Toronto Maple Leafs Sign Goaltender Jonas Gustavsson
by Chemmy on Jul 7, 2009 9:39 AM EDT
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The Toronto Maple Leafs have announced the signing of Jonas Gustavsson to a one year $900,000 deal. As confirmed in our comments, Gustavsson will be an RFA in 2010. Gustavsson is a 24 year old native of Danderyd, Sweden who played with Färjestad in the SEL. [Sportsnet.ca]
| Season | Team | League | GP |
GAA | SV% |
| 2007-2008 |  Färjestad |
Elitserien |
20 | 2.40 | .919 |
| Skåre BK |
Division 1 |
6 | 2.61 | .919 | |
| 2008-2009 | Färjestad |
Elitserien |
42 | 1.96 | .932 |
| Team Sweden |
WC |
5 | 2.83 | .914 |
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OH HAPPY DAY!
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sweet!
burke is on fire.
way too jacked for hockey right now. i can’t believe we have to wait 3 months for the season to start.
Way too long to wait.
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The best part is that we have 3 months to imagine that anything is possible
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by PPP on Jul 7, 2009 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
even PLAYOFFS!!!1
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With that whole team truculence feature they’ve built in for this season I’m sure the Leafs will be well on their way to gaming glory.
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Finally, something worth being awake at quarter to eight to find out.
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by Blue and White Expat on Jul 7, 2009 9:43 AM EDT reply actions
Thank you. Now maybe that lemon you sold us won’t have to play so many games.
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by PPP on Jul 7, 2009 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Heh. He did well in a platoon role with Nabokov, so maybe The Monster will set him straight.
Under Wilson too. Things are looking up kids!
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No Joke
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by PPP on Jul 7, 2009 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions
he chose so wrong time to do that… needz to go now, but congrats and don’t ruin him!
miss u, CR baby...u want 2 get back 2gether?
We make no promises.
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by PPP on Jul 7, 2009 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions
I guess that’s Hello Monstah’, goodbye GRBRZRKR.
by general borschevsky on Jul 7, 2009 9:48 AM EDT reply actions
Oh man I want to chant MON-STER
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Monster is a sweet ass chant to get going. Hope he works out for you guys.
The Capitals made a Theo video trying to prompt us into cheering for him but it didn’t work. The video said THEO in really large font and the O was a hole in glass that a puck went through so it ended up looking more like THE HOLE. Little did they know how appropriate the video would be.
Is it to early to ask?
What if he sucks?
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haha well played.
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If he sucks, we’ve spent $900K on a back-up. BFD.
This is pretty much no-risk in my eyes. If we stink again because of goaltending, well both Toskala and the Monster’s contracts are up, so we can try and find a permanent fix next year, and we’ll happily take another high draft pick. If he thrives, then we can increase his workload next season. Plus, this gives Pogge & Reimer a full year to develop with the Marlies.
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And if he’s amazing we have the cap room to resign him at a higher salary and to move Toskala elsewhere.
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If he does stink, he’s also waiver eligible so there’s no risk in sending him down to the AHL.
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and he’s an RFA at the end of his contract.
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clrkaitken nailed it. It doesn’t really matter if he sucks. A highly sought after player chose the Leafs at a ridiculously low price. There is really no downside to this deal.
/defies anyone to bring me down.
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Lord triple P is correct.
We’re winners.
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by eyebleaf on Jul 7, 2009 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
We’re winners.
And ridiculously attractive. It has to be said.
/looking in Arch’s direction?
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"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
He might be a bust
But he might not. There really is no downside to this deal. And maybe people can stop complaining that free agents don’t like to sign in Toronto. It was never true.
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by Back In Black on Jul 7, 2009 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions
I think Frogren just repaid his debt:
Gustavsson will make his decision based on his comfort level with the team, its management, stability in ownership and “a gut feel.”
To that end, the Leafs had fellow Swede Jonas Frogren talk up the team with Gustavsson.
by general borschevsky on Jul 7, 2009 9:57 AM EDT reply actions
I guess it’s well worth a fourth rounder now.
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Congrats
This is just like the time that one team signed that extremely promising young Scandinavian goaltender that was going to solidfy their often shaky goaltending situation and provide that team the backbone it needs to make the playoffs.
And since I haven’t heard much about Vesa Toskala since then, I’ll just assume that’s how it all played out.
by Jibblescribbits on Jul 7, 2009 10:00 AM EDT reply actions
Didn’t you guys sign Raycrof last year?
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wahooo!!!
Burke is DA MAN!!!! Also I was awoken by a text message from TSN telling me of this signing… woooo!
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by Karina on Jul 7, 2009 10:07 AM EDT reply actions
All this time...
and it’s only a one-year deal???
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he was
restricted to an entry level deal, I believe…. maybe that has something to do with it? After this year he won’t have that restriction, maybe?
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by Karina on Jul 7, 2009 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions
That means both our goalies are unrestricted free agents going into next season …
Strange, n’est pas?
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You know who’s also a UFA next year? Some guy named Roberto Luongo.
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He’s signing his extension this summer. Have we learned nothing from the Nash scenario? Don’t get your hopes up.
And by that I mean we’re soooo getting Luongo.
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haha I’m being facetious. I’m sure the Canucks are writing up a bajillion year contract as we speak.
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Good planning. The Leafs will have tonnes of money and they can negotiate with both guys exclusively for six months.
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Exactly. He’s signs for 1 year at entry level, then next year he’s eligible for the big bucks if he shows that he warrants them.
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is he restricted, Mr. Skinnyfish?
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yes
As of 2008, any player whose contract has expired can declare himself an unrestricted free agent if he is at least 27 years old or has at least seven years of service as an NHL player.
in other words, restricted.
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by blurr1974 on Jul 7, 2009 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Yup, beat me to it
Per the CBA, a player entering the league at 24 years old must sign an entry level contract of one year, not to exceed $850,000.
After that, since he’s under 27, he become an RFA.
Found here (Note, this is a good quick reference for the CBA)
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Was about to link that.
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You are, as the kids say Skinnyfish, the man.
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Jammies
YOU SAID “PLAYOFFS!!!!1” and I have evidence.
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So does anyone know for sure, is Monster a UFA next year or RFA?
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by Down Goes Brown on Jul 7, 2009 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions
He’s an RFA according to the CBA.
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But if our RFA under the CBA goes MIA, won’t we be SOL and assigned to KP PDQ?
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"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
Way to go, jr. You just broke the acronymator.
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OK 10-4
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"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
that would be FUBAR
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You owe Burke ten apologies.
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Woo!!!1
I feel like Burke has pulled off a coup.
