I like it......
- burn

I was getting tired of all the toddlers coming in with "lets just package something something for a #1 center!" so I went through all the depth charts and newsflash: there's not alot of top 6 centers (let alone #1s) potentially available without having to trade the farm to get them:

Marleau: too old, expensive, has NMC.
Briere: too old, too small.
Gagner: too small.
Stastny: best of the bunch.
Getzlaf: he'll be going to UFA. Will want Parise term (if CBA allows it).

Perhaps Burke's waiting out Getzlaf as an option?

I was getting tired of all the toddlers coming in with "lets just package something something for a #1 center!" so I went through all the depth charts and newsflash: there's not alot of top 6 centers (let alone #1s) potentially available without having to trade the farm to get them:

Marleau: too old, expensive, has NMC.
Briere: too old, too small.
Gagner: too small.
Stastny: best of the bunch.
Getzlaf: he'll be going to UFA. Will want Parise term (if CBA allows it).

Perhaps Burke's waiting out Getzlaf as an option?
- gravyface

Sadly I agree. No one is going to giveaway a #1C. I guess our best hope is Getzlaf as a UFA next summer and they change the rules about stupid term.

I still don't get how Minny is getting away with this. Those deals look an awful lot like the Kovalchuk deal, and the League nixed it.

Here's two trades that IMO, make sense for both teams:

MacArthur for Halak: we get a 1a/b goaltending tandem, St. Louis gets a defensively responsible feisty winger who can put up ~50 points.

Lupul for Stastny: we get a #1 two-way, playmaking center/make room for JVR, Kadri, etc., they get a #1 LW to play with O'Reilly or Duschene.
- gravyface

Bro... Halak... people... he's just not available. Why keep mentioning him in trades? And my god they gave a 1st and a 1st round prospect for him, and everyone said that was a steal. We would need waaayyy more than Mac, Halak was one of the best goalies last season in the league.

Bro... Halak... people... he's just not available. Why keep mentioning him in trades? And my god they gave a 1st and a 1st round prospect for him, and everyone said that was a steal. We would need waaayyy more than Mac, Halak was one of the best goalies last season in the league.
- Boosinicka

Simple as that.

Bro... Halak... people... he's just not available. Why keep mentioning him in trades? And my god they gave a 1st and a 1st round prospect for him, and everyone said that was a steal. We would need waaayyy more than Mac, Halak was one of the best goalies last season in the league.
- Boosinicka

It was Eller and Schultz. Schultz is a marginal AHLer and Eller scored 4 MOTHER(frank)ING goals in one game. (For Marty)

Simple as that.
- Pecafan Fan

I know eh, yet every 3rd page is someone proposing we trade for him. No one's suggesting we trade for Elliot, and if that's the case why the (frank) would St. Louis want him for their #1? Not to mention they already traded Bishop. Halak is just as untouchable as Fleury.

It was Eller and Schultz. Schultz is a marginal AHLer and Eller scored 4 MOTHER(frank)ING goals in one game. (For Marty)
- AdamFrench

I thought it was Eller & a 1st? and I'm well aware how awful Eller is, that trade was laughable. Even with a 1st rounder, now I'm stitches to know that it wasn't.

I know eh, yet every 3rd page is someone proposing we trade for him. No one's suggesting we trade for Elliot, and if that's the case why the (frank) would St. Louis want him for their #1? Not to mention they already traded Bishop. Halak is just as untouchable as Fleury.
- Boosinicka

I really, really wonder why St-Louis would consider moving Halak when they just finished a season with arguably the cheapest, most effective goalie tandem in the league.

Makes absolutely zero sense.

I really, really wonder why St-Louis would consider moving Halak when they just finished a season with arguably the cheapest, most effective goalie tandem in the league.

Makes absolutely zero sense.
- Pecafan Fan

exactly, hence why they would never consider it.

I really, really wonder why St-Louis would consider moving Halak when they just finished a season with arguably the cheapest, most effective goalie tandem in the league.

Makes absolutely zero sense.
- Pecafan Fan

I wonder what it would cost to pry Kane and Emery from Chicago...

I really, really wonder why St-Louis would consider moving Halak when they just finished a season with arguably the cheapest, most effective goalie tandem in the league.

Makes absolutely zero sense.
- Pecafan Fan

Also that Elliot always has a magical 15 games up his butt, as the season went on he saw the bench more often as Halak got healthy. Elliot was pretty poop in the playoffs when it mattered.

It was Eller and Schultz. Schultz is a marginal AHLer and Eller scored 4 MOTHER(frank)ING goals in one game. (For Marty)
- AdamFrench

Eller on a line with Gagner would be unbelievable.

It would be unfair. 8 goals and 12 points per game between them.

Nobody could stand up to that.

Besides, Eller gets it, and Paccioretty got his life back!

Eller on a line with Gagner would be unbelievable.

It would be unfair. 8 goals and 12 points per game between them.

Nobody could stand up to that.

Besides, Eller gets it, and Paccioretty got his life back!
- GoneFullRetard

I wonder what it would cost to pry Kane and Emery from Chicago...
- JIMI-JAMES

Komisarek and a 3rd­

Komisarek and a 3rd­
- Pecafan Fan

I know if you trade Subban for them, you lose that deal.

I know if you trade Subban for them, you lose that deal.
- GoneFullRetard

It was Eller and Schultz. Schultz is a marginal AHLer and Eller scored 4 MOTHER(frank)ING goals in one game. (For Marty)
- AdamFrench

Al Bundy scored 4 touchdowns in one game for Polk High.

I was getting tired of all the toddlers coming in with "lets just package something something for a #1 center!" so I went through all the depth charts and newsflash: there's not alot of top 6 centers (let alone #1s) potentially available without having to trade the farm to get them:

Marleau: too old, expensive, has NMC.
Briere: too old, too small.
Gagner: too small.
Stastny: best of the bunch.
Getzlaf: he'll be going to UFA. Will want Parise term (if CBA allows it).

Perhaps Burke's waiting out Getzlaf as an option?
- gravyface

Our farm isn't that great anyway......trade it.
We need some vet pressence...get Marleau.

What is the big deal the Leafs were doing this morning???

Where the hell is that..?

Our farm isn't that great anyway......trade it.
We need some vet pressence...get Marleau.
- Fakepartofme

I agree

What is the big deal the Leafs were doing this morning???

Where the hell is that..?
- bixll

No deal.
It doesn't exist.

What is the big deal the Leafs were doing this morning???

Where the hell is that..?
- bixll

I ate it for breakfast.

Our farm isn't that great anyway......trade it.
We need some vet pressence...get Marleau.
- Fakepartofme

Did they not just finish second in the AHL?

What a glum bunch..

I ate it for breakfast.
- Gunslinger

funny... I shat it earlier this morning.

No deal.
It doesn't exist.
- Fakepartofme

What was the Deal?