Leafs acquire Steckel from NJ

[bustaheims]

Real_ESPNLeBrun: Leafs announce acquisition of David Steckel from Devils for a 4th-round pick in 2012

 

[TML fan]

As if anyone needed any more reasons to hate the Leafs, they go out and get the guy who may have ended Crosby's career...

 

[Frank E]

Who?

 

[bustaheims]

Who?

This guy:

http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8469483#&navid=nhl-keymatch

He's the big 4th line centre Burke's been talking about.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Interesting. I really liked Steckel from when he was in Washington. Has good size and is great on faceoffs.

 

[L K]

Hmmm.  He wins a lot of faceoffs however he's another mediocre 3rd/4th liner beyond that.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Good for the 4th line.

 

[bustaheims]

Hmmm.  He wins a lot of faceoffs however he's another mediocre 3rd/4th liner beyond that.

Good size, wins draws, capable PKer - pretty much everything you want from a 4th line centre.

 

[Frank E]

Hmmm.  He wins a lot of faceoffs however he's another mediocre 3rd/4th liner beyond that.

So...Dupuis's done?  Or Bozak?


Good size, wins draws, capable PKer - pretty much everything you want from a 4th line centre.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

He's done a lot of penalty killing.  About 1:40/game last season, and the year before he was up around 2:50/game.

 

[Frank E]

F'ing ipad.

 

[Madferret]

Is this the top 6 Dregger reported he wasn't reporting?

 

[L K]

Good for the 4th line.

However what does that mean for Dupuis?  From what I saw, I think I would much rather see a lineup of Brown-Steckel-Dupuis than have either Rosehill or Orr in the lineup. 

 

[CarltonTheBear]

So...Dupuis's done?  Or Bozak?

I'd imagine a full team will look something like this:

Lupul-Connolly-Kessel
Kulemin-Grabovski-MacArthur
Lombardi-Bozak-Armstrong
Dupuis-Steckel-Brown
Orr

Frattin and Rosehill stay up while Connolly and MacArthur are out of the line-up.

edit: Although I suppose Rosehill could stay up and hang in the press-box with Orr, as we're only carrying 7 defencemen. One of them goes in when Brown inevitably gets injured or if Lombardi needs a break.

 

[Leafaholic99]

Meh, I'd rather have the draft pick still, hopefully Steckel makes me eat my words.

 

[Frank E]

Ugh.

 

[Redleaf]

So...Dupuis's done?  Or Bozak?

I'd imagine a full team will look something like this:

Lupul-Connolly-Kessel
Kulemin-Grabovski-MacArthur
Lombardi-Bozak-Armstrong
Dupuis-Steckel-Brown
Orr

Frattin and Rosehill stay up while Connolly and MacArthur are out of the line-up.

That looks about right to me.

 

[Captain Canuck]

Good at winning face-offs, but thats about it. It seems like this is just a deal to set up another one of more significance IMO.

 

[4th Liner]

Hmm... Another hulking American. I think I'm detecting a trend...

 

[moon111]

He was 7th for ice-time among forwards.  (Would of been 7th on the Leafs as well.)  Is he a 4th liner or a 3rd liner?  Maybe he takes the #3 center spot?