In only a few short months, he’s single-handedly made up for the John Ferguson Jr. era, and he’s also taken steps to make sure that Pogge will never be the man here.
Burke is the fucking man.
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also
not related, but SB Nation has finally launched mobile commenting!!!!! WAAAAAHOOOO BEST DAY EVAR!!!!!
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by Karina on Jul 7, 2009 10:08 AM EDT reply actions
Yes
We’ll have a post about some of the upgrades this afternoon.
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Threaded mobile reply from my iPhone.
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by Chemmy on Jul 7, 2009 10:18 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
woohoo Does this mean you can finally make normal replies and not have your comments look as if they were written by a drunken sailor? : )
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yup! no more drunken comments!
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by Karina on Jul 7, 2009 11:40 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
ahw
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
bur I still have to use the full site version to get to CC
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by Karina on Jul 7, 2009 12:19 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
let's recap
since joining, Burke has:
traded 2 players for 2nd round picks
signed 2 of the more sought-after NCAA players
signed 2 of the more sought-after free agent D
signed the most sought-after european goalie
blatantly snubbed bryan murray / the sens with the Kadri pick.
if anyone thinks he hasn’t done a great job so far, they’re crazy.
by daoust on Jul 7, 2009 10:12 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
He’s been kicking the shit out of the rest of the league.
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For some reason this summer it seems as if the rest of the league is standing still. A couple of teams are moving backwards (Montreal, Ottawa) and the Leafs are the only ones really making big steps forward.
It’s fantastic.
by general borschevsky on Jul 7, 2009 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
some sens fans are actually excited about the kovalev signing. like they’ve completely forgotten that heatley will be gone, and they’re not going to get much for him. or that kovalev only tries 60% of the time. hilarious.
60% of the time, he tries every time.
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jul 7, 2009 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Oglethorpe: Get the Universal Remonster. He knows how to do it.
Frylock: He’s dead.
Oglethorpe: Impossible! The Remonster can only be killed by stabbing him in the heart with the ancient bone saber of Zumacalis!
Emory: Or maybe his head and lungs too. Just stab him wherever.
Oglethorpe: And the saber probably doesn’t have to be bone.
Emory: Yeah, just anything sharp lying around the house.
Oglethorpe: You could poke him with a pillow and kill him.
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Why didn’t you just call him the Universal-Remobot?
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jul 7, 2009 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions
I feel like running through the streets of Toronto in a Leafs jersey.
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To purchase: New jersey. Holding off on Kadri because I want him to go back to the OHL.
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Excuse me Luke Schenn didn’t go anywhere.
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plus people saw the Schenn jersey in person and they will tell you how glorious it is
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BCWW
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by Karina on Jul 7, 2009 11:43 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Ya, but you have to actually pay real money for it. Last I heard, the bidding was up to $17 and 3 packs of O-Pee-Chee.
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Whatever. I hear they’re not too picky.
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Problem is – once you buy New Jersey, where do you put it? There’s only so much room in the basement.
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You can put New Jersey in the same place that everyone else in the states puts there garbage…New Jersey.
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What did Delaware?
She wore her New Jersey.
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that would be hilarious on the back of a jersey.
by somny on Jul 7, 2009 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I posted a mobile comment. Still hasn’t shown up.
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IS THIS REAL LIFE?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 10:32 AM EDT reply actions
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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'Oh, you can't help that' said the Cat 'we're all mad here'.
Damn straight, our off-the-wall London fanatic. You can officially take the day off and get hammered.
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that is a fantastic idea.
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Maybe we should re-name it as getting “Monstered”.
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by kidkawartha on Jul 7, 2009 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
and rec’d again
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"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
Aren’t you glad you’re not camping today?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
so
i’d just like to point out that on the day of the Beauchemin signing, I asked on the FTB if Burke was done (he wasn’t) and then on today’s FTB I publically called ot Gustavsson and his lollygagging ways.
In short. Brian Burke and Jonas Gustavsson read Pension Plan Puppets. There can be no other conclusion.
So, in the spirit of that. Kaberle for some amazing forwards please…
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by blurr1974 on Jul 7, 2009 10:36 AM EDT reply actions
I think it has to be in the FTB for it to work.
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'Oh, you can't help that' said the Cat 'we're all mad here'.
curses!
foiled again…
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by blurr1974 on Jul 7, 2009 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Kaberle stays.
Thanks.
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good sir
should he be traded, I will be here to console you…
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by blurr1974 on Jul 7, 2009 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think I’ll be here.
It pains me to read all this “trade Kabby NOW” talk. I don’t think this will be the place to rightfully mourn him should he go.
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I’ll be here for you, eye.
Okay, okay, I get it. You're a total jackass with nothing to offer the world. Stop trying to prove it every time you open your mouth.
If Kabby gets trade I’ll definitely have a post up. You can mourn in the General Area.
by general borschevsky on Jul 7, 2009 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s me, General, and daoust…
We will mourn Kaberle the way he’s supposed to be mourned, not salivate at what might come the other way.
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I can do both, but i have no soul
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions
i can
because I’m a Leafs fan, not a Kaberle fan, or Sundin fan, or Raycroft fan, or Tucker fan, or Gilmour, or yes, even Clark…
I root for THE LEAFS. Apologies if that offends you.
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by blurr1974 on Jul 7, 2009 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions
We need a puck-moving defenceman. Ottawa got stuck without a puck moving defenceman last year and they were horrible. Couldn’t get out of their own end. Couldn’t make a break-out pass or a play through the nuetral zone and couldn’t get the puck to Heatley, Spezza, Alfredsson efficiently enough for them to do anything dangerous with it.
White, Van Ryn, or Stralman have to show they can do it before you move Kaberle now, but why bother when you already have one of the best puck moving defenceman in the league?
by general borschevsky on Jul 7, 2009 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
sorry to break this to all of you, but the hype Burke has built up for Kaberle is to improve his trade value.
He’s a good player, but we’re now 10 players deep on the blue line. MVR has minimal trade value, Finger’s not going anywhere, Stralman could be kept on the Marlies for another year. White has some value, but not the same as Kabby.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not against Kaberle, it’s just that from the way Burke is building this team, I’m not so sure he’s as high on Kaberle as he claims. Pure speculation on my part. If I’m wrong, then we’ve still got a great puck moving d-man. If I’m right, then I’ll be one of the few not shocked at all that he was moved.
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by blurr1974 on Jul 7, 2009 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions
agreed
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
VanRyan, White, Straleman…..
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions
‘Cept Van Ryn’s had his head bashed a few times too many and is a question mark, White is no Kaberle and Stralman is unproven.
You only trade Kaberle if someone blows the doors off.
I’d be less surprised to see Van Ryn or someone else move for a pick.
