Comments on: Leafs UFA Wishlist

By: JuicemaN

JuicemaN — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:17:00 +0000

Trust me I totally understand, it's way more exciting to talk about huge trades and risky trades etc...but I think that time has passed for the Leafs, they need to make trades that are obviously good for the team; they can't afford risks which means there's less options for them.

I feel your pain but I'm sure if we were in Fletchers shoes we'd see how busy he really is.

By: Kramer

Kramer — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:15:58 +0000

I dunno, I just want trades! I get bored very easily and I can't get enough of big trades. I hope we see something big happen soon. But it's true I wanna see the right moves made too.

By: the_word

the_word — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:35:55 +0000

I pitty the team that will over pay on Malone. Leafs don't need another Jason Blake. I hope Fletcher only signs small term UFAs that can be flipped for picks at the deadline.

By: mojo19

mojo19 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:54:13 +0000

Malone is totally not worth it. Wouldn't give him more than $3.5 million. If he wants $4, $5, $6 million? Let CBJ be the desperate team, we're rebuilding here.

Jody Shelley and Patrick Rismiller, fine. Bring in some of Ron Wilson's boys.

By: JuicemaN

JuicemaN — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:55:52 +0000

No, John Ferguson would sign them to that.

By: JuicemaN

JuicemaN — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:55:03 +0000

"Make some trades, get rid of some players, put somebody on waivers. Do something!"

Really?

Allow me to summarize as it seems you're just a Leaf fan looking to be entertained by the off-season.

"Make some trades" - traded up two spots at the draft to get Schenn, traded sundins rights to Montreal for a conditional player
"put somebody on waivers" - REALLY? Have you been surfing the net with your eyes closed? Raycroft - waivers, Wellwood - waivers.
"do something" - Buying out Darcy Tucker, working on McCabe and Kubina trades.

Trades take time dude, just because you keep reading about possibilities in the news doesn't mean there's going to be a trade everyday...do you want Fletcher to make the right trade or just make a trade to give you something to talk about?

By: greatlife15

greatlife15 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:11:59 +0000

July 1st my friend. July 1st.

By: nordiques100

nordiques100 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:57:17 +0000

The only way they can fill in their hole at centre is via trade. i think they should go after Jarret Stoll from the Oilers. He is a player, like the ones they got rid of (tucker, wellwood) who needs a change in scenery. He is young (26 years old) and could easily fit in long term. He is a good faceoff man and can excel on special teams. I think the Leafs could trade Ponikarovsky for him. They have similar salaries, similar stats, are of similar ages.

you may think he is like stajan but i think he is more skilled than stajan and is not as soft on the puck as matty is.

This would give the leafs Stoll, Stajan and Mayers as their top 3 centres with either Mitchell, Newbury, Tim Stapleton (26 yr old free agent who was playing in Finland) or a player like Dom Moore (if they bring him back) battling for the 4th line centre role.

if they traded ponikarovsky for stoll, they would still have tlusty, steen, blake and antropov to round out their top 6 forwards. khumelin has a great shot to make the team too and is in that battle along with jeremy williams.

that would leave the leafs with bell, devereaux, ondrus, boyce, foster, earl in the hunt for the 3rd and 4th lines.

i think the leafs could use a bit more toughness and perhaps a player like Ben Eager from the Hawks is someone they could acquire. He would fit the mold of the team i think they want. big, rugged, can skate. Probably a better player than belak except he cant play defence (neither could wade!). i think he could be had for a 4th or 5th rounder (mcgrattan was just traded for a 5th).

their d if mccabe is kept is mccabe, kaberle, kubina, coliacovo, white, stralman, kronvall and possibly schenn. they do need to probably add someone as schenn probably should be sent back to jr and coliacovo can never stay healthy. they may have to go via free agency, but there is so little available. forget about redden, orpik, campbell or any of the big names.

they really dont need to dip into free agency up front. there is really nothing much out there and it would be pointless to throw money at malone, avery or anyone else.

maybe ryder might be worth taking a chance on because there isnt much he can demand after how poorly he played last year. he is another player who could use a change in scenery.

the leafs just might bring back roberts (and cujo for that matter). i bet they will. fletcher is in charge, his right hand person is coates. he will add nieuwendyk to the front office next week and gilmour is here. tim hunter, a roberts teammate in calgary, was just hired as well. this would at least break the trend of the leafs actually keeping their word and clearing the decks like fletcher said. i'm so use to him or anyone else in MLSE going back on their word (he said no free agents over 30 but he also said he woudlnt fire maurice, hire a new coach etc etc). i now expect it to happen.

the goal hopefully is to still finish as low as possible. a top 10 pick at the very least has to be what the leafs should be shooting for.

they could get tavares, hedman, matt duchesne, landon ferraro, brayden schenn, jared cowen, magnus paajarvi, jordan schroeder. richard panik, simon depres, jordan caron.

By: Kramer

Kramer — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:43:43 +0000

I got a feeling there's gonna be a big trade!

By: lukeleim

lukeleim — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:15:14 +0000

Glencross doesn't deserve that kind of money. I didn't know Edmonton already offered him 3 mil.