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Rumpleforeskin said:
Setoguchi would be great but I don't know about getting another RW. The Leafs seriously need to add a couple left wingers.
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Ryane Clowe would be perfect:

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FORWARDS
Nikolai Kulemin ($2.350m) / Tyler Bozak ($3.725m) / Phil Kessel ($5.400m)
Ryane Clowe ($3.625m) / Nazem Kadri ($1.720m) / Kris Versteeg ($3.083m)
Fredrik Sjostrom ($0.750m) / Mikhail Grabovski ($2.900m) / Colby Armstrong ($3.000m)
Mike Brown ($0.537m) / Christian Hanson ($1.018m) / Colton Orr ($1.000m)
/ John Mitchell ($0.725m)

DEFENSEMEN
Dion Phaneuf ($6.500m) / Luke Schenn ($2.975m)
Carl Gunnarsson ($0.800m) / Mike Komisarek ($4.500m)
Brett Lebda ($1.450m) / Francois Beauchemin ($3.800m)
Keith Aulie ($0.733m)

GOALTENDERS
Jean-Sebastien Giguere ($6.000m) /Jonas Gustavsson ($1.350m)

BUYOUTS: Darcy Tucker ($1.000m)
CARRY-OVER BONUS PENALTY: $1,400,000

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as a return for Kaberle? No, no he wouldn't.

For another one of our defenders (not named Schenn or Phaneuf), I agree entirely.

We could really use Clowe, but we could really use a defender who will probably score as many points as Clowe does this season even more.
 
Beauch, or Komisarek and I'm on board.

Trading a 50-60 pt defender for a 50-60 pt winger strikes me as a silly decision.
 
I'm assuming Kaberle is as good as gone, otherwise why did Burke sign Lebda. If San Jose is the destination, I definately prefer Clowe over Setoguchi, longer contract, more consistant, bigger body, similar or greater production vs. potential.

Gagne is interesting as he wouldn't require Kaberle in return, but he's a UFA after one year, and seeing as the Leafs won't be in contention for the cup this year, what's the point. He has a larger cap hit too, and I want as small a carry over as possible into next year to re-sign Schenn, Gunnarson, and Bozak. Oh, and what's with Gagne and groin problems, does his wife kick him in the nuts before every game or something.
 
otherwise why did Burke sign Lebda
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The Shrike said:
I'm assuming Kaberle is as good as gone,
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Pretty big assumption, Burke has been clear through out the entire process that he only moves Kaberle if he gets an offer he likes. Less than a month until Kabs' NTC kicks in again for the year and that offer hasn't been made yet.
otherwise why did Burke sign Lebda.
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Because he's a solid #6-7 defender, and we needed one of those, Burke has no intention of playing one of our Marlie defenders in that role. He wants them getting PT in the AHL instead.

If San Jose is the destination, I definately prefer Clowe over Setoguchi, longer contract, more consistant, bigger body, similar or greater production vs. potential
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Neither would be a good return for Tomas Kaberle, both would be a solid return for Beauch.

Gagne is interesting as he wouldn't require Kaberle in return, but he's a UFA after one year, and seeing as the Leafs won't be in contention for the cup this year, what's the point.
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It would make us significantly better this season (if he remains healthy he's a good bet for 35-40+ goals), would give us a much better chance at making the playoffs (which is Burke's stated goal), and would give us 11.25 million in expiring contract (cap space) for next summer between just he and Giguere. Money that can be used to find an elite replacement for Gagne that can be around long term.

He has a larger cap hit too, and I want as small a carry over as possible into next year to re-sign Schenn, Gunnarson, and Bozak.
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Thing is, both Schenn & Bozak will get cash raises, but very likely we'll see their total cap hits decline slightly. Gunner will get a nice raise though, yeah.

There is no "carry over" though, Gagne comes off the books on July 1st next season, just like Giguere. We'll have plenty of cap space to re sign our kids and go fill our need for an elite forward to replace Gagne.
 
I too would prefer to move Beauchemin.

In terms of Lebda, let's hope to hell he's a replacement for Finger and not Kabs.
 
The Shrike said:
I'd prefer Beauchemin, if we trade Komisarek we're down to two right handers, one of which may be farmed out to offload his $3.5 million cap hit.
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Yeah, good point and one often overlooked when discussing defenders.

Though Phaneuf plays the right side fairly well (and I think, prefers it)
 
Man, I'm going to miss Kabs if they trade him.

There's lots of needs for a blueline, but I love having a smoothie back there. If he goes, we lose a fair bit of that.
 
McSeannington @mkomisarek hows the shoulder? Ready for what should be a great year?

mkomisarek @McSeannington replace "should" with "will"

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Someone's confident.
 
hockeylover said:
McSeannington @mkomisarek hows the shoulder? Ready for what should be a great year?

mkomisarek @McSeannington replace "should" with "will"

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Someone's confident.
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The one thing I want to give Burkie credit for is that he seems to understand dressing room dynamics better than probably 95% of GMs in the league.
 
Lebda's not here to replace Kabs, he's here to replace Finger and provide depth on the blueline in case of injuries. Theres no one guy good enough on his own to replace what Kabs does on the ice.
 
The beauty of getting Gagne is that if he has a great comeback season, we could probably trade him for a 1st rounder at the deadline to a team looking for a scorer with no contract the year after, assuming we're not very competitive and needing him ourselves.

But I've been talking about a Beauch trade for eons. Honestly, we should be able to get something pretty decent for him, especially from his old home Anaheim, which is woefully short on D. Maybe LA also, if they have any money left over after Kovy. Then you STILL have a pretty sweet corps of:

Kaberle Phaneuf
Gunnar Komisarek
Schenn Lebda

And speaking of Kovy, someone I know who works for the Kings mentioned that he heard the offer being discussed is $5M+ average over FIFTEEN years. Take it with a grain of salt.
 
Five million a year for Kovy? No wonder Burke is not interested. This guy is a flake. He got ten million a year from Atlanta in terms of an offer. He should have taken that.
 
No, and the only reason Kovalchuk would take a $5M per is because it's 15 years long ... and that's assuming he actually signs that deal.

Kovy wants to go to LA, that much is certain. The only remaining question is if he can get as much as he like out of LA.
 
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