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Kaberle had his head smashed in by Janssens and was terrible last year.
If Kaberle can play like his pre-Janssens self don’t trade him for anything.
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But even post-bash Kaberle has more upside than Ian White and is more reliable than Van Ryn…
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Kaberle played 57 games this year, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. He also saw -0.039 competition against Ian White’s +0.007 competition.
Kaberle was on the ice for 3.23 goals per sixty minutes against Ian White’s 2.74 GAON/60. Kaberle and White had identical 3.04GFON/60 making Ian White a plus player and Kaberle a minus.
To sum up, Ian White played more games, played more minutes per game, played against harder opposition and had better numbers than Kaberle this season.
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The rebuttal is that Kaberle’s Corsi is 6.6 to Ian White’s 3.9, so maybe Kaberle was unlucky but
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shhh
your speaking logically. no one can hear you….
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by blurr1974 on Jul 7, 2009 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
But last year’s stats are going to have an effect on his trade value right now.
by Its Cold In Here on Jul 7, 2009 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions
exactly
sell high is a new concept for Leafs. Something historically we’ve not done well.
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by blurr1974 on Jul 7, 2009 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
There was a major head injury that you can use to delineate untouchable Kaberle from last year’s Kaberle.
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Kaberle is really at a low point in value, even if the lack of UFA puck moving defenceman might help his value a little. But he still has two years of cheap contract, so if he has a good year and the other 25 defenceman on the roster show they can handle his role, deal him at the deadline, or next summer.
There’s no reason to rush.
by Its Cold In Here on Jul 7, 2009 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
There might be
If the Leafs make the playoffs then Kaberle’s NTC doesn’t get waived in the summer. That means if he isn’t traded now then the Leafs are at the mercy of him waiving it for a trade. What are the odds that he:
A. wants to do the Leafs a favour
B. Will re-sign?
Either way he could be lost for nothing.
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Beauchemin can move a puck
believe me…
Still, I’m not saying this to be the bad guy, just pointing out something interesting. As I said, if I’m wrong, then great…
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by blurr1974 on Jul 7, 2009 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
main fact I am trying to get at, the Leafs need an NHL ready sniper. Kabby is our best bet at getting one in recent times.
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions
i think we can all agree that burke knows the value of a #1 puck-moving D making $4.25M. he’ll trade him only if the return is right.
Burke said Kaberle will be in the lineup come September unless “somebody blows our doors off.”
I don’t see those doors being blown off. Kaberle’s been on the “market” for a long time now.
But yet EVERYONE keeps saying Kabby will be moved, Kabby will be moved
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But it is always possible a team gets desperate or crazy close to the season and overpays for him. Which is the only way I’d want to see Kaberle moved; for a massive return that makes the other GM look silly.
by Its Cold In Here on Jul 7, 2009 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions
I think we’re all on board in that scenario.
I just get pissy when I see all the “TRADE KABERLE!!!1” posts. It drives me batty.
If Burke can see the value in him, why can’t more people?
I mean, Jaro Spacek got $3.83 million. JARO FUCKING SPACEK. And we want to trade Kaberle while he makes $4.25 million?
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I dont think anyone here actually wants Kaberle gone, he just happenst to be the leafs most tradeable asset
I’d be more than happy if Burkie bits and pieces the expendable D men instead, but we aint getting Phil Kessel for Jeff Finger
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
We’re not getting Phil Kessel, period.
You want a top-6 forward? Everyone keeps saying we’re not ready to contend, give us 2 more years, well, Kadri will be ready in two years. There’s, hopefully, your top 6 forward. And, look at that, just like how Kessel became one; Boston drafted him.
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Kessel is a measuring stick, When I say Kessel, i mean a player of that goal scoring ilk, I still think if traded Kaberle has the ability to fetch something like that, but i do not want him traded UNLESS he can bring back something of that caliber.
and id still be sad to see him go
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
I know you’ll be sad to see him go. You’re a smart man. I don’t doubt that.
But if we’re in the midst of a rebuild, and Kaberle is still at the age where he can be a part of the solution, why aren’t we patient enough to wait for guys like Tlusty and Kadri, Bozak and Hanson?
I don’t know. I just think Kaberle brings more to the table right now, especially at his price.
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and stalberg.
let’s be patient, maybe one (or two?) of the kids really step up this year and show they can be top 6 forwards?
GUNNARSSON!
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
The guy from Mighty Ducks 2 on the Iceland team?
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nah, thats Gunnar Stall, Burke should sign him, he is very truculent
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
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Amen to not trading Kabby unless the return is A+. Remember the basket of out-of-position-crunching-hits that Kubina turned into? That’s what we want?
I don’t see why it would be unheard of to think kaberle would re-up long-term at a similar cap hit. I mean, presumably if he thought he was worth 4.25 in his late twenties, why do we assume he’s worth way more now when he’ll be on the down slope in his early 30s?
if the goal is to contend in 10-11, why the rush for a scoring forward now? We should have an idea what we actually have in Bozadrivichlustyson by then….
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I don’t know that Kaberle will want to re-sign after all of this drama.
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I’m not from the “Trade Kabby!” camp, necessarily.
But the problem is that – in two years – Kabby is no longer a $4.25 million dollar defenseman. Can we afford him then? If not, we need to flip him when his value is highest. If that’s now, so be it.
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I say trade the spare parts from the blue line for whatever picks or prospects we can get, and slot NSFW and the college signings into the forward lines. Let them develop in the NHL with the confidence of a solid D behind them (and hopefully freshly solid Goaltending)
by Its Cold In Here on Jul 7, 2009 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions
correct
if he can get what he wants, he’ll move him.
as I said, he’s building up his trade value. If he gets moved, then we’re getting something pretty awesome in return. If he’s not moved, then we’ve got a puck moving d-man for cheap.
I’ve said it 1000 times before, but it’s much easier to root for the logo on the jersey and not the player themselves. I’m a Leafs fan. And yes, that means come October, i’ll even be rooting for Komisarek….
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by blurr1974 on Jul 7, 2009 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Patience, grasshoppers. Kabby is worth more than a scoring forward. I know everyone wants PLAYOFFS!!!!!1, but I would like to go deep into them as well as just making them and don’t mind waiting another year or so to do it.
Is it October yet?
Agreed. Burkie knows this too. I am confident he won’t flip Kabby unless he gets a deal that he thinks brings the scoring meat to T.O.
Keep in mind, though, that we don’t have Kabby at 4.25 forever. Burke has to make the judgement as to whether he will be able to keep Kabby when the team competes for a Cup. If he doesn’t think the Leafs will compete next year, and he’s pretty sure that Kabby’s raise after that will rule him out, he needs to flip the asset now, with all due respect to Tomas, who is my homie.
