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LeafGm said:
Belfour in his first two seasons here absolutely blows anything Joseph did out of the water. However, neither of those seasons were within the last six years, just his disastrous last post-lockout season in 05/06. So, Metalleaf is right. Joseph >> any goaltender we've had in the last 6 years.
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Yes, but Cujo was really here prior to the lockout, so CUJO is going to be included in that category, so too should Belfour.
 
LeafGm said:
What?
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Sorry what I meant to say was that if metalleaf was going to give Cujo the shoutout as best goalie in the past 6 years (he also did include cujo's time prior to the lockout), then belfour should also be considered as well as the best goalie in 6 years.
 
A Burke update:

http://espn.go.com/blog/nhl/post/_/id/3921/nhl-trade-deadline-were-one-month-away

The Maple Leafs had been hoping to pull off some sort of trade to bring in a big center, or at least a big forward, but it hasn't happened. So now what?

"We've been trying to add since well before Christmas without any success," Leafs GM Brian Burke told ESPN.com this week. "We have cap room and budget room, but we haven't been able to get anything done to upgrade our team. So now we're going to look at whatever opportunities present themselves leading up to the deadline, including younger players."

I'm reading between the lines here, but my guess is the Leafs are now finally ready to accept draft picks or prospects in trades after trying so hard to make a more traditional hockey deal. Still, it's not a bad thing for Toronto to clear out some cap space ahead of July 1. They'll need to outbid the New York Rangers, among other teams, for the services of Brad Richards (if he hasn't re-signed with Dallas before then).

Toronto's most coveted rental player would be veteran defenseman Tomas Kaberle, who is a UFA on July 1. At some point soon, the Kaberle camp will likely have to make a decision. They'll need to inform the Leafs whether they'd be willing to waive the defenseman's no-trade clause and, if so, provide the Leafs with a list of teams. In the end, they may choose not to waive it and just ride out the final weeks of his career in Toronto. Burke, always respectful of players with no-trade clauses, will not ask Kaberle to waive it.

Expect Francois Beauchemin (one more season at $3.8 million) and Kris Versteeg (one more season at $3.08 million) to continue to draw attention from other teams, along with veteran goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere (UFA July 1) if he can show he's healthy and can help a team. (Giguere recently told local reporters he would "contemplate" waiving his no-trade clause if Burke approached him about it.)
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I am with my MLSE guy. He says that they are doing all kinds of things(legal) to entice Kaberle to get out of town.

We almost came to blows. I am appalled that this organization has no interest in keeping their best player.
 
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teeds said:
I am with my MLSE guy. He says that they are doing all kinds of things(legal) to entice Kaberle to get out of town.

We almost came to blows. I am appalled that this organization has no interest in keeping their best player.
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I really think Burke is going to pull the trigger on the Mccarthur deal w/ Montreal. If it happens, we'll be getting a 1st and 3rd rounder back in return.
 
I heard such rubbish in terms of what they are WILLING to do for ole Kabby to get him out of town, that I am pretty close to bailing on this team, ONCE and FOR ALL. But I fear that the poisin in my DNA prevents me from doing that.
 
How can pretty well a whole board of GM's be wrong about a players worth to a team/city? And in person, great guy(Kaberle). Maybe his dad insulted someone or something. I just do NOT get it. Does anyone in the league carry the puck as well as this guy? Anyone?
 
teeds, what has your MLSE guy been right about so far? Not to mention that, as a pending UFA, nothing has to be done to get Kabs out of town.
 
Volcanologist said:
teeds, what has your MLSE guy been right about so far? Not to mention that, as a pending UFA, nothing has to be done to get Kabs out of town.
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Well thats not exactly true. Burke sent the 29 other NHL teams a memo in the offseason saying Kaberle was on the block, and if they put up the right price (a top 6 forward) they could have him. If Burke was intent on keeping him long term, no way would he send out a want-ad for Kaberle. I really think Burke has no interest in keeping him, and will try again and trade him at the deadline. The only reason Kaberle is still here is because no team would take a chance on a rental player, and Burke claims to be not douchey enough to get a player to re-ink long term and then 30 seconds later trade that player top another team.
 
Pronger84 said:
Well thats not exactly true. Burke sent the 29 other NHL teams a memo in the offseason saying Kaberle was on the block, and if they put up the right price (a top 6 forward) they could have him. If Burke was intent on keeping him long term, no way would he send out a want-ad for Kaberle. I really think Burke has no interest in keeping him, and will try again and trade him at the deadline. The only reason Kaberle is still here is because no team would take a chance on a rental player, and Burke claims to be not douchey enough to get a player to re-ink long term and then 30 seconds later trade that player top another team.
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Anyone know what illicit signal Murray(a 33rd level Mason) is giving there by the way?
 
And my MLSE guy has been right in that Burke has been trying to do a myriad of things, but no one besides US and perhaps HIM, thinks as much of our players.

The only guy on this team that other teams would really, really like to have is Schenn, MacArthur, Versteeg and Aulie. And Burke, for the most part, would like to keep all these guys.

Kessel is constantly discussed on the other end, but Burke is terrified of trading a guy he staked a good part of our future on.
 
MyNameIsJonas said:
other teams dont want Kaberle?...and i would love for Chicago to make a call on Amrstrong.
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Its not a question of whether or not they want him, its a question of how much they're willing to give up for a rental player. Kaberle has very little value right now due to the fact he has no contract extension. If Kaberle gets a contract extension, the price for him will be very high.
 
Pronger84 said:
Its not a question of whether or not they want him, its a question of how much they're willing to give up for a rental player. Kaberle has very little value right now due to the fact he has no contract extension. If Kaberle gets a contract extension, the price for him will be very high.
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You really couldn't have it more backwards. Contending teams up aginst the cap WANT expiring contracts so that they can keep the core part of they're teams together.
 
MyNameIsJonas said:
You really couldn't have it more backwards. Contending teams up aginst the cap WANT expiring contracts so that they can keep the core part of they're teams together.
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If thats the case, then how come the contending teams didnt want to give up anything more then a draft pick for him last summer?
 
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