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MyNameIsJonas said:
Byfuglien to Pittsburgh for the 20

sign us up.
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Unless you think buff was a one year wonder Chicago would be crazy to do this. Why would you give up a player who had such a huge impace during your playoffs run to a team which is likely your main obstacle towards [immediate] future championships?
 
MyNameIsJonas said:
Strickland is credable....for what its worth.
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He doesn't say he has a source that Poni is coming back.
He doesn't say that he's heard Poni is coming back.
He doesn't say Poni has interest in coming back or that the Leafs have interest in Poni.

He says: "Toronto is a realistic possibility for Alexei Ponikarovski as things didn't quite work out for him in Pittsburgh."

Did that just come to him out of thin air or what? Unsure.
 
hockeylover said:
He doesn't say he has a source that Poni is coming back.
He doesn't say that he's heard Poni is coming back.
He doesn't say Poni has interest in coming back or that the Leafs have interest in Poni.

He says: "Toronto is a realistic possibility for Alexei Ponikarovski as things didn't quite work out for him in Pittsburgh."

Did that just come to him out of thin air or what? Unsure.
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Yeah, it does sound like he's just speculating there. But he's purposefully phrasing it vaguely enough that people might construe that he has an actual source for that.

Bah.

On the subject of totally idle speculation...if we can't get a great return for Kaberle, then why not see if the Ducks are interesting in having Beauchemin back now that they're without both Pronger and Niedermayer?

Because Kaberle @ $4.25M >>>>>>>> Beauchemin @ $3.8M.
 
CTheBigPicture said:
Unless you think buff was a one year wonder Chicago would be crazy to do this. Why would you give up a player who had such a huge impace during your playoffs run to a team which is likely your main obstacle towards [immediate] future championships?
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Because the cold hard truth is someone really good has to go on CHicago, and Byfuglien IMO is easier to replace than the likes of Sharp or Bolland.

the 20 overall combines with our 30 overall might, might be enough to move up even higher and draft say, Jack Campbell.

Cap rules suck...good players have to go...I've accepted it
 
LeafGm said:
Why "ugh"? I wouldn't mind getting Poni back. I'm also pretty sure that Burke said that Poni's contract demands were the only reason he was trading him instead of re-signing him, at the time of the deal with Pittsburgh. So, if his rough time in Pittsburgh has knocked his price back down to something that Burke is comfortable with, why not bring him back?
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I'd have no problems with Poni coming back; he's a reliable 20-25/50-55 pt player who is big (physical when he wants to be) and is solid in his own end. Whats not to like about him? If we can sign him to a $2.5-$3M deal, that be great.
 
leafman101 said:
He completely shat the bed when it mattered this year.

Not sure I want to make a long term commitment to that guy.
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I'm not sure what happened with him this year in the playoffs, but I can say that when he was with the leafs he was a solid player, the only thing iffy about him was his inconsistent physical game, and inabiltity to bury good scoring chances, other then that no issues with him.
 
OK, so I wrote to Andy Strickland:

Curious, is Poni to Toronto just something you came up with or is there any information from an inside source? Thanks.

And he replied:

This is from someone with firsthand knowledge

So not sure how legit the source is but he DOES claim to have one.
 
hockeylover said:
OK, so I wrote to Andy Strickland:

Curious, is Poni to Toronto just something you came up with or is there any information from an inside source? Thanks.

And he replied:

This is from someone with firsthand knowledge

So not sure how legit the source is but he DOES claim to have one.
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Easy answer: ask him who his source is. If he gives you a legit one, he's on the level. If he gives you a vague answer, then really he's just bs'ing and doesnt know his head from his arse.
 
leafman101 said:
Antropov is considerably better than Poni. And he didn't suck like Poni did.

Poni couldn't even get in the lineup.
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Poni never sucked, he's been a good 2nd liner. Yes he shat the bed in the playoffs, but to say he sucks as a player based on 2 rounds of playoffs is a bit much.
 
He's not likely to reveal his source on twitter. Just take it for what it's worth, a rumour. I just wanted to see if it was something he pulled out of thin air or not.

I'm not sure I see Burke wanting him back either. The person with firsthand knowledge could be from Poni's side of things.
 
IrishWolfman said:
If Burke can get the 20th Pick for Kolya, I'll drive him to the airport myself.
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Which begs the question, what are the odds of getting a player better than Kule with the 20?

Using the same 5 pick range as before (20-24), starting at 2006 (Kule's draft class) and working backwards 10 drafts

2006

Claude Giroux
Varlamov

2005

Rask
Oshie

2004

Zajac
Wolski

2003

Burns
Kesler
Richards

2002

None

2001

None

2000

Frolov
Volchenkov
Boyes

1999

None

1998

Gagne

1997

None


So what we have is a grand total of 50 draft choices, 13 that are clearly better than Kulemin, so a 26% chance of landing a better player with the 20 pick based on the last 10 drafts.
 
I just read the article..the guy is a tool.

He listed UFA's as part of CHicago's trade bait. (BUrish)

then wen ton to suggest Buff could turn into an 8M$ defenceman.
 
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