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precisely
is the guy still a bargain if he’s making north of $6M? Chances are, that’s what he’ll be seeking.
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by blurr1974 on Jul 7, 2009 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Well, we know he likes and wants to stay in Toronto. Looking at what else is out there at 6 mil, I would say he’s worth it.
Is it October yet?
Id keep him around for sure, unless he goes insane and wants campbell money for 12 years
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions
When the fuck did Stralman get so good that he’s being labeled as a guy to replace Kaberle as a puck-moving d-man?
When Van Ryn plays more than 50 games in a season, you guys give me a shout.
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none are viable replacements, V anRy has the most potential too, but just pointing out that we have puck moving defensemen other than kabby
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions
White is the only one. And many want him to play forward.
Van Ryn is not an option, considering he can’t stay healthy.
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You know who else had an awesome moustache and switched to forward? That’s right.
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We’re comparing Ian White to Wendel now?
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Cassie Campbell?
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by furcifer on Jul 7, 2009 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
HAHAHAHAHA
/oh, so rec’d
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"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
there is the “trade while value is high” option. Does Kabby’s value go up if Burke waits? We’ve got this season and the next at $4.25M per, then what? He’s 30 now, and he’s not getting younger.
Do we hang on to Kabby until his value is less? There’s no guarantees he’ll maintain his skills at such a high level while he ages. There’s no guarantee he doesn’t get knocked around like he did in NJ and suffers another concussion.
Again, I’m not Anti-Kaberle.
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by blurr1974 on Jul 7, 2009 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions
You’re coming off as anti-Kaberle Blurr!!!!1
But I still love you. Albeit grudgingly.
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Seriously, how am I anti Kaberle?
By saying his value may not get any higher, so if we’re going to move him, do it now? If we’re not going to move him, then we’ll still be alright?
Whatever. We’ve talked about trading an asset when it’s value is at it’s highest many many times before. The one thing the Leafs have done to a fault is hang on to players when they’re past their usefulness, or traded them at their lowest value. If Kaberle isn’t part of the future, then move him now while his value is still high. That’s my argument.
If Burke truly believes he doesn’t want to move him, then why not take the Schenn route and say so publicly? Because he wants to maximize his return. That’s good management.
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by blurr1974 on Jul 7, 2009 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions
The fact that he doesn’t play a physical style is why I feel he will be an elite d-man for another 5 or 6 years. A 4 year extension at 5.75 mil would take us right through the first cup year.
Is it October yet?
The first cup year?
Have you got the parade route planned out yet?
by Its Cold In Here on Jul 7, 2009 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
If you don’t have an idea of it in your head you’re not a real Leafs fan ;)
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It goes through Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, and Ottawa.
Oh, and Hamilton :)
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it should go through all of those cities twice
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
You could have the parade in Hamilton now. Just have the we have a team parade. :P
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by Godd Till on Jul 7, 2009 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
So totally fucking rec’d. Finish up at the Pig’s Ear for autographing and sick Labatt’s 50 drinking competitions.
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if that happened, i think they would end up being forced to eat pickled eggs by luke schenn
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Nowhere near the same skill level though.
Agreed that MVR has the most immediate potential bet he’s a real wild card right now the way Colaiacovo was last year.
Stralman is still a year or two away and may never be as good as Kabby, but he might come close if he develops properly.
White should be a Forward. Full stop. He had a great year last year, but he may have a tough time cracking the top-six just like he did last season with the kind of Defence that Burke and Wilson want to go with. With Kubina gone, I don’t like the idea of White being our “most skilled defenceman on the point and powerplay”. Simple solution is move him to forward where we could use his mojo and spirit.
by general borschevsky on Jul 7, 2009 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
I posted some numbers from Behind the Net based on White’s 5-on-5 defensive play.
He was one of our best defenders last season.
Not sure if you read my post, but your thoughts on that?
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It was a great post. Got me thinking about where White is going to fit in. You didn’t just leave out Jeff Finger from your top-six, you also left out Van Ryn and Frogren. Waiting in the wings are Oreskovic and Stralman. In other words, the Leafs defence is suddenly DEEEEEEP.
If we trade Kaberle, however, that leaves us a little heavey on trulucence and a little light on actual talent. As discussed, MVR, Stralman, and White, are not suitable replacements for Kabby. Easy solution, keep Kabby and move White to Forward. The defence stays solid and a little less deep and you upgrade the forward lines with a great two-way player at the same time.
Wouldn’t most of agree to trade White if we could get a Forward in return that was as good as White at forward? Cut out the middleman. White, you’re a Forward now.
by general borschevsky on Jul 7, 2009 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Based on White’s play last season (including his being named to Team Canada as a defenseman), I’d rather have him in my top 6, along with Kaberle.
That gives us 2 better skating and betting puck moving defenseman.
If you move White to forward, trade Van Ryn, and put Finger or Frogger on the back end, we’ve got 5 rough, stay at home types, and one puck moving d-man in Kaberle.
I’d rather have two. And I just can’t find it in me to move White after the way he played last year. He’s versatile and all, but I really think he’s got a future as a d-man, perhaps as a Rafalski type d-man.
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I hope we keep Kabby too. But I have to say I hope that some other GM makes Burke a ridiculous offer that he would be nuts to refuse.
I don’t know, I’m torn. Can I hope for both things? Not both happening at the same time of course, that’s ridiculous. But maybe hope for either/or and be happy either way???
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This rules. I hope he has a thick skin, though, which is the only part that worries me. I hope to God the dummies at the ACC don’t start booing him off the ice if he has a rough start.
I mean, it’s a different game on this side of the pond, he needs to adjust, so I really hope the fans cut him a bit of slack. Otherwise they break him, he gets send down to the Marlies to “develop”, gets frustrated and doesn’t re-sign.
Also, if he rules as a goalie, can I be the first to nominate Metric’s “Monster Hospital” for his theme at the ACC? Metric’s a T.O. band, so it’s appropriate, I think.
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slack schmack I want him to be incredible.
Also hello.
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I’m on board with “Monster Hospital” so long as Exelby gets “X” by Xzibit as his song.
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Monster Hospital
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I’ve been bad, I’VE BEEN BAD!
This song would rule as a goalie theme, every time he makes an amazing save or something…
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Thanks for joining. Always good to see new faces around here.
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can I be the first to nominate Metric’s "Monster Hospital" for his theme at the ACC
Not gonna happen. It’s gonna be the Monster Mash, I guaran-frickin’-tee. Unfortunately.
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I nominate Some Kind of Monster by Metallica
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
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Good song suggestion.
The dummies at the ACC would boo their own mother if that’s what the rest of the crowd is doing. I don’t think it’ll affect him.
