Luongo-to-Leafs gaining momentum

Yeah. They slashed the cap, but the Leafs are going to go "meh" and take a contract that will be bought out in the summer if it can't be traded today.

I don't like to give him benefit of the doubt, but this is too dumb for even BB to think twice about.

If any goaltender is in play right now, I truly believe it is Jonas Hiller. Contract's up next season, Anaheim is rebuilding, they're probably going to have to trade Perry &Getzlaf, and maybe Ryan too. They have John Gibson, who just backstopped the Yanks to junior cheeseburger gold. It makes sense to capitalize now especially with a stacked draft this summer.

And, of course, we all know how much Burke likes dipping back into the old Pond...

it seems every time the cba expires the league expects the players to rescue the owners from their own stupidity by sacrificing, how about they put in the cba that there ill be no trading of first rounders cause i can see brian jurke trading he leafs next 5 1st rounders for luongo

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there was a billboard here in NYC for a moving company that said "Why qwould you want to leave a city that has 6 pro teams AND the Mets...hilarious.....

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Originally posted 08:56 AM ET  01.07 by Spiny Norman

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If you get a chance, see This is 40. Funny movie. But there was one scene that's had me going since Friday - a guy who is never around is leaving again, and another character irkedly proclaims "Yeah, see you when the Cubs win the Pennant." I found it hilarious. I quickly changed two of those terms around and now have my new e-mail signature.

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Originally posted 08:33 AM ET  01.07 by dannylimes

Yeah. They slashed the cap, but the Leafs are going to go "meh" and take a contract that will be bought out in the summer if it can't be traded today. I don't like to give him benefit of the doubt, but this is too dumb for even BB to think twice about.

And why would BB trade for a player with the front loaded contract. He hates them so much. It would be very hypocritical of him.

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Originally posted 09:19 AM ET  01.07 by Nard Dog

And why would BB trade for a player with the front loaded contract. He hates them so much. It would be very hypocritical of him.

I just don't think anybody takes this deal off the Canucks' hands. Gillis is screwed, everybody knows it. He'll buy Bobby out, because there will be no alternative.

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Originally posted 09:19 AM ET  01.07 by Nard Dog

And why would BB trade for a player with the front loaded contract. He hates them so much. It would be very hypocritical of him.

Again you're right. A man with his principles would never do that.

Luongo-to-Leafs gaining momentum

Tranlation: The Vancouver fans are collecting feathers, warming the tar, and searching for a rail.

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Originally posted 08:58 AM ET  01.07 by dannylimes

If you get a chance, see This is 40. Funny movie. But there was one scene that's had me going since Friday - a guy who is never around is leaving again, and another character irkedly proclaims "Yeah, see you when the Cubs win the Pennant." I found it hilarious. I quickly changed two of those terms around and now have my new e-mail signature.

The Wife and i saw that Flick over Christmas Holidays. I took a nasty wife elbow for laughing out loud when he crashed his bike into the car door.

Not a big fan of it from a Leafs perspective... in other words Burke will do it.

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Originally posted 10:18 AM ET  01.07 by Ron Mexico II

Not a big fan of it from a Leafs perspective... in other words Burke will do it.

I think it might work out for both parties. And the fact that he wouldn't have to play in Vancouver this year (unless they both get to The Finals....ha ha ha ha ha) might make it better yet

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Originally posted 09:35 AM ET  01.07 by Canuck eh?

Luongo-to-Leafs gaining momentumTranlation: The Vancouver fans are collecting feathers, warming the tar, and searching for a rail.

I'm sure they'll save the horse he rode in on:)

luongoal to buyout

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Originally posted 08:33 AM ET  01.07 by dannylimes

Yeah. They slashed the cap, but the Leafs are going to go "meh" and take a contract that will be bought out in the summer if it can't be traded today. I don't like to give him benefit of the doubt, but this is too dumb for even BB to think twice about.

Do you want your team to make the play-offs ?? They NEED Luongo to even have a sniff at making it in...if my goaltending duo was Reimer and Sievens i'd vote "no confidence" in it whatsoever...with Luongo in net your team has a chance....and so what if his contract is for another 73 more seasons...his cap hit is only 5.3

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Originally posted 10:36 AM ET  01.07 by Spiny Norman

I think it might work out for both parties.

I don't mind Luongo coming here if it's as a free agent. But the talking heads here are acting as if Irk and Gillis have had a deal in place since June but were allowing it to ferment into something with a little more edge and now that we have a CBA that totally makes his contract THAT much worse, Burke is texting, calling, telegramming, paging, carrier pigeoning and snail mailing Gillis to get this done.

It just doesn't make sense. Like I said before, Jonas Hiller is where the Leafs' attention should be paid at the moment.

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Originally posted 11:06 AM ET  01.07 by bostongm

Do you want your team to make the play-offs ?? They NEED Luongo to even have a sniff at making it in...if my goaltending duo was Reimer and Sievens i'd vote "no confidence" in it whatsoever...with Luongo in net your team has a chance....and so what if his contract is for another 73 more seasons...his cap hit is only 5.3

No, I don't. I want them to finish dead effin last. The Leafs have so much cap space the next two upcoming summers, it could actually become a contender within the next 3 years. This core, the Kessel Lupul JVR Grabovski Kulemin Phaneuf core, aren't the future of this team. JVR and maybe Kessel are the only two who should still be here by the end of 2014.

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Originally posted 08:35 AM ET  01.07 by dannylimes

If any goaltender is in play right now, I truly believe it is Jonas Hiller. Contract's up next season, Anaheim is rebuilding, they're probably going to have to trade Perry &Getzlaf, and maybe Ryan too. They have John Gibson, who just backstopped the Yanks to junior cheeseburger gold. It makes sense to capitalize now especially with a stacked draft this summer. And, of course, we all know how much Burke likes dipping back into the old Pond...

C'mon man...yeah right the Ducks are gonna trade their core...you must be related to Argos.

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Originally posted 09:19 AM ET  01.07 by Nard Dog

And why would BB trade for a player with the front loaded contract. He hates them so much. It would be very hypocritical of him.

Thats ehy he's an idiot..a GM should keep his thoughts to himself but good ol Burke loves to watch his own interviews.

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Originally posted 11:09 AM ET  01.07 by bostongm

C'mon man...yeah right the Ducks are gonna trade their core...you must be related to Argos.

I didn't say anything about that, if you read properly. I said Hiller should be in play, and they will likely wind up trading Perry and Getzlaf before the deadline as there is literally next to no chance they stay in Anaheim. I didn't say they would be traded to the Leafs. I hope they aren't. I think Getzlaf has lost a lot of what made him a great player, and both will still likely hit the open market in the summer if they are traded. What good is a core if it's the core of a bad team?