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Leaf Rumours

A name that's floating out there that surprises me ... Keith Yandle.

If he's indeed available, we should at the very least kick the tires.
 
number17 said:
A name that's floating out there that surprises me ... Keith Yandle.

If he's indeed available, we should at the very least kick the tires.
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i really like yandle but the only reason to acquire him would be so you can use gardiner as trade bait (ostensibly, for a centre), but i'm not sure how i feel about that.

yandle is a left shot and offensive minded.

given carlyle's preference for a left-right split and the presence of phaneuf, gunnarsson, gardiner and now rielly all in the system i don't know if it would be prudent to pursue a guy like yandle, especially since he won't come cheap.

if theyr'e talking to phoenix about a dman morris or michalek make much more sense.
 
i have a feeling their discussions with kipper were about whether he would report as a 3rd string and what his plans were beyond 2013.

these guys aren't dumb. they aren't going to hand the reins over to some guy with an .880 sv%. carlyle is, after all, the guy who benched the cup/conn smythe winning giguere in favour of hiller.

i know some of you guys love the idea of cheap goaltending, but their interest in a goalie is understandable. love what reimer's done this year but there is still no denying that he is an injury case. and while it's great that their faith in scrivens has paid off to some extent through the 15 or so games he has played in this year, i'm not so sure he exudes the sort of confidence and consistency you'd want in a playoff series. not yet, anyways.

but it looks to me like the leafs were hoping that kipper would be a one year commitment in a purely last case scenario/reserve role, which he probably wasn't too interested in. they have so much cap space to use THIS YEAR that they might as well fill up if they can.
 
Yandle scares me a bit because he's been very sheltered the last two seasons.

He's being used like a bottom pair defender in terms of strength of opponents faced. He ranks near the bottom of their blueline in qual of comp. And really, I don't see what else he would bring that Gardiner/Rielly wouldn't.

We need a guy like Bouwmeester who is a defense first guy.
 
mbow30 said:
i have a feeling their discussions with kipper were about whether he would report as a 3rd string and what his plans were beyond 2013.
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Which is exactly what I've been saying and Nonis said he was looking to do.

Unbelievable all the crying around here over them talking with him when the obvious reason was what Nonis said it would be. No surprise he didn't bite.
 
PlayerToBeNamedLater said:
Yandle scares me a bit because he's been very sheltered the last two seasons.

He's being used like a bottom pair defender in terms of strength of opponents faced. He ranks near the bottom of their blueline in qual of comp. And really, I don't see what else he would bring that Gardiner/Rielly wouldn't.

We need a guy like Bouwmeester who is a defense first guy.
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and guess whose being used like a top pair defender in terms of strength of opponents faced?
 
BeLeafer said:
Which is exactly what I've been saying and Nonis said he was looking to do.

Unbelievable all the crying around here over them talking with him when the obvious reason was what Nonis said it would be. No surprise he didn't bite.
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no you said they were trying to trade for him to send him to the marlies.
 
number17 said:
Greatest news of the morning!!!!!

Kipper is STAYING in Calgary till the end of season, and then retire!!!!
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yeah, can't say I'm too upset about that.

Reimer/Scrivens deserve the chance to carry on and prove that their performance thus far can be sustained over a longer period.
 
mbow30 said:
i have a feeling their discussions with kipper were about whether he would report as a 3rd string and what his plans were beyond 2013.

these guys aren't dumb. they aren't going to hand the reins over to some guy with an .880 sv%. carlyle is, after all, the guy who benched the cup/conn smythe winning giguere in favour of hiller.

i know some of you guys love the idea of cheap goaltending, but their interest in a goalie is understandable. love what reimer's done this year but there is still no denying that he is an injury case. and while it's great that their faith in scrivens has paid off to some extent through the 15 or so games he has played in this year, i'm not so sure he exudes the sort of confidence and consistency you'd want in a playoff series. not yet, anyways.

but it looks to me like the leafs were hoping that kipper would be a one year commitment in a purely last case scenario/reserve role, which he probably wasn't too interested in. they have so much cap space to use THIS YEAR that they might as well fill up if they can.
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I love how you use logic, then rationally apply it to real world situations.......it's refreshing.
 
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