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also
NoseForHockey called this signing yesterday on Twitter.
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by blurr1974 on Jul 7, 2009 10:42 AM EDT reply actions
so did Kypreos.
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NoseforHockey hit it hours before Kypreos did, honestly.
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Noseforhockey is also saying we signed Wallin (the captain of the monster’s swedish team)
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by Karina on Jul 7, 2009 11:55 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I just got “informed” by a Sens fan that with every move Burke has done (Monster included) Murray still blew him out of the water by signing Kovalev
i nearly plotzed
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 10:44 AM EDT reply actions
Well, to be fair, he is a sens fan, so his brain is obviously terribly damaged.
Okay, okay, I get it. You're a total jackass with nothing to offer the world. Stop trying to prove it every time you open your mouth.
the desire to push him off a bridge is no less
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions
My goodness. Now THAT’S a nice thing to find out when you fire up the internets.
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So when do we sign Kris Versteeg?
Is NHLnumbers right, and the Leafs still have 7+ million in cap space?
by Its Cold In Here on Jul 7, 2009 11:01 AM EDT reply actions
at this rate, tomarrow
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
It says our total hit is $51.5M, so that would give us $6.3M in room.
That number doesn’t include the Monster and his $0.9M hit (bonuses?), but we also have 9 defence included in that $51.5.
So yeah, somewhere between $6M and $8M, depending on our defence on opening night.
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It’s also was missing Bozak when I checked this morning.
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You’re right, it is missing Bozak. And he’s making $4M, so we’re sitting on between $2M and $4M.
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Some college player we signed is making 4 mil?
by Its Cold In Here on Jul 7, 2009 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Includes performance based bonuses.
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Yeah, it’s up to $4M based on the bonuses, but in terms of his cap hit, he counts against the Leafs for the full $4M.
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Is he going to be a regular in the lineup this season?
by Its Cold In Here on Jul 7, 2009 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Hard to say, since nobody knows anything about him at the moment, and he’s coming back from a knee injury.
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I’m not sure that bonuses have to be counted against the cap this year.
I thougth that was a 1 year issue for the 2008-09 season but was eliminated when the NHLPA and NHL agreed to not to re-open the CBA and to let it run to 2012 (or whenever it expires).
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That was my understanding as well.
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His bonuses only counted against the cap hit before the NHL and NHLPA reupped the CBA for 2 more years.
The possible bonuses no longer count against the cap.
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jul 7, 2009 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions
maybe burkie should leave some cap space
So he can sign some free agent talent next year?
by Peter de Chatham on Jul 7, 2009 11:06 AM EDT reply actions
KOVALCHUK!!!!
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Toskala, Ponikarovsky, Mayers, Van Ryn, Exelby, Stajan, Kulemin, Hanson, White… all their contracts expire after next season.
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Didn’t realize we had so many guys with their contracts up next summer; Toskala’s was the one that came to mind. Sorry!
by Peter de Chatham on Jul 7, 2009 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Raycroft’s $733K buy-out comes off the books after this season too.
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Yeah, for 1 mil each season if I remember correctly
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Tucker is on the Leafs cap hit until 2014.
And yet there is still love in Leafs Nation for that little jackass who refused to be traded and will take up cap space for five more seasons.
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You know I love Darcy. I hate how it ended though.
Why is it OK for others not to waive their notrade but not Tucker?
JFJ, as always, is the real villain here.
It’s not about waiving, not waiving it’s about the impact each of the NTC 5 had on the Leafs. In the end, Tucker is the only one of the five who really screwed the team.
McCabe waived his NMC.
Kubina and Kaberle had windows when they could be dealt. One is gone, the other is rumoured to be.
Sundin deprived the Leafs of potential assets, but he didn’t leave a permanent stink by saddling the team with a six year cap hit.
Tucker is the only one that shivved the franchise he allegedly loved so much. Why not accept a trade or at the very least provide a list of acceptable teams? Nope, for Tucker it was all about money and sticking it to Toronto.
I really hope Colorado buys him out so he can have the ignomy of being the only NHL player to be bought out twice.
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Again, these are all contract issues. Is it Tucker’s fault JFJ gave him a total NMC when the others had windows? The guy clearly loved it here and wanted to stay.
Did you hear that? That was Pandora’s Box, opening up again…
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this is fun, what personal nugget should we dig at next?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
No, it’s not Tucker’s fault that he had a NMC (add it to the list of Ferguson’s sins) but it really should be noted that he’s the only one of the five that left skid marks in his wake.
I also don’t buy this “love of the Leafs” stuff. His agent demanded a buy-out from the first whisper of a trade. You’d think that as a professional the least he could do is offer up six to eight teams he’d be willing to go to. But no, that was never on the table. He’d rather stick it to the team he supposedly loves.
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Second round of buy-outs close August 8, I hope the Avalanche have papers with Tuckers’ name on ’em.
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Perhaps the pride and tenacity that made him a hero here also gave him the impetus to tell the Leafs to go Raycroft themselves when they wanted him outta town.
Perhaps. It’s a shame that he had to be so unprofessional about it and it’s a terrible shame that the Leafs will be paying for it until 2014.
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You diss Tucker, you diss my dog. Careful, friend.
I don’t see what’s so unprofessional about wanting to play out the contract the team signed you to in good faith…
is "it"on?
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Once it’s clear that your time with a team is done, I think the right thing to do is to sit-down and amicably figure out the next steps. Is there a city you want to go to? A team you’re willing to play for?
With Tucker it was straight to the buy-out. His agent wouldn’t hear talk of anything less. If the Leafs didn’t want him Tucker wanted to screw the Leafs. It was willfull and it was malicious and that’s what makes it unprofessional.
Maybe you can cheer for a guy that screwed over the Leafs like that, but I can’t.
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I choose to remember the great times; the ending was bad, but then, there have been a lot of bad endings these last five years. I do the same thing with Mats, Eddie, etc.
The Darcy I remember belongs to Quinn’s team of scrappers, not Maurice’s. It is sad to see what a shell he is now.
Agree, it is sad.
That’s not the Darcy we knew and loved here.
He gave us so much that he just broke down by the time it was all over.
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I wanted JFJ to trade Tucker so badly. It was so clear that Tucker was breaking down and in decline.
And now my favourite team has to pay for that bad decision until 2015.
A baby born this September will be going into Senior Kindergarten by the time Tucker’s buy-out ends. That’s how crazy this buy-out is.
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Ray Whitney claims to have been bought out twice.
“I’ve been bought out twice, on waivers twice. I’ve seen it all, that’s for sure…”
Big show-off.
by general borschevsky on Jul 7, 2009 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Whitney has only been bought out once under the current CBA – by Detroit. He signed on with Carolina and has been there ever since.
