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All That's Left Is The Crying

Apr 2009 by PPP - 18 comments

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Brian Burke’s first move is a head scratcher. I guess Deveaux isn’t doing a good enough job for his tastes or that conditional 6th round pick is compensation for tampering with Burke when he was the Ducks’ GM.

Colour me confused and unhappy with this move.

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by PPP on Jan 7, 2009 1:14 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

he has a man crush

on May, he’s brought him to 3 consecutive teams now.
I just hope his next move is an informed one, not an emotional a=one.

by Karina on Jan 7, 2009 1:15 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

not just Deveaux...

the burke quote is quite telling…

"We had zero energy at all from any veteran players, to show up and lead the way.

he goes on to talk about the room being quiet and the bench being too quiet during the game.

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 7, 2009 1:15 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yeah

I thought that was interesting.
But May is the solution???
I think this means there will be bigger changes. Bye-bye established vets.

by Karina on Jan 7, 2009 1:16 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

quiet vets...

Antro, Kabby, Hagman (i will punch you in the face burke…), Vesa…

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by blurr1974 on Jan 7, 2009 1:18 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don’t think it’ll be Hagman but don’t forget Poni.

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by PPP on Jan 7, 2009 1:19 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

better not be hagman. best bang for their buck right there. he’s a little like sammi pahlson from the ducks, so maybe burke’ll take a shiine to him…

poni is quiet, stajan could be considered a vet, and he’s quiet to. of course, he wasn’t playing…

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 7, 2009 1:21 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I feel like Stajan isn’t as quiet as he seems.

Sure he’s about as effective as Spezza in a scrum, wait…. I take it back. So he not going to win any fights not against Crosby or Spezza (without a spear) but Matt is kind of a wise lad beyond his years.

He’s got a great hockey IQ, and I tend to notice him chirping a lot to his line before draws about positioning and whatnot. But what do I know, right?

Anyway, i agree that him not playing effected his vocal contribution to the team over the last 5. He’s just got to come back and keep making an impact to this team.

Love that lil’ bastard!

by Ando Rich on Jan 7, 2009 5:29 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Methinks

Hagman’s safe, but Kabby’s gone.
Poni and Antro…. I’m scared.

by Karina on Jan 7, 2009 1:21 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i see kabby sticking around...

until draft day, then it’s bye bye.

poni and antro are gone by the deadline.

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by blurr1974 on Jan 7, 2009 1:22 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It pains me

but at least one of My Little Poni and Nik the Stick will be gone by the deadline.

Maybe even both.
Sigh, what a downer as I think The Soviet Bloc line has real potential moving forward.

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by Ando Rich on Jan 7, 2009 5:35 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

“who vil argue about cheesebourgers wiv me?”

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by loser domi on Jan 7, 2009 7:36 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Trade them in a package

To the same team

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by Archimedies on Jan 8, 2009 4:37 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think Hagman has a NTC for the first year of his deal.

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by Down Goes Brown on Jan 7, 2009 1:50 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

DGB is right. Hagman can’t be moved in year one of his deal.

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by mf37 on Jan 7, 2009 1:51 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

phew....

he should have a NTC for life.

in case you didn’t know, the guy is awesome (shameless self promotion…)

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by blurr1974 on Jan 7, 2009 1:52 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not to mention

Ferraro, for what it’s worth, kept saying that Wilson was yelling at the guys about not retreating and to get in the Panthers’ faces.

I think that my uncle’s theory of that anyone that ever spoke to Fredo will be traded is true. I don’t see anyone sticking around if there are more comments like that one.

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by PPP on Jan 7, 2009 1:18 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Brad May is a guy that will deliver Burke’s message to the locker room.

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by Chemmy on Jan 7, 2009 1:20 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

whiich is...

“if you don’t play hard i will eat your children!”

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 7, 2009 1:21 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 7, 2009 4:18 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Next step: Brendan Morrison

He’s another Burke stalwart (Vancouver, Anaheim)

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 7, 2009 1:21 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Please no

no no no no no.
Did Burke draft Schneider?

by Karina on Jan 7, 2009 1:21 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don’t think so, sez 2004 draft and I think burke was let go after the 2003-2004 season

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 7, 2009 1:23 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Course, Nonis did then and he’s mini-Burke

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 7, 2009 1:24 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Mathieu not Cory.

