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Domaju
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Timmins, ON
Joined: 06.26.2008

May 15 @ 1:30 PM ET
will do.

i have it installing all day while im at work

il fire it up after work and il send you my cell.

- big_dion


Excellent. I've got the CD version to install. I didn't get the online version. I got the physical one. So I don't know how long it will take to install, but hopefully not long.
Boosinicka
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Edmonton, AB
Joined: 07.25.2010

May 15 @ 1:32 PM ET
he's still 5-10" and 190 pounds.. he's not hughe.. but not small either..

he doesnt have to be big to be a pest.. if he's doing his job right he simply agitates opposition players til they take a penalty

i dont know... i'm gonna keep an open mind with this guy.. this is the feisty character type guy that has been sorely missing from the leafs lineup the last couple years

- Dozzer


I agree, I think he'll do fine on the 4th line.

As for the Nash talk again, I think it's plausible but Howson will get more than he deserves and less than he's expecting. If Grigs & Galchenyuk are gone, I'm ok trading the 5th, no chance Forsberg will ever be Nash. We already have what Reilly and Dumba are projected to be. Nash's contract is a burden, no way Howson gets full value with that contract. I don't really have a proposal but i guess it would be something like 5th, Kulemin, Connolly, aaaand yeah Kulemin + 5th sounds enough to me, doubt CBJ does, Connolly to balance salary.
senstroll
Location: New Fan, Needs to watch Ballet, ON
Joined: 02.22.2008

May 15 @ 1:33 PM ET
The #1 pick is also a risk..

I could see him moving the pick for a proven player. A proven #1 D that is.. Unfortunately the Leafs have nothing of the sort, so moving onto the next available option to fix the Leafs...

Anyone else here interested in trying to pry Mikko Koivu out of Minny to centre the #1 line? Any idea what it would cost?

- mfreedman


But he can take Yak and if he is a bust, its not on him.. everyone says he is the best player available, its not even a 2 person race.. even though closer to the draft TSN will try to make it seem like there is some doubt... Yak will be #1.

Dozzer
Referee
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow since I’m way up high
Joined: 09.15.2010

May 15 @ 1:34 PM ET
Grimsby my man!

5 times a week! damn u must be sore! lol

gotta get the body into beach form eh?

- big_dion


haha nice!!

and the soreness aint so bad now haha.. and its not so much the beach body as the happy gf body
big_dion
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: I've been successful in business for years which is why I can be on hockeybuzz. - HH
Joined: 08.23.2010

May 15 @ 1:34 PM ET
Excellent. I've got the CD version to install. I didn't get the online version. I got the physical one. So I don't know how long it will take to install, but hopefully not long.
- Domaju


ok great,

it wont take nearly as long as the online version, you will install and probley just have a patch to install after that.

im pumped!
big_dion
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: I've been successful in business for years which is why I can be on hockeybuzz. - HH
Joined: 08.23.2010

May 15 @ 1:34 PM ET
haha nice!!

and the soreness aint so bad now haha.. and its not so much the beach body as the happy gf body

- Dozzer


LOL!!!!!!!

hear hear!

i get it every day about my "meat locker" - im proud of it tho
Dozzer
Referee
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow since I’m way up high
Joined: 09.15.2010

May 15 @ 1:35 PM ET
I agree, I think he'll do fine on the 4th line.

As for the Nash talk again, I think it's plausible but Howson will get more than he deserves and less than he's expecting. If Grigs & Galchenyuk are gone, I'm ok trading the 5th, no chance Forsberg will ever be Nash. We already have what Reilly and Dumba are projected to be. Nash's contract is a burden, no way Howson gets full value with that contract. I don't really have a proposal but i guess it would be something like 5th, Kulemin, Connolly, aaaand yeah Kulemin + 5th sounds enough to me, doubt CBJ does, Connolly to balance salary.

- Boosinicka


ok fair enough.. but if the leafs take on nash i hope they dont take on luongo..

dont need two term inflated contracts..

and i honestly think that there are better options than nash considering howson's price tag
Dozzer
Referee
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow since I’m way up high
Joined: 09.15.2010

May 15 @ 1:36 PM ET
LOL!!!!!!!

hear hear!

i get it every day about my "meat locker" - im proud of it tho

- big_dion


yeah i know those comments.. i've ccarried mine proudly for a couple years now tho.. time to shake it up

and its coming around fast.. nice to see the ol sports body i used to have was still hiding underneath all those layers
big_dion
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: I've been successful in business for years which is why I can be on hockeybuzz. - HH
Joined: 08.23.2010

