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Leaf Rumours

waters today was talking his crazy again today, but did mention that maybe Burke and Wilson have it clear in mind to send Kadri down to keep some salary available for a dump by another team, and that he can't say anything as that would be tampering.

Doesn't Vancouver along with New Jersey have to shed a bunch of salary??

I am not saying that Kadri's salary is the difference but maybe highlighting some of the other prospects may make them available for trade.
 
I'll be really pissed if they keep Kadri down for cap reasons. Especially if it means Finger makes the team. If they send him to the A cause he's sucked balls so far or he's hurt that's one thing, but if it's cap reasons I will be pretty pissed.
 
I don't think they're sending Kadri down for cap reasons, but it does seem like they're jumping at the chance to use his cap savings to let them keep Finger out of the AHL.
 
ESPN:

It looks like the New Jersey Devils are exploring trades that involved several of their players, including captain Jamie Langenbrunner. The Bergen County Record has a source saying that the Colorado Avalanche are interested in Langenbrunner, who would bring a veteran presence to a relatively young squad.
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Burke better get in on this.

During his interview on the Fan yesterday, one of the guys asked Burke whether he's talked to Lou about testifying against the Devils in the Kovalchuk thing. Burke responded by saying something along the lines of, "No, we've only had discussions about players'. The interviewer didn't follow up on that comment though because they ran out of time.
 
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I remember hearing that and thinking it was odd they didn't follow-up on it. I guess he wouldn't have said anything anyway.

The Devil's have to be motivated to get something done soon. As the time runs out so does their leverage.
 
The Leafs can put together an interesting package for Langenbrunner.

The Leafs have a lot of cheap, young defense/goalie prospects that are NHL ready or close to NHL ready that would interest the Devils.
 
I believe Langeunbrunner alone doesn't solve NJ's cap problem though.

Last I heard it's Clarkson they're looking to trade.

(Cue the Tim Brent = place holder for 3rd line C rumor)
 
Bryce Salvador hurt himself so if he's out for a little while, the trading of Langenbrunner (along with this injury) would put the Devils under the cap.



*On whether he is planning on being without Salvador for a couple games: “I don’t know about couple games. He went for tests. Today we had nine defensemen out there. As far as I know, he went for tests and we’ll see what happens when the tests come back.”

After saying Salvador was “fine” after Tuesday’s preseason game, MacLean said he was not surprised to hear Salvador was going for tests: “That’s a just procedural thing. He’s going for tests to make sure that he is fine, and we’re waiting to hear.”

*Basically made it seem like Salvador’s absence is a number thing for now as far as having enough defensemen to practice with. The severity of the injury is unclear at this time, and the Devils were not expected to make any further updates on Salvador’s situation, presumably until tomorrow.

“We’re in a holding pattern to a certain extent, but we had nine defensemen out there,” MacLean said. “It’s not like we had four and it was like, ‘Oh, we need the fifth one.’ It’s training camp. We’ve got some guys here and some guys will get to play.”

I know there is speculation on how Salvador’s absence affects the Devils’ salary cap situation, but it’s hard to gauge that right now because of the uncertainty regarding the injury. Lou Lamoriello didn’t seem real sure as to what Salvador’s issue was, saying it was something related to his ear and that he would not know anything further until he spoke to the doctors.

My guess would be that it could be ringing in his ears or something like that from such a hit, but that would only be speculation until the Devils release something more definitive, presumably within the next day or so.
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http://blogs.northjersey.com/blogs/fireice/wrapping_up/
 
I see.

But still, trading Langenbrunner would only help the Devils temporarily. Once Salvador comes back, they gotta do something again.

Plus, Savlador getting hurt puts another dent on their pretty ugly looking blueline ... you'd think Lou would actually want to bring in a NHL defenseman as part of the trade.

And he's got another week, basically.
 
JohnnyHolmes said:
I don't get why you guys would want Langenbrunner.
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Because he's a proven 2-way veteran scoring forward who is on a reasonable contract.

And because we're one more solid scoring winger away from actually having a decent couple of top lines.

Of course we're also assuming a "salary dump" price...Langs would be worth more if Lou wasn't in this mess, and the Leafs shouldn't give up significant assets for a player that age anyway.
 
I like Langenbrunner as a player, but I guess I don't see how he fits in to your lineup.

Sure you need a top 6 guy, but a 35 year old...

I don't see it happening.
 
JohnnyHolmes said:
I like Langenbrunner as a player, but I guess I don't see how he fits in to your lineup.

Sure you need a top 6 guy, but a 35 year old...

I don't see it happening.
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The Leafs projected top 6 consists of 6 players 26 years old and under (Kessel, Bozak, Kadri, Kulemin, Versteeg, Grabo).

They could use a vet.
 
Given Langenbrunner's contract, I don't think this will be a 'salary dump' kindda trade. Even if Lou trades Langenbrunner, their captain, he will most probably piggy-back a bad contract to get them under the cap for good.

I don't see Lou trading Langenbrunner for scraps or a middle pick just to temporarily get under the cap.
 
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