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Leaf Rumours

-Bob McKenzie thinks that Kovalchuk is definitely going to be traded and has "unofficially" been put on the trade block. Waddell is looking for players to step in, not picks/prospects, Bob mentioned Calgary and Chicago as possibilities.

http://www.torontosun.com/sports/columnists/mike_zeisberger/2010/01/21/12564766-qmi.html

A late 2nd rounder for Poni? Unless it's a pure rental and we're getting him back in the summer for a reasonable cost(ie not much more than he makes now), I'd rather just resign him. The chances that a 50-60th pick will turn out as good as Poni aren't great.
 
The Leafs should try to keep both Poni and Stajan, and try to move Stemp, Grabs instead.

Poni is a nice 25G 50Pts forward who's defensively responsible. He's a likeable guy in the dressing room, albeit a little passive, and he's a good Russian player to keep around to help young Russian players to transition into a city like Toronto.
 
If Atlanta is looking for players back for Kovy, I can't see many contenders willing to blow up their roster this late in the season.
 
There may be some good deals thrown Atlanta's way on trade blocks alone...if a team making a run at it gets Kovy that could be all they need, so look to see teams trying to up the price at the very least.
 
number17 said:
The Leafs should try to keep both Poni and Stajan, and try to move Stemp, Grabs instead.

Poni is a nice 25G 50Pts forward who's defensively responsible. He's a likeable guy in the dressing room, albeit a little passive, and he's a good Russian player to keep around to help young Russian players to transition into a city like Toronto.
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I am all for keeping Stajan if you can unload Grabs, and then resign Stajan as our #2/3 center.

Grabs needs to get healthy first and have a decent Olympics and that should help is value.

I am also all for unloading any and all of our UFAs.
 
Anyone care to guess the package Calgary would offer?
There were rumors of them moving Phaneuf earlier in the season.
 
Both Ponikarovsky and Stajan are headed toward unrestricted free agency and both are long-time Leafs, which makes them prime targets to move in the eyes of the current regime.

At present, though, Burke’s cellphone is not buzzing with solicitations from rival GMs for any of them. The fellow they are calling about, as always, is defenceman Tomas Kaberle.

Since Kaberle is the only Leafs veteran who would command a first-round draft pick, at minimum, the possibilities of a trade provide endless fascination for the fans and media.

The problem is Burke insists he will not ask Kaberle to waive the no-trade clause in his contract; and Kaberle says he does not want to go anywhere.

But the GMs keep calling because Kaberle has scored 42 points in 51 games, fourth among NHL defencemen before last night, and has one year left on his contract at a reasonable $4.25-million (U.S.).

“He’s young enough [31], relatively injury-free and he has a good salary,” Burke said yesterday. “There are a lot of reasons to keep him.”

That does not mean a trade is out of the question. If the Leafs miss the playoffs, there is a window in Kaberle’s contract that allows the team to trade him during the summer.

The trouble is elite, puck-moving defencemen are the rarest commodity in the NHL – so the immediate question would be how to replace Kaberle if he was moved. Then again, the price he could command is tempting.

Last year, hoping to control where his client could potentially be dealt when the summer contract window opened, Kaberle’s agent asked Burke if he would accept a list of teams the veteran blueliner would find palatable.

Burke said okay, but it had to be at least 10 clubs. And such a list was delivered.

On Burke’s side of the equation, there was no great rush to trade Kaberle. But if some serious offers arrived, he wanted at least 10 teams to be in contention in order to get a serious auction going.

Burke said yesterday he will not be “finagling a list” out of Kaberle’s agent this summer, because he is not itching to trade him.

But there is no reason to think a list will not be offered again, and again it will not be turned down just in case another GM wants to pay a price high enough to get Burke’s attention.
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/trade-values-on-rise-in-florida-sunshine/article1438373/
 
Burke likes to get fixated on certain things and then seems to forget his limits in the process of getting them.

Getting Kessel, getting rid of Antro, Kubina, and Tlusty...

Kovy and Kaberle could be another example.
 
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The Leafs have been adamant that Kaberle will not be moved, however there is a theory out there that if for some reason the Leafs could get back the #1 this season that they moved for Kessel, plus a prospect...Kaberle could be Bruin. I personally think the Bruins would be an immediate playoff factor if they made that deal.
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depending on the prospect, and depending how bad we currently are, and talking to Kabs hoping he sticks it to Boston at the end of the deal to come back here, I might do that.
 
to fix mistake during Kessel trade now we have to give up Kabs? what kind of management is that!? Boston has to loose all games to us to give something back, it is brutal
 
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