Armstrong bought out
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Bullfrog said:
Especially since it happened on the final day of the buyout period.
maplesyrup
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Firstly, BOO!. I was hoping to see some pre-Leaf Army this season. 
and seceondly, yeah, there better be some plans for that 2 mil.
and seceondly, yeah, there better be some plans for that 2 mil.
bustaheims
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My guess is the plan concerns the roster/reserve list spot much more than it concerns the cap space.
maplesyrup
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Well, as sad as I am to see Army go, I maintained the Leafs should somehow rid themselves of at least two of the Armstrong, Connolly, Lombardi, and Komisarek contracts... Next up?
bustaheims said:
I'm just a conservative personality. Why take the risk if you don't need to? What if the cap gets cut 30% and goes back down to $40-50 million like at the last CBA? We've seen top teams get that last superstar on their roster by pushing right up to the edge of the cap. I would hate to see that 1 million be the reason that we could only give Getzlaf a $7 million offer and Detroit gives him an $8 million offer and he goes with Detroit ...
Bender said:
I just view that as one of the risks of being a professional hockey player. The upside is you get paid 10s of millions of dollars over your carreer. The downside is that your career is short and you can get sent to the minors if your boss wants to (and you didn't sign a NMC).
bustaheims
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princedpw said:
If anything remotely close to that is on the table, we won't be seeing NHL hockey any time soon, so, the $1M the Leafs will have on the cap for the 13/14 season will be the least of the team's problems.
princedpw said:
There are a number of ways to work around that. On top of that, if Getzlaf wants $8M instead of $7M, I hope he does sign with Detroit. If a player wants a full $1M more per year than what the Leafs are offering, there's not a marriage to be made there.
LittleHockeyFan
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well, poo. I can think of several others I'd rather have seen gone than Colby Armstrong. Whoever picks him up, thank you, and Colby, I hope next time you play the Leafs you score a bucketful of goals and beat them.
another one for the unemployment line:
Zee
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LittleHockeyFan said:
well, poo. I can think of several others I'd rather have seen gone than Colby Armstrong. Whoever picks him up, thank you, and Colby, I hope next time you play the Leafs you score a bucketful of goals and beat them.
another one for the unemployment line:
I think his body is getting worn down from the style he plays. Don't know how effective he'll be when another team picks him up. He'll probably continue being in and out of the lineup for the rest of his career.
maplesyrup
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I could see Army signing in Carolina and mutual interest form Rutherford. There isn't much depth there on their right side right now... His bud J. Staal is there now. Lots of ex-Leafs with varying degrees of success there after leaving Toronto. I don't know, just for fun, I predict that's where he winds up.
ZBBM
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I am never a fan of buyouts, but if you had to do one this made sense.
Kind of funny that we'll be eating cap hits on 2 players who everyone hates -- unless they are on your team, in which case they are "character guys."
Simmons, as usual, chimes in with the easy cheap shot. However, does anyone know what our record was in games that he DID play? I seem to remember that we did better than normal when he was in the lineup. That would be too much work for a guy like Simmons to do... I know it is for me. Then again, I don't get paid to write about the Leafs.
Kind of funny that we'll be eating cap hits on 2 players who everyone hates -- unless they are on your team, in which case they are "character guys."
Simmons, as usual, chimes in with the easy cheap shot. However, does anyone know what our record was in games that he DID play? I seem to remember that we did better than normal when he was in the lineup. That would be too much work for a guy like Simmons to do... I know it is for me. Then again, I don't get paid to write about the Leafs.
bustaheims
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Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
38-33-8 with him (87 point pace). 34-38-13 without him (78 point pace).