Playing PK and 3rd line minutes mostly.

I would've rather we put Kulemin on the wing and passed on Clarkson: the latter is a good Taranna boy, but their output is really not much different when you put ice-time and linemates into perspective.
- gravyface

Yah and Clarkson will hit and stick up for his teammates and take stupid penalties.

Aaron Ward ‏@aaronward_nhl 5m
Carolina Hurricanes sign Tim Gleason to a 1 year at $1.2M contract. #TSN

What's with CAR and ex-Leafs? I know he was a Cane, but still. Kind of funny.

They didn't even talk to stastny.


The only guys that we know chose someone else over the Leafs are gorges and Brian Boyle. Boyle went where he thought he had a better chance to win (took less money to do so)and gorges who said he'd been a hab so long and conditioned hate the Leafs he couldn't bring himself to become one.
- burn

Pretty sure you meant Dan Boyle, not Brian...

Exactly.
- Pecafan Fan

unless the leafs were offered some overpayment they couldnt say no to, dion wasnt going anywhere. the speculation is just stupid.

lets see the guys played with kostka, gunnersson and holzer

how the hell do you expect a #1D man to play with a number 5 or 8 dmen vs #1 lines 25 mins a game 82 games a year.

sure the caveman makes mistakes, they are just glaring because the other D man hes with suck the big one.

Yah and Clarkson will hit and stick up for his teammates and take stupid penalties.
- Leafland

And get knocked over. Alot. Guy looks like a kite on skates out there.

FYI

Phaneuf was 33rd in TOI last year and 46th in scoring, but 5th in salary.
- gravyface

Facts!
No place here.

Pretty sure you meant Dan Boyle, not Brian...
- Big_Lightnin

Brian too.

yep, because clarkson 5.5 is a joke.
- big_dion

Meh, at the time I rather have Clarkson than Grabovski, it was needed to have Kadri take another step in his development, again so much whining over a mediocre player, I don't get it.

Aaron Ward ‏@aaronward_nhl 5m
Carolina Hurricanes sign Tim Gleason to a 1 year at $1.2M contract. #TSN

What's with CAR and ex-Leafs? I know he was a Cane, but still. Kind of funny.
- gravyface

we will finally get to see what the Leafs would have been like had they managed to obtain the Staals

its ok tho, thriller is ready to bang in 40 this year.

maybe you need another laughing emoticon in that post to get the point across
- big_dion

Just making sure you know that I'm sitting here laughing my ass off at your unwavering love for Grabovski !

Facts!
No place here.
- Fakepartofme

your personal motto

And get knocked over. Alot. Guy looks like a kite on skates out there.
- gravyface

Just watch him take a pass lol....how many times that puck just bounced off his stick last year....brutal

He's had what...25 goals the past 3 seasons combined?
- Gunslinger

the only one on the leafs to get more DZ starts than Kuli was mclemment ..

http://www.extraskater.co...s/2013#player-usage-chart

3 players all around the same money.. much different roles... similar production

.59 ppg 2nd/3rd line minutes 5 million
.62 ppg 1st line minutes 4.2 million
.46 2nd/3rd line minutes 4.18 million

its ok tho, thriller is ready to bang in 40 this year.
- big_dion

Meh, at the time I rather have Clarkson than Grabovski, it was needed to have Kadri take another step in his development, again so much whining over a mediocre player, I don't get it.
- LeafMan

whining? lol he just signed a 5 million dollar deal and all you could say was "he wont finish the contract" and some bullpoop about him being a zamboni.

leafs management picked carlyle, the coach who couldnt call a time out in a game 7 meltdown vs the reigning cup champions over basically our entire second line of mac, grabo, kule.

funny how we didnt make the playoffs next year with a better goalie and more goals.

Actually dude, the reason I like the Robidas and Polak deals was because I've watched alot of the Blues and Ducks over the years. Nice try though.

And for the record I hated the Clarkson deal from the start.
- mykokes

I know you watch alot of hockey. However, you are an optimist. Im a realist (not saying im right, but you are forever optimistic regardless). We chatted before about prospects and how you love mckegg, brad ross. i said they're lucky to play a game in the show. We have differing opinions; leave it at that. But the Polak / Robidas moves are lateral at best so you can like them all you want; we're not better. And for the forwards we lost with zero replacements so far and hardly no free agents left, well, maybe im crazy but i think we are worse. And when the 22nd place team gets worse, it's ugly.

NASTY in here today.. (frank) you all..

I know you watch alot of hockey. However, you are an optimist. Im a realist (not saying im right, but you are forever optimistic regardless). We chatted before about prospects and how you love mckegg, brad ross. i said they're lucky to play a game in the show. We have differing opinions; leave it at that. But the Polak / Robidas moves are lateral at best so you can like them all you want; we're not better. And for the forwards we lost with zero replacements so far and hardly no free agents left, well, maybe im crazy but i think we are worse. And when the 22nd place team gets worse, it's ugly.
- clark_griswold

wait, are you the realist that said yesterday the Leafs were almost guaranteed a top-5 pick?

Facts!
No place here.
- Fakepartofme

Facts? Phaneuf wasn't in the top 50 in either salary or cap hit last season.

Made up facts are fun though.

Even if he was talking just Dmen, which I don't believe he was, he was 8th in cap hit, 20th in salary

wait, are you the realist that said yesterday the Leafs were almost guaranteed a top-5 pick?
- Feeling Glucky?

- Colin Dambrauskas

- Colin Dambrauskas

Well done.

whining? lol he just signed a 5 million dollar deal and all you could say was "he wont finish the contract" and some bullpoop about him being a zamboni.

leafs management picked carlyle, the coach who couldnt call a time out in a game 7 meltdown vs the reigning cup champions over basically our entire second line of mac, grabo, kule.

funny how we didnt make the playoffs next year with a better goalie and more goals.
- big_dion