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When "wanting to trade one" is due to not wanting to lose him with no return at all, maybe not so much. I'll concede the "need" to trade one of them wasn't sooooooooo massive, but I have some difficulty getting my head around the idea that the price the Leafs paid to obtain him was all that...

I got the impression from watching several of Lou's post-trade interviews that the Leafs management's assessment of needs was that, yes, they needed more reliablity in net, both going into this season (to help insulate a potentially large influx of rookies on the team) and for the longer term...

True. The Sabres will have all summer to show him what a thriving, bustling, modern metropolis looks like, with its lovely variety of cuisine, vibrant night life, international diversity, and a rabid fan base....by taking him on day trips to Toronto. :p

I don't mind this deal at all. I think it will help that Andersen will come into it knowing that he's not expected to single-handedly win the Leafs a ton of games...management will expect him to do his very best but won't be unduly upset when he loses. He's not someone who typically gives up...

In my case, the panel actually does affect my enjoyment of the game and the likelihood that I'll stay with it for the entire broadcast rather than channel-flip. On average, I find myself far more likely to watch an entire broadcast when it's on TSN. Duthie is exactly what I look for in a host...

It may be that it's automatic once waivers have cleared. I checked his listing on NHL.com (thinking the NHL's own site ought to be reasonably definitive as a source) and he is now shown with the NHL logo and associated with no team, whereas most players display their team's logo and name on them...

In much the same vein, when Vegas enters the league will they be considered as one of the hottest ones? How is it calculated? Avg temp over a 24-hour period, or daytime high, or night-time low, or at initial puck drop?

Which is pretty much the crux of the case against investing in Stamkos. It's too early to know what we have, or what we need, so it seems like putting the cart before the horse to spend heavily in free agency until the other components of a winning team have been developed from within.

While I like the premise, the kind of money and term Stamkos is going to command makes it very hard for me to view him as "insurance." That would be more in the realms of buying a house on the Bridal Path in case the bungalow you're building in Markham doesn't end up being quite what you want...

I'm not quite sure I see how that addresses my point rather than restating the premise that he'd feel a limited window of opportunity for winning with a Leaf crest on his jersey trumps a far greater likelihood of doing it with another team that is already in a competitive position. The entire...

I suppose, although as a counter to that, Babcock's window of opportunity to win with the Leafs is considerably longer and easily extended if everyone is happy, whereas Stamkos' playing days are finite. Perhaps he'll manage to maintain an elite level of play into his early/mid 30's where he'd be...

Thanks. So that doesn't in any way affect the potential of the Leafs just sitting on it now until the end of the month and they can still trade him to another team. I guess, if anything, that makes it even easier to do a trade since the acquiring team could then immediately buy him out the...

How does the process work? When you put the player on waivers for purposes of buy-out does the buy-out happen automatically when/if he clears waivers, or can they hold off on the actual buyout until later? The only things that come to mind would be if the Leafs are a bit tight on the...

This has been an entertaining read but the one thing I haven't seen really addressed is why on earth Stamkos would want to come here. Most players of his pedigree are driven by winning. They work their tails off to be that little bit better than anyone else in the hopes of winning the ultimate...

Since his credit is pretty small and the Leafs don't have any sort of a cap issue, I'd wait until the 11th hour before doing that since one of the cap-strapped teams (LAK, CHI, etc) might be willing to part with something in exchange for a little cap relief. Maybe it's only a mid-late round...

I wanted to come and thank you all, on behalf of mom and I, for your thoughts and well-wishes. While I knew that dad had read and posted here regularly, I hadn't realized the extent of his involvement or the number of people he had touched until now. I do know that he loved his time here and...