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hockeylover said:
Can't imagine you have the cap space for him.
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You're taking Hamrlik!!! :dita:

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JaysCyYoung said:
I always found Jacques Martin slowly eating potato chips non-chalantly in the background funnier than the actual exchage. But I'm an odd one.
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Well that would explain a lot to me re: your inability to get what is really going on in this world of what isn't IS, and what is ISN'T.

How you could prefer watching Jacques Martin doing anything, over our GM snuffing the candle out on ole Lispy is well, beyond me.

Burke is by far and away the rocks star of GM's. He makes huge gaffes at times, but his personality is more than the entire Leaf team of players. He is ENTERTAINING.

It was sublte, but it was a classic moment. You have to have the "eye" to see that.

Jacques Martin eating potato chips. Jeez man.
 
All I want before I go to bed is LOF's reaction to Kulemin and Stalberg to go for LOF's Boston Bruins version of Blake. Should be good to go.
 
Given that my buddies and I were on various television networks and interviewed during the home opener last season after creating this Burke sign:

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I think that my respect and admiration for the man and his dealings with his colleagues is well-documented.
 
http://www.thestar.com/sports/hocke...568--cox-savard-talk-risky-business-for-leafs

Damien Cox on potential Savard trade:
Which brings us back to Big Blue. Savard is apparently willing to waive his no-trade clause to facilitate a trade to Toronto or Ottawa, in part because of family responsibilities in the Oshawa area.

But do you really want this player and that contract, even for free, and even if you’re the 29th best team in a 30-team league?

But do you really want this player, Savard, and that contract? It’s something the less wealthy teams of the league would never have to commit a single brain cell to thinking about, but something the Leafs and their long-playoff absence and multi-decade Stanley Cup drought have to contemplate.

It’s a risky idea. And probably one Big Blue can’t resist.
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:facepalm
 
Savards a risk, but when hes healthy damn the guy can get 90 plus points, and propel Kessel up to 50 goals. If the Bruins want guys like Grabo, Kulemin and Stefanovich I'd do it, if they want a guy like kabs, the phone should immeditely be put down.
 
The fact that Damien Cox hates this makes me like it even more. He thought Burns shouldn't have been inducted this year too.
 
Savard's children live in the Toronto area. After games against the Maple Leafs, the kids often make their way through the visitors' room, where their father shows them around and introduces them to his teammates. But for most of the season, Savard and his children remain apart.

"It's tough for sure," Savard said of not seeing his kids. "When you do get to see them, you get to cherish the moments you have together."
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He has three young children living in Oshawa. Wow, that must be incredibly tough. Makes you wonder why he'd sign that long extension in the first place.
 
hockeylover said:
He has three young children living in Oshawa. Wow, that must be incredibly tough. Makes you wonder why he'd sign that long extension in the first place.
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Even Ottawa would be inconvenient. I figured it was the old divorce situation and being separated from children.

Playing in Toronto would be tough, but outstanding for being close to his kids. I hope it happens for him, and I hope Schenn, not Stalberg is in Boston Bruin yellow and black.
 
I just do not know about Savard. If he didn't have that serious concussion last year, it would be a no brainer but there in lingering doubt in my mind. Is he healthy? Can he still be a 80-90 point center?

Might be worth the gamble if the price was not to high.
 
MapleLeafBlueJayBoy said:
I just do not know about Savard. If he didn't have that serious concussion last year, it would be a no brainer but there in lingering doubt in my mind. Is he healthy? Can he still be a 80-90 point center?

Might be worth the gamble if the price was not to high.
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Yes, Savard can be that 80-90 pt centre, espically with Kessel on his wing and having a healthy season, 80-90 points is a shoo-in, but if they fail to respark or if Savard goes down with an injury, then no he wont get those types of points.
 
It's a moderate risk, high reward move. If you can get him without sending an "A" asset the other way, I think that in our position, you absolutely have to do it.
 
LOS ANGELES — Marc Savard would be willing to come home to play for the Senators.But while Ottawa is one of five cities Savard would waive his no-trade clause to go to, it appears the Senators don’t have a lot of interest in the Orleans native and Bruins centre.

Toronto, Chicago, Montreal and Philadelphia are believed to be the other four cities Savard would accept a trade to. [/b]

The Maple Leafs would seem like a good match as Savard’s former winger Phil Kessel is now with Toronto.

Savard has a cap hit of $4.2 million US for the next seven years.Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli spent the weekend trying to deal Savard after the club chose centre Tyler Seguin with the No. 2 overall selection in the NHL draft.

It’s believed Savard is willing to move to other destinations than the five he’s listed.
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- Garrioch.
 
Montreal doesn't have the cap space, nor do they have the need for another small predominantly play-making centre with Gomez already taking up $7.5 million of available cap room and Plekanec recently re-signed to that large $30 million contract. Philadelphia has Briere's $6 million cap hit and are trying to unload Jeff Carter as things stand. I can't see Savard being a good fit on a team where he would likely be the second-line centre at best behind Richards and possibly even Briere. Chicago also doesn't make sense given they have one of the best in the world on the top-line with Toews and playoff warrior Sharp on the second pivot spot. That basically leaves the Leafs as being the only realistic fit roster-wise.
 
In addition, I have to think his three kids would be a concern here so it seems unlikely to add many more teams as Garrioch suggests at the bottom.
 
Doesn't Garrioch get his facts wrong in that article? Didn't we establish earlier in this thread that Marc Savard's list of teams he'll waive his NTC for doesn't expand to five teams until next summer?

Either way, for the reasons already outlined, even out of all those five teams, the only team that'll be able to accomodate Savard in their lineup and under their cap is Toronto. So, it's all up to Savard. If he stands firm, Boston will have no choice but to accept the cap relief from Toronto for little in return, and then move on. But if he expands his list to include other teams, then Boston will certainly jump at the chance to deal him somewhere other than Toronto.
 
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