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Leafs Claim Gerber, Reitz

by on March 4, 2009 in Uncategorized - 13 Comments

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Burke picks up defenseman Eric Reitz, who, in addition to being a formidable glove dropper, has been offensively productive at the AHL level (34 points in 48 games with the Aeros last season). At the NHL level, Reitz has been more of a seventh man who can add some toughness to the blue-line in the event of injury.

As the Leafs consider shutting down Vesa Toskala for the balance of the season, Martin Gerber should add some insurance until the end of the season, at which point Gerber’s contract expires. There was a time when Gerber was a premium puck-stopper. It’s easy to forget after Ward’s playoff heroics that Gerber was the one who got the Canes into the playoff position in the first place. That said, his career’s gone down the shitter since. Nonetheless, it’s a very low-risk move and speaks to Burke’s unwillingness to quit on the season under any circumstances for the fans’ sake.

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  • CarltontheBear

    Who is Reitz?

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  • CarltontheBear

    Also, if we’re shutting down Toskala to play Gerber, top 5 pick here we come :D

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  • king

    Interesting… Reitz is a decent pickup. Gerber is better then Joseph at least… lol. If we are shutting down Joseph I would have liked Pogge to start but Gerber is better then Joseph.

    Decent moves.

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  • http://www.mapleleafshotstove.com Greg Johnson

    CarltontheBear – Reitz is a solid AHL defenseman, who may see some time on the Leafs blueline. I see him a better fit in the minors, as opposed to playing on the third pairing in the NHL.

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  • hockey_guru

    WOW….what a deadline!!

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  • king

    patience hockey_guru… the magic will happen between 2-3 PM.

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  • JMAC

    Anyone know why some of the players put on waivers yesterday were able to play lastnight?

    Bell played for Ottawa, Satan played for Pits…

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  • Jordan

    Let me tell you this, I am SOOOOOOO excited for next year now because I have THE EXACT same hip/groin problem Toskala has and I got mine from over training in Muay Thai, and Im serious when I say I cant believe he even played more then 5 mins with it. It is the worst injury ever IMO because its nagging, everytime you move, everytime you flex….its horrible. He should be back and I think he will play great next year! CANT WAIT!!!!

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  • puckbuddy

    alec can you unban me from the live chat please?

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  • http://admin Alec Brownscombe

    Hey Puckbuddy. Sorry about that… hit the wrong button. Try posting under a different username.

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  • puckbuddy

    You might of slapped an IP ban on us or something… tried different names and no dice. :(

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  • http://admin Alec Brownscombe

    Shit! I’ll see what I can do

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  • Dave Moore

    Neither Moore, nor Antropov will likely be replaced by the picks acquired for them, I hope both will consider resigning with the Leafs in the summer. Moore was close to being a real team leader and still relatively young. Antropov, is about as good a second line center as they can hope to get, and I think that if the team were a little more solid, he’s grown enough over the last two years to respond really well on a good line. If the Leafs were just picking up contracts for picks with Tampa to help them clear cap space, it is too bad that Burke didn’t pick up Roberts for a farewell tour…of course, Gary would likely lead them into the #8 spot and a play-off just on determination alone. Bad for a lottery pick though, but a great lesson for some of the young guys.

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