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I loved MotherTucker too, but Kid Kadri has at least some of his moxie and double his talent. Minimum.
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Excuse me, even I’m over Darcy Tucker.
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What does it say about Raycroft that we are paying him more money NOT to play for us than the Canucks are paying him TO play for them?
Is it October yet?
it says we are getting a better deal
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
BAZING
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jul 7, 2009 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Out of that group
I only wanna see Toskala (I still like him), Kulemin, Hanson and White resigned
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
He will rebound
He will be MUCH better. Ask ANY Sharks fan at the time and they would have kept Toskala and traded Nabby. The dude was playing hurt last year
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God* himself suspected he may have been malingering
So I guess we’ll see this training camp if that was true. He’s had the surgery, a whole summer to recover and train and condition himself. If he plays good, it was the injury. If he doesn’t, well then he’s just another Kyle Wellwood.
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by Peter de Chatham on Jul 7, 2009 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
the monster will improve depth in goal
but the way things are looking, he might even improve our depth at centre…
…in time, it could be so.
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From what I’ve read it’s almost certain he’s coming. Now it’s just the numbers.
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If he switches helmets and gloves witha skater can he go past centre?
by Its Cold In Here on Jul 7, 2009 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
I need to have a hockey movie marathon. I’ve got slapshot sitting at home, plus mighty ducks 1 and 2, what else is there?
by Its Cold In Here on Jul 7, 2009 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh hell yes, how could I forget about that. Too bad I don’t have a VHS anymore, I’ve got some of the old editions on tape.
by Its Cold In Here on Jul 7, 2009 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Youngblood
Sudden Death (Van Damme!)
Les Boys
Miracle on Ice….
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The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog
"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
I think Mike Myers is paying people to forget about it these days….
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The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog
"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
Les Boys!
Also Youngblood featureing Keanu Reeves as French Canadian goalie.
Bon Cop/Bad Cop has great Buttman references. They even call him Buttman.
Miracle.
by Leaf in Habland on Jul 7, 2009 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions
But in the movie Russ the Kuncklepuck goalie, takes off his helmet. Once a goalies helmet comes off, the referee should immediately blow his whistle and stop play. That whole ending was absurd from a referee’s point of view.
Wings fan by birth. Leafs fan by empathetic osmosis.
you lost it for me gunnar.
you lost if for yourself. let’s go shake their hands.
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One more post and you go home crying. By the way Stanson, you owe me a beachball!
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Fuck
I hate you guys, now I have to go home and watch both 1 and 2 tonite
The Leafs may not win everygame, but they will beat the shit out of you
Truculence FTW
And when the wind blows hard and the sky is black – Ducks fly together!
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s the Air Bombay Loafer, for kids who want to coach.
Wings fan by birth. Leafs fan by empathetic osmosis.
NOW THERE ARE THREE BASH BROTHERS!!!
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Another great day
To be a Leaf fan
The Leafs may not win everygame, but they will beat the shit out of you
Truculence FTW
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
Real Monsters!
Haha, great job Burke! Hope the Monster pans out. :D
by Frag on Jul 7, 2009 11:18 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I have to rec this
I adored that show.
(843): the red head has a bf
(1-843): just because there's a goalie doesn't mean u can't score
by Wrap Around Curl on Jul 7, 2009 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I also really like the one year contract, sure if he is totally amazing he is gonna want a ton as an RFA, but if he sucks the big one then he is gone all the faster.
Plus with the Vesa as a UFA next year, there be a ton of cash for the goaler of Burkies choosing
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 11:20 AM EDT reply actions
eyebleaf...
are you a Halladay fan?
"If you are going through hell, keep going." Sir Winston Churchill, a Leafs fan...
Stalk me here...
by blurr1974 on Jul 7, 2009 11:22 AM EDT reply actions
Don’t say it blurr. Don’t even say it.
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Do you want to die?
Because those rumours are totally false.
Also? I will burn down the Rogers Centre.
Okay, okay, I get it. You're a total jackass with nothing to offer the world. Stop trying to prove it every time you open your mouth.
that’ll need a lot of gasoline. I’ll get the truck
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Yay
it’s let’s gang up on blurr day.
I asked because I just saw it on TSN and didn’t want to crap on his day.
But no, let’s just assume i’m trying to be a shit disturber instead.
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Stalk me here...
by blurr1974 on Jul 7, 2009 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Halladay to Boston for Smoltz and Bowden.
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yeah sure than you can give us Bay for Russ Adams.
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Adams is a free agent now, so no dice there.
Okay, okay, I get it. You're a total jackass with nothing to offer the world. Stop trying to prove it every time you open your mouth.
damn otherwise…
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this is why i avoid baseball talk,
that and part of me still thinks Al Leigher pitches for the Jays
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Dave Steib
He’s still in the starting rotation, right?
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Stalk me here...
by blurr1974 on Jul 7, 2009 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Nah
Just Juan Guzman
'But I don't want to go among mad people' Alice remarked.
'Oh, you can't help that' said the Cat 'we're all mad here'.
Pat Borders is amazing
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
you mean Al Leiter?
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maybe
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Nah
We arent ganging up on you. There are just somethings you don’t say.
The Leafs may not win everygame, but they will beat the shit out of you
Truculence FTW
like i said, didn’t wanna crap on his day. I saw that and was worried he was having an already crappy day, so the Kaberle talk was just making it worse. Instead, we all assume i’m trying to piss him off even more. You all know me so well…
i’m gonna take off. see you all in a week or so.
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by blurr1974 on Jul 7, 2009 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
enjoy the vay cay.
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Here’s to some maxi-relaxing, Billy D style. Enjoy the R&R, blurr!
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"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
Billy Dee style? poor blurr.
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You don’t like the Colt .45 malt liquor?
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"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
Baseball talk is for Chatty Cathy.
Also, ESPN knows jackshit about Toronto.
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I go out for awhile and you go all crazy…
why can’t my team do anything equally exciting? i’ll send a complain letter to them…
miss u, CR baby...u want 2 get back 2gether?
OR
You can speed up the inevitable and become a Leafs fan now.
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He makes a good point, sleza. Come on, give in. You know you want to.
I'll be on the veranda, since you're already on the cross.
Sleza isn’t a LEAFS fan?!?!?
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PLAYOFFS!!!!1
yet….
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
wallin would make it hard to resist… but caps still have semin. and bäckström
miss u, CR baby...u want 2 get back 2gether?
and zero schenn
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
LIES!!!
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions
i dunno, you fins can be crafty
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions
im on to you
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions
yes it is…except for your sneekyness
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions
wait, you call me crafty and sneaky?
