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Crosby looked out of his mind nuts crazy after the loss. I think Malkin was partly to blame for that "look". Nothing like a lazy Russian to get an East Coaster going.
 
btw, not exactly a Leafs rumor, cos I don't think we need another defenseman, but listening to an interview with the Preds GM, it seems like all but certain Hamhuis is going to be an UFA. They won't be able to re-sign him.

Now that's a pretty solid defensive defenseman who's only 27 years old.

Too bad even if we trade Kaberle, that isn't the guy who can come in and help move the puck.

That said, I also heard Calgary might run out of cap space to re-sign Ian White, and that might be one RFA who'll be available.
 
"Bring me your old, broken or unused players, and I'll give you LOADS OF CASH!!!"

OH YEAH!!!

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I'm not really hugely interested in Cervenka---he was more intriguing when he was potentially a package deal with Jagr. Because as dominant as he was this past season, the Czech league just isn't a very good professional league, and he isn't very young like Zuccarello-Aasen is. This combined with the fact that he is Theo Fleury-small.

But hey, whatever. As with all of Burke's other undrafted free agent signings, if all it's costing is some money out of MLSE's pockets, then go for it.
 
I was actually surprised to hear Jagr reup in the khl...

If Bozak has another good year next year and gets a better number than 42, I would consider getting his Jersey.. I love the underdogs.
 
Cervenka has been crap against top level competition in the Olympics and the Worlds.

What he did in the Czech league this year was pretty impressive, but that league stinks.
 
Then he'll be crap against NHL competition, will spend a year or two in the AHL and go home.

It never hurts to take a look at young players lighting up other leagues though.
 
MindzEye said:
Then he'll be crap against NHL competition, will spend a year or two in the AHL and go home.

It never hurts to take a look at young players lighting up other leagues though.
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Yep, nobody's disagreeing with that. I'll be perfectly happy if we sign him, I just won't be expecting much to come from it.
 
When it comes to transferring skills between different leagues, I find it's a hit or miss. You try your best to project what SEL, KHL ... or even AHL numbers will look like in the NHL, but every now and then someone will completely surprise you - in both good and bad ways.

Heck, who'd have thought, looking at Bozak's AHL numbers, that he'd score at this pace in the NHL? You wouldn't even think Bozak's NHL ready, and AHL's already the closest to the NHL game.

So I am completely clueless when it comes to what we can expect of Cervenka in the NHL. He is Theo Fleury small, but he is also Theo Fleury fast. I guess other than speed, a big deciding factors for smallish players, and whether they can excel in the NHL, is how strong they are on their skates. Fleury, St.Louis are small but they are very strong on their skates and it's very tough to knock them off the puck. I have no idea if Cervenka is strong on his skates or not. I guess we just have to trust our scouts.

So we'll see ... like most already said, you got nothing to lose when it's a FA signing ... so even if it's just another lottery ticket, why not?

Plus, we DO need forwards to fill out the Marlies roster too ... so I don't see this as a bad signing at all. Just get it done, Burkie.
 
LeafGm said:
Yep. That's an age difference worth discussing though, especially when you consider that at 22, the Hobbit dominated a much better league than Cervenka did at the age of 24.
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In fairness, Cervenka dominated in the Czech league at 22 as well.
 
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