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Leaf Rumours

Just for giggles:

XXXX - Bozak - Kessel
Avery - Dubinsky - Kulemin
Sjostrom - Kadri/Grabs - Caputi
XXXX - Hansen - Orr

Phaneuf - Komisarek
Beauchemin - Shenn
Gunnarson - VanRyn

Giguere
Gustavsson
 
If Van Ryn is healthy than yeah he's worth a shot. And even if he's not healthy he's worth a shot. Whats the worst that can happen? He spends the year on LTIR again?
 
Again, please don't shoot the messenger. I knew that deal sounded stupid, but the guy was adamant how he was "in the know"... idiot.

With Van Ryn, he would come nice and cheap, as he has zero leverage. Then you drop Finger with the Marlies, and if MVR is hurt again, you can call up Finger and Oreskevic.

I get a super duper check up on that guy though.
 
This might be the worst trade "rumour" I've heard in a long time.

If this guy is in "the know" then he knows someone in the Rangers front office who floated this too him, and this is something Sather wants.

Not a chance Burke is interested in that pile of crap for Kaberle though.
 
That trade proposal is hilarious. A #1 offensive defenseman and one of our top forward prospects for a couple of 2nd/3rd liners and a pile of crap. Not to mention the Avery/Phaneuf non-starter right off the top. Even if we didn't have Phaneuf, Sean Avery is someone that will never be playing for Brian Burke team. The fact that they misspelled Kaberle and Christensen's names is also pretty funny. Though actually, I wouldn't put it past Doug MacLean to misspell their names, or to come up with a rumour that colossally stupid.

As for MVR, I wouldn't mind seeing him get another shot. I'd only bring him back as a training camp walk on though. The Leafs paid him $5.8M over the past two years to play in 27 games, so the onus should be on him now to prove that he's healthy enough to contribute.
 
I don't like seeing Stalbergs name mentioned anywhere. I personally see some potential greatness in the guy and to trade him and our best player for a huge pile of crap? Wow. That would let the steam out of whatever I have left for this organization.

Zeke, do you think you could Goebbels that trade if it went down?
 
Not sure if it's been mentioned already, but Burke was on a radio show when asked about the possibility of seeing Kovalchuk in Toronto.

Burke said "I am not allowed to comment on players on other teams, that'd be tampering. However, I am allowed to say if I have no interest in a player. And in the case of Kovalchuk, great player, but I can tell you there's absolutely no interest in him from the Toronto Maple Leafs."

I think that's pretty loud and clear.
 
teeds said:
I don't like seeing Stalbergs name mentioned anywhere. I personally see some potential greatness in the guy and to trade him and our best player for a huge pile of crap? Wow. That would let the steam out of whatever I have left for this organization.

Zeke, do you think you could Goebbels that trade if it went down?
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Who would trade one of the more renowned defensemen in the league for a pile of mediocre/trash players? That's only happened once this season! I think Burke knows as well as anybody that a great player for a bunch of ok players is a backwards move for whoever is trading the great player.
 
number17 said:
Not sure if it's been mentioned already, but Burke was on a radio show when asked about the possibility of seeing Kovalchuk in Toronto.

Burke said "I am not allowed to comment on players on other teams, that'd be tampering. However, I am allowed to say if I have no interest in a player. And in the case of Kovalchuk, great player, but I can tell you there's absolutely no interest in him from the Toronto Maple Leafs."

I think that's pretty loud and clear.
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Loud and clear, yes.

It's a message we've heard many times before from Leaf ownership and management, sadly.

You better have a damn good plan for that capspace if that's the case, burkie.
 
I believe the timing of this was produced around the trade deadline - and may or may not be in reference to July 1st.
 
Volcanologist said:
Loud and clear, yes.

It's a message we've heard many times before from Leaf ownership and management, sadly.

You better have a damn good plan for that capspace if that's the case, burkie.
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From what I get from Burke is that he doesn't want to commit ~15 mill to two goal scoring, offensive oriented right wingers.

