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How much cap space do the Leafs have once Finger is gone? They'd be taking on an additional 3.5 mill in salaries with that trade.

They couldn't make that deal unless they moved out some other players.
 
number17 said:
We have about $3.1M of cap space after sending Finger to the minors.
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Not counting bonuses. If you do the deal and add 3M to your roster, then you better hope your rookies suck or you'll again next year have a smaller cap to work with.
 
That deal doesn't really make sense.

I mean, a late pick would have to be packaged with Rolston with NOTHING going back for the Devs to get rid of that contract (not that Rolston isn't a good player).

So basically the deal boils down to Kaberle for Langenbrunner.
 
Of course this rumor makes no sense ... it's one of the worse rumors, even for Ek.

That said, until NJ actually finds a way to clear the cap space, all kinds of rumors will still surface.

Since Lou has no soul, the easiest thing for him to do is to bury Zubrus in the AHL. Zubrus is a useful player and deserves a better fate, but nobody is going to take his contract - not at this point anyways, so they'll keep him there until they can trade him.

If they trade Langenbrunner, that should actually be a trade bait to clear more cap space because Langunbrunner has positive trade value himself, where Rolston and Zubrus have (very) negative trade value.

They cannot afford to trade Salvador ... their blueline looks bad enough as is.
 
Lou wishes he could solve his cap problems, get rid of the worst contract on his roster, AND get back a very good defenceman in return. Why should Burke do that for him? Just to get a couple of picks that aren't going to be that good?

If Burke was willing to move Kaberle for that kind of package he would have done so before Aug 15. I'm sure he's seen Lou's best cards already by now and obviously they weren't worth acting on.
 
hmm that's true.

Well, Lou got himself into this mess himself. We'll see how he get out of it.

It may come down to trading Elias, and Burke should definitely kick the tire on that one.
 
Unless Lamoriello buries an insane amount of money in the AHL or convinces one of his big money players to fake an injury and go on the long-term injury list, I think he's going to have to deal a quality player(s) to get under the cap. I mean, it's right before the start of training camp---everybody's either maxed out against the cap, or against their own self-imposed caps, so he's not going to be able to find someone to take on an extremely stinky multi-year contract like Rolston or Zubrus's. I don't even see how a late first rounder from the Devils would make taking on those contracts worth it for anybody.

He's going to have to deal one or two of Arnott, Elias, Zajac and Langenbrunner. Or maybe just one of those guys, and then bury Jay Pandolfo in the AHL and replace him with someone making the NHL minimum.
 
He's not gonna deal or bury someone he just signed.

Elias and/or Langie are gonna be dealt for scraps. Zajac only goes in a true hockey deal with top notch assets coming back.
 
http://watch.tsn.ca/nhl/clip346217#clip346217

Giguere on his relationship with Monster: "We're a team within the team. We've got to stick with each other. When I have a bad day, he's the only one who knows exactly what I'm going through so... we're gonna help each other out and push each other too. I think with two goalies who both wanna play, we're going to really compete but at the same time we really wanna help each other out too... He's a young goaltender, he's got a bright future in this league so he's definitely not going to make it easy on me."

Giguere on the team: "It's a different team, you know, a lot of young guys and all very excited about the season. Everybody's here a full two weeks before the beginning of training camp. You know, I've never seen that in my life, never. Feels almost like training camp right now. If we can keep that energy, that mentality all year I think we should do something good."
 
giguere has always been considered one of the hardest working goalies in the nhl... I really think that he is going to make a huge difference.

He was pissed he lost his job to Hiller. And even if he doesn't do as well, his hard work and work ethic rubbed off very well on Gus.

Burke really did well with that deal.
 
hockeylover said:
Giguere on the team: "It's a different team, you know, a lot of young guys and all very excited about the season. Everybody's here a full two weeks before the beginning of training camp. You know, I've never seen that in my life, never. Feels almost like training camp right now. If we can keep that energy, that mentality all year I think we should do something good."
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I kind of wondered about that when I saw clips in the media of those Kaberle interviews, with footage of what looked like the entire team working out in Leaf jerseys in the background. Pretty crazy that they've all showed up to start practicing together so early.
 
Maybe they will follow Ottawa's model and figure out the roster PRIOR to the start of the season.. I always admired the way Ottawa focused on winning all the preseason games to get off to a good start.
 
Kaberle has a fan in Gunnarsson

“I love having him on my team,” said Gunnarsson after several Leafs continued informal workouts at the team’s practice facility Thursday.

“Every practice, every game, you can watch him and learn. I’m still pretty young. To have him on the team and learn is a good experience for me.”

“If he would go to another team, there’d be room for someone else, maybe me. But I think he’s a good player and I’m happy he’s still here,” said Gunnarsson.

“Mostly the offensive game,” he says when asked what he has picked up from the veteran. “Watching him on the power play and how skilled he is with the puck and how skilled a passing player he is. Even when I was injured, watching the game from up in the stands, I learned a lot from that too.”

http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/nhl/mapleleafs/article/859097--kaberle-has-a-fan-in-gunnarsson
 
Any news on the potential for Finger to be sent down/bought out?

We're quickly approaching training camp(s) and Finger is still on the Leafs payroll.

Anyone of you getting worried?
 
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