Breaking Rumor! Pens and Leafs?

You are all idiots if you believe this would happen.

Here’s a thought. Make the trade straight-up. We’d LIKE to take Pittsburgh’s first-round pick, but if they won’t give it to us, make the trade anyway. Much as I like Kabby and Stajan, Staal has the potential to be our number 1 centre for a while. I don’t know much about Tangradi, he seems to be a solid prospect from what I’ve been reading.
Downside – we lose Kaberle – essentially an offensively talented puck-moving defenseman. Funny enough, there’s another one of those who’s going to be a UFA this offseason who is, interestingly, more to Burke’s model than Kabby anyway (Bouwmeester). Florida isn’t going to re-sign him, and Toronto has the cap space to give him a solid offer. He’s also 5 years younger than Kabby.

Did someone say the Pens, the team with the top two NHL leading scorers, needed scoring? If that were the case they would have traded Malkin for Kovalchuk + and used that + to help add other prospects that can score. Then Staal moves up to second line center and is no longer being wasted. HOWEVER, anyone who has actually watched the Pens play would know they turn the puck over in the neutral zone FAR too often. How many times do you see Sid or Malkin circle all the way back behind their own net and pick up the puck to lug it up the ice on their own due to their frustration with their D. It is one thing to have enough offensive d-men, but it’s another to have a d-man that can actually carry/pass the puck. Enter Kaberle.

I think most Pens fans are only annoyed at the suggestion that they need Kaberle because it is being suggested Staal would go the other way. Consider the issues separately.

I’d be whiny too if I was a Pens fan and my team was so, so $hitty.

That said, please, I hope Burke is not thinking of bringing Pronger here – what’s the point?

As for the proposed Kaberle and Stajan trade, I’m not sold on Staal – if the desperate Pens throw in a 1st rounder, I’d consider it if I was Burke.

Ken, what is wrong with you. A done nothing defencemen? How about be in the top 5 for points by a defencemen each year? I think that counts for something, and Matt Stajan is a solid 2-3 line winger. He can be counted on for 50-60 pts a year. ALso, if the trade was to go down, the penguins should throw in a 2nd rd pick, which upgrades to a first if they make the playoffs this year

What do you morons do, sit around and pull names out of a hat. If Shero made this trade he would be fired on the spot. Leaf fans, get it through your heads, just because someone plays for the leafs doesn’t make him a superstar. There is a reason that the Leafs have sucked so bad for the past 4-5 years…your players aren’t that great. Stop thinking that every GM is climbing over each other to get ahold of your players, its just not the case.

Wow, you could trade Kaberle and Stajan. Kaberle is a great Dman no fighting that. But Stajan is not a # 1 or a #2 forward. You get ride of him and send him to a team like the Penguins and he is dropped to the 3rd or 4th line where he can score his 10 goals a year again. It is true he is getting a lot of playing time with the Leafs and he really does not deserve it. There are a lot more players that could fill that rol and do the same or better. he is in his 6th year ? And finally given all this playing time with power play time he is producing. But the Leafs could do better without him.

way to much for the penguins to give up… I dont know what the deal is with leaf fans and thomas kaberles value but if you want a first round draft pick we get antropov and kaberle at least. Ray Shero wont make this trade without Antropov

To pens: Kaberle, antropov
to leafs: staal, tangradi, 1st rounder

Hey How did that Trade work out PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT

Losers HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!