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by Chemmy on Jan 7, 2009 1:36 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Is he a burke fav though? He was more of a stopgap replacement for niedermayer I thought.

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 7, 2009 1:38 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

he was. and he was moved out fairly quickly.

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 7, 2009 1:39 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i'm hoping...

bobby ryan.

kids got game…

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 7, 2009 1:22 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Basically losing a draft pick sucks but Brady May could still beat up our entire team.

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by Chemmy on Jan 7, 2009 1:23 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He is kind of a roberts-type without the whole being skilled when younger part.

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 7, 2009 1:24 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

agreed...

i don’t hate it…don’t like it…

as i said, it maeks deveaux redundant and allows hollweg a little more freedom from getting bloodied up every other game…

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 7, 2009 1:24 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm glad

I haven’t seen anything from Deveaux. May does have a cup ring, and bringing that to a team that lacks leadership should help. Although I don’t know how much of a leader he was when you have Pronger, Niedermeyer and Selanne on that team….

I’m hoping for a move like the Fedorov trade. That was brilliant (and lucky).

by Karina on Jan 7, 2009 1:26 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah after the initial shock I’m kind of happy about it, the other so-called tough guys seem incapable of getting in opponents face and making life hard for them.

As long as it doesnt alienate Moore I’m cool with it. Or if we can get a good return of picks for dom it would be great to see him be a roleplayer on a contending team.

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 7, 2009 1:28 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i’d hate to see Moore go, but like you said and PPP, i don’t want to see the guy uncomfortable or alienated. I think he’s been a great Leaf, and truth be told, I’ve always felt he’d be decent captain material. very intelligent, hard working…

i’ve got something in my eye…

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 7, 2009 1:31 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Moore

is the only reason Blake’s play has picked up. I think if he goes, we lose productive Blake, too.

by Karina on Jan 7, 2009 1:32 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

blake...

quiet vet….

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 7, 2009 1:34 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

blake...

untradeable vet

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by PPP on Jan 7, 2009 1:34 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

hey...

if brad may can net a 6th round conditional pick…blake could get us a 7th round conditional…maybe?

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 7, 2009 1:35 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Big Difference

Blake has three years after this one on his contract $ 4M per annum.

May is a UFA after this year. Maybe Burke doesn’t care about losing but doesn’t want to see games like last night’s be the way that they do lose.

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by PPP on Jan 7, 2009 1:36 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Blake

is staying, no matter what.
The question in my mind is, do you try to keep players around that make Blake productive, or do you forget that you have him or just suck up the cap hit until he’s gone?

by Karina on Jan 7, 2009 1:38 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

so...

8th round…9th…? stick of gum…only half chewed?

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by blurr1974 on Jan 7, 2009 1:39 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

blake and toskala for kovy and lehtonen? straight up

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by blurr1974 on Jan 7, 2009 1:50 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

blake

untradeable quiet smashed hamster

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by loser domi on Jan 7, 2009 1:35 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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by eyebleaf on Jan 7, 2009 1:43 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

eating popcorn on a piano!

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by loser domi on Jan 7, 2009 1:45 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

DON’T pull his finger again, jeez!

by LeafFanInVan on Jan 7, 2009 1:45 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I thought...

YOur whole team had NTCs… ;-)

Thanks JFJ!

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by OdinMercer on Jan 7, 2009 1:42 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Basically

Everyone that we would want to trade is safe.

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by PPP on Jan 7, 2009 1:43 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Bleh.

Sorry :-( Blake is a little make a move happy too. WHich means at least one guy with somewhat of a following will be gone. :’-(

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by OdinMercer on Jan 7, 2009 1:45 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sorry

That was typo ridden. Burke not blake.

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by OdinMercer on Jan 7, 2009 1:49 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I’m not sure how to feel about this. Maybe I’m just annoyed in general.

