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Everyone is in play - for the right offer. Sounds like they were approached about Versteeg and did not bite
 
They can't trade Versteeg. It wouldn't make any sense. He is a 23 year old high offensive skilled goal scoring forward. Thats what they need to get more of, not trade away.
 
the offer must have been a pretty good one.

versteeg is nowhere remotely near untradeable, but a cup winning 24 year old on pace for 25/60 even after a killer slow start to the season, and who plays in all situations and is apparently a great lockerroom guy to boot and on a very affordable contract should command a pretty hefty price.

I mean if Pittsburgh called up and offered the more expensive 22yr old Jordan Staal for Versteeg, I wouldn't hang up.
 
one paper had the leafs deal fall through on Friday... in which the leafs had a deal with Vancouver for Parent.... but it fell through because they could decide on what pick they wanted..

If they are going for Parent, then they must have had a deal with Beauchemin or another defenseman.
 
Wasn't Parent waived anyway?

I'm not saying Versteeg is untouchable, but he's not a guy they should be looking to move.
 
Versteeg shouldnt be an untouchable ... and how do you know that he is great in the dressingroom?
If he can fetch a lower end 1st or a high 2nd and a prospect, then he did his job by making this club better.
Ryan Parent? You have got to be kidding......why not just bring up Aulie instead? Unless it was vancouver taking on Komis contract for Parent .....
 
leafman101 said:
They can't trade Versteeg. It wouldn't make any sense. He is a 23 year old high offensive skilled goal scoring forward. Thats what they need to get more of, not trade away.
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he's a decent skill forward. if they can get a similarly productive but much bigger forward then i would make the swap. this team needs size at least as much as it needs skill. a versteeg for clowe sort of swap makes some sense for the leafs, imo.
 
Jonas Siegel
Tim Hunter & Mike Komisarek just had words on the ice. Komisarek left, smashed gatorade bottle & walked off. Hunter went off the ice to bring him back to clean up the broken bottle.
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So what does this mean? "Komi, you're benched"?
 
msun30 said:
he's a decent skill forward. if they can get a similarly productive but much bigger forward then i would make the swap. this team needs size at least as much as it needs skill. a versteeg for clowe sort of swap makes some sense for the leafs, imo.
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That'd be a terrible downgrade.

Versteeg is doing what he's doing playing on the third line with Armstrong and Mitchell, and of course on the point on the PP. There's a lot of untapped offense in this 24 year old.
 
I agree - Clowe's a complementary type player and Versteeg looks like he can be much more than that. He's giving us an entire other scoring line almost singlehandedly.
 
You can't trade Versteeg for a 50 point, 2nd line power forward. He has a way bigger impact than that. Since his slow start he has 23 points in 27 games (70 point pace), he plays 20+ minutes a game in all situations. He creates offense, he scored big goals, he has been a huge part of the PP which is the only decent part of this team, he is good on the PK.

I love the way he can change speeds. He can really set the pace of the game. And he is such a heady player. Always making smart plays, making it so tough to contain him when you combine it with the speed.

Really, right now he is a poor mans Marty St Louis. And he's only 24.
 
Yea, don't really understand trading Versteeg at this point unless its for an outright better player at a comparable age or if he's a part of a package for a star.
 
Maybe LeBrun leaking that news was a deliberate ploy on the part of the Leafs to get more offers in for all players, not just Versteeg.

If everyone, even Versteeg, is for sale, it may get some teams to the table sooner.

At least I hope that's what's going on. I take comfort in the fact that Burke seems to stubborn to give up on a guy he himself brought in just recently, and paid a decent price for, to boot.
 
zeke said:
I agree - Clowe's a complementary type player and Versteeg looks like he can be much more than that. He's giving us an entire other scoring line almost singlehandedly.
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the leafs need a big guy who can create space to play alongside kessel.

just look at what joey crabb is doing with his physicality and willingness to play along the boards and in the corners -- and joey crabb stinks.
 
leafman101 said:
You can't trade Versteeg for a 50 point, 2nd line power forward. He has a way bigger impact than that. Since his slow start he has 23 points in 27 games (70 point pace), he plays 20+ minutes a game in all situations. He creates offense, he scored big goals, he has been a huge part of the PP which is the only decent part of this team, he is good on the PK.

I love the way he can change speeds. He can really set the pace of the game. And he is such a heady player. Always making smart plays, making it so tough to contain him when you combine it with the speed.

Really, right now he is a poor mans Marty St Louis. And he's only 24.
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you're putting too much emphasis on his slow start vs. his current hot streak.

he's a streaky player. he has been since he entered the league. he'll go cold again soon enough.
 
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