No i meant after that, i thought i saw or read something regarding the year coming up that he said he will not make a return, that hes done

Either way we are getting bernier apparently, so you can cross out thomas
- Mapleleafs_91

oh ....

as bernier.. don't count your chicken until they are hatched don't think the leAf aquire him

They need to get better/stronger down the middle. Colborne hasn't shown he can excel in the AHL yet ....let alone centre an NHL checking line.

I was being a little tongue n cheek but seriously I don't get why we don't aspire to something much better than Kadri-Grabo-Colborne centreing the top 3 lines.
- The Law

STASTNY ALL AMERICAN LINE WITH PHIL THE THRILL AND J V (frank)ING R

Keep Liles and play him .

Trade Gardiner and the 21st pick to the Avs for Duchene

Problem solved


(frank) this GM poop it easy

STASTNY ALL AMERICAN LINE WITH PHIL THE THRILL AND J V (frank)ING R
- Mapleleafs_91

as amazing as it to dream up trade scenarios all day.

I like to think Nonis knows what he is doing and if the right guy isn't out there for 1C maybe we stay the course this year, use it as another evaluation year for a lot of the young prospects we have, and wait it out.

Maybe grabo comes back to form. maybe kadri matures and shows he can be that guy, maybe he regresses.

(frank) i'm pumped for offseason. its good to be a leaf fan again

They need to get better/stronger down the middle. Colborne hasn't shown he can excel in the AHL yet ....let alone centre an NHL checking line.

I was being a little tongue n cheek but seriously I don't get why we don't aspire to something much better than Kadri-Grabo-Colborne centreing the top 3 lines.
- The Law

I dont think he looked that out of place in NHL IMO. The fact remains that there arent really many options to address that center depth.

1) Resign Bozak at way too much $$ and put him as 3C then.
2) Go with Kadri-Grabo-Colborne
3) Spend the Bozak and Macarthur money on Ribeiro and have him as your #1C. (My personal preference)

oh ....

as bernier.. don't count your chicken until they are hatched don't think the leAf aquire him
- zazzle

for some reason if he can be had for scrivens and frattin again, i think Nonis pulls the trigger. Plus i have a hunch that Tim Leiweke had some say into acquiring bernier as a 1-2 tandem sharing the duties if reimer falters. Going with two young goalies full of potential is a pretty good tactic over getting a guy like luongo who will take over reimers job completely along with tim thomas who can easily steal the job from reimer if he regained his form. Either way i like the idea of having a elliot/halak tandem scenario or the new one with tampa bishop/lindback

Does he need armed backup? If so, yes!
- lumlums

well if the leafs are going to rob other teams of games then yes ..

I dont think he looked that out of place in NHL IMO. The fact remains that there arent really many options to address that center depth.

1) Resign Bozak at way too much $$ and put him as 3C then.
2) Go with Kadri-Grabo-Colborne
3) Spend the Bozak and Macarthur money on Ribeiro and have him as your #1C. (My personal preference)
- markmark

3) this came up a bit the other day, and I have to admit as much of a weasel as I think Ribeiro is, if we actually signed him I would be excited abotu the possibilites.

Not sure of his defensive abilities, but he would be the best center we've had in a while.

Also not sure if he'd be willing to sing a shorter term contract whcih would be nice.

as amazing as it to dream up trade scenarios all day.

I like to think Nonis knows what he is doing and if the right guy isn't out there for 1C maybe we stay the course this year, use it as another evaluation year for a lot of the young prospects we have, and wait it out.

Maybe grabo comes back to form. maybe kadri matures and shows he can be that guy, maybe he regresses.

