Leafs/Senators Preview

  • Micheal Aldred
  • November 17, 2009
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Tonight will be a Battle of Ontario, as the Toronto Maple Leafs travel to Ottawa to take on the Senators in a Northeast Division bout. Vesa Toskala will get the nod in goal for the Leafs, while Pascal Leclaire will get the start for the Sens.
Update: Brendan Shanahan Officially Retires.

Toronto Maple Leafs / Ottawa Senators Game Notes

Team Record: TOR 3-10-5 / OTT 8-6-3

Team Game: TOR 19 / OTT 18

Road Game: TOR 10 / Home Game: OTT 12

Home Record: TOR 1-6-2 / OTT 5-3-3

Away Record: TOR 2-4-3 / OTT 3-3-0

Point Streaks: TOR – Phil Kessel (4-3-7 / 5 Games), Matt Stajan (1-2-3 / 2 Games) / OTT – None

Top 3 Points Leaders:

Toronto – Tomas Kaberle (2-19-21 /  18 Games), Mikhail Grabovski (3-9-12 / 18 Games), Matt Stajan (4-7-11 / 17 Games).

Ottawa – Daniel Alfredsson (6-13-19 / 17 Games), Mike Fisher (7-7-14 / 17 Games), Jason Spezza (1-10-11 / 15 Games).

When the Maple Leafs are winning after the first period, they have a record of 2-0-0. When scoring first, they are 1-0-1. When trailing after the first period, they are 1-8-0, and if it is tied after the first 20 minutes, Toronto has a record of 0-2-5. The Leafs overtime record this season is 0-5, and 103-99-180 all-time. Toronto is also 0-1-3 against teams in the Northeast Division this season. Record against Eastern Conference teams is 1-5-4. Record against Western Conference teams is 2-5-1. The Leafs are 2-3-1 in November thus far.

When the Senators are winning after the first period, they have a record of 2-1-0. When scoring first, they are 5-2-2. When trailing after the first period, they are 1-2-1, and if it is tied after the first 20 minutes, Ottawa has a record of 5-3-2. The Sens overtime record this season is 3-3, and 50-78-115 all-time. Ottawa is also 2-0-1 against teams in the Northeast Division this season. record against Eastern Conference teams is 7-6-2. Record against Western Conference teams is 1-0-1. The Senators are 2-2-1 in November thus far.

GOALS BY PERIOD

 

  1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Average
Toronto Male Leafs 9 16 20 0 45 2.5 average
Opponents: 23 24 16 4 67 3.7 average
Ottawa Senators 11 18 16 2 47 2.8 average
Opponents 13 17 19 1 50 2.9 average

 
SPECIALTY TEAMS:
Toronto Maple Leafs Powerplay:

Overall: 19 Goals, 75 Attempts, 25.3% (3rd in NHL)
Home: 8 Goals, 38 Attempts, 21.1% (13th in NHL)
Away: 11 Goals, 37 Attempts, 29.7% (2nd in NHL)
Ottawa Senators Powerplay:
Overall: 9 Goals, 57 Attempts, 15.8% (24th in NHL)
Home: 6 Goals, 42 Attempts, 14.3% (25th in NHL)
Away: 3 Goals, 15 Attempts, 20.0% (13th in NHL)
Toronto Maple Leafs Penalty Kill:
Overall: 21 Goals, 73 Attempts, 71.2% (30th in NHL)
Home: 11 Goals, 34 Attempts, 67.6% (29th in NHL)
Away: 10 Goals, 29 Attempts, 74.4% (25th in NHL)
Ottawa Senators Penalty Kill:
Overall: 14 Goals, 76 Attempts, 81.6% (13th in NHL)
Home: 8 Goals, 47 Attempts, 83.0% (11th in NHL)
Away: 6 Goals, 29 Attempts, 79.3% (16th in NHL)

The last time these two teams met up was on October 6th, 2009. The Senators took the game 2-1. Matt Stajan scored the only Toronto goal, while Beauchemin and Kaberle got an assist. Jonas Gustavsson made 28 saves and finished the game with a 0.929 SV%.Daniel Alfredsson and Shean Donovan scored the two goals for the Senators, with assists from Jarkko Ruutu and Chris Kelly. Pascal Leclaire finished the game with 27 saves and a 0.963 SV%.

Last year, the Leafs went 4-1-1 against the Senators in the season series, and 1-1-1 in Ottawa. Toronto is 29-34-3-7 all-time against the Senators, and 12-19-1-3 in Ottawa. The next time these two teams will square off is on December 14th 2009.