/needz lotz of cider…
miss u, CR baby...u want 2 get back 2gether?
its not a bad thing
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Just a thought
Does anybody know whether Mothra or Rodan plays centre?
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The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog
"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
/just saying
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The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog
"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
Good Lord, I need another coffee. I just went to look up those players before I realized…
'But I don't want to go among mad people' Alice remarked.
'Oh, you can't help that' said the Cat 'we're all mad here'.
Rodan’s been a step slow ever since Godzilla caught him coming across the blue-line with his head down.
Mothra’s really more of a natural left wing.
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by clrkaitken on Jul 7, 2009 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
As it is, it’s almost guaranteed that Don Cherry will bitch and moan that the Leafs should have signed Ogopogo – a good CANADIAN monster instead.
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The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog
"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
well Beauchemin is kind of a sasquatch
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
YOU tell him.
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The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog
"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
Rodan tried out for the Japan national team, but accidentally destroyed the tryout rink. He’s presently serving out his time in the minors.
Mothra, I heard, switched over to beach volleyball. Killer blocker and can spike from the back line.
"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09
I declare this...
THE SUMMER OF BURKE.
Playoffs!1
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PLAYOFFS!!!!1
by eyebleaf on Jul 7, 2009 12:27 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
Rec’d
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"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
wooooo
Summer Of Burke seconded!
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by Karina on Jul 7, 2009 12:36 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Third’d!
Let’s try and establish today as some sort of national holiday.
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Jul 7, 2009 12:48 PM EDT reply actions
The Monstrer speaks!
"It is truly an honor and privilege and I feel very fortunate to wear the Blue and White sweater. Toronto is a great city, with tremendous fan support, and I am very excited about the future."
by general borschevsky on Jul 7, 2009 12:51 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Giggity.
SUMMER OF BURKE!!!1
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PLAYOFFS!!!!1
Did you guys know that Burke!!!!1 and Playoffs!!!!1 are synonyms.
Good times, these.
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PLAYOFFS!!!!1
someone fire up zazzle!
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, remember when Burke drafted Kadri and didn’t make any trades on the deadline day and people were upset both times?
And remember when people said it was a long summer? Well, now the defence and goaltending is addressed he still has 3 months to sort out the forwards.
Damn it must feel good to be a gangster.
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now he’s got the eastern confrence swinging from his nuts, damn it feels good to be a gangsta
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Damn it feels good to be a gangsta
TRUCULENCE!!!
A Nation of Masochists TRUCULENCE!! If you value your life, don't cross our blue line.
the fax machine size as compared to the characters of Office Space is directly proportional to the Lollipop Guild as compared to the Leafs defense
A Nation of Masochists TRUCULENCE!! If you value your life, don't cross our blue line.
And they are going to get their asses kicked next season at approximately the same rate and level.
"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09
Besides signing/trading for every available D-man, Burke has resigned Grabs and gotten the Monster.
The rest is gravy
and, KADRI!!1
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jul 7, 2009 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Can somebody come over...
And knock me into a 3 month coma? It will feel like 10 minutes from now when I wake up right, as the Leafs hit the ice?
As soon as Happy Trails and Komikazi are finished their pressers, they’ll be happy to oblige. Off season training ’n such.
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The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog
"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
Sorry I'm late..
But DAMN this week has been awesome so far!! Woo!
I was quite confident Burke would do some good, and I was not mistaken.. Atta boy Burkie!
Now, since all my wishes have come true so far.. I can has #1 centre? /wishes hard with eyes closed/
Leafs cap info: http://www.thehockeygm.com/tor.html
We have $6M in space. I say the Leafs do nothing with it and wait until the trade deadline. If they’re in a playoff spot $6M of pure cap space will buy you a fucking ton of players that late in the season.
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They could potentially have more after a few trades too; either a trade between now and training camp, some time in around november and finally the trade deadline. It looks like for the first time since the introduction of the cap, we finally are not gonna have any issues for years and have good players in our system… rebuild almost done?
/jk
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Komi is highest paid player on the team?
"There's been four different Cup winners the last four years, and I got one of them (Anaheim) and it was a fighting team. We're playing it that way regardless." - B. Burke, Toronto Maple Leafs GM
until the Leafs sign Rick Na…never mind
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Also notice that Blake gets paid $3 million this year but has a $4 million cap hit which if the Leafs wish to move him could help out a team that wants to make the minimum cap number.
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According to the link, Bozak, Schenn, Gustavsson and Kulemin all have bonus clauses. I seem to recall seeing that bonuses can go up to $4 million—so are we in danger of already being over the cap if bonus targets are met (meaning a corresponding reduction next year)? Does anyone know the bonus info for these guys?
I agree with waiting though. We have a boatload of cap space next year and there are likely to be some seriously cash- or cap-constrained teams to take advantage of.
by The '67 Sound on Jul 7, 2009 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions
From what I understand, the Leafs do not have to leave cap space open to accomodate the bonuses should they be met. However, if they are met and it puts them over the cap then that counts towards next season’s figure.
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by PPP on Jul 7, 2009 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Teams can go over the cap by 7.5% to pay their bonuses. That amount is then deducted from the following year’s cap.
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Right, but I don’t want to lose cap space next year—I think we’re a lot more likely to be in a position to contend seriously next year than this year. I’ve heard figures as high as $4M for Bozak and Schenn so if their bonus targets are attainable maybe we’re already at or near the cap.
Not to dampen the enthusiasm for recent events—which I share—but am very curious about how much cap space Burke actually has to play with if he wants to avoid reducing his cap for next year (as I assume he does).
by The '67 Sound on Jul 7, 2009 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
About $31M is committed to 9 players for the cap for next season.
Toskala, Van Ryn, Exelby, Frogren, Stempniak, Ponikarovsky, Stajan and Mayers are all UFAs, and Kulemin, John Mitchell, Hanson, Tlusty, White, Stralman, Oreskovic & Gustavsson will all be RFAs. Raycroft’s buyout also comes off our cap at the end of the year.
So we have great cap flexibility for the next few years.
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Bozak could go up to $4 million but Schenn can only go up to $1.25 million. Neither puts us in a risk of going over the cap . Also it highly unlikely that both will receive max bonuses.
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Bozak hitting the targets that would pay him $4M would be the best thing that ever happened to us. We don’t know what they are but to hit $4M you’re probably looking at a point per game performance out of Bozak.
It might even be necessary for him to win the Calder to get $4M.
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Bozak vs Gustavsson for Calder? We can only hope.
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dont forget Hanson!!
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
If he hits the bonuses then I bet no one mentions the cap because he likely won the Calder.
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by PPP on Jul 7, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
he can follow in the great history of Leafs winning the Calder. Players like…oh shit…we’re screwed.
