Mike Augello: Summer Deals To Reflect Growing Cap Concerns

no reason whatsoever to buyout lupul...none.

no reason whatsoever to buyout lupul...none.
- Barx

They already said there going to send him to robidas island. No point in wasting cap hit with a buyout if they can have no cap hit at all.

Come on Underhill!

They already said there going to send him to robidas island. No point in wasting cap hit with a buyout if they can have no cap hit at all.
- burn

he's either on the IR or he's scoring points and traded for a pick at the deadline... it makes no sense in any scenario to buy him out.

I know this isn't a leaf trade but I heard this one today.

To the ducks: Taylor hall, 2nd round pick in 2016
To Edmonton: vatanen, Ritchie, 1st round pick 2016

Trying to stick to the LHD on the left side...not too crazy about Marincin, so I selected Percy.

How about Schultz?
- ThePresident

I don't mind him in the 4-6 range.. Definitely better than Schenn.

I know this isn't a leaf trade but I heard this one today.

To the ducks: Taylor hall, 2nd round pick in 2016
To Edmonton: vatanen, Ritchie, 1st round pick 2016
- Kinggilmour

Oh, were you golfing with Murray and PC today?

Oh, were you golfing with Murray and PC today?
- Arctic_AARDVARK

I was actually with Paul Krepelka

Trying to stick to the LHD on the left side...not too crazy about Marincin, so I selected Percy.

How about Schultz?
- ThePresident

Percy is worst than Marincin.


Schultz is nothing more than a third-pairing PP specialist. No thanks.



That said, I do like the thought of a Rielly - Larsson pairing.

I don't mind him in the 4-6 range.. Definitely better than Schenn.
- Arctic_AARDVARK

Should be interesting to see what type of salary he pulls in, I doubt he gets qualified by the pens....I think its in the 4 million range if they pick up the option.

Percy is worst than Marincin.


Schultz is nothing more than a third-pairing PP specialist. No thanks.



That said, I do like the thought of a Rielly - Larsson pairing.
- Steven_Seagull

I read somewhere that Lamoreillo is trying to work something out since its one of his guys from NJ....can't remember where though

I know this isn't a leaf trade but I heard this one today.

To the ducks: Taylor hall, 2nd round pick in 2016
To Edmonton: vatanen, Ritchie, 1st round pick 2016
- Kinggilmour

e3?

Percy will never play on the Leafs. He's not even key on the Marlies. At best he will be traded for a late round pick. At worst they have to send him to waivers to get him on the Marlies...Corrado style. And he'd probably get picked up by edmonton or vancouver.

e3?
- nbboy

that's a sweet profile pic you got with hockey canada guy basically skating out of behind the maple leaf

that's a sweet profile pic you got with hockey canada guy basically skating out of behind the maple leaf
- Njuice

Its just 2 halves,i'm not very good with the image stuff.

We could use a Gudbranson

Trade for provorov.
And also gudlevski or kinkaid

We could use a Gudbranson
- mr.sir

I can lie on the ice for half the cost and be just as useful.


Gudbranson is (frank)ing garbage

Apparently the devils want to potentially trade down. JVR is from
New Jersey.. Wonder if they would do JVR Harrington and Pitts 1st for the 3rd overall?

Pujujarvi would look great on our developing team.

Apparently the devils want to potentially trade down. JVR is from
New Jersey.. Wonder if they would do JVR Harrington and Pitts 1st for the 3rd overall?

Pujujarvi would look great on our developing team.
- Canadianleaf

NJ would absolutely trade CLB's 3rd overall pick for JVR and Harrington. Problem is CLB would try to block the deal

I know this isn't a leaf trade but I heard this one today.

To the ducks: Taylor hall, 2nd round pick in 2016
To Edmonton: vatanen, Ritchie, 1st round pick 2016
- Kinggilmour

That looks like a real hockey trade. Ducks get speed and scoring. Oil gets NHL D and some real good size and physical edge with Ritchie. The exchange of draft picks is fairly minor (a low first for a high second).

We could use a Gudbranson
- mr.sir

To do what? Leafs looking to improve not destroy themselves again.

Apparently the devils want to potentially trade down. JVR is from
New Jersey.. Wonder if they would do JVR Harrington and Pitts 1st for the 3rd overall?

Pujujarvi would look great on our developing team.
- Canadianleaf

I you have to add those other peices to jvr it's not worth it.

Njd doesn't own #3, clb does.

Look, it is pretty straight forward. The Leafs are the last place team in the league and they are about to discover how little impact a group of 18 and 19 year old players have once the hard pace of the NHL kicks in. This is the normal summer buzz of the blue and white. It is completely gone by Christmas and we will see the same pattern next summer.

Much of the bravado is intended to mask the loser results of the past years. But the scoreboard does not lie. The Leafs had the worst record in the NHL. As they stand right now, they are actually a lot less competitive than what they were at this time last year. So get ready for the same result next year.

Also get ready for a whole bunch more postings on how bad the Sens are. Shame is a toxic emotion. It seeks darkness and the edges of our feelings. It becomes infused with our identity. Most Leaf fans feel trapped by an overwhelming identity with the stain of shame. Shame in this case is not how you feel as a Leaf fan, it is what you are. People begin to think that losing is not just what we do, it is the foundation of our being.
- spatso

It is important to properly read the signals when you see Leaf fans reverting to anger, threatening tactics, name calling and personal insults. The responses are essentially self protective. These fans believe they have been beaten around so badly, especially over the last few years. They have been ridiculed, trivialized and dismissed. They have been excluded from the competitive hockey debate. So, they make irrational hockey claims. They come to despise anyone who forces them to face reality.

This summer is about a grand illusion. Matthews, they tell themselves, can do better than Tavares, Stamkos or Eichel or, dare we even say, McDavid. He will instantly pull the Leafs into the playoff mix in his first year and "we will matter again."

When the reality of the situation finally settles into the thinking of Leaf fans they will revert to lashing out against others. They are unconsciously trying to inflict the humiliation they feel unto to others. They want others to know the pain that they are living every day. Leaf fans, for example, do not hate Karlsson. They just intuitively know that he causes them so much pain. It has everything to do with how much Senator fans love Karlsson. They adore his skill his speed and the fact that he is so unique and special. He laughs, he smiles and delights. He is so much like Alphie and entirely fused into our hearts. Leaf fans just want a player who is special for them, someone to love, somebody that they know they can believe in.

One last thought. Shame is always held together by a deeply held wound. You can only escape the wound by naming it, by defining and by choosing not to let it define you from the secret recesses of your own mind. I stopped feeling ashamed when I finally stopped drinking the blue and white kool aid and called out and named the pain. When I publicly let go of the Leafs, when I chose to no longer carry the burden of their failure, I became free. So, I understand their bitterness, their invective and mostly their hurt. I understand how badly they have suffered. I try not to add to that suffering by responding in kind when they become so disrespectful of others.
- spatso