Tomas Kaberle leads all Leafs with 25 career points (1 goal, 24 assists) in 57 games against the Senators. Matt Stajan leads all Leafs with 9 career goals in 35 games against Ottawa. Stajan has recorded more career points (21) against the Senators than any other NHL team. In 2008-9, Vesa Toskala posted a 2-0-1 record, a 1.30 goals against average and a 0.956 SV% in 3 games against the Senators.

Francois Beauchemin and Jamal Mayers have made it to the NHL’s Top 10 Hits of the Week. Check out the video!

Update: Brendan Shanahan has officially called it a career. Check out this article on him, as well as a tribute video.

Micheal A. Aldred
michealaldred@mapleleafshotstove.com

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  1. 501
    geoff Says:

    If we don’t have a forward who likes to muck it up in front like Antropov can one of our D move up? Anyone played forward like Leeman did?

    We need to be careful what we give up is BB looking at the roles of players on units or looking at them in isolation. 1 step forward 2 steps back

  2. Cameron
    502
    Cameron Says:

    @Schenn
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    Putting Stemps on the PP would assume that the referees actually call beneficial penalties for us – I don’t think we can make that absurd leap in logic. It’s just the Leafs, so they don’t deserve to get a PP for being straight-armed in the face or tripped on a break-away.
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    @Paso
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    I agree they have played great, but in a sense, that’s what makes it more disappointing. You could see them actually continuing on this way if they had played that way, and won. Instead, they lost both games, and are probably losing faith. They need to see a reward for their efforts, or they will not see the point n playing this way. I guess that’s Wilson’s job to convince them though….

  3. Ron Guillet
    503
    Ron Guillet Says:

    Yeah, we suck.

    I think this game is, quite sadly, the nail in the coffin as far as playoffs are concerned… but then again, we were probably buried six feet under after the seven-game losing streak.

    I’ve lost all hope..

  4. 504
    daniel marois Says:

    I am more than happy to see this team in last, just to prove Burke’s ‘re-tool’ instead of’re-build’ is blowing up in his face. Burke has never managed a last-place team, especially one that has no first round pick. He says he doesn’t like having his scouts ‘sitting on their hands on draft day.’ How does he expect them to do that when their first picks are not till the 3rd and 5th rounds????

  5. 505
    paso Says:

    cameron-I agree with you that there needs to be some tangible reward for effort. However, what I don’t understand is how any REALISTIC fan could have expected this team to be any good. For me personally, this is what I had hoped for-not wins and losses- but an identity development that will carry us through while we add the top 6 talent we so desperately need. I could single out all of the decisions/roster players/trades/moves that I don’t or haven’t liked but in totality this is what I wanted to see. What I have seen from this team in the last two games is an identity-something we haven’t had in years. Now if that identity continues to develop and Burke can plug in the talent I believe it could lead to a perennial contender. But again, that’s a huge if.

  6. Schenn
    506
    Schenn Says:

    Getting excited for next season:
    Kulemin – Kadri – Kessel
    Hagman – Grabovski – Blake
    Stalberg – Bozak – Hanson
    Rosehill – Mitchell – Orr
    .
    Kaberle – Komisarek
    Beachemin – White
    Gunnarsson – Schenn
    .
    Gustavsson
    MacDonald

  7. Cameron
    507
    Cameron Says:

    @Falcon
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    Ironic that you say patience is a key to being a manager in the NHL, and in the same breath criticize Brian Burke for not having completely demolished the team in less than one year. You are the one who needs patience. Stempniak, Ponikarovsky, Stajan, Exelby, Mayers, Primeau and Toskala will all be gone next year. Burke didn’t hire these guys – someone else did. He should also be able to find a way to rid the team of Blake and Finger.
    -
    He will replace Primeau with someone like Eager. He will replace Mayers with a high quality veteran (ie. Owen Nolan, but Leaf friendly). He’ll replace the three mid-aged forwards with the college kids. He’ll call up Kadri, and find him a power-forward for protection. He’ll sign a big forward free agent, or make a big trade. He just couldn’t do all that all at once. Next summer though, this all happens just as a by-product of patience. Through his patience, he had hoped to get more than 2nds and 3rds for Stajan/Stemps/Poni, etc…
    -
    Now all the negative fans on here will say that he’s not going to be able to get value for anyone on the roster, but I highly doubt we can’t manufacture some value for most of our players. As you heard from Cory Clouston, the rest of the league is aware that the Leafs are not nearly as bad as their record suggests. and sees talent in players that are being asked to do too much.

