JVR/Grabovski/Kessel
Kulemin/Kadri/Frattin
Mcclement/Bozak/Macarthur
Komarev/Steckel/Orr

Phaneuf/Gardiner
Liles/Gunnarsson
Komisarek/Blacker

How it should be switched up...
- ThePresident

Frattin Grabovski JVR
Komorov Kadri Kessel
Kulemin McClement MacArthur
Brown Steckel Orr

Dion Gunnar
Gards' Franson
Kostka Liles/Komi

i have my limits as well.

but i'll generally warn when you are crossing the line

i dont envy modding engels thread one bit
- Dozzer

why is that? what is wrong with the engels thread?

I can see that, but Phaneuf needs to be moved first. Teams are crying for defencemen right now. Time to float him out there and see if a team like the Flyers or Edmonton are interested.

Maybe a trade that brings us another 1st rounder is in order.
- PrinceLH

This!

I pretty much say as i feel, subtlety has never exactly been my strong point, or at least that is what Adam French tells me...
- ShootingSemin

well i say things and its a week ban, day ban, he banned one of my brothers for a year i believe.

Okay, let's not go overboard here. There is absolutely nothing that Komarov is doing that Frattin can't do. Komarov gives the puck to Kadri immediately, hits somebody and skates in front of the net. That's not rigid. That's basic hockey.

Kessel is obviously a player who can't break himself out of a slump. It's actually becoming more and more apparent with every game.
- Two_For_Truth

And even if he was, he shouldn't be gifted first line minutes in the interest of busting his own slump. Minutes are earned. Kessel should be leapfrogged by frattin at this point. Even if its just a few games. He can still have his PP time.. Just not with bozak.

Trade them both.
- Two_For_Truth

An option. But if there was anyone i had to choose to keep on, it would probably be Lupul.

still.. he doesnt get to use that as an excuse.. if kessel wants to be that elite guy.. he needs to find a way to score in those situations.. its never going to change.

i dont know. (frank) it.. trade him lol
- Dozzer

I don't think Kessel is that elite guy....I don't think anyone (including Kessel himself) thinks Kessel is that elite guy.

Time to call a spade a spade...

And I would trade him by the end of summer if he hasn't agreed to something less than $5-6MM over 5yrs.

Frattin Grabovski JVR
Komorov Kadri Kessel
Kulemin McClement MacArthur
Brown Steckel Orr

Dion Gunnar
Gards' Franson
Kostka Liles/Komi
- AngryWhiteMale

U guy's got the "Pig" plastered with lipstick....Switch it around all u want but it's still a pig..


Not enough talent on this team...

why is that? what is wrong with the engels thread?
- habsrock71

its a lil hectic over there at times lol

An option. But if there was anyone i had to choose to keep on, it would probably be Lupul.
- Leafland

U will be keeping lupul now ...It's too late no one gonna take that contract extension...

U guy's got the "Pig" plastered with lipstick....Switch it around all u want but it's still a pig..


Not enough talent on this team...
- Fruitcakenipple

need a top pairing dman, top line centre and a second line winger

Trade them both.
- Two_For_Truth

Lupul isn't going anywhere...he was just signed to a new contract.

If he wasn't, then it would be a different story.

its a lil hectic over there at times lol
- Dozzer

i thought maybe it was all the frenchies

U guy's got the "Pig" plastered with lipstick....Switch it around all u want but it's still a pig..


Not enough talent on this team...
- Fruitcakenipple

Injuries, a bad call here or there, bounces not going Kessel's way.

Face it, this happens every time Cam Ward & Carolina come into the ACC. Why are you guys all hung up on one game that finished the way you knew it would.

They'll get a shot at redemption with a 3 game roadtrip coming up

U guy's got the "Pig" plastered with lipstick....Switch it around all u want but it's still a pig..


Not enough talent on this team...
- Fruitcakenipple

That's pretty much what it boils down to.

Give the hot hands the minutes, and let fate take you from there.

An option. But if there was anyone i had to choose to keep on, it would probably be Lupul.
- Leafland

Lupul > Kessel > Phaneuf.

My opinion.

And even if he was, he shouldn't be gifted first line minutes in the interest of busting his own slump. Minutes are earned. Kessel should be leapfrogged by frattin at this point. Even if its just a few games. He can still have his PP time.. Just not with bozak.
- joel878

A team that has depth has that luxury. The Leafs can't afford to bench the only guy with talent.

i thought maybe it was all the frenchies
- habsrock71

hahaha no no no not at all. hell my old man is a habs fan.. i like the back and forth from time to time

An option. But if there was anyone i had to choose to keep on, it would probably be Lupul.
- Leafland

He's the lesser of many evils.

A team that has depth has that luxury. The Leafs can't afford to bench the only guy with talent.
- Two_For_Truth

kessel?

lol

what difference would it make?

U will be keeping lupul now ...It's too late no one gonna take that contract extension...
- Fruitcakenipple

Yup. Prior to the extension I would've considered trading him at the deadline for picks and prospects....but leaf mgmt obviously sees him here long term.

He's the lesser of many evils.
- Two_For_Truth

How is he the lesser of evils?

hahaha no no no not at all. hell my old man is a habs fan.. i like the back and forth from time to time
- Dozzer

i actually meant the french canadians lol

I don't think Kessel is that elite guy....I don't think anyone (including Kessel himself) thinks Kessel is that elite guy.

Time to call a spade a spade...

And I would trade him by the end of summer if he hasn't agreed to something less than $5-6MM over 5yrs.
- Pen15

fair enough

a deadline deal for a playoff team in need of secondary scoring will likely yield the highest results in way of return

i actually meant the french canadians lol
- habsrock71

dont bother me .. part of my family on my dads side is french, alot of my good friends are french as well

good people to drink with