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BRIT SELBY!
HOWIE MEEKER!
The Leafs actually have the most Calder Trophy winners of all-time.
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by PPP on Jul 7, 2009 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions
and second most Cups but nobody gives us credit for that either. Probably cause we’ve won neither since expansion.
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So I just rolled out of bed
What did I miss?
(843): the red head has a bf
(1-843): just because there's a goalie doesn't mean u can't score
by Wrap Around Curl on Jul 7, 2009 1:39 PM EDT reply actions
this?
(843): the red head has a bf
(1-843): just because there's a goalie doesn't mean u can't score
by Wrap Around Curl on Jul 7, 2009 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions
the good times, they continue to roll
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions
MONSTROUS SIGNING!
Woot!!!!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKv7dDFpCbk
W-E-T-H-E-B-E-S-T
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(1-843): just because there's a goalie doesn't mean u can't score
by Wrap Around Curl on Jul 7, 2009 1:55 PM EDT reply actions
Dammit
Canucks fan coworkers piss me off.. I excitedly explain all the recent Burke stylings and their response is “pfft, leafs’ll still suck” and then I RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE.
Not even me bashing on Raycroft has any affect!!
My friend’s having a similar argument on facebook. The guy first denied that the Canucks fans cared about the Leafs and then in the next statement was talking about how much he hated the Leafs.
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The problem is they don’t even care about the Canucks at this point either. There has to be a prolonged stretch of success by the team before most Canucks fans hop aboard the bandwagon. Prior to that the feeling is “meh, they’ll probably suck again this year”, regardless of performance from the previous year.
and this is the reason the Canucks dont matter
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
not even in november,
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions
ya know i never really minded the Canucks, but their fans seem just as bad as Sens and Habs fans… and i never thought that could be possible.
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Yeah but whereas the Habs fans light their city on fire, ’Nucks fans light their doobies on fire and sign Andrew Raycroft.
oh, I got a lot of mileage out of that Raycroft signing last night. The hubby tried to say Burke gave Beauchemin too much money, so I yelled Raycroft and won
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by Karina on Jul 7, 2009 2:37 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
3.8 for Beauchemin is a great deal for the team, no doubt. Anyone who sez differently is crazy! I’d take him over anyone on the Canucks D any day of the week.
ditto
but it’s easier to just win with the Raycroft card. I will now win all Canucks-Leafs arguments for the rest of the year due to that one signing.
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by Karina on Jul 7, 2009 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions
now we just need them to make some rediculous deal for Kabby (Hodgeson/schneider/Grabner plz)
then you will own him forever
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions
but
Kabby being a Canuck would make me very sad…
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by Karina on Jul 7, 2009 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
that’s the first thing Raycroft has been good for since… damn I don’t even know when!
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Andrew Raycroft’s mom? Is that you?
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"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
I’m gonna give that little bastard such a spanking!
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Everyone else has
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jul 7, 2009 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
ZING!!
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"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
this is excellent
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions
whoaaaa.
(843): the red head has a bf
(1-843): just because there's a goalie doesn't mean u can't score
by Wrap Around Curl on Jul 7, 2009 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions
He looks awesome...
… but never seemed to know if he had the puck in his glove?
i remember someone at the worlds was raging on this lateral movement, from that video looks like that is a problem at all
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions
thank god
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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 7, 2009 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
So
Burke’s had a couple of busy days
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
GRABBO TIGHT KOMIKAZI CUZ WE'RE EXELERATING INTO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!11
So I finally watched the presser
and nearly lost my shit when Burke cut berger off “well thank you howard!”. God I love BB.
PINSTRIPES!!!1
Sorry, got caught up. I didn’t note the time of the comment, but most of the presser is worth watching.
http://mapleleafs.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=802&id=44723
PINSTRIPES!!!1
This would be the time and place to say;
HE DID THE MASH! THE MONSTERRRR MASHHH!
(843): the red head has a bf
(1-843): just because there's a goalie doesn't mean u can't score
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Wa-Wa-Oooooh
The ghouls all came from their humble abodes
To get a jolt from my electrodes
by general borschevsky on Jul 7, 2009 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m not wading through all these comments, but I’d like to know. Are the people who were unhappy at the lack of movement at the trade deadline and before the draft satisfied now?
Cos I gotta tell you, I’m about ready to have Burke’s babies. I’m ovulating as we speak.
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hahaha
I asked the same thing. Now I see “but the Leafs have no forwards” and I say “patience grasshopper”
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by PPP on Jul 7, 2009 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, apart from perhaps trying to poach Versteeg there’s no rush about the forwards. Let the GMs sweat it out a little, they might be more desperate to overpay for some quality defense.
I know I’d much rather watch a team that destroys the opposing team forwards than one that scores a bunch and gets scored on even more. Mostly because that’s what I’ve been watching the past, oh, 8 years or so.
yeah honestly, if Burke picks anyone up to play forward too quickly, we all will be jonesing hard for the season to start. It’s not even goddamn August! Patience people! Burke is Gone Fishin’ and after mounting a whale in his office he’ll worry about a forward or more. The panic in the other teams will be ripe for the picking by then
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by blindfolded tank driver on Jul 7, 2009 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions
If he can manage to keep Kabs and get a quality #1 centre and possibly a scoring winger, I’ll be one happy, happy dude.
in my heart, I want Mats back. I don’t know if he will or if Burke and co will want him to come back for a one year and done, but it would be a solid way to fill that role until the kids develop.
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by blindfolded tank driver on Jul 7, 2009 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I think if he signs a reasonable deal (couple mil, tops) he’d fill the leadership + top centre role perfectly.
I think you’re right.
There’s no way Mats comes back. I just don’t think that’s where the management’s mentality is.
They traded Kubina because he won’t be a part of the team going forward. Sundin’s the same. In ten years, they’ll bring him back and raise his banner, but he’s not coming back to play.
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He wouldn’t sign that contract unfortunately.
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by PPP on Jul 7, 2009 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Sundin for league minimum if he wants to win me back.
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Wooooooo!
Wow…there be a lot of comments! Awesome that Burke got the Monster sewn up. Now that we have excellent (better than before anyhow) depth from the red line to the blueline, whats next? At this rate, I believe the Burke will figure this shit out.
Long live the Sweetcheeks!
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by blindfolded tank driver on Jul 7, 2009 6:20 PM EDT reply actions
I love
that Borje Salming called him to get him to come to the leafs…
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by Karina on Jul 8, 2009 1:17 AM EDT reply actions
I love
That he said ‘the most famous Leaf from Sweden talked to him, Salming..’
Love how he qualified that (no Sundin, it is not you)
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jul 8, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
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