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When JVR first came back in the playoffs, he was very impressive.  He crashed the net, played with an edge, and showed some offensive flair. He has tailed off quite a bit since then.  This could be because he simply does not have the timing or conditioning of the other players after missing so...

Moen should be a candidate to consider, but given the Leafs salary cap issues can they even consider third and fourth line players who make over $1,000,000?  There are already too many making much more than than, e.g. Armstrong, Lombardi, Connolly.  The Leafs are going to have to find a way to...

Komarov is compared to Jaarko Ruutu. FWIW Ruutu topped out at $1.3 million after he had established himself. My guess is somewhere in the $800,000 range on a one-year contract.

I ran P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E? through my Maple Leafs Fans spellchecker and it automatically corrected it to P-A-N-I-C.

How about Lomardi or Armstrong to Columbus for Steve Mason? Not that I want Steve Mason on the team, but I was surprised by how low the cap hit would be on his buyout compared to either Lombardi or Armstrong.  The following is a cut and paste job from Capgeek.  (Sorry that the formatting got...

Didn't D'Amigo leave NCAA hockey after one year?  When he failed to make the Leafs, he went to the Marlies.  He struggled badly, and midway through the season they sent him to the Kitchener Rangers to get his confidence back.  I believe that the Leafs control whether he plays in the AHL or the...

It is going to be an interesting summer. This thread has already identified multiple options for goalies available via trade, (or possibly available via trade), UFA and RFA.  Burke must do something about Leaf goaltending. Although it is not receiving as much talk, there could also be multiple...

Does anyone understand the business strategy of Leafs TV? When TSN and Sportsnet first came into existence, they struggled to fill all of the programming hours with decent content.  (Anyone remember the endless of hours of Australian football?)  But they worked at it and ended up with a need to...

Four great issues to discuss. A)  Price:  Luongo is an option if and only if the price is reasonable.  If it is too high, then Burke et al. should look at the other options.  If the price is low, then Luongo is worthwhile considering. B)  Mental Makeup:  I dispute that the Luongo cracked under...

Crazy idea, but I will throw it out. Bell and Rogers will take ownership of MLSE on July 1.  It would solve the territorial rights issue if they negotiated with the NHL to buy a second franchise to the GTA. Since one owner cannot have two franchises, Bell and Rogers then split up, each taking...

Isn't it amazing that the hundreds of professional goalie coaches  ;D ::) :'( who call in to Sports Radio and post on web sites know that Allaire is useless as a goalie coach, but the professional goalies still respect him. 

There is a consensus that the Leafs must do something to strengthen their goaltending before next season.  The good news is that there appear to be a significant number of good to great options on the trade and free agent markets. When considering Luongo as one of the options, the biggest...

It appears unlikely that Vancouver will start next season with both Luongo and Schneider.  If they trade Schneider, and Luongo gets off to his usual slow start, it will be an extremely difficult autumn for Canucks management.  Unless they get an unbelievable offer for Schneider, I believe that...

I think that he was looking at the time to get there and back.

Consider these two options: 1)  Vancouver's asking price is reasonable (you decide what would be reasonable), but they will not take back any salary dumps, or 2)  Vancouver will take back a salary dump, but then want additional or better assets than in the first option. Which would you...

Florida teams offer two advantages over Toronto: -  proximity to Luongo's family; -  less scrutiny by fans and media.  Of course, there are other teams in need of a goaltender as well.  New Jersey, assuming Brodeur retires; Chicago, although Vancouver would like prefer to trade him out of the...

A few points about Luongo: 1)  Luongo has let in some bad goals in his career, but overall he has been a Hall of Fame calibre goal tender.  Grant Fuhr let in lots of bad goals, but won a boat load of cups.  Ken Dryden let in bad goals, but so what. Luongo has won an Olympic gold and taken his...

Leafs traded Hayes for what turned out to be Brad Ross. Leafs traded Versteeg for what turned out to be Percy and Josh Leivo. The jury is still out on both trades.  The jury should also still be out on the Kessel trade.  Based only on NHL production to date, the trade is clearly in the Leafs...

Thanks, Sarge.  I missed your post post on page 1 when I first skimmed this thread.  Terrific video and helps to explain how the Rangers jumped to  the top of the conference so quickly this year.

It would be pretty difficult to announce it now when JVR is expected to dress tonight against the Penguins.