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Leaf Rumours

hockeylover said:
Siberia of the NHL eh? Must've made a left somewhere instead of a right on your way to the Edmonton board.

Toronto's on that list because we really suck and have for a while. And a big market is never that fun of a place to be when you're losing consistently. Some players would still welcome that challenge. Some players want that pressure - and those are the guys we need here. Not the 15 who answered Toronto in the poll.
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Meh. Those long contracts are over now with the new rules.

No one is going to offer Richards a 10 year retirement deal. He is 30 turning 31. Maybe he'll get a 6-7 year deal, but it wouldn't be a shocker to see him get 5 or less.
 
JackBurton said:
They got lack of respect when Quinn had them as a 100 point team.
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Quinn could write cheques and pay for talent because he didn't have to deal with a salary cap. I guarantee you that if Burke didn't have a cap, that the Leafs would be holding a playoff spot right now.
 
JackBurton said:
If Burke doesn't change he 5 year max. on contracts he might not get Richards.
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Good luck with that. Burke is set in his ways and doesnt believe in anything over 5 years (however right or wrong that approach is). Also Richards 99% is NOT coming here, he's going to go to the team that shells out the longest contract and most money. He'll be looking for a 7-8 year deal worth around 60M (7-7.5M per year).
 
and Richards wil get his 7-8.

Then Toronto fans can say hello to some odd combo of Tomas Flieschmann, Ed Jovanovski or Brooks Laich.....all character guys off the ice.
 
Unless we could trade for Richards, he's currently plan "C".

Plan 'A': trade for a first line centre
Plan 'B': develop a first line centre
Plan 'C': pray that one becomes available in the offseason
 
If is the word that has to be focused and if by chance he does want to test the waters Burke has to leave his stubborn ways home that day and overpay to get him.

Obviously the trade route isn't working now and I don't see it changing for him anytime soon so if he wants that big fish he is gonna have to bring expensive bait.

Playing with 2nd an 3rd line centers will get us no where fast
 
Pronger84 said:
Good luck with that. Burke is set in his ways and doesnt believe in anything over 5 years (however right or wrong that approach is). Also Richards 99% is NOT coming here, he's going to go to the team that shells out the longest contract and most money. He'll be looking for a 7-8 year deal worth around 60M (7-7.5M per year).
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I agree. Richards is not coming here. We'll get stuck with overpaid second-tier free agents as usual.

The bidding on Richards will be pretty high, so no way does he settle for only 5 years.
 
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