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Burke was on FAN590 this morning for a brief interview ... nothing new, but reiterated ...

- His goal is to add top 6 forward(s)

- Said he'll look at all avenues - FA signings and trades to accomplish that.

- Said the UFA list right now is not the final list. Between now and July 1st, he expects a good # of RFAs to not be qualified by their team, and a # of RFAs will also be on the block for trade.

- Very happy with his goaltending and backend, no plan to change or tinker with any of that

- With the only exception being Kaberle, because of his contract situation. He owes it to the club and the fans to at least see if he can get a good return for Kabby ... but it's not like he WANTS to move Kaberle, and if he can't get a good return for Kabby, he'll re-sign him to a contract extension.

- Regarding sending contracts to AHL, said he wasn't bluffing, but he didn't send anyone except Frogren to AHL was because there wasn't a need to. If the situation presents itself where he needs to free up some cap space, he WILL send NHL contracts to AHL. We all know he's talking about Finger.

- Said Kadri had a phenomenal year and a great playoff. Praised Kadri for changing his game based on what they told him after he was sent down, because it wasn't easy in the middle of a season. Said he loves the overall package of Kadri - skilled, fast, mean. The only thing Kadri has to do to 'graduate' into NHL is spend a lot of time in the summer to add muscle.

- Did not mention Kulemin contract situation at all.

- Said he thought Pittsburgh was the best team in the east, but they're out now, and that should be a lesson to his team - looking at PHI and MTL, they should realize "hey that could be us too"

- Said he picked SJ to win it all this year, but they look slow and Nabokov doesn't look too good thus far.

- Said next game is a must-win for both MTL and SJ ... but I mean, that's pretty obvious.
 
I was just told that Kadri has put on a solid 10-15lbs over the last couple of months in preparation for prospect camp this summer. #Leafs
- Maple Leaf Hotstove via Twitter
 
hockeylover said:
I was just told that Kadri has put on a solid 10-15lbs over the last couple of months in preparation for prospect camp this summer. #Leafs
- Maple Leaf Hotstove via Twitter
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That is absurd, he will be even slower. Maybe two or three pounds, but 10-15, he is fat for sure or muscle bound. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
 
teeds, if Kadri has indeed neglected the gym up to this point, it's not out of the realm of possibility that he's put on that kind of muscle mass.

I've been lifting for years and have both experienced and witnessed the impressive gains associated with the introduction of weight lifting into an individuals fitness routine.

On the other hand if he'd been working out for years and suddenly put on 15 pounds, I'd be more inclined to agree with you.
 
Kadri has some pretty serious lower body deficiencies and it shows up in his skating. I hope he worries more about those, than trying to become a power forward and looking like Charles Atlas.
 
I remember when I was 18, 19, I could put on 10 lbs over the summer and actually got faster and stronger ...

Of course those were also the days when I had no idea what heartburn, backpain, sore knee meant ... sigh
 
Oh dear...well maybe Kadri should show up to the Leafs camp completely out of shape, like they did in the 70's, that'll go over well.
 
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Glad to see that Kadri has been taking the calls to increase his size and gain additional upper-body strength seriously. His conditioning and lack of experience is pretty much the only thing holding him back from being a legitimate NHL contributor as a teenager.
 
In the Ballard days, he would have been asked to come to camp able to perform 10 pushups.. this according to Paul Henderson who admits that he's in better shape in his 60s than he ever was during his hockey career.
 
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In the Ballard days, he would have been asked to come to camp able to perform 10 pushups.. this according to Paul Henderson who admits that he's in better shape in his 60s than he ever was during his hockey career.
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Paul Henderson is in fine shape for a man his age. No doubt. But Paul at 35 destroys Paul at 60 in any capacity. Such as it is.
 
hockeylover said:
I was just told that Kadri has put on a solid 10-15lbs over the last couple of months in preparation for prospect camp this summer. #Leafs
- Maple Leaf Hotstove via Twitter
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Good to hear.

But at that age, these guys can put on weight and lose weight very quickly.

I think the whole size thing is overrated. He's not that small to begin with. There are already many players his size in NHL who are excelling.

I'd be shocked if he didn't make the team out of camp. He should have made the team last year based on his play and he was younger, smaller and he had less experience compared to what he will be at this years camp.
 
So Corky27 who posts on this board has taken a leave from the site for a little bit while he gets into a new job. But he told me today that Matt Lombardi is from his hometown and Lombardi's brother told him that the Leafs are interested in Lombardi, and Lombardi is interested in the Leafs. For whatever it's worth.
 
We only have 3-4 ex Flames on the roster currently, no?

Giguere, Phaneuf, Sjostrom...that's all I can think of.

Lombardi would be 4.
 
Lots of SJ stuff:



These playoffs have been full of trade buzz about Joe Thornton, who has failed to energize the San Jose Sharks and are now on the brink of elimination.

He has a minus-10 rating, which is "downright embarrassing," Sportsnet's Mike Brophy writes, and if the Sharks want to make big changes to this underachieving group, a Thornton trade would be the biggest of them all -- money-wise, talent-wise and symbolically.

He could potentially end up with the Calgary Flames, who are seeking a center to play alongside Jarome Iginla, CBC's Elliotte Friedman previously wrote. And surely a handful of other teams would take a flier in the former Hart Trophy winner.

A no-trade clause may keep him in San Jose, but Thornton might want a change of scenery, as well.
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Last summer, after the San Jose Sharks' first-round collapse, there were a lot of rumors that Patrick Marleau would be traded. But he wasn't, as GM Doug Wilson vouched for his centerman.

But Wilson will have to make a bigger decision this summer: Whether to re-sign the 30-year-old. And according to Sportsnet.ca's Mike Brophy, Marleau may be gone, win or lose. But a loss in this round against the Chicago Blackhawks may be the last straw in pushing him out of town.

However, Marleau might not even need to move out of state. The Los Angeles Kings are reportedly ready to do something big in free agency and that likely means the Kings will target Marleau and Ilya Kovalchuk.

Now, Kovalchuk may be their first choice, but he'll come at a hefty price. Marleau, however, will get fewer years and less money.
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Doug Wilson was hired as GM of the San Jose Sharks in 2003. And despite having some very good teams -- and making the playoffs every single year -- the Sharks have yet to make a finals appearance. And they are oh-so-close this season, but it looks like they'll be ousted in the third-round by the Chicago Blackhawks.

So as Sportsnet's Mike Brophy writes, "A loss in the third round will certainly be hazardous to his job security."

Now, the only other teams that has been searching for a GM this offseason is the Tampa Bay Lightning. And it appears they've already lost their top two candidates in Steve Yzerman (who appears to be leaning toward staying in Detroit another year) and Dave Nonis (who signed an extension to be an assistant GM in Toronto.)

If Wilson is fired, the Sharks will surely at least call Yzerman to see if he's interested. There have been reports that Yzerman turned down the Lightning job, but the Sharks' situation may be a bit better so he might reconsider.

Currently, the only other team that might end up having a GM vacancy is the Calgary Flames, who have kept to the company line that they are "reevaluating" everything. There's been some speculation that, eventually, they'll fire GM Darryl Sutter. But seeing as how he survived this far, it appears unlikely.
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