serge 904 Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 optionsa) Bernier or Schneider if at all possible.b) Luongoc) Harding+Vokoun together.d) Vokoun+Reim/Scrive) Thomas+Reim/Scriv (only cause I wouldnt trade for Thomas if Bos wants a lot, or else this is "c")F) Tank with Reimer+Scrivens.I think D or E is likely.. Scrivens is lights out in the AHL right now and might win a championship but its still the AHL.. F is NOT an option..EVER Link to post Share on other sites
Babying 613 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 So that chick behind the Devils bench is an struggling porn actress (Taylor Stevens) from Toronto. She is also a Leafs fan.Go Leafs Go. Link to post Share on other sites
DJ Vu 176 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 So that chick behind the Devils bench is an struggling porn actress (Taylor Stevens) from Toronto. She is also a Leafs fan.Go Leafs Go. Link to post Share on other sites
serge 904 Posted June 11, 2012 Author Share Posted June 11, 2012 So that chick behind the Devils bench is an struggling porn actress (Taylor Stevens) from Toronto. She is also a Leafs fan.Go Leafs Go.Yes she appears on the Dean Blundell show on the Edge in the mornings time to time. She was on again this morning. She will be at the game again tonight. Same seats Link to post Share on other sites
serge 904 Posted June 12, 2012 Author Share Posted June 12, 2012 The Toronto Maple Leafs are rumoured to be shopping defenceman Luke Schenn to the Edmonton Oilers as part of a deal where both teams would swap 1st-round draft picks in this month's NHL Draft, according to Elliotte Friedman of CBC Sports.The trade would allow the Maple Leafs to move up and select consensus first overall selection Nail Yakupov, a 5' 11'' right wing from the Sarnia Sting. In 79 games this season, Schenn matched a career high with 22 points and posted a plus-minus rating of -6. He will entering the second season of a five-year contract worth $18 million. Meanwhile, Yakupov tallied 270 points in 107 games over the past 2 seasons in the OHL.While it would be really cool to have Yakupov I dont think there is a chance of this..Every year these sort of deals are talked about, and never happens..Stamkos, Tavares etc were rumoured to be coming here..While I love Yakupov's game , I think the player that fits more for our needs is Galchenyuk..Galchenyuk is the talented centre we have been looking for since Sundin left.Yakupov's game seems to similar to Kessel's..Sure it would be great to have, but at what cost..Galchenyuk might be more realistic. Link to post Share on other sites
ajs510 122 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 I don't see Edmonton moving that far back for just Schenn, personally. I think the player they really want is Ryan Murray, and he won't drop to the #5 spot. They pretty much have to swap with Columbus or Montreal to "guarantee" themselves Murray plus assets...I'm pretty sure the Islanders would take him at #4 if he's still there.I want Galchenyuk for Buffalo in the worst possible way...he fits their needs so perfectly well. Link to post Share on other sites
digitalmonkey 929 Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=399090 Link to post Share on other sites
InternetExplorer 2,620 Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 all the brothers being brought together this offseasonexcepting the subbans of course Link to post Share on other sites
ajs510 122 Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=399090Stupid deal for Philly IMO. Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,323 Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Great move for Toronto I think.As long as JVR can stay healthy he should be a fixture on the Leafs top 6 for many years. Link to post Share on other sites
Fubar The Sperm 1 Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Great move for Toronto I think.As long as JVR can stay healthy he should be a fixture on the Leafs top 6 for many years.Burke really needs to add Luongo. Add him and I actually like Toronto's chances. Link to post Share on other sites
Fenxis 99 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Colby Armstrong bought out... Link to post Share on other sites
serge 904 Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 I m really happy that Burke isnt getting involved in this craziness..Sure Suter and Parise are great players but $80-$90 million for 10 plus years is something that will usually cripple a franchise in the future.I was really shocked that we were really close on Brodeur. I didnt think he would ever leave Jersey.Burke has reiterated he will add through the trade market, so we wait.I am confident he has another Schenn like trade in the works. Possibly a larger one.Signing a Jokinen for $9 million makes no sense , when we have Connolly, Bozak. To upgrade our centres we need a big trade..No UFAs out there Link to post Share on other sites
serge 904 Posted July 4, 2012 Author Share Posted July 4, 2012 Things to hate players for:Not being on approved list of teams to be traded to. Said team is your hometown.If reports are true on Nash. Link to post Share on other sites
Zach6668 513 Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Don't really blame him. Going from the exact opposite to te craziest media/fan market of all. I can understand why some players wouldn't want to go there, unfortunately. Link to post Share on other sites
serge 904 Posted July 5, 2012 Author Share Posted July 5, 2012 I have had this argument before with friends.I dont understand if you are a young and rich hockey player why do you choose a city like Columbus, Carolina(sorry Arp) over Toronto.If you play in Toronto not only are you a rockstar now, you are a rockstar for life.Just ask Eddie Shack how much free alcohol he gets everywhere he goes. Guys like Gilmour, Clark, Sundin, Sittler are heroes . They own the city.How do you not want that as a hockey player?I get the hometown thing with Parise and Suter..I get the brother thing with Staals and Schenns..I also get the weather thing with Luongo and others. But how in the hell do you choose to play in Columbus instead of Toronto. Link to post Share on other sites
