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robin_steele264
Edmonton Oilers
Joined: 03.15.2009

May 29 @ 5:17 PM ET
Paper goods, non-perishables, vitamins, Advil, shampoo, pasta, fruits and vegetables (not all - I don't need 20lbs of anything). Athletic socks is correct, cereal, detergents, etc.
- hscesq




Propane is about 10$ to fill a tank compared to 30$ at a gas station.





Fruitcakenipple
Location: NF
Joined: 01.12.2011

May 29 @ 5:18 PM ET
seems to me the leafs have the shutdown center thing covered.

think bigger mike
Big_Lightnin
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Pain is coming
Joined: 08.12.2010

May 29 @ 5:18 PM ET
Propane is about 10$ to fill a tank compared to 30$ at a gas station.
- robin_steele264


$18 here
Conquest
Toronto Maple Leafs
Joined: 08.06.2010

May 29 @ 5:20 PM ET


Would this even work? Reimer, 1st rounder, phaneuf, gunner, prospect for Avs 1st Rounder

2nd Rounder, Ashton for Luuuu

- Mapleleafs_91


Are you intending for the team to get better or worse?
Big_Lightnin
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Pain is coming
Joined: 08.12.2010

May 29 @ 5:20 PM ET
seems to me the leafs have the shutdown center thing covered.

think bigger mike

- Fruitcakenipple


what happens if McClement gets hurt blocking a shot and is out for 3-4 weeks? PK just goes to hell?
Big_Lightnin
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Pain is coming
Joined: 08.12.2010

May 29 @ 5:20 PM ET
Are you intending for the team to get better or worse?
- Conquest


he wants to draft 1st twice in a row
jribout
Season Ticket Holder
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: ON
Joined: 01.24.2011

May 29 @ 5:21 PM ET
Well two things I cannot get out of my head reading these posts so hopefully sharing them will help

"ti-i-i-ime is on my hands yes it is" we need to be patient, made the playoffs and that is great but to rush out and overpay by trading picks/ assets for older older players is a know know... in 2-3 years when we are close to the cup then go ahead

"say it isn't so Joe":

Thornton to the leafs. I love him as a player but he is 34 this July, and will take us to the 2nd or third round of the playoffs but will stunt our future growth by losing the assets we trade.

Colborne in the minors. Now is the time to let the young guns free and see if they fit into the future. worked for Kadri this year....... If it doesn't work for Colborne then we trade him.


jribout
Season Ticket Holder
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: ON
Joined: 01.24.2011

May 29 @ 5:23 PM ET
what happens if McClement gets hurt blocking a shot and is out for 3-4 weeks? PK just goes to hell?
- Big_Lightnin



Agreed our shutdown line was not great. Gordon, Mclement, Komarov/Kulemin gets it done.... Gordon gets thrown out of the faceoff, Mclement steps in... Mclemment played wing half the year anyway.

Conquest
Toronto Maple Leafs
Joined: 08.06.2010

May 29 @ 5:24 PM ET
he wants to draft 1st twice in a row
- Big_Lightnin


Gets a good goalie in Lu, then trades the two best defensemen on the Leafs, then gains prospects and intends to make the playoffs.
Big_Lightnin
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Pain is coming
Joined: 08.12.2010

May 29 @ 5:25 PM ET
Agreed our shutdown line was not great. Gordon, Mclement, Komarov/Kulemin gets it done.... Gordon gets thrown out of the faceoff, Mclement steps in... Mclemment played wing half the year anyway.
- jribout


mistake IMO. Should have been C all year. % probably would have been higher with more time too. Was still only 1% behind Bozak.
Mr_Smokey
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Toronto, ON
Joined: 03.02.2008

May 29 @ 5:26 PM ET
Prior to this past season, Grabo was easily one of our better players.
- Fakepartofme


Bad contract, bad play changes perceptions and the teams direction. He's simply paid too much for what he brings.
robin_steele264
Edmonton Oilers
Joined: 03.15.2009

May 29 @ 5:28 PM ET
$18 here
- Big_Lightnin




Still almost half the price.


Fruitcakenipple
Location: NF
Joined: 01.12.2011

May 29 @ 5:30 PM ET
what happens if McClement gets hurt blocking a shot and is out for 3-4 weeks? PK just goes to hell?
- Big_Lightnin


Insurance for McClement?. Really?.

I'm hoping Nonis uses cap space to fill a real need..Think #1center and help on the D..
Big_Lightnin
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Pain is coming
Joined: 08.12.2010

May 29 @ 5:32 PM ET
Insurance for McClement?. Really?.

