I think Stamkos, Matthews, Kadri can be just as good. - zazzle
Hate the Laffs as much as everyone but that's a solid center core mixed with marner Nylander bozak vanriemsdyk I'd be trading one of them for a top 4 d tho
Forget Dallas needing Lundqvist, clearly St. Louis needs him. Lundqvist, M. Stall, for Allen, Shatty, and (Sheen, Schwartz, or very doubtful Tarasanko)
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Forget Dallas needing Lundqvist, clearly St. Louis needs him. Lundqvist, M. Stall, for Allen, Shatty, and (Sheen, Schwartz, or very doubtful Tarasanko) - alwaysjoeking
Elliot was hardly bad, Sharks have been the best team in these playoffs.
It is really a subconscious auto response by some Leaf fans. Every time Phil Kessel has another great playoff game, Leaf faithful start chanting Phaneuf, Phaneuf, Phaneuf. Notice how seldom, if ever, they recognize Kessel's great play during this Stanley Cup playoff.
Ottawa management and fans are really happy with the Phaneuf trade. It had an immediate positive affect on the play of Cody Ceci. Phaneuf, playing #4 in Ottawa, paired with Ceci, looks very solid for next year.
Ottawa dumped a ton of salary on the Leafs ($10,443,000). Think about it. Instead of having Cowen, Greening, Lindberg and Michelak on the books they start next year having Phaneuf in a second pairing with a great young Dman in Ceci.
All the pressure is off Phaneuf. He gets to play behind the all world Karlsson and with a highly skilled young skater in Ceci. His play over the last part of the season for Ottawa was very good. Ceci looked outstanding when paired with Phaneuf. Phaneuf seemed to love the change and was grateful for a fresh start. I have no doubt we will revisit this theme many times over the next few years.
It is really a subconscious auto response by some Leaf fans. Every time Phil Kessel has another great playoff game, Leaf faithful start chanting Phaneuf, Phaneuf, Phaneuf. Notice how seldom, if ever, they recognize Kessel's great play during this Stanley Cup playoff.
Ottawa management and fans are really happy with the Phaneuf trade. It had an immediate positive affect on the play of Cody Ceci. Phaneuf, playing #4 in Ottawa, paired with Ceci, looks very solid for next year.
Ottawa dumped a ton of salary on the Leafs ($10,443,000). Think about it. Instead of having Cowen, Greening, Lindberg and Michelak on the books they start next year having Phaneuf in a second pairing with a great young Dman in Ceci.
All the pressure is off Phaneuf. He gets to play behind the all world Karlsson and with a highly skilled young skater in Ceci. His play over the last part of the season for Ottawa was very good. Ceci looked outstanding when paired with Phaneuf. Phaneuf seemed to love the change and was grateful for a fresh start. I have no doubt we will revisit this theme many times over the next few years. - spatso
He probably comes up for the same reason that he came up in every thread when he was a Leaf so people could rip on him. Phaneuf was never a bad player, Toronto's D was bad. Most agree he makes a good 2nd pairing player, Toronto just never had anybody to move him back to that pairing.
Fans of other teams loved to rip on Phaneuf, but Dion was never the problem. His contract and the fact that there wasn't anybody better on the team was the problem.
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So, why does Phaneuf come up in this thread?
It is really a subconscious auto response by some Leaf fans. Every time Phil Kessel has another great playoff game, Leaf faithful start chanting Phaneuf, Phaneuf, Phaneuf. Notice how seldom, if ever, they recognize Kessel's great play during this Stanley Cup playoff.
Ottawa management and fans are really happy with the Phaneuf trade. It had an immediate positive affect on the play of Cody Ceci. Phaneuf, playing #4 in Ottawa, paired with Ceci, looks very solid for next year.
Ottawa dumped a ton of salary on the Leafs ($10,443,000). Think about it. Instead of having Cowen, Greening, Lindberg and Michelak on the books they start next year having Phaneuf in a second pairing with a great young Dman in Ceci.
All the pressure is off Phaneuf. He gets to play behind the all world Karlsson and with a highly skilled young skater in Ceci. His play over the last part of the season for Ottawa was very good. Ceci looked outstanding when paired with Phaneuf. Phaneuf seemed to love the change and was grateful for a fresh start. I have no doubt we will revisit this theme many times over the next few years. - spatso
