Toronto Maple Leafs acquire LW Fabian Brunnstrom from the Dallas Stars for prospect Mikhail...

Boooooooooo. He still had potential!

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by BCapp on Jan 13, 2011 5:56 PM EST reply actions

potential to never come back from russia

Rule #20

by JaredFromLondon on Jan 13, 2011 5:57 PM EST up reply actions

Ignore me while I grumble

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by BCapp on Jan 13, 2011 5:59 PM EST up reply actions

Actually

I am going back to studying skin cancers…. This trade angers me.

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by BCapp on Jan 13, 2011 6:01 PM EST up reply actions

1 goal in 15 KHL games.

I’d say that’s a bit of a concern for a guy with potential.

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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 13, 2011 5:59 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah, but I saw Stefanovich a year and a half ago play against truly terrible opposition. I was disappointed.

by article1 on Jan 13, 2011 6:15 PM EST up reply actions

And what was the big deal about him again? I forgot all the hype surrounding him.

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by RJinSoCal on Jan 13, 2011 5:56 PM EST reply actions

Brunnstrom? Big and fast goal scorer.

Negative. I am a meat popsicle.

by birky on Jan 13, 2011 5:58 PM EST up reply actions

Highly sough-after free agent.

Apparently he had nice hands. In his days with the Stars, he had rare flashes of that.

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by Brad_Richards_Rocks on Jan 13, 2011 5:59 PM EST up reply actions

He was the top QMJHL draft prospect in his year. Scored at about .75 goals per game and was (guess what) a winger with size and a scoring touch. On the other hand he has always been known to have character problems.

But he is 2-fucking-1 and the winger-size-prospect and if you have seen him play he is talented. Yeah he takes shifts off, but that is what coaching is for.

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by BCapp on Jan 13, 2011 5:59 PM EST up reply actions

Sorry this is Stefano i was referring too

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by BCapp on Jan 13, 2011 5:59 PM EST up reply actions

As I mentioned earlier, this probably has a lot to do with us needing some forwards on the Marlies.

by Shield on Jan 13, 2011 5:57 PM EST reply actions

Aw man

all the suit pictures

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by Archimedies on Jan 13, 2011 5:57 PM EST reply actions

the leafs just got a whole lot sexier

by sodonis on Jan 13, 2011 5:59 PM EST up reply actions

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by Clawson on Jan 13, 2011 5:57 PM EST reply actions

For a second I thought this was “LebdaLebdaLebda…” lol.

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by LeafBoy on Jan 13, 2011 5:58 PM EST up reply actions

Does he have to clear reentry waivers?

by Shield on Jan 13, 2011 5:58 PM EST up reply actions

According to a commenter at DBD, he had to clear waivers going down, so i’d imagine yes.

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by nhlcheapshot on Jan 13, 2011 6:03 PM EST up reply actions

so we didn’t take him for free…..?

this is def. a marlies move then.

Who wants to hear a funny ass joke?

by ohshrit on Jan 13, 2011 6:03 PM EST up reply actions

this is a AHL deal

The Marlies have multiple injuries right now. He’ll stay with them for the rest of the season. I think he’ll have to clear re-entry waivers as well.

Negative. I am a meat popsicle.

by birky on Jan 13, 2011 5:59 PM EST up reply actions

Don’t ruin this.

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by Clawson on Jan 13, 2011 6:03 PM EST up reply actions

Small trades = SMALL VICTORIES

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by Grabovski's better than you think on Jan 13, 2011 5:58 PM EST reply actions

I like this move..

Contains the correct levels of Truculence....

by SydDave on Jan 13, 2011 5:59 PM EST reply actions

I don't hate it.

So there’s that.

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by Blinky on Jan 13, 2011 6:02 PM EST up reply actions

In other news, this is Burke’s ploy to convince Richards he gets to play with ex-teammates next year.

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by Clawson on Jan 13, 2011 5:59 PM EST reply actions

hmm

first Army, now Brunnstrom.. Burkie is one smart man

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by Leafer87 on Jan 13, 2011 6:02 PM EST up reply actions

When did Army play with Richards?

Or is it you talking about Crosby, because you are you?

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by BCapp on Jan 13, 2011 6:03 PM EST up reply actions

???

Army and Richards were never teammates?

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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 13, 2011 6:03 PM EST up reply actions

Wow. Really.

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by i2strange97 on Jan 13, 2011 6:02 PM EST reply actions

gregbrady71

#Leafs announce in release than Fabian #Brunnstrom will likely play for Toronto Marlies in Abbotsford against the Heat tomorrow night.

Sigh….fucking Lebda.

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by Clawson on Jan 13, 2011 6:04 PM EST reply actions

emergency call up? having to play lebda is an emergency….right?

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 13, 2011 6:06 PM EST up reply actions

Someone should just crowbar his knee.

by Shield on Jan 13, 2011 6:06 PM EST up reply actions

Thank God. We got him. Finally. I can now stop feeling such shame that we missed out on him in the first place.

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by Biff Carrington on Jan 13, 2011 6:04 PM EST reply actions

This feels like missing out on the girl of your dreams, only to get her when the guy she chose over you is done with her because she’s gotten fat and insecure.

