Toronto trades D Korbinian Holzer to Anaheim.
— Gord Miller (@GMillerTSN) March 2, 2015
Trade call hasn't gone through yet but Eric Brewer and 2016 fifth-round pick goes to Toronto for Holzer.
— Eric Stephens (@icemancometh) March 2, 2015
Wait ... #Leafs have sent Korbinian Holzer to the Ducks
— Terry Koshan (@koshtorontosun) March 2, 2015
Kinda agree with O'Neill there, cheap, big, good attitude, a guy you probably wouldn't mind keeping around. Can be replaced though.
Kinda agree with O'Neill there, cheap, big, good attitude, a guy you probably wouldn't mind keeping around. Can be replaced though.
Keith Aulie cleared waivers today, you could say all those things about him too.
Ducks also get D Korbinian Holzer from Toronto for a draft pick and player along with C Michael Sgarbossa from Colorado for D Mat Clark.
— Eric Stephens (@icemancometh) March 2, 2015
Kinda agree with O'Neill there, cheap, big, good attitude, a guy you probably wouldn't mind keeping around. Can be replaced though.
Keith Aulie cleared waivers today, you could say all those things about him too.
Ducks also get D Korbinian Holzer from Toronto for a draft pick and player along with C Michael Sgarbossa from Colorado for D Mat Clark.
— Eric Stephens (@icemancometh) March 2, 2015
Don't know if that's accurate but it was retweeted by Chris Johnson
Beauchemin is literally the only partner Phaneuf has had in Toronto that you could say was a top pairing D on another good team too.
Beauchemin is literally the only partner Phaneuf has had in Toronto that you could say was a top pairing D on another good team too.
Stop trying to make fetch happen ;)
But really - "here, play top minutes with a revolving door of barely NHL calibre D" then "why don't you excel!?" Gunnarsson goes to STL, he's getting 2nd pairing minutes. Franson goes to Nashville, he's getting 3rd pairing minutes.
Once again, as has been an issue with the top line, really good players are being put into situations with other players who aren't at that level and criticized when the results aren't great.
Have you been Dion Phaneuf's defensive partner? Cool. You're gone! Beauchemin, Schenn, Aulie (?), Gunnarsson, Kostka, Franson, Holzer.
— Steve “Dangle” Glynn (@Steve_Dangle) March 2, 2015
But really - "here, play top minutes with a revolving door of barely NHL calibre D" then "why don't you excel!?" Gunnarsson goes to STL, he's getting 2nd pairing minutes. Franson goes to Nashville, he's getting 3rd pairing minutes.
Once again, as has been an issue with the top line, really good players are being put into situations with other players who aren't at that level and criticized when the results aren't great.
Since you won't drop it I'll just point out that Steve Dangle is doing a better job at this than you:
The #leafs acquire Eric Brewer and a fifth-rounder from #NHLDucks for Korbinian Holzer. Trade call pending.
— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) March 2, 2015
Wow, a 5th for Holzer and to the next 2 months of Brewer's contract? That's actually fantastic.
Who's keeping track, the Leafs have seemed to pick up quite a few draft picks the last little while.
Who's keeping track, the Leafs have seemed to pick up quite a few draft picks the last little while.
Who's keeping track, the Leafs have seemed to pick up quite a few draft picks the last little while.
It's a start, but we're going to need to add a lot more in the next couple of years (hopefully starting at 5 he draft).
They've added 5 draft picks since the Franson trade. NAS 1st, PIT 4th, ANA 5th, STL 6th in 2015 and PIT 2nd in 2016.
Still only two picks in the top 60, which is disappointing.
Still only two picks in the top 60, which is disappointing.
Still only two picks in the top 60, which is disappointing.
Maybe a couple more can be acquired before draft day after the playoffs are over.
Still only two picks in the top 60, which is disappointing.
Maybe a couple more can be acquired before draft day after the playoffs are over.
Yep, I'm expecting more moves around then.
Brewer, Horton.. If Paul Coffey wasn't retired I'd think this team was working on a strange marketing plan with Tim Hortons.
Correct me if I"m wrong, but is Holzer not a pending UFA. He also has a concussion. So we got something for a guy who at his worst may not even play another game and at best is a depth defenseman. He's also exactly the kind of guy that would be available July 3rd if the Leafs want to bring him back. In fact he's likely a guy who doesn't have a contract until the end of July.
Correct me if I"m wrong, but is Holzer not a pending UFA. He also has a concussion. So we got something for a guy who at his worst may not even play another game and at best is a depth defenseman. He's also exactly the kind of guy that would be available July 3rd if the Leafs want to bring him back. In fact he's likely a guy who doesn't have a contract until the end of July.
Correct me if I"m wrong, but is Holzer not a pending UFA. He also has a concussion. So we got something for a guy who at his worst may not even play another game and at best is a depth defenseman. He's also exactly the kind of guy that would be available July 3rd if the Leafs want to bring him back. In fact he's likely a guy who doesn't have a contract until the end of July.
Still only two picks in the top 60, which is disappointing.
Maybe a couple more can be acquired before draft day after the playoffs are over.
Yep, I'm expecting more moves around then.
I mean really at this point can the Leafs go in to next season with Lupul, Bozak, Phanuef and Kessel on this team?
Still only two picks in the top 60, which is disappointing.
Maybe a couple more can be acquired before draft day after the playoffs are over.
Yep, I'm expecting more moves around then.
I mean really at this point can the Leafs go in to next season with Lupul, Bozak, Phanuef and Kessel on this team?
I can't see it.
Of those four, I think Phaneuf and Kessel need to go before next season. They both symbolize what's wrong with the current Leafs, while still having potential value for other teams. Phaneuf does seem to care and is a good but overpaid and miscast defenseman. Kessel has tons of talent but his attitude seems to have slipped. Both will be too old when the rebuild is complete.
Bozak and Lupul aren't part of the future either, but I think their importance and the urgency of moving them is secondary.
Nonis has done well in ridding the Leafs of the Clarkson albatross, but if he's to make a case for himself being Leaf GM through the rebuild, he needs to prove it by getting maximum value for those two players.
Brewer, Horton.. If Paul Coffey wasn't retired I'd think this team was working on a strange marketing plan with Tim Hortons.