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Yeah, I like Brown, but giving him that kind of term entirely unnecessarily? Shit, you should have your farm team loaded with guys like Mike Brown who do nothing but skate well, work their balls off and hit. You should never, ever have to spend 2.6 million on a 3 year term on one.

Burke's love affair with scrubs continues, he overpays Brooks Laich this summer because we need a centre....guarantee it.
 
just kicking a dead horse but i agree pointless to sign a guy like brow to a three year deal. Three years from now Brown might be working at canadian tire.
 
The Toronto Maple Leafs are apparently eyeing St. Louis Blues forward Brad Boyes in a potential trade, Canoe.ca reports, and the guys who might be headed out of town are John Mitchell and Tyler Bozak. We've heard rumors of a potential Boyes trade before, and the Leafs have been seeking a top-six forward for a while. So it all seems to make sense, at least on the surface.

One problem, however, might be the money: Boyes makes $4 million for the next two seasons, and the Leafs have just barely too much on the payroll to add Boyes right now. That could change in a few weeks.

In addition, the Leafs might want to pursue someone like Brad Richards next summer, and adding a $4 million cap hit now might be detrimental to that goal.

- Alvin Chang
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http://insider.espn.go.com/nhl/features/rumors
 
Boyes is a salary dump at this point. 42pts last year, on track for 41pts this year. for $4m.

I might be interested in him as a straight up salary dump, but even then I'd want them to take back some bad salary in exchange.

But adding in Bozak? that's just silly.
 
Boyes is just too much of what we have... size wise at least. Right now St. Louis wants to try to sell high to us like they did with Stinkniak.

No thanks.
 
This would be a terrible trade for Toronto. Boyes hasnt done anything in the past 2 years to warrant his salary.

If anything a Komisarek and a pick for Boyes type of deal makes more sense
 
But just for fun.. assuming we get him for.. nothing:

Kessel-Bozak-Armstrong
MacArthur-Grabovski-Kulemin
Versteeg-Mitchell-Boyes
Sjostrom-Brent-Brown
 
Mitchy's out 4-6 weeks. About time Phaneuf hurt another player to help out the Leafs.

http://www.thestar.com/sports/hocke...knee-injury-latest-setback-for-leafs-mitchell

John Mitchell’s season of frustration continues.

The Maple Leafs centre hurt his knee at Sunday’s practice — witnesses say it might have happened in a collision with captain Dion Phaneuf — and he’ll be out from four to six weeks.

Coach Ron Wilson revealed Wednesday that Mitchell “tweaked” his medial collateral ligament.

“It’s been a tough year for (Mitchell) overall. He’s been starting to play a little bit better recently and to have to miss four to six weeks is not good for him,” said Wilson.
 
There would be something deliciously ironic about Burke reacquiring a former Toronto first round draft pick, but I don't think Boyes is the right fit. Unless Burke is convinced that the masterful coaching of Zippy the pinhead will allow Boyes to revert back to his 30 and 40 goal form of three years ago.
 
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