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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 13, 2011 6:05 PM EST up reply actions

Fat and insecure=potential!

by Leaf in Habland on Jan 13, 2011 6:07 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Like Barney Stinson’s “investments”

by Shield on Jan 13, 2011 6:08 PM EST up reply actions

Basically Burke is showing that, no matter where a College or European sought-after FA wants to sign, he will end up with the Leafs eventually; might as well get it over with right away.

by Shield on Jan 13, 2011 6:06 PM EST up reply actions

Resistance is futile.

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by Biff Carrington on Jan 13, 2011 6:14 PM EST up reply actions

This is cool. Add a body to the depth chart. Maybe whatever Eakins taught Crabb and Boyce will also be taught to Fabio. It clearly wasn’t getting through to Stefanovich. Hopefully the Belorussian flourishes in the KHL, becomes a big star, and wants to stay there.

And, we now have a Fabio in the organisation.

by Leaf in Habland on Jan 13, 2011 6:06 PM EST via mobile reply actions

There goes our Belarusian content, though.

Our nation turns its lonely eyes to Grabbo.

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by Grabovski's better than you think on Jan 13, 2011 6:10 PM EST up reply actions

Good point from Mirtle

Few teams want a $700,000 players on their minor league team, but Leafs won’t miss the cash. It’s a gamble that he turns into something.

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by Grabovski's better than you think on Jan 13, 2011 6:07 PM EST reply actions

It's essentially the same way we got Matt Lashoff.

Time to scan capgeek for demoted 1-way contracts we can poach! No, not you Mike Commodore.

20 miles to Legoland!

by nhlcheapshot on Jan 13, 2011 6:08 PM EST up reply actions

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
All your unwanted castoffs / diamonds in the rough are OURS

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by samspade on Jan 13, 2011 6:09 PM EST up reply actions

All your unwanted castoffs / diamonds in the rough are ~~OURS~~ belong to us.

by Shield on Jan 13, 2011 6:10 PM EST up reply actions

WE'LL TAKE YOUR CAP HIT! NO RESULTS, NO PROBLEM!

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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 13, 2011 6:12 PM EST up reply actions

How do you guys feel about all of this?

I can tell you, as a Stars fan, that I’m happy to be rid of Fabian. He’s been in the AHL, and I kind of forgot he existed, but his whole situation was really disappointing.

I hope he can find his footing in Toronto, because he’s like a lovely guy.

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by Brad_Richards_Rocks on Jan 13, 2011 6:11 PM EST reply actions

Our general consensus:

“Meh.”

We all naturally assume the worst. Brunnstrom will never play in the NHL again and Stefanovich is going to put it all together finally and become a force to be reckoned with for years to come.

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by Archimedies on Jan 13, 2011 6:13 PM EST up reply actions

Mark my words

Stefano will be Errickson 2.0 (I am crying inside)

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by BCapp on Jan 13, 2011 6:13 PM EST up reply actions

i can’t tell if you’re being serious or not

by Beleaf on Jan 13, 2011 6:16 PM EST up reply actions

Mostly not

But there is a seed of fear in me

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by BCapp on Jan 13, 2011 6:17 PM EST up reply actions

Seems to be a mix of contentment and apathy. Small risk for a potential small reward who happens to cost a lot for the AHL.

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by Grabovski's better than you think on Jan 13, 2011 6:13 PM EST up reply actions

I’m guardedly optimistic, he looks like maybe he’ll rebound and if he ever does he could actually be decent.

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by antrofan on Jan 13, 2011 6:13 PM EST up reply actions

He's shown flashes of what he could become.

His biggest problem is that he was never conditioned in the AHL; he just jumoed straight to the NHL, and he really could have used a year or two down in the minor league.

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by Brad_Richards_Rocks on Jan 13, 2011 6:16 PM EST up reply actions

Ya

figured as much… especially since how highly touted he was. I’m a bit disappointed to lose Stefanovich, but after this season it was pretty clear he wasn’t going anywhere in the Leafs organization.

Mediocrity for mediocrity here… this has to be one of the first trades where we actually acquired an OLDER player giving up a younger one.

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by nhlcheapshot on Jan 13, 2011 6:13 PM EST up reply actions

Traded a guy I don’t care about for another guy I don’t care about. Whoo…

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by Blinky on Jan 13, 2011 6:14 PM EST up reply actions

He’s supposed to be Belarusian but, at least to my knowledge, hasn’t yet stabbed a single pineapple.

So you know, what’s the point?

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by Grabovski's better than you think on Jan 13, 2011 6:15 PM EST up reply actions

He also is a 0 in ‘Kostitsyns punched’ and ‘People with Habs jerseys assaulted’.

Yawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn.

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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 13, 2011 6:16 PM EST up reply actions

Excellent point. These are all factors that Burke took into consideration.

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by Grabovski's better than you think on Jan 13, 2011 6:18 PM EST up reply actions

As I said on another thread, any young Star not named Benn, Neal or Eriksson coming here won’t derive much excitement from me.

(Not that we’d ever get any of them. Except MAYBE Benn, by some miracle. Which I’d love. I’m a huge Benn fan, largely by virtue of being from the same hometown as him)

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by FiftyMissionCap on Jan 13, 2011 6:16 PM EST up reply actions