "We have a 1st round pick!" what is the point of trading Schenn for that pick???

Other than that though, the draft day has been a bit of a snooze on the trades front. I thought there'd be more action - not necessarily related to the Leafs, but more trades.
 
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Finally, re: Blake Wheeler, I hear a lot of people are saying Wheeler + 32nd overall is way too little for Kaberle. I'd like to hear what young player think you can get for Kabby in that case. I don't think Wheeler is the best we can do, but I think that's a reasonable offer. Instead of saying that's too little, let's hear who you think will be fair value? Bobby Ryan? James Neal? Gosh no wonder some people say a lot of us will be disappointed when the Kabby trade happens.
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See though, this is your problem. It looks like in your opinion, it's absolutely essential and necessary that we trade Kaberle for whatever shit happens to be the best offer, and that a trade is inevitable.

Why do you think that though? Tomas Kaberle is a 32 year-old, elite puck-moving defenseman who has played his entire career in Toronto, and has ad nauseum repeated that he has no desire to play anywhere else. He has plenty of years left, he's not looking to go anywhere, he wants to stay here....so it's not like we're looking to get the best we can for a pending UFA that's dying to get out of here, like Kovalchuk and Atlanta. The only reason to deal him is if Burke gets an offer that blows his socks off, and clearly and unquestionably makes us a better team now and in the future. So, yes. Bobby Ryan. Phil Kessel. Jeff Carter+. Anything else, and it's not worth talking about.
 
Watching the draft I was getting really tired of the hype over each pick. Pierre McGuire was felating every single player (except Dylan McIlrath) as if they're the next coming of Steve Yzermen or Pavel Bure. Like they're all going to become superstars, which couldn't be further from the truth.

I know why they do it - for the ratings - but I would enjoy the draft more if TSN toned down the superlatives a bit and tempered their comments with a bit more reality.

I think this sort of hype machine has really contributed to the over-valuation of the draft in the public perception. As the cap goes up (and people witness the brilliance of Burke's rebuild :thumbup: ) I really hope we see a rebalanced league with more equal emphasis on both veterans and youth.
 
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The NHL, is NOT exciting at all. Not live. For some reason its not too bad on tv. But five on five hockey is brutal now.

And if some hired stooge, can live with himself, oohing and aaahing about how massive something is, all the better. It actually helps make the overall experience a little more energetic, a little more exciting.

Because NHL hockey, is BUSH. Live. And that is why, the tv contracts are so important.
 
I watched this Erik Gudranson play, live, and I swear my ten year old son, is ten times the skater this guy is.

And that really upsets me. This guy is drafted what? Third? For what? He is a total stiff. And they say he skates well, for what? A tree?

ITS getting ridiculous. What is next? Manute Bol getting excavated, cryonically restated and put in a uniform?

Its starting to look like the NBA on wheels. And the NBA sucks.

The OHL is filled with guys that are HUGE, and my problem with them, is that they ARE NOT mobile.

The NHL is HAL GILL. All the way. And rapidly getting a lot worse.

Taylor Hall is the only player in this draft that has a chance of entertaining me.
 
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