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Leaf Rumours

Leafs and Nikolai Kulemin apparently making progress on a new deal. Not done but they seem to be closing the gap.
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If it gets done, I'm guessing it would be around $2.5 million per year or somewhere a little south of that. But we shall see. Not done yet.
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Leafs may have some interest in Savard (BOS) and Ribeiro (DAL) but no sense of urgency whatsover now. More likely mid-July possibilities... ...depending on how things go in free agency etc. So all you Leaf fans, just sit back and relax...for now anyway.
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If it gets done, I'm guessing it would be around $2.5 million per year or somewhere a little south of that. But we shall see. Not done yet.

- Bobby Mac

Woo.
 
TSNBobMcKenzie Leafs may have some interest in Savard (BOS) and Ribeiro (DAL) but no sense of urgency whatsover now. More likely mid-July possibilities...
 
hockeylover said:
TSNBobMcKenzie Leafs may have some interest in Savard (BOS) and Ribeiro (DAL) but no sense of urgency whatsover now. More likely mid-July possibilities...
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Burke uses the media perfectly.......make Chiarelli think you may have interest in another similar center (any coincidence that the first mentions of Ribiero came in the days following the Savard talk?)........also float it out there that you're in no rush, and willing to wai things out (when it's common knowledge that Boston wants to get this done ASAP)
 
Montana said:
Burke uses the media perfectly.......make Chiarelli think you may have interest in another similar center (any coincidence that the first mentions of Ribiero came in the days following the Savard talk?)........also float it out there that you're in no rush, and willing to wai things out (when it's common knowledge that Boston wants to get this done ASAP)
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I was thinking the same thing. He's really playing the 'who blinks first' game this year. It's all been about timing and patience so far this summer. I guess it was the same in waiting for the Phaneuf deal to be right. Everyone talks about how 'Burke' doesn't want to wait to do a proper rebuild but in his own way he's shown plenty of patience - I think.
 
agreed about the leaf retirement home.. needs to end. We did it with Clark,Gilmour, Cujo.. no offence to Tucks a great leaf but we need to stop doing it.
 
They'll get something done---Kulemin's agent has been trying his best to wring whatever he can out of the Leafs, which of course, is his job. But the solution to this thing was simple to everyone from the start---Kulemin takes $2-2.5M per season on a shorter (2-3 year) deal, so the Leafs get him at a lower price, and Kulemin doesn't give up any years of unrestricted free agency and leaves himself into a position to cash in if he breaks out and establishes himself as a legitimate NHL scorer.
 
- We have never had a "meaningful" discussion about acquiring Marc Savard
- Re: 7 years, 70 million contract: "I have never given a contract over 5 years and I don't intend to start"

Are you optimistic you will make tangible changes to the roster before August 31st? - Yes.
Can't count on free agency to solve all your problems.

He was asked hypothetically, why a team like the Leafs who are trying to build a young team would be interested in a guy who was say, 32. He responded by saying that they wouldn't necessarily hesitate to add an impact player in that age group and thinks it doesn't take away from trying to have a young team.
 
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He also went on of how proud he is that he doesnt use the cap loophole to beenfit his team by offering the lopsided long term deals.

Which begs the question, if he is so anti these deals would he really trade for one? Savard's
 
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