just wanted to hop on and throw a blanket invitation to everyone who chirped the leafs on this thread to suck my balls. thanks, have a great day.
- Zezel

I hope:

The Leafs keep #5 and take the best player available.

They also trade for a 1st rounder to take Faksa (likely a 6-9 overall)

They wait and see if SJ and PIT make a 1st round playoff exit. SJ likely to trade Thorton or Marleau, PIT can't keep Neal, Crosby, Malkin, Fleury, Letang and Staal so simple math says Staal could be available. Cost would likely be Kadri & Kulemin plus a 1st rounder, please top 10 protect it Burkie (Kulemin and Malkin have played together in Russia)

Sign Doan.

Schenn for JVR.

Part ways with Connoly, Lombardi and Komisarek, hopefully for picks or pieces that can be used to trade for the 2nd 1st rounder this year for Faksa.

Next year could look like:

Lupul/Staal or Thorton/Kessel
Doan/Grabo/JVR
McArthur/Bozak/Armstrong
Frattin/Steckel/Crabb/Hamilton

Phaneuf/Liles
Gardiner/Gunnarson
Franzen/Gardiner
Holzer

The 1st 2 picks in the AHL all year and Colburne can be the 1st call up and have Doan or Thorton be his mentor.
- cracka

Im pretty sure the pens can keep all their players intact... its not that hard, why would they trade staal away when they have about 2 mill cap space free, and there are other players who are ufas that can be released and they can increase the pay of crosby,staal, etc to keep on the team.......

...and hockey fans will spend next season not knowing or caring the Isles exist.
- Fakepartofme

Whatever happened to Tavares anyways?.....poor guy is going to play out his career in complete anonymity if he stays in no where New York his whole career.

Whatever happened to Tavares anyways?.....poor guy is going to play out in complete anonymity if he stays in no where New York his whole career.
- iLive4theLeafs

He's lighting up the league!
2011-12 New York Islanders NHL 82 31G 50A 81P 26PM -6

...um... "anonymity"....? He's the marquee player for one of the New York franchises! You may have heard of New York - it's big. And rich. And they love winners. Which the Islanders have been, and hopefully will again. Garth Snow is an assclown but he hasn't managed to trade away all their excellent draft picks yet!

EDIT:I know NY isn't a hockey market like TO is, but IMO Tavares gets as much or as little celebrity BS as he wants.

He's lighting up the league!
2011-12 New York Islanders NHL 82 31G 50A 81P 26PM -6

...um... "anonymity"....? He's the marquee player for one of the New York franchises! You may have heard of New York - it's big. And rich. And they love winners. Which the Islanders have been, and hopefully will again. Garth Snow is an assclown but he hasn't managed to trade away all their excellent draft picks yet!

EDIT:I know NY isn't a hockey market like TO is, but IMO Tavares gets as much or as little celebrity BS as he wants.
- thefullnelson

The Islanders aren't relevant......when they are again, he and Moulson will get the recognition they both deserve

He's lighting up the league!
2011-12 New York Islanders NHL 82 31G 50A 81P 26PM -6

...um... "anonymity"....? He's the marquee player for one of the New York franchises! You may have heard of New York - it's big. And rich. And they love winners. Which the Islanders have been, and hopefully will again. Garth Snow is an assclown but he hasn't managed to trade away all their excellent draft picks yet!

EDIT:I know NY isn't a hockey market like TO is, but IMO Tavares gets as much or as little celebrity BS as he wants.
- thefullnelson

....and you finally got the point of my somewhat sarcastic remark....congrats.