  8. 508
    danvertising Says:

    Did Paso just post something positive? :O

  9. Cameron
    509
    Cameron Says:

    @paso
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    Obviously it was the 10th in the league scoring from last year that had us thinking there was a chance the team gelled the same way. I think what I forgot to take into account, was how team unity would be destroyed by the fact that it is so clearly apparent that at least half the team won’t be back next year. Even Grabovski has to be able to piece this together – “Well, Kadri will be with the team next year, and Bozak will be with the team this year, and Burke said neither would be with the team unless they were top two centers, so….where does that leave me?”
    -
    Of course, we also forgot to take into account the time it would take Komisarek and Beauchemin to gel with new linemates, and the fact that Toskala was the worst goaltender in the NHL. I for one thought that Toskala would respond well to the pressure, and post decent numbers. Ha, that’s just laughable now…

  10. 510
    geoff Says:

    @daniel marois

    I agree this is a real test for BB and I for one don’t think he’s a saviour/ Too big an ego, too big a mouth and somewhat obsessive re needing to get a player he targets come hell or high water. Shut up and do the job. He also fell into the trap its a retool vs rebuild. If you haven’t made the playoffs even for 4 years you cannot say its a retool anywhere but in Toronot where we can’t admit how bad we have become.

    This shit started when we agreed to let Quinn have approval of his future boss when he had to give up the GM title. How did Peddie allow that – letting Quinn choose his boss? He of course approved a wet behind the ears rookie in JFJ. From he JFJ just blew it all up with 1 bad move after another. Someone here said he was a puppet-nonsense. He did need approval for everything but the originating ideas came from him esp early on.

  11. 511
    Bring the Cup Home Says:

    Ian White is so damn solid. His game has no weakness. I like him more every game.

  12. nsean
    512
    nsean Says:

    I would welcome a unilateral trade right now. 1 under performing forward for another, or something along those lines.

  13. 513
    Neverlosehope Says:

    If there is one guy that epitomises lack of finish on this team it is Mitchell, he can barely hit the net, never mind actually score… and usually handles the puck like it is a grenade… so, yes, why was he out there in the last minute… just shows what a sad state this team is in…

    Ironic, but before the year began, most people were defending this team’s ability to score since last year we were 10th in scoring and the only difference was the loss of Antropov and Moore up front, and Kubina off the rear… well it looks like we underestimated the value of at least a couple of those players… and the defence, the supposedly much improved defence has so far taken a step back from last year… LQ

  14. Cameron
    514
    Cameron Says:

    @daniel marois
    -
    Burke will land a bunch of picks by making trades throughout the season. I think after this weekend, we will start to see some moves being made. There are teams interested in things that Burke can sell.
    -
    Chicago wants a two-way center that score, or play the PK – Stajan
    Anaheim wants scoring depth, and have looked at Grabovski in the past – Grabo, Stemps
    Nashville wants more help with scoring, and have looked at Poni in the past – Poni
    Chicago wants a physical defensemen – Exelby
    Pittsburgh could use some help on the back-end – Finger, Exelby
    -
    He will find picks.

  15. Schenn
    515
    Schenn Says:

    So what do all those trades add up to?
    4th or possibly a 3rd round pick for Stajan
    2nd round pick for Grabovski
    3rd or possibly 2nd round pick for Stempniak
    2nd round pick for Ponikarovsky
    5th or possibly 4th round pick for Exelby
    As for Finger, we’d be lucky to get anything for him (with his $3.5 million/year contract)

  16. 516
    Neverlosehope Says:

    @ Cameron

    “we also forgot to take into account the time it would take Komisarek and Beauchemin to gel with new linemates”

    I am so tired of the “time to gel” excuses for these two who have both been in the league for more than five years and were supposedly mature enough to receive an “A” on their jersey… Let’s pull a Cherry, and just tell it like it is: they both stunk for the first 12 or so games, and they are at best mediocre now… we just expected more than what they were…. and they managed to underachieve beyond all “expectations”. Bad move by BB… period.

  17. 517
    daniel marois Says:

    @ Cameron

    Do you think it will be that easy for Burke to get picks for the current roster players? Look how difficult it was for Burke just to get 2nd-round picks for Antro and Moore at last season’s trade deadline. When you are trying to make deals from a position of weakness, it can only end badly. But, I have to think Burke will not sit idle and not do anything. He must know that calling kids up from the Marlies will not make a world of difference. He has to move the dead wood on this club for picks, but i just don’t see that happening till the deadline.

