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Leaf Rumours

before everyone's up in arms or jump off the cliff, let's just get 1 thing straight.

All we've heard thus far, are WORDS.

We've heard Kipper, we've heard Luongo, some even said we have some interest in Mike Smith ... Nonis himself hasn't done a thing.

Given Nonis has pretty much pressed all the right buttons thus far this season, together with the consulting from Carlyle, I gotta give them some credits until they do something stupid.

Maybe at the end of the day, Nonis surprises everyone with a trade for a dman, or a F.

Or, in the most likely scenario, he does NOTHING, which I'm perfectly fine with.
 
Why is that concerning? Was there a peep about sending Connolly to the AHL, or trading Mike Brown or David Steckel.

There is never a peep about what is actually going on.

You guys make it seem like Nonis is giving us these rumours.

You are seriously concerned about what Darren Dreger is telling us?
 
You can be quite certain that the reason there's rumours about Kipper and Elite Lou has nothing to do with leaks from the Leafs, but rather the teams trying to up their trade value.
 
I wouldn't be concerned about any Luongo rumours. Most of what we've been hearing (like the "four teams deep in negotiations") has all been desperate BS floated by Gillis to try and pressure the Leafs into actually coughing up something of value. I'd be more concerned if everything went quiet on the Luongo front, frankly, because then that'd mean they're actually negotiating.

Anyways, 3PM can't come soon enough. Quite a switch from most recent deadlines---this year, I'll be most thrilled if we just don't do anything.
 
nobody expect us to win SC this year so I would just make most of it and see team capability during playoffs and tweak it during off season based on playoff performance.
 
PlayerToBeNamedLater said:
Even if Luongo reverts back to 920ish goaltending, that isn't an improvement on the Leafs are currently getting. They would just be spending more money to get the same goaltending.

Not to mention, Luongo is 34 and is a lot more likely to decline than to maintain or improve his career performance as he ages.

I was against getting Luongo before the season. I'm against getting Luongo now. And I will be against getting Luongo next offseason. Unless maybe if Reimer/Scrivens get hit by cars crossing the road. It isn't a good investment in a cap system when you already have good, cheap goaltending.
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That's the point. If we knew we were going to continue to get that kind of goaltending for the remainder of the season and into the playoffs, then I agree with your assessment. Because this is not certain at all, I can see why they are sniffing around to try and get somebody who you know will give you those numbers. Nonis likely looks at this team and likes the direction they are going, and a guy like Luongo is capable of taking you a few rounds. It may not be our biggest need right now but no doubt we are a better team with Bobby then without him.
 
Just don’t do anything Nonis. This Leafs team is deep, it’s good, and they’re young and growing. They deserve a chance to show what they can do in the playoffs, and it’s better for evaluation purposes to throw them in the fire and see what we have anyway.

All top-9 forwards (plus several role players on the 4th line) and top-6 defencemen are good players, as are both goalies. This isn’t a year where we have Tim Brent on the 3rd line or Komisarek playing 20 minutes, where a trade could make a big difference. There are deficiencies, but those are the deficiencies of the players. Every team has those.

Trading for the Jagr’s and Clowe’s could just as easily throw a wrench into the team chemistry as it could add to it. It just unnecessarily complicates things.
 
I’d rather put Reimer and possibly Scrivens out there and have them… well, not fail outright, but we’ll say play mediocrely, than to trade for a veteran “just in case” they fail. It’s good for them to get that experience, to get out there and worry about playing well as opposed to looking over their shoulder, and it’s better for management to see how they perform too. Part of developing a great goalie in Reimer is for him to be able to handle Toronto playoff pressure, and getting him in between the pipes in that atmosphere earlier on (and hoping he learns how to deal with it) is the only teacher.

I’d feel just as bad about trading for Luongo as Kipper. Making a 10 year commitment, at a $5 million+ caphit? It hampers the Leafs both roster-wise and cap-wise, lowers the ceiling for the team, IMO.
 
And you know, all of this hubbub is just rumors. The media will fabricate a story just up to drum up interest all the time, especially around something like the trade deadline, where they can’t really be proven wrong.
 
I want a defenseman. A guy like Robidas or Morris. I don't think there is any reason to sell this team short. They are good and the east is wide open.
 
leafman101 said:
I want a defenseman. A guy like Robidas or Morris. I don't think there is any reason to sell this team short. They are good and the east is wide open.
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We are good but i think with the new players, Pittsburgh and Boston are much better. We'll have a lot more problems with their cycle game now. I'd be very surprised if we meet any of those 2 and move on.
 
There isn't really any D or F I'd want out there though.

JBo is the one I wanted, but that ship has sailed, and even on this board people are 50-50 on JBo.

The others ... no so much. I mean, I wouldn't mind Clowe, but not a must have.
 
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