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Leafs' Prospect/Marlies Discussion Thread!

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LeafGm said:
Button no doubt has made idiotic comments about Nylander at some point.

But the specific instance I was referring to was about Kapanen, towards the end of last season, when Kapanen was dominating the AHL and humming along at a 35-goal, point-a-game pace---as a 20 year-old.

And actually, having looked it up, his comments were even dumber than I remembered:
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Wow, what a tool. This is the man responsible for the Rask fiasco, of course. How he has any credibility at all is beyond me.
 
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"Before making the trade for Andrew Raycroft at the draft, Leafs general manager John Ferguson leaned heavily on pro scout Craig Button and goaltending coach Steve McKichan before making his final decision.

Button told Ferguson that he believed Raycroft could return to the form that earned him rookie-of-the-year honours two years ago and McKichan was confident he could help Raycroft find his game."
 
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Babs on the Pickard deal:

We're in a better situation. Our guys in the AHL, we have to sort that out. Maybe someone is looking for an AHL goalie

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He basically said someone is getting traded without actually saying it

My money is on Sparks

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It doesn't necessarily have to be a trade. They could also loan one of their goalies to another AHL team.

At this point though, I wonder if MLSE should just buy a second AHL team instead of bothering with the ECHL.
 
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I'd say that 3rd pair is actually the 2nd pair.

Nice to see Brooks get the look right off the bat. I'm more interested in him than I am in bracco or tima anymore.
 
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LeafGm said:
It doesn't necessarily have to be a trade. They could also loan one of their goalies to another AHL team.

At this point though, I wonder if MLSE should just buy a second AHL team instead of bothering with the ECHL.
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Would that really solve any issue for our team? We'd still be subject to a 50 contract limit. Though i guess we'd be able to split guys onto the 2 teams to ensure they receive proper minutes on the ice.

I wonder if we'd be allowed to control 2 AHL franchises.
 
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Leafin' said:
Would that really solve any issue for our team? We'd still be subject to a 50 contract limit. Though i guess we'd be able to split guys onto the 2 teams to ensure they receive proper minutes on the ice.

I wonder if we'd be allowed to control 2 AHL franchises.
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That might even help us sign or keep players. "Even if you're sent down, we've got two AHL teams so you'll get lots of playing time there." Would certainly be a bonus for guys like Kapanen and Timashov right about now.
 
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We've had "skill" type prospects playing on the 4th line over the last few years...getting them top 6 minutes as well as being able to surround them with good minor league veterans instead of other kids would appear on the surface to be a good idea.

Call them the St. Pats and put them in Mississauga or something
 
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But how long will we have this many good prospects?

To require two AHL teams really means you’re in a stockpiling stage all the time, which we won’t be.
 
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No way the NHL lets us do it, not with the Blues and Knights already sharing an affiliate. Having our ECHL affiliate in the GTA instead of Orlando would be lovely though.
 
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It's the key to long-term success -- keep turning out prospects. This was important in Sam Pollack's day and is even more important under salary cap conditions.

Seems to me that the Shanagroup get this.
 
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