I'm hoping Nonis uses cap space to fill a real need..Think #1center and help on the D..

- Fruitcakenipple


point of the article is that you can add a guy like Gordon without hurting your chances of doing the other moves, and it makes the team better.

#1 centers not out there. Depth center and power forward is. Add those 2, can get by with the centers we have, minus Bozak or Grabo
Big_Lightnin
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Pain is coming
Joined: 08.12.2010

May 29 @ 5:34 PM ET
Bad contract, bad play changes perceptions and the teams direction. He's simply paid too much for what he brings.
- Mr_Smokey


rather pay him too much than Bozak. Grabo's better than Bozak.

leafsfan24
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: ON
Joined: 07.09.2012

May 29 @ 5:38 PM ET
KEEP BOZAK!!!
Fruitcakenipple
Location: NF
Joined: 01.12.2011

May 29 @ 5:39 PM ET
H
point of the article is that you can add a guy like Gordon without hurting your chances of doing the other moves, and it makes the team better.

#1 centers not out there. Depth center and power forward is. Add those 2, can get by with the centers we have, minus Bozak or Grabo

- Big_Lightnin



I guess...That said this the thinking that Burke compained about.."Get in playoffs only to get butt kicked"..

Hoping Nonis doesn't take the safe road..
Mr_Smokey
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Toronto, ON
Joined: 03.02.2008

May 29 @ 5:39 PM ET
rather pay him too much than Bozak. Grabo's better than Bozak.
- Big_Lightnin


What if Bozak can be signed for 3.5 or 4? Do you want to keep Grabovski on the 3rd line, or whatever line it is he's not playing with the calibur of players that Kadri and Bozak will be.
Mapleleafs_91
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: PAUL RANGER SUCKS
Joined: 06.27.2011

May 29 @ 5:41 PM ET
Are you intending for the team to get better or worse?
- Conquest


Younger if we get a guy like mackinnon, stable if we get a guy like luu, opens space up for the defense for our prospects
Fruitcakenipple
Location: NF
Joined: 01.12.2011

May 29 @ 5:42 PM ET
What if Bozak can be signed for 3.5 or 4? Do you want to keep Grabovski on the 3rd line, or whatever line it is he's not playing with the calibur of players that Kadri and Bozak will be.
- Mr_Smokey



Sure hope Nonis doesn't overpay Bozak and Keep Grabs..Imo it's one or the other....Bozak stays Grabs has to go...
Mapleleafs_91
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: PAUL RANGER SUCKS
Joined: 06.27.2011

May 29 @ 5:42 PM ET
Gets a good goalie in Lu, then trades the two best defensemen on the Leafs, then gains prospects and intends to make the playoffs.
- Conquest


Phaneuf and Gunner are replaceable. Since we have gardiner and franson doing so well. Rielly in the ranks along with percy, blacker, finn. And if its for a guy like mackinnon you do it, which is overpay.
Big_Lightnin
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Pain is coming
Joined: 08.12.2010

May 29 @ 5:43 PM ET
What if Bozak can be signed for 3.5 or 4? Do you want to keep Grabovski on the 3rd line, or whatever line it is he's not playing with the calibur of players that Kadri and Bozak will be.
- Mr_Smokey


nope - said that before.

Sign Bozak at $3.5M sure, keep him, move Grabo somehow.

But if Bozak is looking at $4.5M+, let him walk and keep Grabo.

Grabo will be 2nd line C next year. he's had a bad HALF a season. Rest of his career numbers are substantially better than Bozak's at both ends of the ice.

Should only keep one of them, and if it's a $1M difference (or less) you keep the better player. Grabo's the better player to this point in their careers.



Big_Lightnin
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Pain is coming
Joined: 08.12.2010

May 29 @ 5:44 PM ET
Sure hope Nonis doesn't overpay Bozak and Keep Grabs..Imo it's one or the other....Bozak stays Grabs has to go...
- Fruitcakenipple


oh hell ya worste case scenario is you have those 2 eating up $10M + in cap
Fruitcakenipple
Location: NF
Joined: 01.12.2011

May 29 @ 5:44 PM ET
Younger if we get a guy like mackinnon, stable if we get a guy like luu, opens space up for the defense for our prospects
- Mapleleafs_91



Wtf...U serious...
Mapleleafs_91
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: PAUL RANGER SUCKS
Joined: 06.27.2011

May 29 @ 5:46 PM ET
Wtf...U serious...
- Fruitcakenipple


Who cares, we get mackinnon Don't tell me you've become attached to phaneuf now
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