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There's not a snowball's chance in hell Kaberle waives his NTC clause now. Not after already being dangled all summer. I also believe Burke's telling the truth when he says that he won't go to Kaberle and ask him to waive his NTC.
 
Trading Schenn for some help up front might not be such a bad idea. Especially when we've clearly given the reins to Phaneuf and have some decent looking prospects on D coming up. Maybe Schenn's the odd man out.
 
yeah, so we can forget about trading Kaberle, until at least the trade deadline, but I got a feeling Burke will sign him to an extension before the new year.

BUT, if Anaheim does indeed trade Ryan (which IMO has a ~ 10% chance) you have to put Schenn in play.

And I will make that trade.
 
Versteeg Kadri Ryan
Kulemin Bozak Kessel
MacArthur Mitchell Armstrong
Orr/Brown Hanson Sjostrom

Beauchemin Phaneuf
Kaberle Komisarek
Gunnarsson Lebda

Gustavsson / Giguere​
 
Yeah, Ryan is one of the few young forwards I consider trading Schenn for, and I'm happy with any one of the packages that Player rattled off.
 
Schenn + a good forward talent is one helluvan interesting deal for both sides. And as long as that forward isn't one of Kadri, Kessel, or Bozak, we should be all over that kind of deal.
 
Kaberle is not going anywhere until at least the deadline. And we won't be trading another 1st round pick anytime soon, I don't think.

Since the recent rumours a deal was basically done weren't true, I'm not sure what Ryan's camp and the Ducks have left to discuss at this point. It's been dragging on for months now, Ryan's gotten offers galore, and nada. We're getting close to camp, you'd think something has to go down one way or the other in the next week, or two at the outside.

As for the Leafs bidding, Schenn and Kulemin would be doable IMO. I don't see Kulemin turning into a big scorer, and since Ryan already is one in his early 20s, Kulemin plus a nice core piece on defence in Schenn is fair value for Anaheim. If Kulemin turns into a 30+ goal scorer playing like he is defensively and Schenn becomes the player I think he will, though..boy I'm not sure that's a great deal for us. But if Kulemin is what he seems -- a guy who will score in the low 20s while playing solid defence -- and Ryan turns into a power forward version of Kessel for us, then it's a move worth making for the Leafs.
 
That's why I would love to do a trade of Schenn Grabs and Aulie.

Just because Kulemin just may be a late bloomer and really thrive as the second line winger....

Hell I would do Schenn Grabs and the second for Ryan and a third or something like that.
 
ESPN:



The New Jersey Devils are shopping Colin White and Bryce Salvador, TSN's Bob McKenzie tweets, but only one of those defensemen would be traded, not both.

Now, the Devils did get fined $3 million (and a first- and third-round pick) for circumventing the cap. However, a ESPN Insider E.J. Hradek tweets, this does not come out of their salary cap. So if the Devils dealt Salvador or White -- both of whom carry about a $3 million cap hit -- they would only have to dump a little more cap space to get under the salary cap.

There's been buzz that Dainius Zubrus could be available, and since he carries a $3.4 million cap hit, it would give the Devils plenty of cap space for this season. It would also give the Devils more cap space to sign Zach Parise, who is a restricted free agent next summer.
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The negotiations between James Neal and the Dallas Stars are apparently at a crucial point. Neal's agent, Pat Morris, tells ESPN.com's Pierre LeBrun, "There is always that time for 'the fork in road' where a deal can be done or won't be done for a long period. ... Both sides will have to be flexible."

There are some indications that the Stars aren't willing to budge from their negotiating stance, which is cause for concern. Because from what Morris is saying, it looks like if the Stars continue to be stubborn, Neal might end up holding out.

Meanwhile, the Stars brought in winger Jonathan Cheechoo for a camp tryout, so they may be bracing for this holdout.
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If the leafs could some how finagle Neal for a package similar to Versteeg that would be great. I'd feel quite good about this team with a Neal in our top 6. But I don't know what cheap prospects they'd be looking for - probably a Gunnerson + deal?
 
On the NJ rumor front, trading White or Salvador's $3M contract barely gets them under the cap, and you if you look at their 6-pack you gotta wonder how they can give up 1 of White or Salvador. Not that these are great defensemen, but they're at least serviceable. You can argue they went with an equally ugly group last season and it got the job done, but I am not sure that's a proven formula to build a team, especially when you consider Brodeur's age and at some point he'll need some help from his defense too.

As for Neal, c'mon Joe you can't be seriously expecting Cheechoo to fill Neal's void.
 
You can argue they went with an equally ugly group last season and it got the job done
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It's a silly argument though, because they didn't get the job "done" at all. They got destroyed in the first round by a team that finished the season with ~15 points less than they had. They swapped Martin for Tallinder & Volchenkov, so the blueline will be better...but it's a terrible group of puck movers overall, and will against keep Jersey from making any sort of significant noise in the playoffs.
 
I don't know how much you can blame the defense in the playoffs. They only allowed 25 shots per game.

Brodeur was awful. You aren't going to win many games when your goalie posts a 881 SV% in 5 games.
 
All of those players that Jersey wants to deal are CRAP.... they may want to trade them, but if teams give Jersey anything for those guys, then I yell out collusion, cuz that is a deal that would only help out Jersey.

Screw you Lou, you've put yourself in this hole, now you need to pay to get out.
 
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