Holy Crap - Leafs are a dealin

[Jds63]

The Flames have dealt Dion Phaneuf, Fredrik Sjostrom and Keith Aulie to Leafs for Matt Stajan, Niklas Hagman, Jamal Mayers and Ian White.

 

 

 

All right all the armchair analysts out there ... the crap just hit the fan in Leaf world .... let the discussion begin .... Good or Bad ?

 

Not sure what the results will be yet !! no details on draft picks or cost !!!

 

 

 

I also heard Giguere for Toskala

[blarg]

Burke snapped after watching the Sedins beat up on the leafs last night! Well, they couldn't be any worse, could they?

[uglyfish]

lol i just posted the same thing. but didnt know the details.

 

im extatic to have phaneuf, but sad to see hagman go, cause he was really starting to pick up his play. stajan never played to his potential... but IAN WHITE????? there better be plans to sign him back in the off season, he was the best player on the team all year, hands down!!

 

im hearing giguere and a 1st rounder for toskola. personally, thats a VERY high price for toskola... a stick and 2 pucks seems more fair of a deal to me.. lol, but if burke got that, good on him.

[blarg]

Giguere is going to cost the leafs more than toskala, and Ian white was going to be expecting more money that the leafs were willing to pay him.

 

 

Rumor now is Blake is in the deal and leafs get a first rounder along with giguere

Edited January 31, 2010 by blarg

[uglyfish]

burke said he would take on salary to aquire draft picks. which is evident in the toskola-giguere deal. white was well worth the raise he is gonna get in the off season. i really hope there is a deal in place to resign him in the off season. he has been their best player hands down all year. and last year as well. he plays both ends of the ice

[uglyfish]

and for a team that cant score, trading ur leading scorer isnt gonna help that matter much. mayers was no shock as he requested a trade. and it was a matter of time for stajan. as he has been called out nurmous time this year by management.

[lookinforwalleye]

Obviously Phaneuf is a quality defenseman but the leafs give up their 2nd and 3rd highest scoring forwards and a pretty good D`man in White.

This will put more pressure of Kessel to score more goals.

 

If the Leafs can get Giguere that would help as Toskala just plain stinks and the Monster has proven one thing so far is that he is not ready for the NHL.

[smitter]

Phaneuf is one of my favorite players. He's had a terrible year in Calgary, hopefully a change of venue will turn him around.

 

It will be great to see him in a Leafs uniform.

[uglyfish]

Phaneuf is one of my favorite players. He's had a terrible year in Calgary, hopefully a change of venue will turn him around.

 

It will be great to see him in a Leafs uniform.

 

 

i agree!! now we know the leafs will be looking for at least 2 top line forwards in the off season now. they need a number one playmaking center and another scoring winger

[lookinforwalleye]

Apparently the Giguere deal is done, Toskala and Blake.

 

I give props to Burke for getting rid of two overpaid bums and getting something useful in return albiet a big contract in Giguere who is having a sub par year.

[muskymatt]

OMG....the leafs made a trade?????

 

Better get the parade route ready!!!!

[dave524]

Doing a rough head count , looks like a couple of Marlies are going to be called up to fill a few spots.

[uglyfish]

i didnt know blake was part of that deal he just cleared some serious salary from the team. and salary from some totally useless players. i feel for the ducks though.,.. noew that have a high payed useless winger who plays well once every 12 games or so. and a goalie who cant stop a shot to save his life, has horrible positioning and some of the worst rebound control the game has ever seen!

 

now, if we can get rid of jeff finger and his 4 mil per year joke of a contract for a guy who was number 7 on colorados depth chart before ferguson signed him we'll be ok.

[solopaddler]

If true this deal is on par with the one that brought Dougie to the Leafs from Calgary.

It seems Calgary has a history now of overspending to aquire Torontos dregs.

 

Also I'm amazed anyone picked up Blakes contract, wow. That's huge.

[holdfast]

OH my god, four Leafs to Calgary. THE VIRUS IS SPREADING

[Fang]

Now what are we gonna get for Kaberle. I like these moves. A number one goalie for sure and someone on defense who can scare the crap out of the other teams forwards.

[SBCregal]

From mapleleafs.com

 

Toskala, Blake, White, Hagman, Stajan and Mayers gone

 

Phaneuf, Giguere, Aulie and Sjorostom to Toronto

 

hopefully Giguere will be able to do something Toskala couldn't now that he is reunited with Burke and Francois Allaire (goaltending coach)

With Toronto at the bottom of the league in goals allowed and 16th in goals for, maybe giving up a bit of scoring for some defence and a goalie isnt a horrible idea...we'll see

[bucktail]

I love Phaneuf but how can this possibly help this team???????????????????

They cant score into an empty net!

They need to get rid of Burke , they will soon have the lowest scoring team in leagus history!

[jjcanoe]

White, Hagman, Kaberle were my 3 picks for team MVP this year(I guess Kaberle wins by default now) I hope they can get either White or Hagman back this off season They were seemingly the only producers on the team this year. The Jiggy deal, is another example of picking up a star well past their prime (Lindros, Leetch, Francis to name a few)

 

jjcanoe

[Roy]

they will soon have the lowest scoring team in leagus history!

 

And so will team #4

[bucktail]

Team 4 is in a rebuilding season!!

[atvaholic]

Good for burk to get phaneuf, sad to see Ian white go. Didnt mind Hagman either but totally elated that Blake and toskala are gone! Still gonna be a completly tanked season, nobody can score. I hope giggy can stop a few pucks.

[Raf]

i like phaneuf lots. only 24 and i think he'll figure into their future well. i am sure he will return to his form of a few seasons ago. for a rebuilding team, trading a bunch of 2,3,4 liners for a top 2 d-man is a good move IMO. white was a good player but will never be a top 2 dman. the others 3rd and 4th liners on any team besides the leafs.

[jediangler]

Burke had to do something after last nights epic fail to the hands of the Canucks or else the papers and tv sports guys would be talking about that game all week. Now they will be talking about the trades and that game will be forgotten.

[uglyfish]

i like phaneuf lots. only 24 and i think he'll figure into their future well. i am sure he will return to his form of a few seasons ago. for a rebuilding team, trading a bunch of 2,3,4 liners for a top 2 d-man is a good move IMO. white was a good player but will never be a top 2 dman. the others 3rd and 4th liners on any team besides the leafs.

 

 

dunno what uve been watchin, but white has been their best player the past 2 years. and he could easily be a top 2 D man on any team in the league. hes as tough as they come, plays hard, hes excellant in his own end and smart in the offensive end. has a bullet shot, makes great passes and can skate very well.