Quick Hits: NTCs, post-game reaction

Nice showing by May tonight!! Hope to see more of that as the year goes by!!

Yeah, I’m fine with waiting till July2 to resign May(If they even want to) just to get him for “free” for the rest of this year!!

Thanks so much for following up and clarifying this – it’s great info.

“Nice showing by May tonight”

Yeah, win a fight, -2, success is just around the corner.

I agree Taterchips!! Hopefully he can bring it again. Even Mayers won a fight!! As the game went on the Leafs stopped standing around and started pushing back!!!

Patience!! We aren’t going to be good tomorrow. MAy isn’t the future, but maybe he can bring some backbone to the rest of the team!!

I think it is fabulous to find out that the sixth pick is still within the leafs grasp. Dido was taken in the fifth round and he is looking pretty good. It was a tough loss tonight especially with every shot on net I cringed. Bring up Pogge and have some fun. The leafs wont the fights but lost the game ….. but in the Burkeian era it’s always better to go down swinging. Gotta love Grabbo;s exit peace yall!

Thanks so much Alec. As has already been stated, the NTC details of both Kabby and Kubby had been an ongoing uncertainty…… until now. Great job!

The question that lingers in my mind after this game is whether seeing a Grabovski-Kostitsyn fight would have been a fight-fight or a slap-fight ala Semin. Either way, I REALLY wanted to see Grabs take a go at it and all those refs should be fired for getting in the way. If Burke didn’t already love Grabovski, he sure should now after such a character night! The bad blood this year between these two teams has certainly returned and I’d rather see the Leafs lose in this manner than lose like they did to the Panthers.

Let the trade speculation begin, after Fletcher demonstrated with efficiency his desire to move bodies out of town. It is clear in mind that both Kaberle and Kubina know that their days in Toronto are numbered. I would bet that both will approach Burke before the trade deadline to get a feel for where they stand in the franchise’s future plans.

A bigger question for me and I’m sure many alike share this sentiment, what return could one expect for the trading of these two puck moving defencemen. Seems in today’s NHL, the demand for such talent is very high. Let Brian Campbell’s contract be the example. Highly overpaid, he’s often a defensive liability, but can rack up the points. Kind of reminds of a familiar face that made his return to Toronto on Tuesday.

I think the Leafs must trade Kubina, I believe he has great value. Kaberle on the other hand has so much value that I wouldn’t trade him unless I get the right return. Last year’s proposed trade was ideal, but with Carter’s break out season, I don’t see Philly flipping him let alone throwing in a 1st rounder. What I’m saying is that a trade for Kubina will bring back fair value, but unless an amazing offer comes along for Kaberle I just don’t see it worth it letting him go.

If the goal is to be competitive in 3 years, wouldn’t Kaberle be instrumental in providing some success for this franchise?

nice blog. very imformative. its great to see just leaf fans on this blog. real passion for our team. i agree that may will not be the savior to lead us to the promised land but this team needed an injection of balls and heart and may definitely brings that. hopefully we get another injection of heavyweight material to help may. it was nice to see jamal mayers fired up and kick ass. its been a while since he made an impact. as for grabovski, he has more emotion against the canadiens than any other team. it would be great to see him show that kind of zest in every game. gotta leave the officials alone though. that will only lead to problems. hopefully may can guide him in the right direction.

thanks for the info, player.