as my friend who is a leafs fan said, burke will make one terrible move, then make a brilliant one.

this one is the latter, IMO.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=370797

lombardi and cody franson for lebda and slaney.

nashville got fleeced.

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Lol Franson's not even that good. He wouldn't crack our roster.

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"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

Not our roster, no. But for Toronto this was their equivalent of our deal for Regehr. They also added center depth with Lombardi, who when healthy is a pretty good 2nd line center.

The Leafs did very well here, they got a decent defenceman and got some insurance if when Connolly goes down, and it only cost them a pile of their shit

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"Let's just trap Sekera in the caverns underneath HSBC arena." -BlueandYellow

Reporter: "Steve, you guys now lead the league in defensive scoring."
Montador: "It's probably because of how good-looking we are."

Actually a trade like this has me thinking what the value if Morrisson would be, considering that Lebda makes him look like Ryan Suter...

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"Let's just trap Sekera in the caverns underneath HSBC arena." -BlueandYellow

Reporter: "Steve, you guys now lead the league in defensive scoring."
Montador: "It's probably because of how good-looking we are."

Lombardi probably wont even play this season, he has a nasty concussion.

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"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

I don't think Nashville would have been allowed to trade him if he was still fucked up...

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"Let's just trap Sekera in the caverns underneath HSBC arena." -BlueandYellow

Reporter: "Steve, you guys now lead the league in defensive scoring."
Montador: "It's probably because of how good-looking we are."

fransons pretty good. and hes still pretty young. way better then lebda.

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That's not saying much, hell Kalinin is better then Lebda

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i know. but franson.. eh, hes pretty good. and lets face it, the leafs fleeced the preds. the preds didnt give up much if any of their core, but this is a move that makes the leafs noticeably better.

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Leafs are better but like your friend said its time for Burke to something stupid after doing something good

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connollys 4.75 mil per contract was dumb. not signing connolly but for that cash.

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6 times a year wohoo! 6 easy wins!

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"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

Niklas Bergfors to Nashville: 1yr, 575K

Wow, remember how well he stated out in NJ a couple years ago. The wheels have sure fallen off...

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"Let's just trap Sekera in the caverns underneath HSBC arena." -BlueandYellow

Reporter: "Steve, you guys now lead the league in defensive scoring."
Montador: "It's probably because of how good-looking we are."

didnt they win the last 3 against buffalo? i think that series is going to be more even, while buffalo has certainly figured out ottawa.

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We didn't have Regher, Ehrhoff, and Leino.

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"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

they didnt have connolly...



nah, i believe in burke and what hes doing in toronto. ive always been a burke fan. he seems like a quality dude.

somehow, i dont hate the maple leafs. i actually dont mind them doing well, as long as the sabres do better.

i know, im weird.

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Me too, it's just their fans! They think the Maple Leafs will win the cup every year! It's just optimism man! I'm a confidence nazi!

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"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

I hate the leafs because I mostly have friends who are leafs and I love to piss them off.

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I can see it now: Connolly 1st line center, Lombadri 2nd line center and Drury 3rd line enter all for the leafs and all of them on the Long term IR

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To MIN: Dany Heatley

To SJS: Martin Havlat

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