• Moderators, please send me a PM if you are unable to access mod permissions. Thanks, Habsy.

Leaf Rumours

I think Francois Beauchemin is a good comparable to Hamhuis, in terms of ability and production. I could also see Pitt looking at Corvo.
 
Metalleaf said:
I agree but Leopold, Eaton, and Mckee...also weren't very good.
Click to expand...

they did just fine with eaton the year before.. and mckee only played in one game.

leopold stinks, but if we can take anything from him being in this discussion it's that his presence on the roster indicates what type of players shero values.. and should make it pretty clear that his preference is for puck movers and not stay at one dimensional, slower, more plodding, physical defensive defensemen.
 
The Penguins or the Wings should pursue Kaberle HARD. Burke is going to pull a full on JFJ with Kaberle and trade him for a bag of muscled SHIT.

Kaberle has been used and ABUSED in Toronto. And if he lands in a city that actually has a goalie and a few useful forwards, like Pittsburgh or Detroit, he will make all of us abandon what is left here.

I watched Dion Phaneuf a lot last year, and honestly, he seems like a talented Alcoholic. A very opinionated, chirpy alcoholic. Who cannot, because of his lack of fitness, play like Kaberle game in, and game out.

I went out drinking with the Leafs, Kaberle had a few sips of wine, the rest of them a lot more, and a few, fell down.

If we get rid of Kaberle, and to me, he is as good as gone, this is going to be a team that is going to be very difficult for ME, to watch.

I love tough teams, and teams that intimidate. So don't peg me as a lover of European, pussy ballet.

But I want a team quarterbacked by a defenceman so good, that he breaks down all the chintzy five on five defences in the NHL.

Right now we have that. But give him up, and it is going to be a long season of Beauchemin, Gunnarson and Phaneuf, showing glimpses, but never consistently bringing home the bacon.

We have a guy who given the proper team and respect could be a franchise guy. But like Salming, he has never been given the team, until the team was so bad, who would want the sole responsibility.

Trusting an out of shape alcoholic with the mantle will be a big mistake.
 
msun30 said:
what's hockeybuzz? and what is eklund?

who is that guy? this site is great. loads of information. i've been searching for a good rumour site for a while now, too. can't believe who he has writing for him, as well. very impressive.

thanks for sharing the link, pronger84!
Click to expand...


Its a great site, actually. I mean they even hired a skank that can speak a bit. And to their credit I give them their dues.

And they don't advertise fawking chevrolet pieces of shit trucks day in and day out.

You can only Berezin on the same shit so long.
 
You might be right, Teeds. Kaberle threading the needle to Crosby and Malkin could be downright scary. Nobody is better at getting the puck up ice than Kaberle.
 
Let's hope that Niedermeyer retires and makes his decision known now, therefore really opening another potential place for Kaberle. A signed Kaberle and something for Ryan.... pew pew
 
Anaheim is a team that places a premium on puck moving defensemen.

But they prepared themselves for Niedermayer's potential departure by adding Visnovsky at the trade deadline. They also have Ryan Whitney.

Without that Visnovsky trade not only would they have almost certainly sniffed out Kaberle -- Anaheim would have been a very likely destination for him. But, though Visnovsky isn't as good as Kaberle, his skill package combined with his price tag makes it very unlikely that they consider adding Kaberle. And almost certainly precludes the possibility of them using Bobby Ryan to add a puck moving defenseman/powerplay quarterback.
 
I really think Lou in NJ would be the most eager to add Kabby. He's exactly what they need, at exactly the right price.
 
Clarkson, Tedenby, Josefson, Langenbrunner, Corrente, Eckford, Urbom......there's a number of Devils I could see Burke having an interest in.
 
msun30 said:
Anaheim is a team that places a premium on puck moving defensemen.

But they prepared themselves for Niedermayer's potential departure by adding Visnovsky at the trade deadline. They also have Ryan Whitney.
Click to expand...

Didn't they trade Whitney for Visnovsky?
 
Ducks D looks scary if they keep it that way:

Wisniewski-Visnovsky
Eminger-Brookbank
Mikkelson-Festerling

could be wrong though...
 
Hoss said:
Let's hope that Niedermeyer retires and makes his decision known now, therefore really opening another potential place for Kaberle. A signed Kaberle and something for Ryan.... pew pew
Click to expand...

A signed Kaberle and something won't get you Carter. Carter is worth something like Kaberle, Kadri, and a 2nd, and thats just the starting point.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top