"I can’t even tell you if the deadline is tonight or tomorrow. I don’t care. We’re not moving Tomas Kaberle."
Brian Burke in the National Post: Kabby stays...
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OH FUCK YES.
YES.
YES. THIS IS THE SHIT RIGHT HERE. YES.
LOVE YOU, GENERAL.
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PLAYOFFS!!!!1
by eyebleaf on Aug 14, 2009 2:48 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I’m pretty mad that you didn’t respond to my tweet.
I’m going to declare the day Kaberle’s NTC kicks back in as “@eyebleaf day”. If anyone needs him he’ll be running up and down Bay St.
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I didn’t even see that shit, Jammies!!1
I’ll be running up and down Bay St. in my brand new Kaberle jersey!!!!!!11
A Toronto sports blog, where unabashed homerism is alive and well...
PLAYOFFS!!!!1
with pants
or without?
"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
without
clearly. It’s a celebration.
A Toronto sports blog, where unabashed homerism is alive and well...
PLAYOFFS!!!!1
may
I join in the festivities?
"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
Can we describe this as Carlton style or ‘Carltoning it’?
...rely a bit to heavily on alcohol and irony...
by My Poor Friend Me on Aug 14, 2009 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Carlton style
I like it.
The three of us running up and down Bay St., wearing only Leafs jerseys.
Yes.
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PLAYOFFS!!!!1
Examples of proper use:
“Did you see Chasing Amy? Joey Lauren Adams rocked a Potvin jersey, Carlton style.”
“I just got my new Gustavsson jersey, but it’s so damn hot I have to wear it Carlton style for now.”
...rely a bit to heavily on alcohol and irony...
by My Poor Friend Me on Aug 14, 2009 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
So much for more scoring
But the more I explore it the less I’m worried about our forwards.
I am worried about offensive skill on the blue line, and losing Kaberle would take it from a minimum to nonexistent. It’s a good thing he’s staying.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
At least we won’t be the Ottawa Senators. Doesn’t help to have forwards who can score if you can’t get them the puck.
Still, something’s gotta give on the blue line but it will probably happen after camp.
by general borschevsky on Aug 14, 2009 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Something’s gotta give = Van Ryn’s ______ bone
Wendel Killer Joseph
by MapleLeafMole on Aug 14, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Doctors say the Van Ryn bone is the most fragile in the human body.
by Death_By_Leafs on Aug 14, 2009 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions
.. next to the Colaiacobone of course.
by Death_By_Leafs on Aug 14, 2009 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Of course.
/nods in agreement
Wendel Killer Joseph
by MapleLeafMole on Aug 14, 2009 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Young Guns
With Kaberle not available, what can we now offer to try and ply either Phil Kessel or Drew Stafford from their teams? Magic Beans? Conditional 6th round picks? (And no, I’m not talking about an offer sheet)
Both those teams are at or nearing their caps (Buffalo doesn’t spend max) and neither of these budding talents are inked yet.
Drew Stafford? No thanks.
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Really?
He’s big, American, played in the NCAA, his stats and games played have been increasing every year in the NHL. Career + player in the NHL. He’s not elite Offensive talent, tho, but that’s gonna be hard to get.
What’s the price tag?
Wendel Killer Joseph
by MapleLeafMole on Aug 14, 2009 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Mean to add
Sounds just like a Burke player
Wendel Killer Joseph
by MapleLeafMole on Aug 14, 2009 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Meant to add
typo.
…
interesting point of view
Wendel Killer Joseph
by MapleLeafMole on Aug 14, 2009 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I love Brian Burke!!!
Follow your Hunger
by Hungry Leafs Fan on Aug 14, 2009 3:40 PM EDT reply actions
I love Kaberle!
It just sucks that he’s going to flex and bust out of here when his contract is done because so many people have been whining about trading one of the best defensemen we’ve ever had for “prospects”
I don’t know that he will for sure. It’s certainly a possibility that’ll be worrisome until he re-signs January 2011.
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Thing is
and you know his agent will play it this way…
His next contract is his “I’m gonna retire after this one” contract… even if he doesn’t plan on retiring he wants to make enough money on the next one to warrant retiring VERY comfortably. For that to happen, he’s going to want to make $6.5 million +.