I don't neccessarily agree with this as players like Kovalchuk don't hit UFA very often, but I can see where he's coming from.

Kovalchuk is a great player, but he isn't a Crosby or Ovechkin who can put his team on his back and win games by himself. He had very little team success with Atlanta as 'the guy'. And if you're going to commit 9-10 mill to a guy, you better be sure he can be the #1, franchise player for your team because you won't have much money to add players around him.
 
I'd like to wait and see what Kovy does in the playoffs. If he gets the Conn Smythe then maybe Burke will have to look again.
 
Yeah, Wilson said that theyd have to pull off some major trade and bring in the greatest captain ever for Dion not to be named captain next year.
 
number17 said:
Not sure if it's been mentioned already, but Burke was on a radio show when asked about the possibility of seeing Kovalchuk in Toronto.

Burke said "I am not allowed to comment on players on other teams, that'd be tampering. However, I am allowed to say if I have no interest in a player. And in the case of Kovalchuk, great player, but I can tell you there's absolutely no interest in him from the Toronto Maple Leafs."

I think that's pretty loud and clear.
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Not too surprising. The Leafs as a franchise are allergic to superstar players.

Burke has said he wants to add another top forward though, so it'll be interesting to see from where he pulls that rabbit out of his hat, if he's not interested in Kovalchuk.
 
PlayerToBeNamedLater said:
From what I get from Burke is that he doesn't want to commit ~15 mill to two goal scoring, offensive oriented right wingers.

I don't neccessarily agree with this as players like Kovalchuk don't hit UFA very often, but I can see where he's coming from.

Kovalchuk is a great player, but he isn't a Crosby or Ovechkin who can put his team on his back and win games by himself. He had very little team success with Atlanta as 'the guy'. And if you're going to commit 9-10 mill to a guy, you better be sure he can be the #1, franchise player for your team because you won't have much money to add players around him.
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I don't think he's going to get 9-10 million. For the precise reason that he's in the tier below the big 3. But he's still a true superstar player, just entering his prime. It simply makes no sense to declare non-interest in such a player when you haven't won a title or even played for one in over 40 years. Zero. How many Leafs EVER have been as good as Ilya Kovalchuk? This franchise drives me nuts sometimes. What is the Maple Leafs problem with superstars? Mindboggling.

btw he's actually a LW. Not that I give a shit about that either way, but there you have it.

I'm resigned to the fact that it won't happen, but I've seen this over and over and over again during my years as a fan. It really sucks to keep watching the league's very best players skate in other uniforms.
 
This is not a rumor, and I don't intend to start one neither, but just a question:

Would you take a 32 year old Jerome Iginla?

After hitting a career high 50G season 2 years ago, Iggy has settled down to be a ~ 35G man. Granted, scoring 35G in Sutter's defensive system is not anything to be ashamed of, Iggy has been questioned of his clutch performance, scoring only 1G in the last 16 games of the season when the team's pushing hard for a playoff spot. The fact no center seem to have chemistry with Iggy is also another concern. Calgary gone through numerous centers, and even at the Olympics there doesn't seem to be any center who clicks with Iggy.

With the team's failure, Iggy's status has also worn off a bit, many fans are looking for a new direction and Iggy could be out of the door.

At only 32, Iggy still managed to play in all 82 games in the last 3 seasons, which is not easy for his style of hockey.

Iggy's contract runs till end of 2013 season, so there are 3 years left, at $7M per. That's a pretty expensive deal and the Flames cannot expect too much in return.

The RWer fits Burke's target of top 6 forward who is physical and goes hard to the net. 32 is probably a tad older than what Burke had in mind, but again, Iggy seems to be in great shape for a 32 yr old power forward.

And since the Flames are so keen on building the Calgary maple leafs, they might not mind dealing with us again.

Jerome does not have a problem with Phaneuf. The 2 were buddies in the locker room. The players reported to budd head with Phaneuf were Jokinen and Regehr.

What do you guys think?
 
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