Take it from me. If he starts talking like Parise, and guaranteeing he'll resign, that is a sure fire sign he is gone.
- WayneZ

Was that comment why NJ fans insisted for months that he wasn't going anywhere? You guys were SOOOOO sure he was staying.

That would be cool...realistically what kind of return would you want from StL?
- BoBBeR56

Who knows what they're willing to give up but they do have Berglund, Tarasenko and many others. Could be juicy.

Good luck trying to find equal value from the top 8 teams in the NHL, chances are very, very slim that you will find a top 6 scorer with the 22nd to 30th pick. What is the point trading him for some prospects that might be good, it is a losing proposition for still a young player.
- LeafMan

If u trade him now u have a better chance trading him 2 a team that's not as good and trying to improve .... And depending on how the season works out it could turn into a top 10-15 pick

has a team had 3 or more picks in the first round before?
- senstroll

The Leafs, three Belleville Bull players selected.

To cbj
- The_Vark

Lupul Johannsen Kessel

TOI: 60 mins

Pay me or I'm leaving attitude is what got him in Toronto in the first place. Add to that a pressure filled market and a bad team and you got one ticket to Splitzville.
- Two_For_Truth

So let me get this straight: you supported the NHLPA throughout the lockout like a 15-year-old groupie on Justin Bieber's bus, but Phil Kessel is a greedy SOB who deserves to be ridiculed and pissed on because he had the audacity to ask for an amount of money above what the cheapest owner in the league was offering in a restricted labour movement arrangement?

I love Friday afternoons.

I can't reconcile how a recluse would want to play under a microscope. I'll give you that he's an elite off the rush goal scorer. That's it. He doesn't back check, he doesn't cycle the puck, he plays with absolutely no heart and passion in his game and he has no desire to lead. I don't know how you can consider that an elite player.
- 1979AD

Baffling.

This is starting to look too good therefore it has no chance of happening.
- Two_For_Truth

Thats true

The Leafs, three Belleville Bull players selected.
- LeafMan

Good times

has a team had 3 or more picks in the first round before?
- senstroll

If the Leafs had a bunch of middle and late 1st round picks, plus their own top 5 pick, they could definitely make a play for 1st overall or multiple top 10 picks if they traded up properly.

What a draft day that would be.

The Leafs, three Belleville Bull players selected.
- LeafMan

and of course 3 home runs... 1989 I see

he has a limited NTC/NMC in 2013-14.
- LeafMan

Well in that case - we gotta do it this year.

Leave it to Damien Cox to try to turn him into this sympathic figure. Maybe you all want him back?

I can't reconcile how a recluse would want to play under a microscope. I'll give you that he's an elite off the rush goal scorer. That's it. He doesn't back check, he doesn't cycle the puck, he plays with absolutely no heart and passion in his game and he has no desire to lead. I don't know how you can consider that an elite player.
- 1979AD

Honestly, I'm not too chuffed about his lack of backchecking. For wingers, it's forgivable.

Guy Lafleur never won a Selke.

Who knows what they're willing to give up but they do have Berglund, Tarasenko and many others. Could be juicy.
- Two_For_Truth

I think I just drooled...

So let me get this straight: you supported the NHLPA throughout the lockout like a 15-year-old groupie on Justin Bieber's bus, but Phil Kessel is a greedy SOB who deserves to be ridiculed and pissed on because he had the audacity to ask for an amount of money above what the cheapest owner in the league was offering in a restricted labour movement arrangement?

I love Friday afternoons.
- Atomic Wedgie

Did I say Kessel was wrong? Nope. But it doesn't mean the Leafs would be wrong in trading him before he gets to do that to them either. Maybe you should read a little closer before you cream your pants trying to attack me.

Good times
- AdamFrench

1989 Entry

#3 - Scott Thornton

#12 - Rob Pearson

#21- Steve Bancroft

Good old young Stelleck

Honestly, I'm not too chuffed about his lack of backchecking. For wingers, it's forgivable.

Guy Lafleur never won a Selke.
- Atomic Wedgie

Bust

Guy Lafleur never won a Selke.
- Atomic Wedgie

And Kessel has never scored 50-60 goals and 100 points every year for a six straight years.

and of course 3 home runs... 1989 I see
- senstroll

In Stellick's defence, Ballard had gutted the scouting staff. They took 3 Belleville Bulls because that's about all they had scouted.

Seriously, I'm not exaggerating all that much on this one.

And 1989 was a pretty weak draft year.

1989 Entry

#3 - Scott Thornton

#12 - Rob Pearson

#21- Steve Bancroft

Good old Stelleck
- LeafMan

(frank) the Leafs drafting has been awful.

Honestly, I'm not too chuffed about his lack of backchecking. For wingers, it's forgivable.

Guy Lafleur never won a Selke.
- Atomic Wedgie

Fair enough. Still contributes nothing but scoring off the rush.

1989 Entry

#3 - Scott Thornton

#12 - Rob Pearson

#21- Steve Bancroft

Good old Stelleck
- LeafMan

Stelleck was the original Maple Leafs puppet GM. Instructed to take Luke Richardson when he had his sights on Sakic.

Burke could have called on Uncle Lou for some help, but he burned that bridge by plunging that knife in Lou's back during the Kovalcuk debacle.
- WayneZ

???????

And Kessel has never scored 50-60 goals and 100 points every year for a six straight years.
- Two_For_Truth

Oh ya - but Guy had a real first line centre. Phil rules!