/srugs

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by loser domi on Jan 7, 2009 1:29 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

shrugs

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by loser domi on Jan 7, 2009 1:29 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i missed...

your typos…

/smiles

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 7, 2009 1:30 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hockey-wise: Kulemin gets more ice-time, the Leafs stop being such pansies although at 37 I’d laugh if he turned out to be one too.

Personality-wise: I fucking hate Brad May

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by PPP on Jan 7, 2009 1:30 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Explain

I think your hate of Brad May deserves it’s own post.

by Evening News Team on Jan 7, 2009 1:47 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not that complicated

He was a big part in the Bertuzzi-Moore incident with his comments about a bounty being on Steve’s head. Plus he’s always been a bit of a goon.

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by PPP on Jan 7, 2009 1:48 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

you fault him for that?

I mean… it’s not his fault that Bert was dumb enough to act on his comments the way he did. May, I think, would’ve taken care of it himself…

by Karina on Jan 7, 2009 1:56 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ahhhhh

so thats why people have been talking about Moore being alienated.

HMmmmmmmawkward.

by Ando Rich on Jan 7, 2009 5:42 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Moore fears no one, Smith and Kubina fall in the wake of the might of Moore!

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 7, 2009 5:45 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

But Why?

His website says that he’s a great guy and…

Outside of hockey, Brad loves to golf, and is currently building a 36 hole course northeast of Toronto, with his father and older brother.

He’s building you a golf course!

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by OdinMercer on Jan 7, 2009 1:48 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

PPP...

you ungrateful bastard!

:P

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by blurr1974 on Jan 7, 2009 1:50 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

One that I’ll likely never be able to play.

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by PPP on Jan 7, 2009 1:51 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

THat's okay.

He’s still building it… just for you. :-P I think he even played for my team back in the day. I’ve chosen to repress that though.

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by OdinMercer on Jan 7, 2009 2:09 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

May gets in the scrum

Last night Deveaux knocked over Cullimore and McCabe was on him immediately, followed right after by Weiss. Cullimore eventually got up and fought Deveaux himself. Deveaux seemed momentarily confused as to who he was fighting against. “Three Panthers to choose from”, says the commentater. Where the hell were his linemates?

Compare that to the clip of Darcy fighting Neil at the Ottawa bench. If that was today’s team, Tucker would be over there by himself fighting the entire Senators team while the Leafs stood around waiting for the 3rd period to begin.

by general borschevsky on Jan 7, 2009 1:51 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

How funny would it have been to see Deveaux fight McCabe?

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by Down Goes Brown on Jan 7, 2009 1:54 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My point is somebody should have grabbed Weiss. Somebody else should have gotten in Cullimore’s way, leaving McCabe to struggle with Deveaux, and then round and round we go, everyone grabs a partner and backs up their mates. Deveaux had 3 guys on him and no one came over a grabbed a Florida sweater. Pitiful. May’ll show’em. If somebody looks at soemone funny – GRAB A SWEATER!!!

by general borschevsky on Jan 7, 2009 1:59 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

fights…that mean something…?

man i miss those days. there’s zero pride in the leaf jersey these days. good call general.

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by blurr1974 on Jan 7, 2009 2:00 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

McCabe fighting anyone would be hilarious, but I wouldn’t want him to get hurt. I just want somebody to grab his freakin’ sweater and let his teammates know that we stick up for our guys better then they stick up for theirs.

McCabe fighting Ian White would be awesome.

by general borschevsky on Jan 7, 2009 2:23 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Good Point

No one else came around to help even things out although as I mentioned in the game thread McCabe sure was gliding away pretty fast. Maybe he was having PTSD flashbacks to this.

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by PPP on Jan 7, 2009 2:00 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

When I called this trade back on November 12 I was just going for a really cheap and easy punchline. I had no idea Burke would actually do it.

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by mf37 on Jan 7, 2009 1:54 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

quick...

say blake for nash! say blake for nash!

make sure you emphasize it’s rick…not tyson

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by blurr1974 on Jan 7, 2009 1:57 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We can find

another radio color guy. Seriously, he’s not so good.