It’s sad to think he’ll ask for that, but honestly he will, and I don’t know if the Leafs will fork over that kind of dough. Burke isn’t known for overpaying on contracts if he doesn’t think a player is worth it. Unless Kaberle has a spectacular season or two, and ends up taking over the captaincy or something, I don’t see him being worth $6.5 or $7 million a year.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
- Sir Winston Churchill
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.
by Steve Burtch on Aug 14, 2009 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t know. By all rights he should have gotten that big of a deal on his current contract.
He will definitely not be giving the Leafs any discount after seeing McCabe get signed for more than him despite being the beneficiary of Kaberle’s skills.
I wish it would be possible to know if Burke discussed not trading Kaberle now in exchange for pre-approval of possibly trading him at either of the next two deadlines.
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the ONLY good signing Darth JFJ made… and I think it was pure accident.
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
Albert Einstein
by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Aug 14, 2009 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Not this deadline. More Burke, same article:
"We’re not going to ask him to waive his no-trade clause," Burke said of Kaberle. "We want him here for the season."
by general borschevsky on Aug 14, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Well there you go.
I trust Burke’s negotiating abilities.
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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)
...on the fence
I really don’t know about this. On one hand you have one of the best offensive defenseman sign sealed and delivered for 2 more yrs at around the $4.5M/yr but I think the cap hit is less(?). He is in his prime now. Good and bad, I guess. But do we really need a guy like him now or can we get one like him later when we need one and reap in some assets as a return and by assets I am not saying it needs to be a top six player, prospect and #1 pick but assets this team needs now throughout the organization. I’m sure there has to be someone make as strong as a case to trade him as there are ones that say keep him.
"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
And lo, the prophet of puckmoving did remain among his people for yea another season.
Can it before I drive this truculence through your faceulence and put you in an ambulance.
by Brunswick Bruiser on Aug 14, 2009 4:28 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
#15 in your program!
Some of the best moves are the ones you don’t make.
I was and still am all for moving Kaberle for the right deal.
I would move Schenn for the right deal.
I would move the ACC to Whitby if it would help the team.
That deal wasn’t out there or Burke would have done it. I think we can all live with one of the best skating and puck moving d-men we’ve ever had staying another season or two!
Y’arr!
the smokescreen be thick!
Relying on Nonsense and Cheap Gimmicks Since 2006
by JaredFromLondon on Aug 14, 2009 5:07 PM EDT reply actions
A pirate walks into a bar...
..and the bartender goes “Hey, you know you’ve got a steering wheel sticking out of your pants!?”
and the pirate goes “Yarrrr…it’s drivin’ me nuts!”
have you heard of the new pirate movie?
its rated ARRRRRRRRRR
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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 14, 2009 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Great! I get to...
yell “For Clark’s sake, SHOOT Kaberle!!!” for another year at my T.V. during power plays.
Now there’s a provocative username. Welcome, Fire.
by general borschevsky on Aug 14, 2009 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions
“For Clark’s sake, shoot, Kaberle!!!”
It might work better with that added comma unless of course you’re a Sens fan and you’re yelling at Alfredsson since he has a history of shooting at all-star defencemen.
Follow your Hunger
by Hungry Leafs Fan on Aug 14, 2009 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I hear...
that Alfredsson doesn’t like shooting AT them, as much as he does ON them….on their face, on their back, on their….you get the idea.
by FireRonWilson on Aug 14, 2009 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Yup
It wasn’t exactly subtle
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I cant wait till X to the B meets Alfredsson 10 times a year
Relying on Nonsense and Cheap Gimmicks Since 2006
by JaredFromLondon on Aug 15, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Those meetings...
won’t be subtle either. Can’t wait to see the extra red that the new Leafs put on the Sen’s jerseys this year.
by FireRonWilson on Aug 15, 2009 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions
and we’ll get to see Chris Neils top speed when he runs away from Colton Orr
Relying on Nonsense and Cheap Gimmicks Since 2006
by JaredFromLondon on Aug 15, 2009 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Welcome
Thanks for joining.
Good on you for getting ahead of the game with the username.
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
Glad to be here
I figure by Rememberance Day, I should have a pretty faithful following….just imagine how bored I am with the club only consisting of me and Berger so far.
by FireRonWilson on Aug 15, 2009 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions
haha
Only having Berger around is a rough start to any club.
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Sigh
should have told me that before I started my " ‘Journalists’ who ride in Limos" club last November.
A Nation of Masochists The waiting is the hardest part but the truculence helps.
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