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gilmour93forever said:
But Burke likes to add talent prior to the deadline so there is an adjustment period. And especially when this Leafs team will probably need all the points it can get coming down the stretch I would more expect the trade to happen around the All-Star break than directly at the deadline.

If we are in contention, I'd look for Burke to add role players at the deadline, not skill.
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True, he's not a big fan of deadline day deals.

I'm just thinking about what he said about how you show patience and how people always ask him "Well, why didn't you do the Phaneuf and Giguere deal earlier?" It's this kinda stuff that we don't really think about. That all of this is calculated daily and a few days even makes a big difference - we just paid Finger $112,000 for 6 days.

I'm not sure there's any rush at all to spend any rush to spend the cap space opener up by Finger's demotion nor should there be.
 
Burke was on 990am today, and he said he wanted Finger off the books because he was more worried about the 24 hour waiting period than money itself.

Meaning if theres a deal available, he wants the ability to pull the trigger.
 
Richards is off to an incredible start -- 7 pts in 3 gms. As are Dallas who are undefeated so far.

If the Stars keep playing well and they're in the playoff picture, the likelyhood of him getting dealt goes way down.
 
Richards is pretty awesome, but if we don't land him or someone like him, I think the Leafs have their collective eye on Jeff Carter, who I believe is UFA next year. Don't know that he'll make it, but you gotta believe there's no better potential fit for us - obvious potential fit, I should say - than a huge Toronto center capable of scoring 40 goals a year and still in his early 20s.
 
Carter is an RFA.

And I don't see anyway Dallas can make the playoffs in the West. They have a solid team, but its not good enough unless Richards keeps scoring 3 points a game.

And they really can't afford to let him walk for nothing.
 
leafman101 said:
Carter is an RFA.

And I don't see anyway Dallas can make the playoffs in the West. They have a solid team, but its not good enough unless Richards keeps scoring 3 points a game.

And they really can't afford to let him walk for nothing.
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You positive? I think I read he's UFA.
 
It could be - it has worked out for the Rangers and Gaborik. But I expect Mr. Glass to come through like clockwork in Dallas.
 
LeafOfFaith said:
Richards is pretty awesome, but if we don't land him or someone like him, I think the Leafs have their collective eye on Jeff Carter, who I believe is UFA next year. Don't know that he'll make it, but you gotta believe there's no better potential fit for us - obvious potential fit, I should say - than a huge Toronto center capable of scoring 40 goals a year and still in his early 20s.
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well, Carter's not "huge" (and is actually kind of soft) and will be 26 next year which isn't exactly his "early 20s", and has only had that one legit top notch 1st liner year (2 years ago) so far in his career (and has been switched to wing for the Flyers now)......

...he'd be a nice addition, but I'm thinking that's a guy who gets mucho overpaid next year.
 
LeafOfFaith said:
Richards is pretty awesome, but if we don't land him or someone like him, I think the Leafs have their collective eye on Jeff Carter, who I believe is UFA next year. Don't know that he'll make it, but you gotta believe there's no better potential fit for us - obvious potential fit, I should say - than a huge Toronto center capable of scoring 40 goals a year and still in his early 20s.
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Carter's from London. Ordinarily I wouldn't nitpick, but I remember you saying this a few times before.
 
Lehtonen is really underrated. The only thing stopping him being a good starter is health. He's posted a SV% between 911-916 since 2006.

Dallas could surprise some people if can staly healthy.
 
zeke said:
well, Carter's not "huge" (and is actually kind of soft) and will be 26 next year which isn't exactly his "early 20s", and has only had that one legit top notch 1st liner year (2 years ago) so far in his career (and has been switched to wing for the Flyers now)......

...he'd be a nice addition, but I'm thinking that's a guy who gets mucho overpaid next year.
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A guy who can score over 30 goals a year at the center position, give you size and speed, and hail from a local area is exactly what we need. And 25/26 is mid 20s, but whatever, he'd fit in exactly with the average age of the core guys like Bozak, Phaneuf, Kulemin, etc.

Carter has been at the top of my list for a while. But if he's an RFA and not a UFA, I'm not sure we'd have any shot. But then again, Phanuef. Nuff said.
 
Carter ... meh.

Don't see a big need for a guy like that. He's big but not scrary and doesn't use his size as well as he could. His production is nothing to knock your socks off and he doesn't exactly rip it up in the postseason.

If he's available for a bargain price, maybe.
 
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