@ Jordan
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I agree with the sentiment of not wanting your team to lose all season but it’s just one more year. Another top pick in the 2010 draft along with more depth picks would go a long way in ensuring that the Leafs never have another top 14 picks for the next decade or two.
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The problem with the Leaf rebuilds of the past is that they didn’t do it right, and that led to halfassery…
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So if we get Schenn Sr, Schenn Jr, & Lets say Taylor Hall, along with many more picks in the other rounds, it will the Leafs in a wayyyyyy better shape where they could let their own players develop and add pieces from the UFA/Trades… and not rely fully on the UFA market like they had in the past

Good call Señor Ding Dong (wow, never thought I’d write that sentence). People need to be have more patience.

We’d all love to see the Leafs compete for the playoffs next year, the playoffs aren’t nearly the same when they aren’t playing…but if given the choice of making a push for the playoffs next year and not having a team built for any kind of success in the playoffs or just waiting one more year and possibly having a team built for success it’s pretty much a no-brainer to me.

Bottom line is any year you don’t compete for the Cup is a wasted year anyway…so why not waste that year in a way that could help set you up to compete for the Cup instead of just waste the year and have the exact same team try again the year after, waste another year and do it again, etc. etc. (that should sound familiar).

@Dan J:
I have a slightly different point of view on the situation. You said, “Gaborik has played 8 NHL seasons. 8 x 82 = 656. Gaborik has played in 502 out of the 656 total possible games played. 502/656=77%. You’re telling me he cannot play half a season without injury, yet he’s played in almost 80% of the games he’s been in the league for…that doesn’t quite add up.”
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This is only my preference of course, but when I try to gauge a player’s performance for the future I tend to look at the recent trends. So let’s do your math for the past 5 years: 272/410=66% played, scoring 54 pts/season. How about for the past 3 years: 142/246=58% played, scoring 54 pts/season. When Gaborik is healthy he is clearly one of the most skilled and dynamic players in the game, I just don’t think that recent history is on his side.
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You said, “One of those was obviously last season, which he only did play in 17 games, yet still managed 13g/10a=23p…23 points in 17 games? imagine if he only played 50 at the rate he was scoring last season? that’d still be more points than Jason Blake all of last season, and do keep in mind he was our leading scorer.”
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If he only played… again, recent history is not on his side. Now let’s do the same math on our beloved Jason Blake. Last 5 years: 393/410=96% played, 58 pts/season. Last 3 years: 242/246=98% played, 61 pts/season. I would further argue that Blake has had much shittier line-mates than Gaborik has had and also much less time on ice let alone PP. Plus, Gaborik made about the double of what Blake has made over the past five seasons. When you do the math, not only has Blake out performed Gaborik on a per season basis, he did it while making much less money and actually worked for his living. Having said that, however, I would much prefer to have Gaborik on my team than Blake… i don’t know why. Nevertheless, Gaborik will not choose to come to Toronto, at least not until we have a team that is worthy of elite free agents.

well written jeff. well not. Worst reading ever. stupid even.

I’m pretty sure I’d rather hold onto Pavel Kubina than Tomas Kaberle. I’m hoping Stralman can pick up his game and be able to help ease the pain of losing Kaberle’s breakout pass and skils.
I’d probably rather hold onto both Pavel and Tomas, however if the right package comes for them, they’re both on a jet outta here!

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