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I know he's had a good tournament, but there is something I don't like about his game.. he fancies himself gifted with the puck and does moves that will work on juniors but I don't know
 
Eklund mentioned schenn to toronto again? hits galore!

Habsy should use "brayden schenn" instead of "berezin".
 
Still, Versteeg probably will not turn into a 40 goal scorer to embarass Burke, and Burke is desperate to add big, tough guys to the lineup. Schenn if he is anything like Luke, will adjust and will do well. Based on DNA.
 
It's not Schenn. Come on, does anyone think we're getting Brayden Schenn for Kris Versteeg?

It's probably Vyacheslav Voynov, a second round pick from 2008 whose agent is rumoured to have told the Kings recently that he'd like a chance with another organization because LA's organizational depth at defence is going to be difficult for him to overcome.
 
Versteeg AND Aulie gets that deal done. And I wouldn't like it. Aulie has a shot at being something special. Same as Luke. One and two in the future.
 
IrishWolfman said:
It's not Schenn. Come on, does anyone think we're getting Brayden Schenn for Kris Versteeg?

It's probably Vyacheslav Voynov, a second round pick from 2008 whose agent is rumoured to have told the Kings recently that he'd like a chance with another organization because LA's organizational depth at defence is going to be difficult for him to overcome.
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i highly doubt that was the sort of trade that gave burke enough pause that he decided to shop versteeg to gauge how highly other teams valued him.
 
I think Brayden Schenn turns into a bit of a "meh" player at the NHL level. Not big enough to run people over, not skilled enough to dance around them. Just sort of above average and a nice guy in the locker room.
 
zeke said:
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.
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How about after you woke up?
 
I still don't get why Jordan Staal receives so much worship.

He's a youngster that's played a quality depth role in all situations for a cup winner, and has shown the ability to produce at a 20gl/50pt level.

Sounds like Versteeg to me. Except Versteeg is much cheaper.
 
IrishWolfman said:
Hell of a lot more likely than Brayden Schenn.
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doubt it was schenn but.... not really. burke was obviously offered a pretty damn good player. not a recent second round pick, who is already complaining about opportunity despite not even being in the nhl yet, and who plays a position where the leafs are already deep (and probably deeper than the kings are).
 
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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LeafOfFaith said:
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.
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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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No offense... I'd love to have either player on my team but I'd prefer Clowe. They are likely to put up similar points given the same situation but Clowe is bigger and meaner.
 
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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LeafOfFaith said:
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.
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zeke said:
I still don't get why Jordan Staal receives so much worship.

He's a youngster that's played a quality depth role in all situations for a cup winner, and has shown the ability to produce at a 20gl/50pt level.

Sounds like Versteeg to me. Except Versteeg is much cheaper.
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I know you don't like to have to deal with silly stuff like watching a player or stuff that you can't quantify in stats but Staal IS an elite defensive forward. Probably the best in the league, top3 for sure. The guy is an amazing penalty killer and shut down center. He does have plenty of offensive upside but plays more of a checking role.

There's a reason that even though they have similar offensive output that Staal makes more money.
 
That amazing shutdown centre didn't seem to be able to slow down Spezza or Pleks or Fisher or Gomez in last year's playoffs.
 
Not to mention the Pens have been better defensively than ever this year, even without Staal playing at all.
 
...and that amazing offensive star Crosby didn't manage to score a bunch of points against the Habs either.

Bottom line is that Staal is an elite defensive forward with good offensive skills. That's a pretty common opinion around the league. It's only you wondering why everyone is so high on him.
 
Because you just described Chris Drury, yet people talk about Staal like he is a star.

He's a very good player. I'd take him on my team any day. Overrated as shit though.
 
zeke said:
Not to mention the Pens have been better defensively than ever this year, even without Staal playing at all.
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No kidding, they replaced Gonchar and Eaton with Martin and Michalek. They also have Max Talbot playing the 3rd line center role and he's done quite well.... he's no Jordan Staal but he's good defensively.
 
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