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Kritter said:
I totally agree.. Gardiner, kule and our 1st rounder?
Jesus... Pittsburgh jumps all over that.
If we want to upgrade our defence, you don't need to give away that much. Especially for a guy that has spent many games on the DL in the last two seasons.

Didn't anyone else see what gardiner showed us in the Boston series? That potential is not something I would be willing to give away, along with kulemin who is so fuking undervalued on this board it's frightening. AND our first rounder? No thank you.
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amen brother!
I dont understand trade when u giving up young Letang for old Letang with extra to pay.
 
In order for us to become contenders we need to get better as a whole. Trades that swap players or trades where we take on cap space that handcuff us from other deals is not where we should be going.

If Letang can't resign in Pittsburgh because they don't have the cap space, a trade should be for under market value if he really wants to sign here. Not to mention how a signed deal with him affects our cap situation with our glaring needs in the forward group.

I'm all for getting him if he's available, there is just a very fine line in whether it makes sense for us or not.
 
I am not overly concerned about Letang's injury, because other than 1 season where he lost 30 games to injury, he's been relatively healthy, playing upward of 70 games every season.

Letang is a premiere defenseman, a regular for Norris nomination (and that will change if he comes to Toronto LOL) so this is something you don't wanna pass on.

Except I don't know how we can afford to have Phaneuf and Letang on D and fit under the cap. That's easily $16M of cap space just on 2 dmen.

It does help Letang is a R which the Leafs lack. (Phaneuf, Gardiner, Riley all shoot L)

I get a sense it's more of a case his agent trying to use the Leafs and the media for negotiation leverage than anything. If he does indeed leave Pittsburgh, Nonis should be all over it.
 
Letang is a terrific player but he's just not worth the hefty price tag, financially and in terms of assets traded.

Bring us Sean Monahan instead with a center to fill in till he is ready. Sprinkle in some gritty, defensively sound forwards and I'm more than happy for the coming season.
 
Man, just took a look at Pittsburgh's cap situation on Cap Geek... they are ****ed.

They have a shit load of players to resign / holes to fill with very little capspace.

No wonder they can't pay Letang.
 
Lecavalier to the Habs make sense

However, Nonis should also at least kick the tires, I think he'd be a good fit in Toronto as well at the right price.
 
I like Letang, but I wouldn't give up Phaneuf for him.

It's not a good time to trade for Letang. He just got nominated for the Norris, so his trade value will be at it's highest and he's due for a huge payday as well.
 
Lecavalier is a must sign on the open market for us. To get a big number 1 center without moving Rielly or Gardiner would be huge.
 
Bob McKenzie ‏
Re: the Letang situation in PIT: longer he goes unsigned - PIT has made a substantial offer - more reasonable it is to assume trade possible
 
Lecavalier will probably pick MTL when he has multiple offers to choose from.

As for Letang, Phaneuf is out of the question anyways. If Pittsburgh can afford Phaneuf's salary, they'd keep Letang.

It will most likely cost us Gardiner + Kulemin + 1st + ....
 
leafman101 said:
The Ducks has Neids and Pronger when the cap was $44 million.
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Yeah but 1. both d-men were making in the $6M range, not $7 or $8, and 2. they managed to keep all their young forwards for cheap. Getzlaf, Perry only made $4.5M, and Kessel and Grabs already make more than that. They were lucky Ryan only cost that $850K then, and Kadri will cost us more than that this year.

It's not impossible, but it'll be very tough, and it won't give us a lot of wiggle room for F's.
 
Richards may be bought out as well; can you imagine if Nonis lands Letang and one of Vinny/Richards; this city will go nuts
 
well, not necessarily.

I am not sure Lecavalier actually minds the media attention ... he just never had a good reason to leave TB in the past.
 
Talking to my guy this morning there is a lot of rumblings that the Leafs are shopping Gardiner hard for a top line centre, many expect the Leafs to be VERY active for the next 2 to 3 weeks
 
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