  18. zoonpolitikon
    518
    zoonpolitikon Says:

    I am not too upset that the playoffs seem like a mirage so long as Burke does we he said he would do and get rid of the dead weight. There is no need for all of Mayers, Primeau or Wallin for starters. Wallin is soft as shit and inconsistent defensively. Primeau and Mayers share the same role, make a decision (I like Mayers heart). I’m not going to mention Stajan/Shitlips Blake, we all know they are brutal. Burke knows this and sees this, but he certainly must take action to show that he is still the fist behind the throne. I want to see at lest one or to of the younger guys to be given a longer look, an audition that lasts longer than a few days. Does anybody else want to see Blake miss 4-6 weeks with an upper-body-between the ears injury. Another good effort tonight though.

  19. 519
    kaz Says:

    Why trade Grabovski? He is the best Centre on the team. I know thats not saying much but he can be pretty dynamic with good linemates. Kessel is shooting well, I still don’t like the trade though. I would have rather overpayed for for Gaborik Havlat or Hossa and got rid of the Blake contract and kept the two 1st and 2nd round picks. If we never signed 1 of Beau or Komi (or got rid of Finger’s contract) Antropov could be on this team too.
    .
    Antropov Grabo Gaborik…thats a line that will finish and we still have the picks
    .
    How about Afinigenov? I suggested him but got laughed at. At 1 mil he would have been a bargain and an upgrade over most of our forwards.
    .
    Finally…Why do we always make Back-up goalies look like superstars? Leclaire is decent, but we’ve got our fair share of back ups thrown at us but still do results.

  20. 520
    Falcon Says:

    Cameron, your posts are generally good, however, please STOP PLAYING THE GURU. Please look at what you write ” Stempniak, Ponikarovsky, Stajan, Exelby, Mayers, Primeau and Toskala will all be gone next year. Burke didn’t hire these guys – someone else did” BB traded for useless Exelby and Primeau. He gave away Stralman for inadequate return.

    The list of Burke’s shenanigans and sensless bravado is long. Giving up Anthropve for a second round pick, and unloading Kubina for a bunch of crap. Recall his countless interview more than the combined total of all 29 GM’s.

    Recall his statements before the draft, and what happend on the draft floor we all know it.
    Recall his statments about his D being the best in the league. I hope your remeber his bombast about his forwards having more room. Some forwards and some Judgement.
    Accountability and competition and what happened to it.

    Big sensless statments about making play-offs and putting pressure on a talent less team. He is good at making speeches and selling himself. Look how half the glob knows about the Pronger trade and how much has he publicized it.
    Yes he has signed Gustavson who has played reasonable. Hanson and Bozak are yet to prove their mettle at the NHL level.

    He simply is good at selling himself and is delusional in thinking that his Bombast can cure all ills. I hate Toronto losing, but I relish the situation as it brings this pompous prig down to earth.

    The fact is Bombast can only aggravate problems. I am sick and tired of people mentioning his Harvard degree. I am not aware of any cases where he has shown any legal acumen and where he is mentioned in the list of leading lawyer of the world.

    He was talentless player and is patience less manager with a mediocre record. The one time he won the Stanley cup was due to pure dumb luck and nothing else.
    Finally, we were patient and resigned to having bead teams for a couple of years. He started this sensless play-off talk. He raised every one expectations and he made the decision to give up picks two first and a second in case you have forgotten.

    Once again, you are useful poster, but stop playing the guru.

  21. 521
    kaz Says:

    no* haha

  22. 522
    Falcon Says:

    Where is that Pugnacity, testosteron, billigerence and truculence ? I cannot see the benefits of it so far. We have only three wins in 19 tries. If this is what PTBT brings I don’t want it.

  23. 523
    daniel marois Says:

    @ Falcon

    I feel your frustration. I will say that we do need to praise Burke for getting Gustavsson, Bozak and Hanson. Not to mention building a solid front office with the additions of Nonis and Poulin. And a more extensive scouting staff.
    .
    However, Burke will have to shove his ego up his arse and accept this season as a rebuild and not drink the JFK Kool-aid to think this team has a realistic shot at the playoffs.

