Leaf Rumours

[leafman101]

Burke's already said he sees Armstrong as a 3rd line winger who can play in the top 6 if need be.

The signing was definitely inconsistent with this view of not spending money on the bottom 6.

 

[PlayerToBeNamedLater]

Armstrong will probably end up getting top 6 minutes overall because he will play a regular shift at ES, he'll see top minutes on the PK, and get the occasional shift on the PP.

He's a 2nd/3rd line tweener because he can play in all situations.

 

[hockeylover]

I took that to mean that since he has a 3 million dollar utility guy, he's gonna fill the rest in with our own "cheap" guys.

ie.

Sjostrom (.750) xxxxxx Armstrong (3.00)
Brown (.560) Mitchell (.750) Orr (1.00)

Appears to be what he's doing.

I dunno, the quote doesn't make a lot of sense to me with what he said about Armstrong being a 3rd liner who can fill in on the 2nd if you need him to... I think he overpaid Colby a bit but that Colby was "his guy" because he's always been a go to guy for the PK.

 

[zeke]

Ok, let me try to make sense out of that quote from Burkie:

"There are some pretty good hockey players out of work. From our perspective...we're focusing on, where we can, with our bottom 6 forwards and bottom 2 d, we're going to go with our group, if we can, and we are going to go young if we can, because we are spending a disproportionate amount of money on the top 6."

The only way this makes sense to me is to split it up into two quotes:

1) "...where we can, with our bottom 6 forwards and bottom 2 d, we're going to go with our group, if we can, and we are going to go young if we can. because..."

2) "There are some pretty good hockey players out of work. From our perspective...we're focusing on......we are spending a disproportionate amount of money on the top 6."

 

[hockeylover]

I just listened to that part of the interview - with context it sounded like he was talking about a general philosophy more than anything so... while Armstrong's deal is high, we're still averaging just around 1 million a player on the bottom 6. I have Armstrong in our bottom 6 but if we don't bring in a winger for Kaberle, he'd be in our Top 6 right?

 

[Volcanologist]

The only place we're spending "disproportionate" money is on defence.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

$10 mil on goaltending isn't exactly cheap either.

 

[Volcanologist]

10 million? where do you get that?

 

[LeafOfFaith]

My bad. For a sec I forgot that Giggy is making $6M, not $8M.

 

[hockeylover]

Jeffler The #Leafs will announce Saturday that Kaberle+Hanson have been traded to Phoenix for Upshall+Turris+Cond.Pick, I can exclusively confirm.

... uhhh I have no idea why Jeffler is posting this but thought I'd pass it on. I'm gonna try and get him to come over here and explain...

 

[MindzEye]

What the hell is a Jeffler?

 

[Volcanologist]

Jeffler The #Leafs will announce Saturday that Kaberle+Hanson have been traded to Phoenix for Upshall+Turris+Cond.Pick, I can exclusively confirm.

... uhhh I have no idea why Jeffler is posting this but thought I'd pass it on. I'm gonna try and get him to come over here and explain...

he's making it up to see how many people he can get to repeat it.

 

[Montana]

What the hell is a Jeffler?

Jeff Veillette, from "www.leafshq.com"

 

[hockeylover]

He runs LeafsHQ and he's posted here before. I'm trying to get him to come over here and explain; he claims to have inside information. Here's his Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Jeffler

 

[Montana]

Worth noting the top story on his website is about......"Fake Insiders''

 

[hockeylover]

Hi Jeffler, see you lurking

Was this a social experiment?

 

[GGpX]

If the trade is true, you guys better hope Turris gets his shit together.

In the one game Hamilton played the San Antonio Rampage that I watched, I had to check the game sheet to see if he was even playing. I didn't notice him once for anything.

 

[MindzEye]

Worth noting the top story on his website is about......"Fake Insiders''

Good eyes Montana. I went to his twat account and saw the LeafsHQ link, clicked, saw the top story and chuckled a bit.

 

[Montana]

If the trade is true, you guys better hope Turris gets his shit together.

In the one game Hamilton played the San Antonio Rampage that I watched, I had to check the game sheet to see if he was even playing. I didn't notice him once for anything.

Turris had 24 goals, and 63 points in 76 gp, last year.........not terrible for a 20 year old.

 

[MindzEye]

No, I noticed the production as well. The "future" aspect of the deal isn't the troubling part. Upshall as the "now" part of the deal is. A .5ppg forward who can't stay healthy, ever, isn't the type of forward we need, and he's definitely not going to replace Kaberle's importance to the club this season. Turris is straying towards bust territory as well.

The only positive I see in that is that there's no chance Kaberle re signs in Phoenix and even after being traded, we'd be at the top of the list of places he would want to sign with as a FA next summer.