Agreed, but they must be dancing in the streets in Anaheim...oh, wait, it's SoCal...never mind, they don't give enough of a shit.

_________________
Oh lord, it's hard to be humble, when you're perfect in every way. I can't wait to look in the mirror, 'cause I get better looking each day. To know me is to love me, I must be a hell of a man. Oh lord, it's hard to be humble, but I'm doin' the best that I can.

I can see Burke acquiring players to help other teams drop some cap. So no big named stars but a few players here and there to help teams move cap so they can go for someone big.

_________________
"Love, love will tear us apart again"- Ian Curtis

The leafs have like no offense now....lol

_________________
"It is more about them than it is about the team...Cannot play with them, cannot win with them, cannot coach with them. Can't do it. I want winners. I want people that want to win." - Mike Singletary

Tyler Myers - Future captain of the Buffalo Sabres, and future Norris Trophy Winner

Manning the machine gun on the Tyler Myers Bandwagon - just in case any teams have an idea of prying him away from us (3 GM's shot already)

Connolly/Roy - 2 goals in the last 47 playoff games

Hey now...some people in SoCal care about hockey...just not about SoCal teams

_________________
Hold my beer and watch this...

This was a great deal for the Leafs build out from the back end and they have Kessel and Kadri up front in the years to come. Aulie was Myers defensive partner last year during the World Juniors. The Leafs have 3 pretty tough defenseman now with Schenn, Phaneuf and Komisarek. They upgraded their goaltending with Gigure and still have room to trade Kaberle for some offensive talent or some picks. Why do teams still continue to trade with Toronto it seems like Burke usually ends up with the better of the deal. I know people are going to say they gave up alot for Kessel but at least you know what you getting with him your getting a young solid scoring forward for years to come and you never know if the picks Burke traded away are going to pan out anyways. I can't stand the leafs but this isn't good news for the Division and not for the Sabres. The Sabres have alot of small forwards and leafs are getting bigger and tougher.

But without the picks Toronto is going to have no depth, and the team outside of Kadri and Kessel will be AHL players or 3rd line players a best.

You can have the best defense in the world but if you still can't score against others, you aren't going to win either.

_________________

Not really. Blake was overpaid dead weight with another two years remaining on his contract, and Toskala couldn’t stop a beach ball if his life depended on it.

toronto goalies sure do have a problem with beach balls, thats for sure

_________________
PSA: I am an overly sarcastic person. If you take me at my word, then i will most likely anger and offend you.

They have absolutely no offense. We may not beat them 5-2 anymore but a 2-0 win is still a win.

I tend to agree, which would make a Kaberle deal for a couple of pieces (forward and picks/prospects) all the more realistic if Burke chooses to add anymore pieces. If I were Darcy it would look something like this:

To Toronto:
MacArthur
1st rd pick 2010
2nd rd pick 2011
or
MacArthur
Gerbe
1st rd pick 2010
4th rd pick 2010

For Kaberle
You could use any combination, pick your poison, but is Kaberle worth it?

_________________
Lord Stanley's Cup is what its all about.
Mr. Pegula, your destiny awaits you sir.

That doesn't work on cap numbers alone.

Buffalo has $1.16M in cap space.

Moving MacArthur frees up $1.4M.

Kaberle's hit is $4.250M. You'd still be $1.7M short.

Beyond that, it doesn't make sense. Buffalo already has two defenseman sitting in the press box every night. It make no sense to move a forward and put someone else upstairs.

We need to move some defenders for forwards more than getting more defensemen.

_________________

we would be responsible for about `1.8ish, because we are only responsible for the cap hit of his salary they he plays with us this yea, which is about 2/3rd ish
i dunno if he has a longer contract tho

_________________
PSA: I am an overly sarcastic person. If you take me at my word, then i will most likely anger and offend you.

Are you crazy that would be overkill for Kaberle and if I am Burke I make that deal in a second. Kaberle isn't worth more than a 1st rounder and a player of MacArthur's caliber. Giving up 2 picks and 2 players for him would be stupid. We don't need Kaberle we need some offensive help. This team already has a decent defensive corp. They need a big name offensive player and I'm not talking about some old @ss vet!

We would be responsible for about 1/3rd of the remaining salary. We are already at the halfway point and the trade deadline is usually 1/3rd of the remaining season anyways.

_________________

sorry, i had the principle just not the numbers typed right

_________________
PSA: I am an overly sarcastic person. If you take me at my word, then i will most likely anger and offend you.

This team needs a big name offensive player and not another defenseman. This team has no big name offensive player up front. Connolly is their best forward point wise and Vanek isn't scoring at the pace that he is capable of. Roy and Stafford really need to pick their games up if this team is going to go anywhere. Buffalo already has solid goaltending with Miller and has a decent defensive corp. They need to score more goals and stop relying on Miller to hold them in it every game.

i feel like vanek is finding his offensive game a little though.

_________________

Same here, Pominville, Connolly, Vanek, and Hecht are all picking up their offensive game.

_________________

Burke is such a moron how can this guy manage to pull of two deals like that? As a flames fan I would pissed like hell @Sutter. The only piece that comes close to Phaneuf would have been a combination of Kessel + Gustavson.

Giguere he isn't the warrior he once was but still a very good goaltender and an incredible mentor for Gus. Ducks are stupid they could have waited till deadline to get better offers.

_________________
Sloppy seconds = 6 games "clean" headhunting = nothing
it's obvious Bettman and Campbell are Pens cocksuckers