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by OdinMercer on Jan 7, 2009 2:10 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hahahahah

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by Chemmy on Jan 7, 2009 1:57 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

it's like

the reverse of the Chemmy curse!

by Karina on Jan 7, 2009 1:58 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

FWIW, odds are I was in my jammies when I typed that blog post.

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by mf37 on Jan 7, 2009 1:59 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

magic jammies

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 7, 2009 2:01 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Amazing

I am with blurr, what’s next?

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by PPP on Jan 7, 2009 2:01 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think

it means mf37 has insight into the mind of Brian Burke…

by Karina on Jan 7, 2009 2:23 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I wish…I just noticed a really strong trend of certain players following GMs/coaches around the league.

Fletcher drafted Manderville in Calgary and got him in the Gilmour deal. Keenan had a couple of guys that he seemed to acquire at each stop along the way. After arriving in New York, Sather traded for the entire Oilers organization. Even JFJ went after Khavanov. When it looked certain that Burke was coming, the easy punchline was Brad May.

And here we are.

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by mf37 on Jan 7, 2009 2:28 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not Sure

if someone said thia already but……should have been Mitchell or Deveaux sent down. Mitchell is a budding Alyn McCauley…who can’t kill penalties and Deveaux couldn’t beat Zack Stortini in a fight.

Rebuilding, not tanking

by Haeyena on Jan 7, 2009 2:27 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

nah

I think Mitchell and Deveaux are stop gaps, not part of the future. Kulemin is part of the future and was sent down to get more playing time.

by Karina on Jan 7, 2009 2:31 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

deveaux...

was here to add some grit and toughness. turns out he’s not quite that type of player…

mitchell could be a very solid two way player. we’re all forgetting, this is his first year in the bigs…

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by blurr1974 on Jan 7, 2009 2:35 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

WRONG!

Mitchell is part of the future.

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by PPP on Jan 7, 2009 2:51 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

we'll see

I have no strong feelings about Mitchell. But he’s had time in the minors, and has played big minutes there, it’s time to develop his game in the NHL and see if he fits in.

by Karina on Jan 7, 2009 2:59 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

again...

rookie year.

patience grasshopper.

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by blurr1974 on Jan 7, 2009 3:13 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think its still up in the air

In a few years I can see MItchell as a solid two forward with some versatility, kind of like a Mike Fisher, thats the high. I could also see him end up like McCaouley where he never really finds his game’s consistently, the low. Either way its far to early to tell.

by Kriv on Jan 7, 2009 3:34 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I can agree with this

Basically, minimal salary for a common player. I don’t see that much offensive potential with Mitchell and he was never highly regarded as a prospect either, but he’s the type of player that all teams should have every year. Not so much because his skill is that essential, but he provides 3rd-4th line duty at a bargain price. As soon as he prices himself out, the Leafs can bring in another to take his place.

Mitchell is young, being his rookie season and all, but karina is right. Mitchell isn’t really a part of the future at his current state, especially if the team manages to keep Moore (though Mitchell does have more offensive flare I think). His value does increase if guys like Ondrus and Earl in the Marlies don’t pan out, but Mitchell doesn’t score that much, doesn’t hit or fight that much, and is by no means a defensive shadow. I don’t see Michell fitting into any of Burke’s hockey player role.

by bkblades on Jan 7, 2009 3:46 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i heard...

Brad May wears pants.

just sayin…

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by blurr1974 on Jan 7, 2009 4:05 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

But not the guys he fights.

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by Down Goes Brown on Jan 7, 2009 5:06 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

don’t you hate pants?

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by loser domi on Jan 7, 2009 5:12 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

/throws pants on stage

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 7, 2009 5:14 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

they're evil

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
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by blurr1974 on Jan 7, 2009 5:22 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

may he lead by example

May’s arrival seems to increase the competition for ice time among those who provide “energy” for a living. Nothing like an old fart to outdo his team mates in the shit stirring up dept to put them all to shame. And the price was right. Lets hope he has more moves than Deveaux’s patented " I will hold my opponent at arm’s length and allow him to tire himself in my attempt to intimidate the other team."

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