Leaf Rumours

[Habspatrol]

Gardiner and a 1st? Ummm yeah, okay.

 

[leafman101]

We're just lucky they aren't asking for jake horton

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

We're just lucky they aren't asking for jake horton

We're keeping him in a bunker somewhere safe, till the season starts, right?

 

[Metalleaf]

He's with Tim Thomas.

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

He's with Tim Thomas.

wonder how often Tim has told him he has a pretty mouth

 

[Volcanologist]

There is zero chance Burke trades Gardiner and our 1st for Luongo.

Absolutely zero.

 

[leafman101]

Burke is never trading a first round pick before the season starts again.

 

[LeafGm]

Mods, any chance you could move teeds' lies to the "Ask teeds" thread?

 

[JackBurton]

I just hope there is NOT a season, cause I am hearing from five different sources, that they think Burke will trade the moon to get Luongo, and that it will be more than Kadri and Bozak. Gardiner and our first are wanted badly by Vancouver, and MLSE is breathing down Burke and Nonis' neck to get competitive again.

So no other team wants Luongo, but Burke will bend over and trade that for no reason? No chance.

 

[PlayerToBeNamedLater]

I just hope Kadri isn't included.

 

[mbow30]

meh i wouldn't be too upset. even if kadri maxes his potential he'll never be as good as luongo.

 

[Volcanologist]

Kadri has a high likelihood of being dealt, I think.

 

[PlayerToBeNamedLater]

It's about value though. And given Luongo's age and contract, his trade value should be lower than his actual on ice value.

Kadri will likely never be the impact player Luongo is, but you can say that about a lot of players that you wouldn't trade for Luongo.

 

[mbow30]

if it's about value then kadri for a potential hall of fame goaltender is pretty darn good value.

i'd much rather trade kadri for luongo than just abotu anything else they'd be able to get for him.

 

[BeLeafer]

It's about value though. And given Luongo's age and contract, his trade value should be lower than his actual on ice value.

That's an understatement. Luongo's contract is a nightmare and seriously detracts from his value. Plus, there's not many trading partners for them. Scraps is all they should get for him.

 

[PlayerToBeNamedLater]

I'm with you BeLeafer, but everyone is against us.

 

[LeafGm]

Nope, I'm with you guys too. I'll be pissed if we deal away an asset like Kadri for Luongo. It absolutely should not be necessary with Luongo's brutal contract and the total lack of interest on the part of any other team in picking it up. Gillis should just thank his lucky stars he found somewhere to dump the contract, and move on. And frankly, I think Vancouver should also be taking a bad contract back from us.

 

[mbow30]

i think the leafs are just as desperate for goaltending as the canucks are to get rid of luongo. and they should be.

and if they have soured on kadri and want to trade him i'd much rather deal him to get luongo then trade him for just about anything else they'd be able to get for him.

 

[LeafGm]

How do we know they've soured on Kadri though? The only thing we've got to go on is the fact that he's been brought along very slowly (like other Brian Burke 1st rounders), along with teeds' dubious claims that Kadri is "loathed and despised" by MLSE.

 

[BeLeafer]

I'm with you BeLeafer, but everyone is against us.

I'm a bit surprised by how much support there is for this trade. I've never been a Luongo fan, but I can recognize that he's a very good starting goaltender - far better than anything we've seen since Belfour. But that contract, his ego, and playoff performances of recent years give me the big time eebie jeebies.