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teeds said:
If Burke could get rid of Giguere for anything other than a Tim Hortons cup of toxic coffee I would be stunned. Why would anyone want a midget goalie who fluked out for a year and a half? Making ten times more money than he should?

Looking for someone to spin that one .
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Giguere owns two Tim Hortons Franchises in Montreal. He could give Burke the coffee for free.
 
Actually, in Joseph and Belfour we were spoiled for quite a few years. Joseph for three or four, and Belfour for two, they gave us Halak like goaltending. It was great.

I didn't like how the rest of the team took advantage of that strength and relied on it too much. But it was great to watch, and I really appreciated having it. It was great to have.
 
number17 said:
JSG for Gagne is not going to happen.

If I were the Flyers I'd trade for Thomas before JSG.
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Thomas is 36 years old, on a 3-year deal that he signed after turning 35, so it's a caphit they can't get rid of, even when he's 39.

And, more importantly, Thomas has only been significantly better than Giggy in one year in his career. And that was 2 years ago. And Thomas doesn't have the playoff provedness that Philly has been missing in between the pipes for decades. Giggy does.
 
I would like to see the numbers of which team in the last 10-15 years has drafted the highest number of goalies that actually played in the NHL. I would be willing to bet that Montreal tops that list, or is damn near close to it.
How is it a team can so consistently draft goalies that actually become viable NHL starters or dependable back-ups while a team like the Leafs, well, fuk me, who was the last goalie we drafted that actually played a full season for a team, be it starter or back-up? Potvin and Telquist is basically it since 1980.

Here is the list of goalies drafted by the Leafs since 1980. (shield your eyes is you have a weak stomach). And the goalie who very likely will probably end up being the best of that sad bunch was traded for Andrew fuking Raycroft.

Ron Dennis
Ken Wregget
Allan Bester
Jeff Reese
Damian Rhodes
Peter Ing
Mike Gregorio
Robert Horyna
Felix Potvin
David Brumby
Eric Fichaud
Doug Bonner
Francis Larivee
Jamie Hodson
Vladimir Kulikov
Jean-Francois Racine
Mikael Tellqvist
Jan Chovan
Todd Ford
Justin Pogge
Tuukka Rask
James Reimer
Grant Rollheiser


Montreal since 80. Didnt place all of them but there are the top 6. Anyone other that Felix crack that top 6?
Patrick Roy
Jose Theodore
Mathieu Garon
Jaroslav Halak
Carey Price
Tomas Vokoun

No wonder we trade for our goalies.
 
Kritter said:
How is it a team can so consistently draft goalies that actually become viable NHL starters or dependable back-ups while a team like the Leafs, well, fuk me, who was the last goalie we drafted that actually played a full season for a team, be it starter or back-up? Potvin and Telquist is basically it since 1980.
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Rask?

:couch
 
i got it off a russian site that quoted the bleacher report, but looks like le brun also twitted that the leafs are kicking tires at him
 
PQ said:
i got it off a russian site that quoted the bleacher report, but looks like le brun also twitted that the leafs are kicking tires at him
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eh.. the bleacher report is worse than eklund. I personally can't see burke having any interest in Afinogenov.
 
For shorter term deals, I don't see why he wouldn't be. The Leafs are going to need to be transformed a bit more to be a contender, in the mean time, you need production.
 
Preston_Mizzi said:
eh.. the bleacher report is worse than eklund. I personally can't see burke having any interest in Afinogenov.
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i wasn't going to post anything about it till i saw that lebrun also reported leafs interest. he says they are just kicking tires, though
 
Afinogenov doesn exactly seem like a Burke type player. And he really only had 2 good seasons, and that was when the Sabres were one of the fastest and top skilled teams in the league. His best ppg season was when he was teamed up with Briere and Vanek.
 
He's bettered 60 points in 3 seasons, most recently last season. If we can't get a top 6 by trade, then he's worth taking a flyer on for a season or 2.
 
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