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last 2yrs:

Spezza (27): 92gms, 32gls, 77pts (82gms, 29gls, 69pts)
Kessel (23): 121gms, 49gls, 89pts (82gms, 33gls, 60pts)

and Spezza got to play with Alfie all that time.
 
zeke said:
last 2yrs:

Spezza (27): 92gms, 32gls, 77pts (82gms, 29gls, 69pts)
Kessel (23): 121gms, 49gls, 89pts (82gms, 33gls, 60pts)

and Spezza got to play with Alfie all that time.
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No he didn't. They haven't been regular linemates these past two years.

And of course, we didn't trade Seguin and another first for Spezza.
 
A lot of us seem to think Kaberle may end up in Boston, and that we'd want our 1st round pick back.

Well, I don't think Burke is making ANOTHER trade with Boston after the Kessel deal - not necessarily because how bad he came out looking, but because this is a division rival and unless there's a guy you really, really like on that team, you'd trade with another conference or at least out of your own division. So never mind a BIG trade like Kaberle, I don't think we'll even make a minor trade with Boston anytime soon.

And, do I really want our 1st round pick back? I don't know. 2011 is gonna be such a WEAK draft and if I were Burke, I'd rather take a promising prospect over a 1st round pick ... and I think Burke won't even take a prospect. He'd take a player in return.

What is most likely to happen though, if you ask me, is Kaberle isn't traded by trade deadline. Maybe he'll get traded for a late pick just before July 1st, and that's all I can see happening.
 
corksens said:
But he's gotten older and more experienced. You'd think there is some off-set.

I think Kessel is a good player, but I don't see him putting up more than 35/65 anytime soon.
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Come on...Bozak and Crabb?? for ****'s sake.

He'll get his 30+ this year, and he's good enough to even get it playing with linemates like that. He won't be able to do better than 35 goals without an upgrade in talent around him, I agree with that much. It's very easy to key on Kessel when he's out there right now.
 
corksens said:
No he didn't. They haven't been regular linemates these past two years.

And of course, we didn't trade Seguin and another first for Spezza.
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49% of his shifts this year have been with Alfie.

67% of his shifts last year.
 
corksens said:
But he's gotten older and more experienced. You'd think there is some off-set.

I think Kessel is a good player, but I don't see him putting up more than 35/65 anytime soon.
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number17 said:
A lot of us seem to think Kaberle may end up in Boston, and that we'd want our 1st round pick back.

Well, I don't think Burke is making ANOTHER trade with Boston after the Kessel deal - not necessarily because how bad he came out looking, but because this is a division rival and unless there's a guy you really, really like on that team, you'd trade with another conference or at least out of your own division. So never mind a BIG trade like Kaberle, I don't think we'll even make a minor trade with Boston anytime soon.

And, do I really want our 1st round pick back? I don't know. 2011 is gonna be such a WEAK draft and if I were Burke, I'd rather take a promising prospect over a 1st round pick ... and I think Burke won't even take a prospect. He'd take a player in return.

What is most likely to happen though, if you ask me, is Kaberle isn't traded by trade deadline. Maybe he'll get traded for a late pick just before July 1st, and that's all I can see happening.
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You wouldn't want Gabriel Landeskog on the Leafs?
 
From Kaberle's perspective, I could see Boston as one of the ONLY destinations he'd waive for. It's relatively close, and he'd be playing with his buddy Chara for a few months - likely to at least the conference finals. Throw in a provision that the Leafs would be compensated if Kabs signs with Boston in the offseason and I don't see how this could be a bad deal.
 
BG said:
From Kaberle's perspective, I could see Boston as one of the ONLY destinations he'd waive for. It's relatively close, and he'd be playing with his buddy Chara for a few months - likely to at least the conference finals. Throw in a provision that the Leafs would be compensated if Kabs signs with Boston in the offseason and I don't see how this could be a bad deal.
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hmm didn't know Chara and Kaberle are buddies.

They're not even countrymen, if that's what you're implying. Kaberle is Czech, Chara is Slovak
 
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