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If we had played Reimer and Aulie when BeLeafer and I were chirping for it, we would be in a playoff position right now. Fawking decisions.
 
He is disciplined guy and he has seen enough crap. But REMEMBER, he was a Habs fan first. He didn't get innoculated at birth like the rest of us. It, the DISEASE, is not as strong with him. He was a big fan, but he might be sleeping in his Guy Lafleur jersey these days.
 
Here is the Burke quote on Kabby (finally caught the interview):

"Its not that Tomas Kaberle doesn't deserve an extension. Its the way we've structured the salary here, and what we've committed on the blueline and the players to whom we've committed. He's probably got a much better shot to get the numbers and term he wants from somewhere else."
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Achh. That quote is my worst nightmare. If that isn't just posturing I will have to resist a strong temptation to punch Brian Burke right in the face should I ever meet him.

"I decided to tie up almost six million dollars in our #6 & 7 defensemen, so we're going to have to either let our #1 defenseman walk for nothing, or if he allows us, trade him for some shitty return at the deadline that will in no way come close to reflecting his real value to this hockey team. My bad!"
 
"Its not that Tomas Kaberle doesn't deserve an extension. Its the way we've structured the salary here, and what we've committed on the blueline and the players to whom we've committed. He's probably got a much better shot to get the numbers and term he wants from somewhere else."

Wtf is this shit. He can hand out $1.45M to a useless tit of a depth defencmen (lebda) yet he can't afford to pay money for one of the better offensive blueliners in this league? I like Burke, but wow, I don't get his logic on this one.
 
The Lebda deal literally has Zero impact on Tomas Kaberle.....zero.


The issue is going to be paying Kaberle (5.5), Phaneuf (6.1) Schenn ( 4?) Komisarek (4.5)...and having a stock pile of kids that could be ready withhin 1-2 years on the blueline Aulie, Gardener, Gysbers, Blacker.
 
MyNameIsJonas said:
The Lebda deal literally has Zero impact on Tomas Kaberle.....zero.


The issue is going to be paying Kaberle (5.5), Phaneuf (6.1) Schenn ( 4?) Komisarek (4.5)...and having a stock pile of kids that could be ready withhin 1-2 years on the blueline Aulie, Gardener, Gysbers, Blacker.
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yeah, but that's only 4 spots.. of 6 or 7. and with the exception of gardiner, none of those guys will ever bring what kaberle brings to the table. and even gardiner's a ways away right now.

besides, like i said earlier -- they could pay kaberle $6mn and would be allotting about the same amount of resources to the blueline as the flyers.

hell, it will be the same allotment as this year -- let's say kaberle and schenn combine for a $2.75mn raise.. then factor in the ~$1mn beauchemin's replacement (aulie) will make.

there's beauch's $3.8mn.

they will still have giggy's $6mn to play with. they had $3.5mn in cap space as it was. bozak will have his hit lowered, and is expendable. versteeg can be moved as well.

so you're still looking at ~$15mn to spend on a backup/1B goalie (if you aren't comfortable with gus) and two holes up front.. one of which can MAYBE be filled by naz.

and i might be overshooting on kaberle at $6mn. burke is being an idiot here. there's no reason why they shouldn't pony up for kaberle. it's perfectly tenable to give him a hefty raise.
 
This is assuming msun that you beleive him when he says its a money issue.

I personally think you'll see him throw some form of silly money at Bieksa or Ehrhoff if they hit the market
 
and i might be overshooting on kaberle at $6mn. burke is being an idiot here. there's no reason why they shouldn't pony up for kaberle. it's perfectly tenable to give him a hefty raise.
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I think if Kabs was North American, Burke would have been more inclined to keep him, his NA bias is hurting this franchise.
 
da_next_kid said:
I think if Kabs was North American, Burke would have been more inclined to keep him, his NA bias is hurting this franchise.
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I dont think he's that biased. I mean he did bring in the monster (swedish), he signed wallin (swedish), he re-upped Kulemin (russian), he drafted Kadri (although born in Canada, has strong ties to Lebanon), he traded for Brunstrom (swedish) he was strongly after Grabo when in Anahimem (Belarusian) and he also traded for Sjostrom (Swedish).

I think for whatever reason he just doesn't like Kaberle's style of play, which is kind of hypocritcal because he never tried to pedal Niedermeyer (who is very similar in style to Kaberle)
 
Burke has rigid boundaries. Most likely Frantisek, or Thomas' father went beyond them. Not saying it is right, but Burke probably doesn't want players who have their fathers doing the talking for them.

You know what? Kaberle is too old for this franchise now in a way. Its a young team and it is in an official rebuild. And make no mistake, Burke is quietly building Anaheim Mighty Ducks 2.0

If I am wrong, Versteeg is still here after the deadline. But he is acquiring guys to trade them for bigger and faster all the time.

His goal is to have a faster and tougher, but equally skilled version of the San Jose Sharks.

It takes a few years, at the very least to build that.

Watch for the return of BL, about then. Hopefully its sooner, he is a great poster.
 
Pronger84 said:
I think for whatever reason he just doesn't like Kaberle's style of play, which is kind of hypocritcal because he never tried to pedal Niedermeyer (who is very similar in style to Kaberle)
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LOL comparing kaberle to Neidermayer.
Neidermayer was a better physical, defensive, offensive dman than kaberle has ever been .... skater? shot? heart? no comparison.
 
And don't look now,but the Ducks could do it again this year. Big, fast, tough and wear you down in a seven game series. Take the body, take the shot, cover your man. Real basic and real tough to watch unless you are a Ducks fan.

Still if Burke does it here, and if you want to know the future face of the Leafs, put Keith Aulie's on it, this is what is really is.

And as long as we are wearing the other team down, I WILL cheer for that.
 
uncus said:
LOL comparing kaberle to Neidermayer.
Neidermayer was a better physical, defensive, offensive dman than kaberle has ever been .... skater? shot? heart? no comparison.
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It's debateable whether Niedermayer was a better offensive defenceman than Kaberle given that their career best season in points is within two of the other and they averaged 48 (Nieds) and 49 (Kabby) points per season respectively over the course of their careers.

People seemingly always tend to gloss over the fact that Niedermayer was a tremendous offensive disappointment for many years despite his skillset. The other points? Not going to address them as it's no question that a man who captained World Junior title and Olympic gold medal teams had superior leadership qualities and intangibles.
 
Paul Hendrick Colby a no-show at today's practise...details to follow after skate.

They wouldn't move a fresh FA signing like Colby right? Must be injury or 'personal' matter.
 
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