Leaf Rumours

[PlayerToBeNamedLater]

6M is crazy. Leafs better not get involved.

 

[Artnes]

If he wants to be a Leaf that bad wait him out. He'll bend if he wants it bad enough

 

[Boogmour]

http://read.thestar.com/#!/article/51d1b92a7b1eac1248ee6fc2-the-spin-is-tyler-bozak-done-with-leafs

This article mentions 8 years and $40M

Can't blame him for trying to cash-in but nobody in their right minds will give him that. Obviously, he is done as a Leaf unless his demands come way down.

 

[Volcanologist]

Why on earth would the leafs give an 8 year deal to a mediocre player like bozak?

Insanity.

 

[Metalleaf]

Horton wants $6M too.

 

[PlayerToBeNamedLater]

Bozak will end up with something like 4-4.5 mill over 3-5 years.

 

[Bleedsblue&white]

Bozak will end up with something like 4-4.5 mill over 3-5 years.

Probably, but you don't start by asking for that, or you end up with a 2 yr 5 mill contract. Some people are forgetting that.
Shoot for the moon, why not?

 

[Metalleaf]

Hal Gill is on waivers, could be a good no 6 option if he hasn't gotten too old.

 

[LeafGm]

With the cap coming down and a lot of teams with not a lot of room, I think there will be a lot of "pretty good, but not great" free agents scrambling just to find jobs in late August when all the cap dollars have been spent and they've been left out in the cold. I have a sneaking suspicion that Bozak will end up being one of those guys.

 

[leafman101]

I think someone will sign Bozak. He is a great faceoff man, and has a good reputation. And everyone is looking for centers.

I do agree that there could be some bargains in August though. And Mac could be one of those guys. And I'd much rather have him back than Bozak.

 

[LeafGm]

I think someone will sign Bozak. He is a great faceoff man, and has a good reputation. And everyone is looking for centers.

I do agree that there could be some bargains in August though. And Mac could be one of those guys. And I'd much rather have him back than Bozak.

Oh, I'm sure he'll sign somewhere, and no doubt he is a useful player. I think it's all going to depend how long Bozak sticks to his contract demands. If he stays firm in his demand for something in the neighourhood of eight years and 5 million per season once the initial free agent flurry has happened and it's a few weeks into free agency, then I think he'll be screwed.

Oh, and as for Clarkson reportedly looking for 6 million---even at four million, he'd be a questionable signing, IMO. So, no thanks on him.

 

[Artnes]

Sat next to him(mac) and his wife on the plane last week. He didn't say much when I asked him about how the contract talks are going but he hopes to be back

 

[Metalleaf]

So: Hal Gill, Greg Zanon, Matt Hunwick, and Kris Russell are all on waivers.

 

[Metalleaf]

The more I read, the more I think Lecavalier will sign with Detroit.

 

[Hoss]

I posted this in the updates thread but if people here are thinking hall gill. Washington just bought out Jeff Shultz. I'd take him as the sixth to replace Fraser

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

sign Greg Zanon just for the beard

 

[Metalleaf]

You thought O'Byrne was bad, Zanon was worse.

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

I don't want him to play, just want the beard

 

[Pronger84]

Hal Gill is on waivers, could be a good no 6 option if he hasn't gotten too old.

Our defense is jammed as is: Phaneuf/Gunnar, Gardiner/Franson, Liles/O'Byrne and that's assuming Fraser doesn't return and Rielly doesn't make the roster. The question you have to ask yourself is this "Is Hal Gill a more effective player at 39 then O'Byrne is?" that's what it hinges on IMO.

 

[Metalleaf]

O'Byrne is a UFA and Fraser sucks.