  24. Tim
    524
    Tim Says:

    @ Paso – Shit man could we be actually seeing this on the same side of the fence? haha. I here ya loud and clear as per my post above^^^^ I suppose the Stagan for Marleau and Kulemin + for Backes should start soon enough. Frustration has to be expected at this point in Leaf land, after-all we are just beginning the rebuild or re-tool as some like some call it. I will be happy to see a solid effort every night, win or lose.

  25. 525
    paso Says:

    falcon-all of those qualities have been prevalent in the last two games-undeniably. You raise interesting points, some I agree with, but I never bought into the shit BB was selling re: playoffs and therefore had absolutely no expectation of icing anything resembling a winner this year. The rebuild vs retool issue is significant-I am for a complete rebuild and thus did not support the kessel trade nor hanging onto kaberle. BB pissed me off most when he tried to sell Stajan/poni as top 6, stempniak as our best player, toskala as a #1 etc…but as I said before I have made those points ad nauseum. What I have seen in the last two games is an identity starting to form which i beleive must be developed before any winning takes place. however, if Burke doesn’t address the leadership core we’re in trouble. talent can be bought-real core leadership must be drafted/developed. I would love a kaberle to l.a. for dustin brown and wayne simmonds.

  26. 526
    Falcon Says:

    @ daniel, good points, however someone needs to find out if other teams also signed free agents from college kids. I am sure other teams have also signed this elusive talent, but their GM’s have not gone out of their way to SELL those achievements in the way BB has done. It appeared all through the pre-season as if BB has committed highway robbery in terms of these signings. We will see what happens when these kids do play and produce results. All the media capital was reaped before any player produced any results.

    As for Nonis, he was there in Vancouver with BB. They did not win any championships there. Except that BB advocated PTBT which resulted in the moor incident and Todd’s “tearful public apology” which did not avert the law suit.

    I would say that Nonis alone will be much better than bombastic Burk if allowed to build a team patiently. As for poulin, I am not aware of his managerial acheivements.

  27. 527
    daniel marois Says:

    @ Falcon

    It’s about surrounding yourself around good hockey people. I will say that I heard Nonis was not too thrilled at the time of the Kessel deal about dealing away the picks. But Kessel has presented Toronto’s frist game-breaking sniper since Alex Mogilny and if we have to go back further, I would say really since Dave Andreychuk.
    .
    Burke does have time this season to redeem himself with moving some of the potential UFAs. The idea to play Toskala recently is a calculated risk. He has acquited himself nicely even though he has lost his past couple starts. Burke would be wise to move him ASAP before he eventually breaks down again. Burke knows the Leafs need more elite offensive talent beyond Kessel. The plan is to not re-sgn the majority of the UFAs and use the $$$ to buy any elite free agents on July 1st. Burke missed out on the Sedins last summer and focused more on defence. I would think the shift will be to forwards with the hope players like Marleau and Kovalchuk will be available. But Kovalchuk I suspect will be locked up in Atlanta before July 1st.

  28. 528
    paso Says:

    Tim-I specifically don’t read any posts after a game before I post my own assessments as I don’t want to be influenced by the masses-and I’m sure 98% of the posts about the game were how pathetic this team is-which it is. That said, it’s great that you see the merits of these last two games. It is no secret what my opinions are on this team (thanks Danvertising) but I call it like I see it-I seemed/seem to be a man on an island on here most of the time as I sliced and diced this team BEFORE the season started much to the dismay of most fans/posters-ironically a lot of these same posters are now echoing those same thoughts they accosted me for thanks to our 3 wins in 19 games. Similarily, hopefully fans/posters will start to see why these last two games were so important. But in the interest of upholding my reputation-this team still stinks.

  29. zoonpolitikon
    529
    zoonpolitikon Says:

    Hey Falcon, how many cups have you won, we could sure use the help.

  30. 530
    Falcon Says:

    @ zoonpolitikon, I am not a GM being paid millions of dollars since 1992. If I were I would have answered that question. I am a leaf fan and have a right to quetion the performance of the managemnt. You don’t have to be an actor to see if an actor sucks. You dont have to win a cup to see someone making one bombastic statement after another with exactly the opposite results. You also do not have to be a genius to see that Bowman has many many Stanley cup rings and much less theories than Brian Burke. lou is much more successful and ye very quiet and dignified. As you can see you do not have win a cup to know whether Stajan is a top 6 forward.

  31. zoonpolitikon
    531
    zoonpolitikon Says:

    Ok, point taken, but if it were up to you, who do you like as a replacement?

  32. 532
    Falcon Says:

    ANY ONE who could have built our team like Chi, Pitts.

