Leaf Rumours

[LeafOfFaith]

Only someone with severe brain damage would trade Grabo now.

He is just showing flashes of what he's going to be capable of at his peak.

This is not his peak, this is just the beginning. He's as good a scorer as Kessel, if not better.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

krejci hamill and bostons 1st for a signed kaberle and a 3rd

curran is working the details of a contract with boston as we speak

Not the worst deal in the world, but also hope it's not the best either.

 

[axlsalinger]

see what i mean about mckenzie taking himself down a few notches?

it's really disappointing to see.

this guy used to be the cream of the crop but he's slipping.

Or, he's a realist.

 

[mbow30]

Or, he's a realist.

that's not really the point.

point is that he's engaging in ridiculous twitter wars with anonymous internet posters.

the guy who is supposed to be our most respected, knowledgeable, unbiased hockey reporter... is wasting time arguing with vito from woodbridge over twitter.

that's the problem.

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

i tend to agree with msun....its not what bobby is saying but how he says it....show some professionalism.

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

If Krejci is brought in i think you see Bozak dealt.

 

[Montana]

McKenzie loses some of his professionalism, when he doesnt have the filter television provides...

 

[mbow30]

He loses his professionalism without the benefit of the filter television provides...

it's on television, too.

he's falling prey to the ridiculous rumour mongering nonsense that has engulfed the hockey press. it's really bad. we don't have a lot of good commentators that talk about the state of the game in general any more. in fact, with morrison out of the picture and mckenzie slipping i can't think of anybody.

 

[Aberdeen]

Nick Kypreos
#Thrashers Bogosian hasn't officially asked to be traded but it's been noted he's not happy and would like change of scenery by next season

 

[teeds]

With all the firsts, does anyone see a Stamkos situation brewing? Seems interesting all the lousy first being picked up. That would be the two from this year needed. In a bad draft. Then our next two. Seems standard for Burke to give up.


And Grabo did exactly what he was supposed to do last night. He played just well enough to get Brayden Schenn out of L.A. Bravo Grabs, you're building the future Maple Leafs. And you are going to love LA. And THEY you.

 

[axlsalinger]

With all the firsts, does anyone see a Stamkos situation brewing?

Nope.

 

[gilmour93forever]

With all the firsts, does anyone see a Stamkos situation brewing? Seems interesting all the lousy first being picked up. That would be the two from this year needed. In a bad draft. Then our next two. Seems standard for Burke to give up.


And Grabo did exactly what he was supposed to do last night. He played just well enough to get Brayden Schenn out of L.A. Bravo Grabs, you're building the future Maple Leafs. And you are going to love LA. And THEY you.

Don't get sucked into that teeds.

The draft happens before we would 'try' to sign Stamkos to an offer sheet, so say as a hypothetical that we have 2011 Philly and Boston 1st rounders. They will be used up before this offer sheet is signed, making them irrelevant to the compensation package that we would need to give to Tampa Bay.

Not. Happening.

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

Parise maybe...and i stress maybe..in fact the only reason i even am willing to put Parise into a "making sesne" category is cause Stamkos sounds so insane, anything else looks decent by comparison

 

[LeafGm]

Stamkos, again, is just lunacy. We might as well talk about building a time machine, and bringing back Bobby Orr in his prime. Both are equally likely scenarios.

Parise would be an interesting case. He's definitely a ridiculously good player that's worth throwing the bank at. And New Jersey is tight up against the cap, even next year. But you just know that if the Leafs signed Parise, Lamoriello would pull some kind of illegal cap voodoo that the league would turn a blind eye to, and he'd be allowed to match and keep Parise.

 

[uncus]

If I am Burke, I tell boston that cost of kaberle is toronto`s first and Bostons first next season if they resign him + a bad contract.
Kaberle makes them equal to philly and vancouver .... you want to win the stanley cup then bite the bullet like the leafs did for leetch or dallas did for newy or or other teams have for their quest of the stanley grail.
It is will be a win/win result for the leafs ... if they keep kaberle they will finish higher than the bottom 7 or 8 lowest seed in the league ... if they do trade him then they will sink faster than one of teeds stock tips (sorry teeds ... just kidding).

 

[uncus]

Burke will not sign a player like those two to an offer sheet ... look at how he paid for kessel ... over market price and also how he reacted with Lowe and penner ..... he wont go that route.

 

[LeafGm]

If I am Burke, I tell boston that cost of kaberle is toronto`s first and Bostons first next season if they resign him.
Kaberle makes them equal to philly and vancouver .... you want to win the stanley cup then bite the bullet like the leafs did for leetch or dallas did for newy or or other teams have for their quest of the stanley grail.
It is will be a win/win result for the leafs ... if they keep kaberle they will finish higher than the bottom 7 or 8 lowest seed in the league ... if they do trade him then they will sink faster than one of teeds stock tips (sorry teeds ... just kidding).

On the flip side of the coin, if Boston keeps the Leafs' pick, and takes Kaberle away from the Leafs in exchange for the piles of shit that have been discussed (Hamill, Wheeler, Boston's 1st, etc.), it's a win-win from them. They significantly improve their team and their Stanley Cup chances, while at the same time virtually guaranteeing that their pick from the Leafs is a top-5 pick. That's why Burke needs to tell Chiarelli that any deal with Boston begins with Toronto's 1st, or they can fawk off. And if that results in Kaberle staying a Leaf for the rest of the season, I'm fine with that.

 

[uncus]

I have supported trading kaberle for a few seasons now but I cant for the life of me understand why the leafs would let kaberle walk for nothing.
If a deal cannot be done at the deadline, then re-sign this guy. Put komi into the minors and use that money to resign kaberle ... if they are in the same predictement next season, then trade him as a signed top level dman.
Also, I agree with LGM .... set those parameters for the trade and a deadline (this sunday) and if they are not met ... SIGN THIS GUY! He might be the top free agent out their besides Richards this season ..(markovs injuries and all).

 

[Kritter]

At this point Kaberle has far more value than Markov. Markov cant stay in the lineup. I am willing to bet that if Kabs becomes a FA the Habs will be one of the more aggressive teams after him.

 

[LeafGm]

At this point Kaberle has far more value than Markov. Markov cant stay in the lineup. I am willing to bet that if Kabs becomes a FA the Habs will be one of the more aggressive teams after him.

Yeah, Kaberle would be a good fit with the Habs. He's not as dynamic offensively as Markov, but he's not too far off, and can at least stay in the lineup.

Hopefully it doesn't happen. Seeing Kabby in a Habs jersey while we're stuck with their putz Komisarek instead of him would be sickening.