Kronwall We Hardly Knew Ye

Let’s not assume Burke did anyone any favours until he actually says so, as he’s done in the past. It’s interesting to think though that this may be the start of a trade going down with the Capitals. They have quite the list of prospects to plunder.

If you guys want to speculate, speculate on who the Leafs are targeting on the Caps, and who the Caps would target on the Leafs.
Antropov would be a good fit on that team, as well as Kaberle.

By the way, there really should be a provision that states when a player that has to clear re-entry waivers is traded that the waiver situation is forgone. It makes no sense. Throw that amendment in there with the limited soft cap system.

@ Scott – yup, you’re right, he was a late bloomer, but he had skills and they kept him in the NHL because of that. If Staffan had the same skills, or similar, wouldn’t the Leafs had kept him instead of signing Frogren? Same difference, no?

I will give Kronwall one major compliment, he was an excellent interview, an excellent teammate and an excellent friend according to Marlies players.

@Alec, looks can be deceiving, but he looked OK at the NHL level, but never really did anything else to warrant a promotion at the AHL level.

But if you guys want to blame someone, this is Eric Prime from the FAN590′s fault. He loved Robbie Earl, gone, then Kronwall, gone.

He loves Schenn .. uh oh …

I love that you can e-mail the general manger for a legitimate answer. How does one acquire such contacts?

@ Gus

The one thing I am having a hard time reconciling.. If Kronwall was such a poor prospect, why was he picked up by a contending type team like Washington?

What do they see that other don’t?

Why wasn’t he picked up by a team like Ottawa?

I thought that when a player was on waivers…. either being sent down or on recall…. the teams at the bottom had a shot prior to the teams on the top.

Based on the current league standings that would mean 24 teams took a pass on Kronwall before the Caps (4th overall) picked him up.

I can understand some teams near the bottom (of both the standings and the cap) giving it a pass….. they don’t want a one way contract nor do they really want to get better (this year).

But I’m a little surprised that the likes of Tampa, Ottawa, St. Louis, Colorado, Pittsburgh and Montreal didn’t step up?

Thoughts?

Cheers

Spitfire;

That doesn’t explain Ottawa or Pittsburgh.

Cheers

Roacho….. that is correct …. as would Boyd Devereaux and Bates Battagalia.

Cheers

I think Spitfire was pretty dead on with it being as simple as that. Also, if the dman doesn’t work out, sending him down but paying him an NHL salary isn’t appealing, and that could be why other teams didn’t want to pick him up (TB), etc …

Also, other GM’s might be working on deals for the deadline and Kronwall would hurt the numbers.

Kronwall was dominating the AHL level.. His physical game was starting to blossom.. He could have been a solid piece. Much more experience than 29yo Frogren.

Not to mention he should’ve made the team years ago. He’s always been ready and mangement kept piling useless pylons on top of him. I would have taken him over Gill and I would’ve taken him over Finger and Frogren.

Not to turn this into a Cliff Fltcher rant but when you have a D core of

Kaberle – Kubina
Colaiacovo – Van Ryn/McCabe
White – Schenn
Kronwall – Stralman

Why the hell did he sign Finger and Frogren?