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  1. That's impossible. TSN said Babcock was the best coach in the world when Toronto signed him. Funny, only one cup and ZERO Jack Adams?!?!
  2. I dont think it's too much. A top ten first round pick is too much for Kapanen. But really, the attributes you just listed are everything you would hope for in a middle to late first round pick. And there is no guessing now. You trade your first for him or lose it in an offer sheet and you have a guaranteed top six winger instead of a Gaunce or Shinkaruk.
  3. Also. TSN doesnt even speculate as to why Zaitsev wants out. No reporter wants to touch the story and anger the Leafs. Let me take a guess why the guy wants out. It's the coach. Players dont like playing for Babcock.
  4. One of the few Leafs to impress me this year. Speed and compete and has a great shot. He is way more a complete player than Willie N.
  5. Would you give up next year's first and third? Our next years first with Kapanen and Hughes and maybe another add is a later first. We add a player we could only hope to draft with our first and third. Young and would look great with EP.
  6. Kapanen is exactly what we need. I believe the specutalion because I have been saying for months that Kapanen is ripe for an offer sheet. 4.2 million per would only cost a team a second and I'm not even sure TO can match that. To offer Kapanen 5.5 or near around there would cost a third and a first. TO cant match that and are scared of losing the kid. It your team has a late first it makes sense. A lot of sense.
  7. I hear you on a center and number one dman over a winger. Always take those over a winger. However, it was painfully obvious last year at times that EP needs a world class winger to play with. EP and Panarin could be deadly. They would need a tough winger or Burrows type to dig out pucks though.
  8. Honestly, I think the whole LA inquiry has been overblown. They are simply asking, as well as other teams, what can we get if we take PM off your hands? The fact its been a news story is Toronto's booster club, TSN, doing their part to boost PM's value. Kind of what they did with Canucks and Luongo......not.
  9. Ok. If you had to put a hundred bucks down. Quinn Hughes is a Marc Andre B or an EK lite type? Which way are you betting?
  10. On a side note. I wonder what fellow countryman to Zaitsev, Tryamkin, would think of playing along the righty. Maybe enough to lure him back next year. A Zaitsev -Tryamkin pairing could be very interesting.
  11. No brainer for both clubs if you ask me. I been touting it all day. Now, the futures? I say Kapanen or bust. Some say Sandin which could work if JB thinks highly of him. Johnson or Liljigren, Conner Brown not enough in my opinion.
  12. Nah. With those Grandma glasses he gets in, seniors discount!
  13. Yes. Forgot Skinner is UFA vs Marner a RFA. Big difference and yes, that's way too much for Skinner who careered it on a contract year.
  14. Rumors flying that Skinner is closing in on a 9 million per year contract. If so, Marner has to be at least 10.5 per. Even more. Lol. This is going to be a fun couple of months.
  15. They did. Just They did. So now you have a leugue full of bitter, old school GM's that aren't lining up to help out Dubas.
  16. Can LA afford his cap hit? They have some bad deals of their own. Phaneuf and Kovulchuk come to mind.
  17. I honestly cant see a trade scenario for PM. Toronto is really going to have to sweeten the pot for this one. Add to that I think all the GM's are kind of pissed at smart boy for his Nylander deal. Would love to see the GM's stick it to the Leafs.
  18. Would love Trouba here but sounds like he wants to sign an extension with an American team. Cant blame the guy if that's where his heart is.
  19. How could this be? It was such a heralded contract by all the media when it was signed. What about that story on TSN where Marleau took Marner and Mathews to the movies. Who will get them to the theaters if Marleau is traded?
  20. This. What's left for right side D if they unload Zaitsez? Nothing but prospects! They could try for Trouba and PK but what are they going to cost to acquire let alone fit under the cap. Tanev is a heck of an option for them. Canucks have the hammer and I would say Tanev for Zaitsev and Kapanen. Take it or leave it and I dare TO to find a better option. They wont.
  21. 100 percent. An AHL pundit was NHL Network the other day and mirrored those comments. There is a reason you haven't heard a lot on Liljigren. Looks as though he fell in the draft for a reason. He is still a project and worth another project in return. If we are taking on Zaitsez, who I think is a serviceable dman but overpaid, I want proven quality. I want Kapanen, period.
  22. Liljigren is crap. He puts up some numbers in the AHL but cant play D. Perfect fit for Toronto's crap system. I want Kapanen or nothing in a deal with TO.
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