Lucic ruined Komi
- steve362

not playing with Markov ruined komisarek

One of B.Schenn or Coots will be traded for a young dman of similar value...Reilly, Edler, Yandle come to mind...
- Flyfreaky

The Leafs team speed is their strength, can Couturier keep up? Honest question, I don't know.

Why not...Both nice young talent...
- Flyfreaky

HMMMMMMM hate to give up Reilly but A) Leafs have depth on the D but Coturier could really bolster the middle.

I think we'd rather have Reilly...
- Flyfreaky

Probably, but the Leafs probably wouldn't trade that potential just now.

Thoughts on trading for Smid from Edmonton?

I think we'd rather have Reilly...
- Flyfreaky

Well you can't have him if you can't spell his (frank)ing name right bumhole.

Rielly for Couturier... would Leafers do it?
- Leeman4Gilmour

Rather involve Gardiner instead of Rielly in any trade situation. Gardiner plus a pick or prospect. Rielly+ would fetch more than coots .. I mean c'mon , Schenn got us JVR.

Has the Grabo response been posted here yet?

Rielly for Couturier... would Leafers do it?
- Leeman4Gilmour

I would prefer B. Schenn but the brothers are there, I don't like how the Flyers have developed Couturier thus far but I'd strongly consider that trade. It makes a lot of sense.

Has the Grabo response been posted here yet?
- rmiethaner

I'm not sure |I just asked the same thing

Has the Grabo response been posted here yet?
- rmiethaner

Oh yea!

Rather involve Gardiner instead of Rielly in any trade situation. Gardiner plus a pick or prospect. Rielly+ would fetch more than coots .. I mean c'mon , Schenn got us JVR.
- FistofTheBelak

In fairness, that was kind of a broken down player for a different type of broken down player.

I would trade Gardiner straight up for Corturier, I'd even add something.
- Viktory

Blasphemy

Oh yea!
- steve362

OK. Just making sure. It was gold.

The more I think about it the more I just want them to play Kadri on the first line. Both he and Kessel have upped their defensive game. A good summer in the gym and I think he might be ready to take the next step. Gotta be better on the draw but you can fix that!
- steve362

It wouldn't surprise me. Kadri took a huge step forward. If he can improve on faceoffs it could work.

The Leafs team speed is their strength, can Couturier keep up? Honest question, I don't know.
- BetterCallSaul

Yeah he has speed, and he's big.

I'm not sure |I just asked the same thing
- MapleLeafsFTW

Garth's blog page 19.

I'd guess Philly would have to sweeten the deal a bit, or consider B.Schenn.
- Leeman4Gilmour

Like I said, B.Schenn or Coots for a young dman with similar upside talent...

Oh yea!
- steve362

You know which page lol?

Reilly...
- Flyfreaky

we dont have a reilly?

I think we'd rather have Reilly...
- Flyfreaky

Nah, Gardiner and Couturier have similar potential/ceiling.

Only hours after his five-year tenure in Toronto had come to an end, Mikhail Grabovski was still trying to sort out the emotions of what had just occurred.

"I'm [expletive] happy right now," he told TSN.ca exclusively early on Thursday evening, shortly after the Maple Leafs announced that they had exercised their second compliance buyout on the 29-year-old.

With the sting of the wound being realized, Grabovski changed tune considerably in a frustrating diatribe that took aim most poignantly at Leafs head coach Randy Carlyle.

"Of course I feel [expletive] sad," he continued in a lengthy conversation, minutes later, "I played [expletive] five years here. I'm supposed to feel upset about that. I loved it [here]. Toronto fans are one of the best fans in the world."

Grabovski finished a disappointing and altogether uninspired 2013 with poor numbers, compiling just nine goals and 16 points in 48 games, used almost exclusively in a checking role under Carlyle. While he performed with renewed fire and urgency in the playoffs, Grabovski ultimately finished goalless against the Bruins, adding just two assists in seven games.

Unwilling to rock the boat throughout the season, which saw the Leafs reach the playoffs for the first time since 2004, Grabovski kept silent, but held nothing back in his feelings toward Carlyle after ties with the organization were effectively cut.

"I play in the [expletive] Russian KHL, I make lots of [expletive] points and what's going to happen? He make me [expletive] play on the fourth line and he put me in the playoffs on the fourth line and third line again," Grabovski spewed. "Yeah, I don't score goals. I need to work more about that. I know that. But if you feel support from your coach [you'll find success]. I don't feel any support from this [expletive] idiot."

Grabovski found a favourite in Ron Wilson, from whom Carlyle took over in the latter stages of the 2011-2012 season, scoring 20 goals three times upon being acquired from Montreal. Inked to a hefty five-year, $27.5 million extension just three days after Wilson was fired in March of 2012, Grabovski never found a similar connection or rapport with Carlyle.

Communication – or lack thereof – was in some ways at the crux of the matter. Grabovski and the head coach rarely spoke, most of the conversation instead streaming through assistant coaches Greg Cronin and Scott Gordon.

"Wilson [expletive] pushed me same hard as this," Grabovski said, months of frustration finally bubbling to the surface, "but don't be an [expletive] with me. If you don't like something tell [expletive] right away, don't put me on the bench, healthy scratch [me] or something. Don't put me on a [expletive] third line and then [expletive] play me six minutes in a game."

Due to be married to his long-time girlfriend on Friday, the news unquestionably took Grabovski by surprise. Initially he called the buyout – which will offer the Leafs a boost in cap space with free agency looming on Friday – a "good present" from the organization and looked ahead to the opportunity he would find elsewhere.

He added that he'd find motivation from the dismissal, just as he had upon being traded from the Canadiens five years – almost to the day – earlier.

"People always in life motivate me," he said.

According to Leafs general manager Dave Nonis, the Leafs desired "cap flexibility" in parting ways with Grabovski and ultimately they chose that flexibility – be it with Tyler Bozak, Stephen Weiss or whomover they manage to acquire – over Grabovski. After buying out Mike Komisarek a day earlier, the organization projects to have upwards of $24 million available heading into free agency period, though they have the likes of Nazem Kadri, Cody Franson, Carl Gunnarsson, Jonathan Bernier and Mark Fraser still to sign.

Grabovski spent the early months of the most recent lockout in the KHL with CKSA Moscow and wouldn't rule out the league as an option for his next opportunity, though there figures to be NHL interest with a dearth of quality centremen available.

"I need to work harder," he concluded, taking time to thank his teammates, equipment managers and fans, "I need to be smarter, I need to play harder, need to play better and score a lot of goals and do what I do the best."

Has the Grabo response been posted here yet?
- rmiethaner

http://www.tsn.ca/toronto...s/jonas_siegel/?id=426967



"I play in the [expletive] Russian KHL, I make lots of [expletive] points and what's going to happen? He make me [expletive] play on the fourth line and he put me in the playoffs on the fourth line and third line again," Grabovski spewed. "Yeah, I don't score goals. I need to work more about that. I know that. But if you feel support from your coach [you'll find success]. I don't feel any support from this [expletive] idiot."

I've heard he is!
- steve362

will the leaf staff say he's to fat and need to lose some weight ...

Like I said, B.Schenn or Coots for a young dman with similar upside talent...
- Flyfreaky

Who is Philly honestly higher on right now? Coots seems like a better two way player, but Schenn has the offensive upside.

Well you can't have him if you can't spell his (frank)ing name right bumhole.
- weirdoh

i before e but only after (frank) off...