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This was such a good trade for the Leafs.  (Really). :)

Healy was talking about how Kessel wasn't a leader and the CBC showed some shots of Phil on the bench last year with his head down.  I guess that is the long awaited tribute to Kessel after they had Dion's classy one in the first period.

That interview with Elliot Friedman and that Washington player was just painful.  The poor guy didn't speak much English.  Bring back  Klune for those insightful, passionate  between period interviews, I say.

I certainly won't purport to change your well-considered position. :) But if the reports are that Reimer's agent asked for $6. million for 6 years (even if that was the initial position and may have been modified thereafter), and if it is the case that there wasn't one single team in the NHL...

And to perhaps support your point,  if Reimer's agent now is going to get more than $3 million and 3 years as a contract offer  from another team, it may be a slight miracle especially given the goalie market.

Perhaps Lou read it a bit more than most people in looking what he got back in the trade today. :)

Leipsic draws a penalty on a fine play while driving to the net.  I like his hockey IQ from the short time he has been here.

I certainly agree with the premise that Reimer has to put up solid numbers for the entire year before the Leafs give him a longer contract and more money. It's really difficult to say definitively what Reimer's trade value and market value is right now.  He has had the worst Goals against...

The 1st period interview with Klune has been the highlight of the game (so far at least). He didn't say one tired standard phrase like 'we have to get pucks to the net' etc.  And even though he didn't seem like he wanted to be there, the hatred he had towards that Predators player who isn't...

Yes apparently. But they are seemingly a very crafty group and present many arguments supporting their case that he is a quality defenceman. :)

I certainly echo your comments. Even Kypreos, last week, said that it was clearly the case that he was never a "game changer", and his years in Toronto confirmed that point. I don't think even his ardent supporters might think that he will make a difference in Ottawa making the playoffs or...

It was a game that was probably inevitable.  But the Leafs did make several mental mistakes, as well, which certainly sealed their fate. Possibly the reason Reimer didn't get pulled was to see how he would do over 60 minutes against a high-scoring team like Chicago.  And we are now seeing his...

That was such a fine game that the Leafs played against the Canucks. Defensively, they were really solid. And the Leafs started generating scoring chances as well. It is such a neat story to see the young guys play, and play well.

This is an interesting link in describing the efforts that the Leafs management went into attempting to maximize Dion's numbers, and limit his exposure to the front line players on other teams...

I will try to respond to your points sequentially (without being overly pedantic hopefully). The premise that Phaneuf would be better in 2 years or so is not necessarily axiomatic.  His skating, mediocre at best over the last year or so, is ultimately going to hold him back, IMHO, going...

I agree with the general premise that Lou "had" to make the deal, given what the Sens were offering.  Rhetorically, was there ever going to be a better deal out there for Dion? And, without attempting to undermine the collective gravitas of busta and CtB and yourself, in my earlier self-serving...

I won't try to go on at length about the difference between the Kessel and the Phaneuf trade as it could be in another thread  (does any one ever think of the poor moderators)? I agree that there was a possible trade to Detroit about a year ago for a pick and I think Smith.  But Noonis vetoed...

I agree that, in hindsight, Kessel's value may not be perceived higher today than in July.  But the market, now, ostensibly is that even Phaneuf's salary doesn't need to be retained.  And Kessel is much more attractive a trade option than Phaneuf ever would be now, or in the future.  And if the...

I, for one, think that the Kessel trade was not a good one at the time for the Leafs, nor has it gotten that much better. The two players the Leafs have are very very mediocre. Kappanan seems to be playing better with the Marlies, but I don't think that the consensus is that he will be an...

You certainly have summarized the opposite arguments about Phaneuf's ability quite well. But, really, if Phaneuf was a bona fide #2 defenceman (or a weak #1), doesn't the trade value reflect his talent level most accurately as reflected by GM's.  In other words, the fact that he was traded for...