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kessel is awkward, sure. bouwmeester has the disposition and appearance of somebody who is hiding dead bodies in his basement. dead bodies that he probably ****s.

the guy is a total weirdo and when he finally played in a market with media presence and expectations bombed spectacularly. if i were the gm of tampa or columbus i'd be all over him, because his talent is obvious.

but i think he'd be a disaster here.
 
also, with rielly, gardiner and holzer all knocking at the door i don't know if i like the idea of adding a $6.7mn guy. especially given that he'd cost quite a bit more than just a solid #3/4 like a hejda or somebody in that mold.

if you can get a legit top guy then by all means do it but i think it's pretty clear at this point that bouwmeester is a minutes eater but he's not a top notch guy.
 
I'm not at all juiced about Bouwmeester ... and not because he's a purported weirdo. But mbow is probably right that he'd be ugly in the Toronto spot light. The leafs just need a capable vet who can play both ways and is top four. A guy like Brewer, which I threw out the other day, is probably a really good fit.
 
mbow30 said:
kessel is awkward, sure. bouwmeester has the disposition and appearance of somebody who is hiding dead bodies in his basement. dead bodies that he probably ****s.

the guy is a total weirdo and when he finally played in a market with media presence and expectations bombed spectacularly. if i were the gm of tampa or columbus i'd be all over him, because his talent is obvious.

but i think he'd be a disaster here.
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Oh boy, Habsy's getting a cease and desist letter any day now.
 
hockeylover said:
Franson's still really impressed me this season.
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I really want to hang onto this guy. He's got serious upside. Even if he doesn't improve, it's a risk well worth taking. Defensive deficiencies can be and are regularly improved with guys his age. He's seriously underrated, imo.
 
BeLeafer said:
I really want to hang onto this guy. He's got serious upside. Even if he doesn't improve, it's a risk well worth taking. Defensive deficiencies can be and are regularly improved with guys his age. He's seriously underrated, imo.
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Agreed entirely. The fact that he's consistently been one of the elite even strength defencemen in the league offensively cannot be overstated in the least bit. It's often stated that teams win on the strength of their special team's performance because of the relative parity in the league in terms of five-on-five play. With Franson on board though, we have the inverse luxury. Having a guy as talented offensively back there as Cody, with the productive ES numbers that he's produced, leads to more goal creation, and that means that the Leafs are less reliant on their power play unit than other squads of comparable quality.

That's a huge advantage that I would not want to negate.
 
He really does have elite level offensive skills. His puck handling, passing and shooting are very good. He's also got that incredible reach to corral pucks.
 
Franson does have Kubina-ish upside, but Kubina was already a quality top pair dman at this age.
 
maybe. though that's just 5 on 5 where they're the most sheltered dmen (by far). Fraser also plays the PK, while Franson doesn't.
 
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