You guys passed on a lot of good players with all those 1st round selections you had. But it is what it is. If the Bruins were bottom 5 heads would be rolling on passing on Barzal or Boeser...
- LordHumungous

None of us are aware of this. Sweeney obviously has no idea what he is doing. Maybe the Bruins can get Chiarelli back or nab Bergevin. I wonder if Benning wants to come back to Boston?

yes b'y
- Fruitcakenipple

As in GFYH?

you have to be on the roster at end of day on the TDL day for that team team to offer you an 8 year deal. i didn't bother to go back and check the exact date.
- Tumbleweed

oh okay.. so the date is the deadline day... that makes more sense.

None of us are aware of this. Sweeney obviously has no idea what he is doing. Maybe the Bruins can get Chiarelli back or nab Bergevin. I wonder if Benning wants to come back to Boston?
- glove_was_stuck

Yes... they will rac(ist)e back to Boston.

Tavares, Doughty, Karlsson, OEL, Carlson, McDavid, and Stamkos. Damn, how are we gonna pay Marner and Nylander 10M each, while making Matthews the highest paid player in the league? I’m glad we have Lou to “make things work.”
- Steven_Seagull

Just think if you still had the perennial all star future hall of famer player... 2nd round pick. I can hear Joe Bowen now... Here comes Matthews up the middle and into the Predators zone. He passes to Nylander who passes to 2nd round pick. 2nd round pick goes around Subban, he's in all alone and Scores! HOLY MACKINAW! What a shot by 2nd round pick! Boy, thank goodness Lou held on to that guy, eh UG?

Just think if you still had the perennial all star future hall of famer player... 2nd round pick. I can hear Joe Bowen now... Here comes Matthews up the middle and into the Predators zone. He passes to Nylander who passes to 2nd round pick. 2nd round pick goes around Subban, he's in all alone and Scores! HOLY MACKINAW! What a shot by 2nd round pick! Boy, thank goodness Lou held on to that guy, eh UG?
- gergeswillems

Ek's next blog: Sources say Labron James coming to the Leafs. DOMINOS.

Ek's next blog: Sources say Labron James coming to the Leafs. DOMINOS.
- Beatle_john

Ek can have a half hour Buzzcast special called The Decision. He can ask Lebron how it feels to sign a new 8 year deal when he's only allowed to sign for 7. Mike can wear his Wendel Clark jersey from 1988. Ek can wear his Richard Park jersey from 2006. Russ can wear his Henrik Lundqvist jersey from 2010. I'm skipping The Walking Dead for this.

Wild guess here is that it'd be heavily conditional. For example, a 2nd, 3rd, and 5th if Tavares eventually signs for the Leafs for more than 3 years. Much less if he signs for less. Just the 4th if he signs elsewhere.

Them and everybody else.

If he's not signing with the Isles before the deadline, there's no reason to trade for his rights because he's not signing with anyone else before the deadline either.

I also heard from that source that the government is turning the frogs gay

They're better off grabbing 2 Dmen than trying to get Tavares. Plus Tavares will be on broadway next year having MSG as his home ice.

Too many weights & not enough speed work bro!

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Ek can have a half hour Buzzcast special called The Decision. He can ask Lebron how it feels to sign a new 8 year deal when he's only allowed to sign for 7. Mike can wear his Wendel Clark jersey from 1988. Ek can wear his Richard Park jersey from 2006. Russ can wear his Henrik Lundqvist jersey from 2010. I'm skipping The Walking Dead for this.


- gergeswillems

Don't get Jake angry........he doesn't like Wendel Clark!

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The best news from reading through the threads here is that the Leafs are eligible to sign Plekanek to an 8 year deal.
That max contract will buy him all the turtlenecks he can muster.

fake news, click bait!!

It's going to be funny when he signs with Les Habitants on July 1st

I like JT but do not see him as a captain or a number one C. I think the Isles will grossly overpay and be kicking themselves in 3 years. JT looks tired and slow and although you can work on your game in the off season, you can't learn to skate at his age. I would happily unload him for the right package. It is just bad timing with where the Isles are, how old he is and the term of what he will get, and the new arena being ready. If a new GM and entirely new management team was to come in, they would love a ton of picks to build the team correctly around Barzal, Beau, Lee, Bailey, Eberle, Pulock, Toews, and Aho. They would be competitive by the time they moved in to the new building.
- LItransplant44

This is hilarious!

Sounds like a kid who lost his favourite toy but then, upon sullen reflection, opines that he never really liked it anyway.

I also heard from that source that the government is turning the frogs gay
- PapaSquat

They’ve already turned the birds gay.

Yeah ok. Clickbait on this one. Toss Leafs out for more hits.

Leafs want Tavares' rights prior to Draft.
AND I WANT TO WIN THE LOTTERY, And That Won't Happen either

Them and everybody else.

If he's not signing with the Isles before the deadline, there's no reason to trade for his rights because he's not signing with anyone else before the deadline either.
- BINGO!

EXACTLY! He is still under contact until the first of July... not the end of the season.

Does Toronto want to sign him prior to that.... sure.
Do hippos like wiggling their ears...sure.

Don't need a source for either once of those examples.

Would honestly say as much as I like Auston, I'd rather have JT over him. Maybe if JT actually wanted to join they could package Kadri and Gardiner for one guy who could really help the blueline(???). Obviously JVR and Bozak aren't coming back and Leivo/Kapanen/Johnsson will fill the wings at decent prices.

Ask the geniuses in the Vancouver thread
- Matthews_Auston

You really are an idiot if YOU don't "get it"

Thanks Buston!

No they are not Ek. Please stop with your BS stories.

No they are not Ek. Please stop with your BS stories.
- HabFanInAlberta

Would you like to buy a Hockey Buzz Season Ticket, young man?

Would you like to buy a Hockey Buzz Season Ticket, young man?


- gergeswillems

Why are you posting pictures of 1990's Melissa Ethridge fans?

Why are you posting pictures of 1990's Melissa Ethridge fans?
- glove_was_stuck

Fans? I thought that was Melissa Ethridge....