bustaheims
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Britishbulldog said:
Why spend anything to get the rights to someone who is going to be a free agent in less than 24 hours.
Leafs looking at Josh Gorges
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Why spend anything to get the rights to someone who is going to be a free agent in less than 24 hours.
L K
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bustaheims said:
Especially when the NHL changed the rules and you can talk to players about "feels" and "vague numbers" in the week leading up to July 1st. The only advantage that trading for someone right before July 1st gives you is the ability to actually offer a contract and if I'm a free agent, unless the team I want to sign with is the one making that trade there really isn't any incentive to do that.
Stickytape
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TML fan said:
Obviously it'll be Georges for Kadri + a pick + retaining some of Kadri's salary. 8)
Sudafederov
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BlueWhiteBlood said:
Trading Kadri might make sense if they have a deal for a number 1C in place.
BlueWhiteBlood
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Sudafederov said:
Sure, if it's Stastny, but I doubt it.
bustaheims
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BlueWhiteBlood said:
There's some question as to whether the Leafs have even contacted Stastny, so, I also doubt it.
bustaheims said:
*sigh*
louisstamos
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Word out of Montreal is Georges has declined to waive his NTC...
edit: this was apparently on TSN radio Montreal, but can't find it in writing anywhere...
edit2: from BMac: Josh Gorges situation in MTL problematic for all. MTL had deal with TOR but Gorges refused to waive modified NTC to go to TOR. Still won't.
edit: this was apparently on TSN radio Montreal, but can't find it in writing anywhere...
edit2: from BMac: Josh Gorges situation in MTL problematic for all. MTL had deal with TOR but Gorges refused to waive modified NTC to go to TOR. Still won't.
Sudafederov
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bustaheims said:
If compete level is the issue, then you have to think they might look at Ryan O'Reilly.
ZBBM
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hap_leaf said:
But Gorges is:
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=456076
McKenzie reported on Monday afternoon that Gorges would not allow a deal with the Leafs - one of 15 teams on his no-trade list. McKenzie added over the weekend that none of the six other Canadian teams are on his list of permissible trade destinations, but Gorges told Stubbs on Monday that he's expanded the list to include a couple of Canadian teams.
"This is really hard to accept," Gorges added to both Montreal papers. "I have always given my heart to this team."
bustaheims
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Yeah. I don't think that's a Nonis thing, either. Gorges didn't want to play for any of the Canadian teams, which, to me, signals that he doesn't want to play is a city with serious media attention. Some guys just don't want to play in Toronto because of all the external stuff.
GhostofPotvin29
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bustaheims said:
bustaheims
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Potvin29 said:
Yeah, but, I think that's more about having accepted he's not going to be back with the Habs and possibly having it strongly implied that the most interested teams are also in Canada. Adding a couple Canadian teams doesn't really change that fact that, when he first put together his list, he excluded all of them. He'd clearly prefer not to play for another Canadian team.
L K
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Potvin29 said:
That's the one that concerns me. I would assume that one of the teams would be Vancouver given that he is from BC but that he would choose to add some of Calgary/Edmonton/Ottawa/Winnipeg over Toronto is what I find disappointing. Calgary and Edmonton have some nice pieces but aren't good teams. Ottawa and Winnipeg are arguably bigger disasters than the Leafs.
bustaheims
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L K said:
They're also much lower pressure markets than either Toronto or Montreal - and that's definitely a factor for a lot of players.