May 15 @ 1:39 PM ET
yeah i know those comments.. i've ccarried mine proudly for a couple years now tho.. time to shake it up

and its coming around fast.. nice to see the ol sports body i used to have was still hiding underneath all those layers

- Dozzer


hahahaha i eat chicken wings at least 2 times a week with all these sports, and i love to eat! no im not fat, 6"0 - 190, i just have a nice lil meat tank!
big_dion
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: I've been successful in business for years which is why I can be on hockeybuzz. - HH
Joined: 08.23.2010

May 15 @ 1:39 PM ET
yeah i know those comments.. i've ccarried mine proudly for a couple years now tho.. time to shake it up

and its coming around fast.. nice to see the ol sports body i used to have was still hiding underneath all those layers

- Dozzer


blame her and the glorious cheese!
mfreedman
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Thornhill, ON
Joined: 10.04.2010

May 15 @ 1:40 PM ET
I agree, I think he'll do fine on the 4th line.

As for the Nash talk again, I think it's plausible but Howson will get more than he deserves and less than he's expecting. If Grigs & Galchenyuk are gone, I'm ok trading the 5th, no chance Forsberg will ever be Nash. We already have what Reilly and Dumba are projected to be. Nash's contract is a burden, no way Howson gets full value with that contract. I don't really have a proposal but i guess it would be something like 5th, Kulemin, Connolly, aaaand yeah Kulemin + 5th sounds enough to me, doubt CBJ does, Connolly to balance salary.

- Boosinicka


Forsberg is not a bad piece to get at all, and will most likely be gone before we get him.

Yakupov
Murray
Galchenyuk
Forsberg

Is my prediction of what the draft will go like...

I dont like the idea of Grigorenko.. Work ethic issues are one of the worst things to see this early on in a player...

I wouldn't mind the idea of trading:

Tor 5th

for

around the 10th overall + B+ prospect

Then use the 10th to draft either Faksa or Gaunce, depending on who is available.
mfreedman
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Thornhill, ON
Joined: 10.04.2010

May 15 @ 1:42 PM ET
But he can take Yak and if he is a bust, its not on him.. everyone says he is the best player available, its not even a 2 person race.. even though closer to the draft TSN will try to make it seem like there is some doubt... Yak will be #1.
- senstroll


I personally dont think that Yak should be the #1. Just for age difference alone... That year makes a huge difference for a lot of prospects, and while I understand that he is obviouwly the safe bet, I would be much happier with the #2 pick than #1.
Domaju
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Timmins, ON
Joined: 06.26.2008

May 15 @ 1:43 PM ET
ok great,

it wont take nearly as long as the online version, you will install and probley just have a patch to install after that.

im pumped!

- big_dion


I know. I know a bunch of guys who have played the Beta and said it's GREAT
Dozzer
Referee
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow since I’m way up high
Joined: 09.15.2010

May 15 @ 1:44 PM ET
hahahaha i eat chicken wings at least 2 times a week with all these sports, and i love to eat! no im not fat, 6"0 - 190, i just have a nice lil meat tank!
- big_dion


dude! i'm the same height and i was up to 227lbs

actually.. the weekend in toronto saturday afternoon is 218.. sunday afternoon i was 227

as you can tell i take eating seriously.. havent weight myself in over a month tho.. i should see where i'm at
Dozzer
Referee
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow since I’m way up high
Joined: 09.15.2010

May 15 @ 1:45 PM ET
blame her and the glorious cheese!
- big_dion


and the pasta, and dips.. and and and and lol

she doesnt understand that being a minute 100lb 5 foot tall girl comes with benefits.. like eating whatever the hell she wants lol
senstroll
Location: New Fan, Needs to watch Ballet, ON
Joined: 02.22.2008

May 15 @ 1:52 PM ET
Forsberg is not a bad piece to get at all, and will most likely be gone before we get him.

Yakupov
Murray
Galchenyuk
Forsberg

Is my prediction of what the draft will go like...

I dont like the idea of Grigorenko.. Work ethic issues are one of the worst things to see this early on in a player...

I wouldn't mind the idea of trading:

Tor 5th

for

around the 10th overall + B+ prospect

Then use the 10th to draft either Faksa or Gaunce, depending on who is available.

