Possible 3 team deal for Kessel: Leafs - Rangers - Boston

by mf37 on Sep 18, 2009 9:29 AM EDT

From Eliotte Friedman's Twitter feed

Interesting: Boston Globe pushes idea of Kessel/Dubinsky/Toronto/Boston/Rangers 3-way

Boston Globe is here:

With Burke willing to surrender his pair of first-round picks, he conceivably could flip one of those picks and possibly a prospect to the Rangers for Dubinsky, who last year connected for 13 goals and 41 points for the highly-mediocre Blueshirts. Burke then could turn around and offer Chiarelli the first-rounder and Dubinsky, the 60th pick overall in the 2004 draft, for Kessel.

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Kessel, who scored 36 goals last season, is now believed to be looking for better than $5 million a year on a long-term pact

Yikes. That’s a lotta dough.

And why trade a first for Dubinsky? Burke has leverage here too!

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by PPP on Sep 18, 2009 9:55 AM EDT reply actions

Why trade a first for Dubinsky when you can trade Jeff Finger’s inflated Contract. Everyone knows Glen Sather loves over-inflated contracts (See: Wade Redden, Chris Drury, Marian Gaborik, everyone on the Rangers not named Henrik Lundqvist)

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by Kevin Sellathamby on Sep 18, 2009 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions

Dubinsky is not worth a first, at all

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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 18, 2009 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions

Kessel-Schmessel.

I want to see what the kids can do. Let’s develope what we’ve got before we address what we need.

I don’t want to give up any 1st round picks. End of story. Full stop. Not for anything.

I would love for us to be in the playoffs but I have no expectation of a Cup run this year. We are still a long way off. If we can make the playoffs ten years in a row, that gives us as good a shot at winning the Cup as anyone else. What I don’t want is to make the playoffs a couple of times, come close once, and then miss the playoffs again 4 years in a row.

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by general borschevsky on Sep 18, 2009 10:07 AM EDT reply actions

The more I watch preseason games, the more my interest in Kessel wanes. I like the bunch we have here.

by JP Nikota on Sep 18, 2009 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions

I would, however, still pull the trigger on a deal for him at the right price.

by JP Nikota on Sep 18, 2009 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Much as I loved the Flyers & Bruins games some extra punch would be nice for when we’re not shooting on the likes of Dany Sabourin and Brian Boucher.

by Grabovski's better than you think on Sep 18, 2009 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Ian White for Dubinsky, striaght up.

Then trade Dubinsky & a first for Kessel.

rangers need depth on D, we need to clear somebody on the back-end, Dubinsky is NOT worth a first-rond pick. Easy-peasy.

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by clrkaitken on Sep 18, 2009 10:09 AM EDT reply actions

I’d be sad to see White go, but that would be a good deal for us. Do you think the fact that White will be an RFA next season would be a snagging point, though?

by JP Nikota on Sep 18, 2009 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions

If we do something like that, I would expect a trade before the next draft that nets us a first-rounder back, preferably a much higher one than we’ll end up with. I’m tired of even the idea of giving other teams our shots at the future. If other GM’s don’t want to pay fair market for our players, screw them. We’re the Leafs.

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by kidkawartha on Sep 18, 2009 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I already hate Phil Kessel. Two months ago I was merely indifferent to Phil Kessel. Besides, why do we need help on RW when we have St. Empniak the Patron Saint of Invisibility re-emerging from behind his invisibility cloak.

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by Mike Pelyk's Hairdo on Sep 18, 2009 1:31 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Whoa, whoa.

Let’s put the brakes on a minute. Ron Wilson says Stempniak is having a good start to camp, he gets a goal, and all of a sudden, he’s St. Empniak? I like the nickname, and if he plays well for the rest of the season, I say keep it, but I think we could still use a guy like Kessel on the RW. I don’t think we should trade away two first rounders for him, but Stempniak’s going to have the comeback of the century (all 9 years of it) if he scores 36 goals next year.

by JP Nikota on Sep 18, 2009 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions

St. Empniak the Patron Saint of Invisibility re-emerging from behind his invisibility cloak.

I’m reccing you for this.

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by Mabel on Sep 18, 2009 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions

wooooooooo

Darren Dreger says the trade is just waiting for final sign-off.

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by Karina on Sep 18, 2009 6:07 PM EDT reply actions