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trujaysfan said:
Wait a regular compliance buyout on komi?

Must mean that they believe they can use the 2 amnesty buyouts of players they trade for or guys with longer deals.... or damo doesn't know the difference between compliance buyout and an amnesty butout
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There is no difference. Compliance buyouts are the new buyouts that allow teams to comply with the new cap.
 
Metalleaf said:
I'd rather give Weiss $4M than Bozak. Joe Bowen would cream his pants if "Markham Native" Weiss joined the Buds.
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I think he'll do better than that, thanks to contracts like Grabo's. Wherever he ends up.

Weiss is a better 2-way player than Bozak by a significant margin, he's had seasons of 37 and 47 assists in Florida and could obviously put up those numbers again playing with guys like Thrill and Lupul. That would be a clear upgrade on Grabo as well, frankly, and Weiss is also a good faceoff man. He's not Thornton or Getzlaf, but we have to face the fact that we're not likely getting a guy like that unless we draft one. Problem is with Kadri due to get at least 4 per and one of the top 6 C spots for next year and beyond, there's simply no room for Grabo and Bozak at the money they're making/demanding.
 
Like most players in Florida it seems, Weiss has been overrated. He's a good 2nd line two-way centre, but it really depends on what he wants. He's also coming off a serious injury and isn't that young.
 
Hopefully the talk of Grabovski for Gaustad + Blum is true. Gaustad would slid in perfectly in that 3rd line role and give us another big body.

JVR - Weiss - Kessel
Lupul - Kadri - Clarkson
Kulemin - Gaustad - Frattin
McLaren - McClement - Orr

Phaneuf - Franson
Blum - Gardiner
Gunnarson - Fraser

Reimer
Scrivens

That would be a solid line up all around.
 
Where is this Gaustad rumour being reported? Gaustad is a 4 year deal at 3.25 mill

I like his size toughness, and faceoff strength.... he was injured alot these last two seasons but he had shoulder surgery (stabilization) this summer and apparently should be ready by August.

If we could get his size up the middle and someone like Horton or Clarkson on the wings, we'd be alot tougher to play against for next season.
 
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JackBurton said:
Like most players in Florida it seems, Weiss has been overrated. He's a good 2nd line two-way centre, but it really depends on what he wants. He's also coming off a serious injury and isn't that young.
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Not overrating him at all, he is a clear upgrade on Bozak, he's not ideal, but he'd clearly help out. Perhaps he'll take a short term deal after his injury plagued season.
 
I think we HAVE TO cut Grabo loose, however I don't think Nonis & Co. shares the same assessment on Grabo. I hope I'm wrong.

In a post-playoff interview the Leafs' assistant GM (forgot his name) spoke highly of Grabo in the playoff, said he was one of a few really positive revelations about the team in the playoff. Many, among fans and media, also see Grabo's willingness to go into the dangerous areas, his willingness to take hits and keep getting back up etc as evidence that Grabo deserves to be on the team.

And those should be applauded, but the sad part is despite his willingness to sacrifice his body, he was still a negative impact on the team at BOTH ends of the rink, AND he is the most expensive forward on the team. That just CANNOT happen.

I hope Nonis is smarter than the average fan and media on Grabo.
 
I don't think we can judge Grabo based on this last 48 game season and ignore everything else he has done over the last few years.

It would be a mistake to dump him too soon. Its not very easy to find a better center than 2010-2012 Grabo.
 
The only thing worse than giving Bozak 4M would be to give Weiss 5M. If you're going to that level of money for a FA, you might as well just give Riberio the 6 that he wants as he's better than both those guys.
 
Weiss would be a huge mistake.

We have Kadri as a true #2, and McClement as a true #4.

Weiss as our #1 would be no different than Bozak as our #1, even if there is a bit of a difference between them arguably.

We have to find a true #1 and stop treading water with these nobodies.
 
Kadri was our #1 last year and will be the #1 this year (unless Nonis can pull off a miracle and trade for a elite guy like Thornton). Kadri was one of the top scroing C's in the league this year and you'd be hard press to find someone more productive.

Bozak was #1 in name only.
 
I know, but I'm not sold yet on Kadri as a true #1. He has to take it up another notch this year and perform all year and in the playoffs.

Whether he becomes one or not, we need one who indisputably is.
 
Weiss as our #1 would be no different than Bozak as our #1, even if there is a bit of a difference between them arguably.
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There's a pretty big difference in overall play between Bozak & Weiss.

http://hockeyanalysis.com/2013/04/16/tyler-bozak-by-the-numbers/

When Phil Kessel and Tyler Bozak are on the ice together they are not even breaking even. When Tyler Bozak is on the ice without Kessel they are significantly worse. Individually, Tyler Bozak has scored just 3 of his 26 5v5 goals (11.5%) and 8 of his 68 points (11.8%) over the previous 3 seasons when separated from Kessel despite playing nearly 20% of his ice time apart from Kessel. When not with Kessel his goal and point production drops significantly and as we know from above it wasn’t all that impressive to start with.

Not shown are Phil Kessel’s numbers when he isn’t playing with Tyler Bozak but they are generally better than when they are together. Phil Kessel when not playing with Tyler Bozak has a GF% of 50.4% and a CF% of 51.5% over the previous 3 seasons. Tyler Bozak appears to be a drag on Kessel’s offense.
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Bozak weighs down our best player....Weiss wouldn't.

That's before we get into the defensive side of the puck where Weiss is solid, and Bozak is brutal....

Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't be thrilled with a long term deal for Weiss, but if we could get away with a Connolly type deal for him, I'd be interested. He would be an upgrade absolutely.
 
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