ajs510 122 Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 A lot of these guys don't want to be daily-recognized rockstars, they just want to play hockey, make money, and have a personal life and a family life. If you have a big ego that needs feeding, you go play in a big market. I don't get that impression at all from guys like Parise and Suter, they seem very humble and just want the best opportunity to play well and succeed without getting mugged by mobs of people everywhere they go.IMO, Minnesota is an easy call for both players if they went together.Who chose Columbus over an offer from Toronto? I can't even remember the last time Columbus actually signed an in-demand free agent...most of their acquisitions have been trades. Link to post Share on other sites
ajs510 122 Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 The Jackets signed Wizniewski last offseason, for way more money than anyone else was going to pay him. I can see that, I understand why he'd take that deal. Columbus wouldn't be able to sign any player in the league for the same or less money than any other team in the league was willing to pay. It just wouldn't ever happen. Link to post Share on other sites
MapleLeafpoker 1,462 Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 A lot of these guys don't want to be daily-recognized rockstars, they just want to play hockey, make money, and have a personal life and a family life. If you have a big ego that needs feeding, you go play in a big market. I don't get that impression at all from guys like Parise and Suter, they seem very humble and just want the best opportunity to play well and succeed without getting mugged by mobs of people everywhere they go.IMO, Minnesota is an easy call for both players if they went together.Who chose Columbus over an offer from Toronto? I can't even remember the last time Columbus actually signed an in-demand free agent...most of their acquisitions have been trades.great points, really agree with the ego thing. Guys who need attention go to the places that will feed their need.also Serge, I dont know this firsthand, but it seems a lot of NHL'ers who played in Carolina swear by it as a great place to raise a family. By the time FA comes around, these guys are already thinking of settling down and starting a family, so the lure of getting laid in Toronto isnt as appealing as a quiet family life in Carolina.Forget for a second what its like to be a Maple Leaf. I would never subject my family to the crap that could go on here if their father/brother/husband was a Maple Leaf. Money buys a lot of things, privacy out in public is not one of them. Link to post Share on other sites
ajs510 122 Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 also Serge, I dont know this firsthand, but it seems a lot of NHL'ers who played in Carolina swear by it as a great place to raise a family. By the time FA comes around, these guys are already thinking of settling down and starting a family, so the lure of getting laid in Toronto isnt as appealing as a quiet family life in Carolina.I know a lot of people who've migrated to Carolina from the Northeast in the past few years, and all of them swear by it. It's basically Florida with less oppressive heat and fewer hurricanes (or more, if you count the hockey players). Link to post Share on other sites
serge 904 Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 Talk today around Leafs nation is that Carlyle wants to try JVR as a centre. He played some centre in his career before the NHL. Its an interesting dilemma..Everybody talks about going an acquiring a number one centre, like its easy.There is a handful of centres in the NHL that i consider top notch Franchise First line centres. Most of those guys are untouchable and they arent going anywhere.Guys like Crosby, Malkin, Getzlaf, Thornton,Zetterberg,Datysuk,Sedin, Stamkos.There are a few other that you can mention with these guys. There is no way you are going to get one of them. If you do, you would have to trade the whole Leafs and Marlies..Probably throw in the TFC as well.So some of the other second tier guys like Marleau(not a true centre), Stastny are rumoured to be in trade talks..HOwever how much more of an improvement is that over Connolly, Bozak, Lombardi..Assuming Grabo is the second line centre.Its very tough for Burke, Im sure he will make a move but it needs to be a blockbuster..I would be happy with Marleau or Stastny for the right price.Its amazing all those years we needed wingers and secondary scoring when we made the runs in early 2000s...Now we have secondary scoring and the main piece that is needed to compete is Mats Sundin and Eddie Belfour.I think the team and organization has 6 centres that can be comfortably slotted on the second or third lines..but that top guy is elusive..GET ER DONE BURKIE Link to post Share on other sites
Zach6668 513 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Easy to see why Philly moved him to the wing... Richards, Carter, Briere all centers... Link to post Share on other sites
Zach6668 513 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Marleau would be an improvement over anyone on the Leafs roster, at center (until JVR proves himself). Link to post Share on other sites
MapleLeafpoker 1,462 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I dont like Marleau. Great as a poolie, but hes one of the guys who I buy in to the "wont win" tag. Link to post Share on other sites
ajs510 122 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I dont like Marleau. Great as a poolie, but hes one of the guys who I buy in to the "wont win" tag.Yeah, he's firmly on my "do not want" list for Buffalo, sitting right next to Rick Nash. Link to post Share on other sites
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