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agreed. I actually feel comfortable with our goaltending. knowing we are going into the season with JS and the monster.. JS play picked up big time when he came to toronto. I hope it continues.
 
hockeylover said:
Could we possibly have a whole year of decent goaltending? Is that too much to ask for? This team will look entirely different if we get it.
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Teams rarely get a whole year of decent goaltending. Even with two good goalies we had our slumps. I think the only team that got consistent goaltending last year was Buffalo.
 
hockeylover said:
Nathan Horton's agent said Wednesday he believes "there's a very good chance" the Panthers right winger will be traded before or at the draft next weekend in Los Angeles.

"It would not surprise me at all if he's dealt by the draft," Horton's agent Paul Krepelka said, adding that Horton's aware of the possibility. "If it happens, it happens."

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/florida-panthers/fl-nathan-horton-panthers-0617-20100616,0,529718.story
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I was just reading that myself. Tallon will be making changes for sure.
 
Teams rarely get a whole year of decent goaltending. Even with two good goalies we had our slumps. I think the only team that got consistent goaltending last year was Buffalo.
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Haha, like Leafman said, a whole year without Toskala-esque goaltending for long periods would be just super. Definitely agree that goaltenders will always have hot stretches/slumps.
 
I think Florida is in the same boat as Columbus, as they really just want to make the playoffs. Therefore trading Horton for players that can help them now is a possibility.

Kaberle for Horton straight up... I would want more but I think that is a strong possibility. Maybe Burke wants to get a whole team of guys who just want to prove everyone wrong... could backfire or it could be GREAT.
 
Burke wants one of Iginla, Thornton, Horton and Getzlaf. And with today's cap, salaries and teams running out of dough, don't count him out.

THAT is why he is NOT going to chase Kovalchuk. Cause Kovalchuk equals Hossa to Burke. A useful guy, but NOTHING, NOTHING like a rabid American or Canadian.

And sadly, he is correct on that note. Europeans are just not cut from the same cloth as North Americans. Must be the climate/dna.

If Australians ever take up hockey, Canadians and Americans better stand aside.
 
teeds said:
Iginla, Thornton, Horton and Getzlaf.
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...one of these names, just doesn't belong.
 
i dont think its so much the player as it is the years that scares burke from kovalchuk.


And Horton IMO is definatly on the move in FLA, but i dotn see it beign for a defenceman. THey need help up front horrendously.
 
Pre-draft trade speculation isn't complete without an update on Maple Leafs defenceman Tomas Kaberle and his future in Toronto.

Although teams continue to call, most are reluctant to table an offer before Kaberle's no-trade lifts at the draft, in fear Toronto will shop the proposal for a better offer.

As many as eight teams are expected to engage with Toronto, however, at the moment; teams are still trying to piece together what, or who, is legitimately available.
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http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=324845
 
Goes with what we heard Burke say recently - that he doesn't expect to get anyone's best offer for at least another week.
 
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