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Leaf Rumours

teeds said:
I think Burke is going to try something bold. He has some nice, small pieces, that could help a Western conference team go for GOLD. He could package MacArthur, Versteeg and possibly even Grabovski, the whole line, to Dallas and get Dallas' first round pick this year, next year and their second this year. Plus future considerations. Which would probaby be Benn or Neal. AFTER the playoffs.

I don't know whether this is legal or not, my MLSE guy didn't say anything about this, but I smell something big and BOLD. And a rebuilding type deal.
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I can see Mccarthur being traded, guys having a one year dream season, Burke can get a lot of loot for him. I doubt he'd trade Grabovski for picks, only way he'd do any deal involving Grabo is if its a package for a 1st liner. Versteeg isnt going anywhere.

This trade makes zero sense from Dallas's point of view: They need to SHED cap in order to sign Richards. No way do they take on $7M in cap space without giving up any thereselves.
 
According to capgeek, you're wrong.

Not sure what kind of raise he's gonna be looking for, he makes 7,800,000$ already and they have 7,612,272$ in additional cap space.
 
I know Burke would like six Cam Neelys and six hound dogs with three Phaneufs and three Schenns on the blue line.
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There aren't even six Cam Neelys in the league right now.

And icing a blue line of three Dions and Schenns would cost $30M alone right now.

You need a nice mix of everything to win - power forwards, finesse scorers, fierce checkers, offensive dmen, and defensive dmen.

Grabo, MacA, Versteeg are all nice finesse scorers. So is Kessel. Kuly is a good power forward. Bozak, probably a good third line center. We need to keep all those guys and find a way to add a couple of first line type big bodied power forwards who can score in a big way.

Trading MacA and Versteeg puts us in the same spot as before, only needing to find a couple of really good second line scorers instead of the first liners we seek now.

Kadri is a bit of a wild card here, as he could be a really good finesse type IF he pans out, but that isn't anywhere close to a sure thing now. If he is the real deal, we could trade Versteeg or MacA as part of a package for the first liners we need. But trading them first in the hope Kadri will blossom is too risky a proposition for us right now.
 
Mega said:
According to capgeek, you're wrong.

Not sure what kind of raise he's gonna be looking for, he makes 7,800,000$ already and they have 7,612,272$ in additional cap space.
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Your also forgetting that Dallas has an internal cap system thats seperate from the NHL cap.
 
corksens said:
None of those three players are worth a 1st round pick individually, so expecting two of them to garner a 1st plus a 2nd AND future considerations, is ridiculous.

And "future considerations" can't be a roster player, I believe.
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You guys gave up a first round pick for Chris Campoli.
 
Heck, I like the guy more for saying that. Who could enjoy losing? And enjoy a parade of the wrong goalie and the wrong player at the wrong time.
 
How many players would mind getting traded to a playoff team?

Probably no one other than Kaberle, if we want to be honest with ourselves.
 
From Eklund...
On the Leafs...

A source familiar with the situation suggested to me the Maple Leafs may be close to taking on a team's cap space issue so the trading team could then turn around and "catch a much bigger and more expensive fish."

In doing so the Leafs would acquire, along with the player who has the big cap hit, a 1st Round Draft pick in 2011 and a 3rd in 2012.
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egad, could you imagine if the Clarke Mcarthur trade is actually Mcarthur for Gomez and 1st and a 3rd??? Oh I will SHIITE my pants, bundle it up and hurl it at Burke himself.
 
I can't see that happening, they'd pretty much have to send the 1st and Gomez for a bag of pucks for it to even be considered.
 
I might do it for Souray if Komi were going the other way. a first and third from Edmonton wouldn't be too bad.
 
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