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they have let him loose.. they've been palying him 18-20 mins per game over the past few games... he's a -7 and doesn't have a point.
 
JackBurton said:
I think most people were confused why Lebda was signed. A complete waste of cap space. He was not needed at all.
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Burke signed Lebda because he thought he was trading Kaberle and needed insurance. Which judging by Lebda's play so far would have been a hilarious disaster.
 
There is no way he signed Lebda to replace Kaberle. That was just stupid Toronto media talk.

He signed Lebda so one of the young guys didn't have to sit in the press box as the #7.
 
Then that was a waste of about 800K in cap space. You can find a #7 defender for no more than 750K.

Hell, Matt Lashoff would do just fine as a #7 and he makes 550K.
 
Its a waste of cap space because he sucks.

If he didn't suck it would be fine seeing as how they've already needed the #7 for both injuries and Gunnar stinking. Its ideal to have someone reliable there.
 
Lashoff = Aulie > Lashoff > Holzer >>>>>>> Lebda.

All cheaper options. All readily available in the AHL. All a significantly more prudent use of cap space (no matter how limited).
 
leafman101 said:
There is no way he signed Lebda to replace Kaberle. That was just stupid Toronto media talk.

He signed Lebda so one of the young guys didn't have to sit in the press box as the #7.
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Not replace. Puckmoving insurance. Which is a joke because Lebda absolutely sucks at it.

With Gunnarsson looking so good last season and Schenn's strong second half, there was no other reason to sign a player like this. Burke clearly anticipated trading Kaberle before the season.

I said when the deal went down that Lebda would not have signed here to be the bit part that he is -- he was obviously expecting a regular shift and so were we at 1.45 million. That's way too much for a #7 guy you're going to rotate in and out of the lineup, especially when we already had one of those at several times the price. The Leafs are spending 6 million bucks, the price of a 1st line forward, on their 5th and 7th defenceman.
 
$1.45 million isn't a lot of money to spend on a guy at all. I mean Colton Orr makes $1 million. Its less than what they spent on a #7 last year. Its fine to spend that on a #7 to get someone reliable, because #7s end up playing a lot.

There is no way that Lebda was seen as a replacement for Kaberle in anyway. I don't buy that at all.

The Leafs are spending 6 million bucks, the price of a 1st line forward, on their 5th and 7th defenceman.
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The Lebda contract isn't the one to blame there.
 
leafman101 said:
$1.45 million isn't a lot of money to spend on a guy at all. I mean Colton Orr makes $1 million. Its less than what they spent on a #7 last year. Its fine to spend that on a #7 to get someone reliable, because #7s end up playing a lot.
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Colton Orr, there's another bad contract. How is he better than two minimum guys who might actually be able to play a bit? Useless cementhead.

There is no way that Lebda was seen as a replacement for Kaberle in anyway. I don't buy that at all.
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Once again, I did not say that.

The Lebda contract isn't the one to blame there.
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It's one of them, not the one.
 
Anyone read that Burke was interested in Lupul? I got a few texts from people on the way home from work about it but I haven't seen it anywhere
 
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