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I could see that... with the salary difference it would probably be a fair trade. Ribs may not be the ideal #1 center but he'd be a heck of a lot better fit than Grabs as a #1 IMO.
 
Habspatrol said:
You could see that??? Wow... that would be possibly the greatest trade in history for the Leafs.
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You're apparently not very familiar with our history if you think getting Ribeiro & Neal for anything more than the ashes of Harold Ballard would be the best trade in leaf history.
 
Ribeiro (30) - 46 gms, 9 gls, 40 pts (82 gms, 16 gls, 71 pts)
Grabo (26) - 45 gms, 20 gls, 37 pts (82 gms, 36 gls, 67 pts)
 
If I was a Habs fan, I'd be bitter about losing Grabovski right before he turned out to be better than the two Russian's who didn't like him too.
 
I'm a Ribeiro fan. Guy is a shit disturber but brings it every game and is an excellent and underrated playmaking centre.
 
MindzEye said:
If I was a Habs fan, I'd be bitter about losing Grabovski right before he turned out to be better than the two Russian's who didn't like him too.
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I agree... those 2 useless Tits cost us Grabs. I knew the kid had talent but I was worried that he'd never be able to get it figured out in the NHL. I still have my doubts that he would have got it done in Montreal, but I did try to convince leaf fans that it was a good trade for the leafs when it happened though.
 
If he's getting it done in Toronto, he would have been fine in that circus of a hockey market. He just had issues with the 2 primadonna brothers you guys had, specifically with the one you guys got rid of for being an idiot. Get rid of those issues and he probably follows a similar growth curve there that he did here.
 
To me the grabs Kule and Mac line is what Stanley cup winning teams have as their second line... They are our first line and doing a good job at it, but they would be unbelievable as a second line.... this team needs a big centre or a big winger to play with Kessel. Bozak has the smarts, but smarts doesn't always get you the puck against big defenseman. Watching Bozak kill penalties, win 15 of 18 faceoffs tonight, score and play well with Armstrong, says that he could be one hell of a third line centre. Get him out on the PK, get him out to win faceoffs, and he can also pot some goals or set some up for Army.

I think Burke could get that true number one centre with something like Versteeg Gunnar and even Giggy. A playoff bound team with questionable goaltending could see that as enticing. Hell for a young enough centre with size I may even look at Kadri to trade.

Big winger Big Centre Kessel
Kule Grabs Mac
Boyce Bozak Armstrong
Brown Rosehill Orr

Thats a good team right there.
 
I said, if Versteeg could be part of a package that gives you a true number one centre or a number one power forward, I'd do it.

Versteeg and Kadri could fetch you something pretty damn good.
 
Oh my dear lord - Ribiero, that's all we need to completely and utterly **** this team up the ass. And yes, let's part with arguably our best player in Grabovski to get him.

Holy ****, what a suggestion.
 
I think Clowe is still a target and the rumours of Beauch to San Jose for Pavelski is a smoke screen for Clowe.

Or Beauch for Voracek.

Versteeg and Gunnar for Zajac
Versteeg and Gunnar for J Staal

Then make a trade for Ian White

Voracek/Clowe Staal Kessel
Mac Grabs Kule
Boyce Bozak Army

Phaneuf Kaberle
Schenn White
Aulie Komi
 
a big NOOOoooOOO to Ribeiro. Might as well bring in Avery and Kovalev just to have every possible type of bad character in the dressing room.
 
Ribeiro is a pain, but we need a centre who can drive to the net and take people with him...

I actually think that Kadri has a similar game to Ribeiro.. I don't see the Gilmour comparisons. Kadri is more dangle
 
Hoss said:
To me the grabs Kule and Mac line is what Stanley cup winning teams have as their second line... They are our first line and doing a good job at it, but they would be unbelievable as a second line.... this team needs a big centre or a big winger to play with Kessel. Bozak has the smarts, but smarts doesn't always get you the puck against big defenseman. Watching Bozak kill penalties, win 15 of 18 faceoffs tonight, score and play well with Armstrong, says that he could be one hell of a third line centre. Get him out on the PK, get him out to win faceoffs, and he can also pot some goals or set some up for Army.

I think Burke could get that true number one centre with something like Versteeg Gunnar and even Giggy. A playoff bound team with questionable goaltending could see that as enticing. Hell for a young enough centre with size I may even look at Kadri to trade.

Big winger Big Centre Kessel
Kule Grabs Mac
Boyce Bozak Armstrong
Brown Rosehill Orr

Boyce on a really good team has no business being in the lineup, same goes for Rosehill. Orr is a spare part who shoud only be used in the more physical games, and sit out the rest.

xxxx xxxxx Kessel
Kulemin Grabo Mccarthur
Versteeg Bozak Armstrong
Sjostrom-Hanson-Brown

Thats what a real team should look like
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Hoss said:
Ribeiro is a pain, but we need a centre who can drive to the net and take people with him...

I actually think that Kadri has a similar game to Ribeiro.. I don't see the Gilmour comparisons. Kadri is more dangle
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tough to compare gilmour the 28 year old to kadri the 19 year old.

i'm sure that when gilmour came out of junior he had a lot of dangles, too.

only the absolute elite can play that sort of hockey. even a guy as talented as hossa had to learn to protect the puck and play the body before he could become big time scorers.
 
I like Kadri but he will never be as good a skater as Doug was. Not even close. Doug was small but had a wrestlers build. Kadri is small but could blow up to 250lbs of fat. Doug is STILL in good shape. Always will be. He has a far more natural body for sports.
 
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