- mfreedman


what if we make that trade and they are both gone by 10th pick?
Dozzer
Referee
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow since I’m way up high
Joined: 09.15.2010

May 15 @ 1:54 PM ET
what if we make that trade and they are both gone by 10th pick?
- senstroll


i'd love to have gaunce.. but he's tough to peg... some peoplehave him in the top ten while others have him as low as the mid 20s
big_dion
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: I've been successful in business for years which is why I can be on hockeybuzz. - HH
Joined: 08.23.2010

May 15 @ 1:54 PM ET
and the pasta, and dips.. and and and and lol

she doesnt understand that being a minute 100lb 5 foot tall girl comes with benefits.. like eating whatever the hell she wants lol

- Dozzer


LOL!

yep thats the life, 10 years ago i could eat for 10 days straight non stop and i wouldnt gain a pound...metabolism at its finest.

now it just goes all to the meat locker.

Boosinicka
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Edmonton, AB
Joined: 07.25.2010

May 15 @ 1:55 PM ET
ok fair enough.. but if the leafs take on nash i hope they dont take on luongo..

dont need two term inflated contracts..

and i honestly think that there are better options than nash considering howson's price tag

- Dozzer


I dunno, Luongo would still be an asset. Adding 2 players like that I think makes us a playoff team. I know the contract situation sucks but Lu is just long, at 5.3 it's managable. I hope we just end up with Grigs or Galy, but it's decent plan B.
Lupul-Bozak-Kessel
Nash-Grabovski-Kadri/Frattin
Ashton/Frattin-Colborne-vet physical forward
Brown-Steckel-Kolamov (sp?)

Phaneuf-Gunnarsson/Schultz
Liles-Komisarek
Schenn-Gardiner
Franson ( if not traded)

Luongo
Scrivens

I think if we were to take those contracts a lot of ours would be out (obviously) whhhooo knows. (frank)in bored.

I would say we are getting one of them, just a hunch. If not I don't see many changes, but that also means a future 1C in the draft. I got confidence in Burke, I know most don't, but he usually comes out on top with his deals or at least has a chance to.
mfreedman
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Thornhill, ON
Joined: 10.04.2010

May 15 @ 1:55 PM ET
what if we make that trade and they are both gone by 10th pick?
- senstroll


I assume that the Leafs scouting staff will have a better idea of where they would land, and make sure that a pick they traded down to would have a good chance of landing one of them..

If they think he is valuable enough to take at 5, then I am fine taking Gaunce at 5 if he truly deserves the position.
Boosinicka
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Edmonton, AB
Joined: 07.25.2010

May 15 @ 1:59 PM ET
Forsberg is not a bad piece to get at all, and will most likely be gone before we get him.

Yakupov
Murray
Galchenyuk
Forsberg

Is my prediction of what the draft will go like...

I dont like the idea of Grigorenko.. Work ethic issues are one of the worst things to see this early on in a player...

I wouldn't mind the idea of trading:

Tor 5th

for

around the 10th overall + B+ prospect

Then use the 10th to draft either Faksa or Gaunce, depending on who is available.

- mfreedman

I would say 10th is too far down for Faksa, but i agree, i'm actually Faksa > Forsberg. As for Grigorenko, exact same issues, talent, and size as Spezza back in the day.
mfreedman
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Thornhill, ON
Joined: 10.04.2010

May 15 @ 2:00 PM ET
what if we make that trade and they are both gone by 10th pick?
- senstroll


Also, even if we didnt want to target a particular playter, looking at what it cost us in order to get the 22nd pick from ANA in order to draft Biggs (25th pick + 32nd), I wouldnt mind trading our 5th for say TB 10th and TB 19th... Then trading TB 10th + TOR 37th for BUF 12th + BUF 21st... etc..

Basically stock piling a bunch of later picks... Since most of the later picks are hard to peg, jsut having a larger number of these picks would give us a good chance of taking a steal in the draft.

Obviously these trades arent overly realistic, but the general idea of what I would like to do is still there, IF we couldnt get the guy we want in the draft (Galchenyuk)
mfreedman
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Thornhill, ON
Joined: 10.04.2010

May 15 @ 2:01 PM ET

- Boosinicka


While Burke is the Gm, Luongo won't be a Leaf... He wont go back on his contract stance...
Dozzer
Referee
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow since I’m way up high
Joined: 09.15.2010

May 15 @ 2:10 PM ET
LOL!

yep thats the life, 10 years ago i could eat for 10 days straight non stop and i wouldnt gain a pound...metabolism at its finest.

now it just goes all to the meat locker.


- big_dion


yup.. 34 aint no 24 thats for damn sure
ejeezy
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Toronto, ON
Joined: 08.23.2010

May 15 @ 2:10 PM ET
While Burke is the Gm, Luongo won't be a Leaf... He wont go back on his contract stance...
- mfreedman


Don't be so sure... He didnt draw up the contract
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