(frank) i'm pumped for offseason. its good to be a leaf fan again
- dragus84

Depends, stastny is the youngest option to upgrade at center. Weiss is 30, thorton is 34, marleau is 34, ribeiro is like 33-34, bozak is lame and wants too much money because he think hes sidney crosby, and yeah. Plus stastny had a good stint with team USA, thats one positive note to consider if we take him on in a trade with the avs... on another note, stastny is stastically one of the better faceoffs specialists, who i think is better at them than bozak anyways

Depends, stastny is the youngest option to upgrade at center. Weiss is 30, thorton is 34, marleau is 34, ribeiro is like 33-34, bozak is lame and wants too much money because he think hes sidney crosby, and yeah. Plus stastny had a good stint with team USA, thats one positive note to consider if we take him on in a trade with the avs... on another note, stastny is stastically one of the better faceoffs specialists, who i think is better at them than bozak anyways
- Mapleleafs_91

impossible, bozak is the greatest faceoffer of all time... he won 52 percent of draws this year

3) this came up a bit the other day, and I have to admit as much of a weasel as I think Ribeiro is, if we actually signed him I would be excited abotu the possibilites.

Not sure of his defensive abilities, but he would be the best center we've had in a while.

Also not sure if he'd be willing to sing a shorter term contract whcih would be nice.
- dragus84

I say offer him 7 and tell him he will be THE guy as the 1C.

If paying Ribeiro with Mac and Bozaks money works.

JVR-Ribeiro-Kessel
Lupul-Kadri-Frattin
Kulemin-Grabo-?/AHL/Briere?
Orr-Mcclement-Hamilton?

impossible, bozak is the greatest faceoffer of all time... he won 52 percent of draws this year
- dragus84

because he took more faceoffs than stastny this year, last year stastny was 55.4 percent winning, bozak the year before was 52.7... either way i think stastny is the better faceoff guy and better all around player for point production and better centerman suitable for kessel

I dont think he looked that out of place in NHL IMO. The fact remains that there arent really many options to address that center depth.

1) Resign Bozak at way too much $$ and put him as 3C then.
2) Go with Kadri-Grabo-Colborne
3) Spend the Bozak and Macarthur money on Ribeiro and have him as your #1C. (My personal preference)
- markmark

#3 is a little hard to swallow ... I'd rather not

If paying Ribeiro with Mac and Bozaks money works.

JVR-Ribeiro-Kessel
Lupul-Kadri-Frattin
Kulemin-Grabo-?/AHL/Briere?
Orr-Mcclement-Hamilton?
- markmark

I just want to point out, ribeiro is not the greatest at faceoffs, that is all

NO



dont know what is being suggested right now.. but NO

NO



dont know what is being suggested right now.. but NO
- Dozzer

Stastny>Bozak>Ribeiro at faceoffs

I just want to point out, ribeiro is not the greatest at faceoffs, that is all
- Mapleleafs_91

Meh, not exactly my starting point for evaluation.

Meh, not exactly my starting point for evaluation.
- markmark

New blog, check his winning percent, terrible

Meh, not exactly my starting point for evaluation.
- markmark

maybe it should be if your 1st line is always spending the first part of it's shift battling for puck posession instead of expending it's energy on offense? just sayin....

because he took more faceoffs than stastny this year, last year stastny was 55.4 percent winning, bozak the year before was 52.7... either way i think stastny is the better faceoff guy and better all around player for point production and better centerman suitable for kessel
- Mapleleafs_91

Couple of things...

1) I think he was being sarcastic.
2) Taking more faceoffs doesn't magically increase your faceoff percentage. Shouldn't really drop it either.

Couple of things...

1) I think he was being sarcastic.
2) Taking more faceoffs doesn't magically increase your faceoff percentage. Shouldn't really drop it either.
- Feeling Glucky?

bingo

#3 is a little hard to swallow ... I'd rather not
- zazzle

If Ribeiro has taught us anything, its not what you can swallow that counts, it's what you can snort....

If Ribeiro has taught us anything, its not what you can swallow that counts, it's what you can snort....
- lumlums

He and Kadri will be the bestest friends that ever could be.

Couple of things...

1) I think he was being sarcastic.
2) Taking more faceoffs doesn't magically increase your faceoff percentage. Shouldn't really drop it either.
- Feeling Glucky?

Either way, both are really good faceoff specialists but stastny has the edge in point production and doing something productive