Comments on: Leafs pushing for Nash?

By: DannyLeafs

DannyLeafs — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:34:13 +0000

And I completely agree with that argument as well. But it is necessary to give up players with enough potential to win the trade for the team giving up the star player. It won't often happen because the odds of any random prospect who isn't a can't miss prospect turning out to be a star are pretty low, while the star being acquired has already beaten those odds.

By: mojo19

mojo19 — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:56:27 +0000

I would give up that much and here's why: Rick Nash's don't come along every day. Kadri, Reimer, Gardiner, Kulemin, all these guys are good assets but all are replaceable through free agency, drafting, and replacing from within. Frattin, Colborne, Holzer, we have lots of NHL ready assets on the Marlies and we'll draft well. Burke has been loading up the system, lets use some of our better commodities as trade bait for a stud.

By: hockey_lover

hockey_lover — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:21:43 +0000

lol agreed. And likely not in a good way for Ray Shero

By: Steven_Leafs

Steven_Leafs — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:56:05 +0000

Nash, Brassard, 2012 2nd, 2013 1st for Crosby. lol.

That would get people talking forever. lol.

By: Steven_Leafs

Steven_Leafs — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:53:12 +0000

ouch, effectively destroyed our depth and our future for veterans for 1 playoff run. We better win that cup lol.That Nash trade though is, as sad as it sounds, probably accurate which is why I would not want to trade for Nash. I do not see the point trading that much to anyone just to have Nash projected on the 2nd line. We could use him, and we probably should pay for him, but I wouldn't give up that much.

By: Steven_Leafs

Steven_Leafs — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:46:16 +0000

you know what though, I think we need to stop criticizing people for making 'trade rumors' on a trade rumor site. I admit I have done this myself quite a bit but even if someone is clearly not on the market or a GM says they wont move someone that can always change. Burke says he will not move Kessel. If he was offered Ovechkin, Neuvirth, and 10 1st round picks for Kessel + cap dump then he would take it. While I doubt any of those offers listed above is enough to change the STL GM's mind, it was a nice idea in general.

STL gets a nice piece up front and a quality pick for a downgrade in goal they can easily afford to make.

By: reinjosh

reinjosh — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:37:48 +0000

I have no interest in trading Reimer. None. Trading him away makes us a much worse team for the future. It doesn't help us. Bulin isn't an upgrade on Reimer and doesn't give us a shot at a cup. Plus trading Reimer just opens us up to the same problems we had before. No goalie capable of winning us games. Bulin is too old. He's done.

And adding Nash isn't going to make us better if he's playing on the second line. He's going to get something like 16 minutes a game now instead of the 18 or 19 he gets in Columbus?

I don't think the price makes any sense. I don't want a team that has potential to do damage in the playoffs. We already have that. I want a team that's going to be a cup winner. Trading away Gardiner and Reimer will hurt us more than getting Nash IMO.

By: leafmeister

leafmeister — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:22:53 +0000

Really? You think Kulemin has earned a raise? He doesnt exactly have the strongest bargaining position right now, all things considered.

By: mapleleafsfan

mapleleafsfan — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:15:16 +0000

Oh and there's also a huge difference between Kulemin and Filatov/Zherdev… Not saying they want Kulemin as one of the main pieces, but he's not comparable to those two.

By: mapleleafsfan

mapleleafsfan — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:13:28 +0000

Ironic.