Comments on: Trade Deadline: Leafs Edition

By: mojo19

mojo19 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:48:28 +0000

relax, orr is signed through 2013

By: Kramer

Kramer — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:16:19 +0000

The Leafs gotta sign Orr to a new contract before he becomes a freed agent. Give em a 12 year extension like dipietro.

By: dumbassdoorman

dumbassdoorman — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:33:25 +0000

He was just saving orr from a beating cause he is the toughest guy in the league you know

By: dumbassdoorman

dumbassdoorman — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:20:26 +0000

Actually Orr has asked Chara to dance on several occasions…..always turned down. I understand it is not Chara's job to fight guys like Orr. Orrs reaction to the Begin hit was just another clean hit that should not have resulted in that. Seems to be the way though.

By: broc

broc — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:06:35 +0000

I bet Lucic and Orr will remember that game... he chickened out halfway through his fight with Orr, then scrambled away and wanted no part of Orr anymore.

What's with that?

By: broc

broc — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:06:05 +0000

I bet Lucic will remember that game... he chickened out halfway through his fight with Orr, then scrambled away and wanted no part of Orr anymore.

What's with that?

By: mojo19

mojo19 — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:36:46 +0000

Thanks Leafy. I think of those 4, Horton and Ryan would be the hardest to acquire, but Penner and Hartnell could probably be had if Burke was interested. Biggest stumbling block in Penner's case could be the burnt bridge between the Oilers and Burkie.

By: cam7777

cam7777 — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:41:00 +0000

Really? I think that the Flyers would be much more willing to give up Carter. The problem is, we don't have what they want, even though Kaberle does offer something slightly different than what Pronger and Timonen each bring.

The problem in Philly is that 1.) they need a long-term goaltending solution, and 2.) they can't move anyone except Carter, because everyone else has NTC's and doesn't want to waive them. They could move VanRiemsdyk, but that's a sideways move, because they also lack winger depth.

What the Leafs could do, is try to trade some assets for a Cory Schneider, and try to nab a player from Chicago, and then try to package that for Carter. For example:

to chi: mitchell, hayes
to tor: versteeg, sopel

to van: beauchemin
to tor: schneider

to phi: versteeg, schneider, 2nd in 2011
to tor: carter.

And even then, the problem with that is that the Flyers probably do have the assets to make those acquisitions without moving Carter (ie. Coburn for Schneider, and Parent + pick for Versteeg), so the Leafs would have to be extremely quick to make their deals, and probably outbid other teams, which they can't do. Christ, we're screwed.

By: cam7777

cam7777 — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:30:30 +0000

Presumably, if the Leafs traded Kaberle they would have a forward or two to surround Kadri with. It's a little early to say what next year will be for sure. You never know what guys like Stalberg and Hanson will show up with next year at training camp. Now that they are getting their time in the NHL - real time, not 8 minutes on the 4th line - they are figuring out what it takes to be an NHL player.

With these guys, the skill is there, so a lot depends on their drive, and we'll find out what that's like after this summer. I would expect the three of them, and Caputi, to be training togehter all summer, and in Caputi's case, really working on his skating. If one of these guys can show up and put on a Versteeg like performance for us next year, voila, that's a winger for Kadri.

I'd also like to get a big winger to put on Kadri's wing. Byfuglien comes to mind, and he is almost certainly available. The Leafs also have the inside track there, being one of the few teams that can afford to take Sopel as well and just bury him.

You're bang on about July 1st though. There are interesting names out there, but I'm only biting if they want to take proper dollar amounts, and not inflated UFA prices, OR if they want to sign one or two year deals - then fine, I'll explore guys like Frolov. Pretty much though, we're avoiding free agency, barring someone like Marleau being willing to come here.

Personally, I'd like to keep Kaberle at this point. Unless someone is offering Carter or Staal, then what's the point? We have a host of decent prospects, and we have other assets that can return middling players. So far, what we've seen from Burke is "go big or go home", so I don't expect him to deal Kaberle for a package of picks/prospects. I say find Kessel a decent center (ie. Pavelski), find Kadri a bruising winger (ie. Byfuglien), and see what happens with what we have.

By: mojo19

mojo19 — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:20:19 +0000

Well, maybe he did say that. They said during the shootout that he didn't play in the 3rd period, so its possible.

Satan isn't too cool. He'll be out of the NHL after this year. KHL bound.