Is Phaneuf still going to be in the room to crank the Bieber tunes and make sure the team benefits from his inspirational leadership?
- Aetherial

And Miley, jeez c'mon man...

The leafs should not trade JVR. That would be a classic stupid leafs trade
- Santo_44

I have faith Nonis can pull it off

bit of cap relief anyway, if they IR him
- Badge

Wait, cap relief?

Hello, Mike Richards.

That contract needs to stay with the Leafs.
- iTOLDu

i love the contract..so do other teams. If we go full TNT, he won't be valuable to us in 5 years. HE would fetch a ton for us right now. Power forward that isn't a rental still in his prime with a good deal. I know those are reasons for keeping him...but does keeping him on a bottom place team do anything for us?

Is Phaneuf still going to be in the room to crank the Bieber tunes and make sure the team benefits from his inspirational leadership?
- Aetherial

absolutely.
what team could be without that?

The leafs should not trade JVR. That would be a classic stupid leafs trade
- Santo_44

classic stupid leafs is retooling when you need to rebuild. Or is it just me?

interesting news on Dion.. Hard to say of the leafs are better off or worse.
I lean towards being worse since someone has to play his minutes and that filters down the line.. at the moment I dont think the leafs have any prospects who can step in and be a decent option

hopefully the leafs are a little worse off

I have faith Nonis can pull it off
- shmenge

By far the best contract on the Leafs. 25 years old with room to get better, big fast player. There is absolutely no reason to trade him.

absolutely.
what team could be without that?
- BorjeFan4Ever

I feel better now

So...

Gardiner-Polak
Percy-Franson
Rielly-Granberg ?

how do you guys see it?

classic stupid leafs is retooling when you need to rebuild. Or is it just me?
- clark_griswold

I would be ok with trading JVR but only if the return is fantastic. Multiple picks + prospect if the target team is gonna make a deep run.

By far the best contract on the Leafs. 25 years old with room to get better, big fast player. There is absolutely no reason to trade him.
- Santo_44

I agree, was just being a Richard

interesting news on Dion.. Hard to say of the leafs are better off or worse.
I lean towards being worse since someone has to play his minutes and that filters down the line.. at the moment I dont think the leafs have any prospects who can step in and be a decent option

hopefully the leafs are a little worse off
- senstroll

They will get worse because the reason why Phaneuf is in the position he is in now (captain, highly paid, highest minutes) is because he's the best of a bunch of mediocre / bad / young defencemen.

interesting news on Dion.. Hard to say of the leafs are better off or worse.
I lean towards being worse since someone has to play his minutes and that filters down the line.. at the moment I dont think the leafs have any prospects who can step in and be a decent option

hopefully the leafs are a little worse off
- senstroll

I'm actually excited to see them without their "captain". I like Dion and I think he's a good number 2 and a great 3 but he is not a captain at all. I think the leafs players hate him as much as anyone.

Is Phaneuf still going to be in the room to crank the Bieber tunes and make sure the team benefits from his inspirational leadership?
- Aetherial

I hope so

By far the best contract on the Leafs. 25 years old with room to get better, big fast player. There is absolutely no reason to trade him.
- Santo_44

other than the fact we have no use for him as a garbage team rebuilding.

I'm not arguing he isn't a great player with an attractive contact. But if you think he's going to help the current leafs more than futures/picks/prospects will a rebuild, i question it. You don't know how they will turn out, but we do know how this team will turn out i think that's pretty obvious

Is it too soon to sit Franson to avoid injury? Stop cursing us hockey gods!

other than the fact we have no use for him as a garbage team rebuilding.

I'm not arguing he isn't a great player with an attractive contact. But if you think he's going to help the current leafs more than futures/picks/prospects will a rebuild, i question it. You don't know how they will turn out, but we do know how this team will turn out i think that's pretty obvious
- clark_griswold

Sorry but no trading 25 and unders. Should be the mindset of any team looking to rebuild the team a bit.

I would be ok with trading JVR but only if the return is fantastic. Multiple picks + prospect if the target team is gonna make a deep run.
- TheMussel

i think you get a ton for him no doubt. So easy to deal. Keeping him on a sinking ship that is gonna take years to turn around when you can get a ton for him seems questionable...but that's just me

Sorry but no trading 25 and unders. Should be the mindset of any team looking to rebuild the team a bit.
- Santo_44

jvr is 26...drafted in 2007. Didn't want to get technical. Point is....he has lots of value but won't help us. He could be my favorite leaf but if im gm, he's gone at this deadline

They will get worse because the reason why Phaneuf is in the position he is in now (captain, highly paid, highest minutes) is because he's the best of a bunch of mediocre / bad / young defencemen.
- JohnFergusonJr

I would tend to agree.. sometimes we see strange things happen though.

it will be nice to see the leafs team without him for a good stretch

i think you get a ton for him no doubt. So easy to deal. Keeping him on a sinking ship that is gonna take years to turn around when you can get a ton for him seems questionable...but that's just me
- clark_griswold

Yes it is just you

i think you get a ton for him no doubt. So easy to deal. Keeping him on a sinking ship that is gonna take years to turn around when you can get a ton for him seems questionable...but that's just me
- clark_griswold

we have to ice players who can actually play the game too, not just Marlies

Yes it is just you
- Santo_44

you could be right.