  33. Tim
    533
    Tim Says:

    @ Paso – No offence bud, but I think most people were being harsh due to the negativity which was warranted most times. That said I had similar visions of this team only hoping perhaps a few ufa’s over performed and new faces wanted to make a good impression, unfortunately none of the above seemed to materialize. I’m an old type hockey guy believing hard work and determination is and will be the largest reward.
    .
    Again the hardship continues, albeit the games are taking, or should I say team? an identity not seen in Leaf land in a while. I had no misconception of this team being contenders but could have seen them squeak into a spot or finish in the 9-12 range. This now appears to be the latter if their lucky. I’ve enjoyed the last few games a lot more then some previous ones and hope they continue down this path. I certainly wish some of the dead weight could be used as firewood.

  34. zoonpolitikon
    534
    zoonpolitikon Says:

    I’m sorry but that doesn’t cut it. Anyone is not an answer. If you are serious about your comments and beliefs, I want to know who you think would be a better GM than Brian Burke at the moment, and an available GM at that.

  35. Tim
    535
    Tim Says:

    Oh Zoon I got it….the perfect GM for this or any rebuilding team……drum rolllllllll…..JFJ junior….hahahahahahahaha….j/k man

  36. zoonpolitikon
    536
    zoonpolitikon Says:

    I was thinking mire along the lines of Mike Milbury

  37. 537
    BLUEandWHITE Says:

    Listen guys
    BB is not going anywhere…It does not matter who you think should be the Leafs GM as it is too early to let a so called “proven” GM let go after a dismal start to the first of 4 or 5 year contract. Especially since we lost confidence in JFJ. We’ll have to fight it out…
    *
    But what bothers me is not losing… losing does bother me but we are doing it with a core group of players that are not going to be here with us in 1 or 2 years. If you gotta lose bafore you win, then it bothers me that the young Hanson Tlusty are not playing ..even Shenn is seeing limited ice.. that is NOT good for his development. If we lose with our young guys now to get better next year it is worth the experience but…unlike how Colorado. LA, NYI lost a lot of games last year gained valuable experince to win this year..
    *
    This is a lost year which is a TOTAL WAIST…the only good that can come out of this year is the players to be trraded at the deadline put up good numbers to fetch us a second rounder instead of a 3rd or 4th. Only Kaberle if he chooses to leave may get us a late first a nd decent future 2nd line prospect. As for UFA we cannot to overpay a Kovalchuk for 8 to 9 mil a year for 8 years as we already have invested too much in our current underacheiving squad…

  38. The Captain
    538
    Almo89 Says:

    Tomas Kaberle for Brayden Schenn. But I doubt Kaberle would waive his no trade clause to play in sunny California.

  39. The Captain
    539
    Almo89 Says:

    How about Luke Schenn for Brayden Schenn lol. Wouldn’t that be something!!

  40. 540
    BLUEandWHITE Says:

    LA is looking for a future DSman and the way our Shenn is playing right now LA would not do it I think…But that would be something as I don’t ever think any brothers ahave been traded for each other ..maybe the Sutter bro’s because there were like 6 of them

  41. Tim
    541
    Tim Says:

    @ B&W – Ya I know Burlie ain’t going anywhere it was a joke. I still believe Burke has what it takes (with some creative thinking) to make this team competitive. Won’t be this week or next, the man will need some time to make things happen. I hope the moves will be beneficial for years. We have a solid base of youngsters to start with, we can build around that. IF and I mean worst case scenario, if BB implodes this team we still have some very tradeable asset’s that would yield a lot more than most think, and no I’m not talking about Blake or Poni.

  42. Tim
    542
    Tim Says:

    Burkie* – Jeez that’s an annoying nic-name.

  43. 543
    BLUEandWHITE Says:

    @tim
    From our GMs ….I think BB is the risk taker as he showed going after Pronger. trading Federov, trading up in the draft to get the Sedins and pronger in hartford……But Nonis is very conservative as the trade deadline in Van 2 years ago did not part with his prospects to make any sort of playoff run, I think it was 2 years ago… But Nonis did steal Luongo for Burtuzzi..Instantly Van became competative…
    *
    I think if it was up to Nonis he would not trade for Kessel. Instead he would wait …whwereas BB said he would spend up to the cap this year and he did. I’d like to have a balance between the two.

  44. Tim
    544
    Tim Says:

    @ B&W – I think that’s what makes them an effective tandem, they offset each other, the risk taker and the conservative. Let’s hope it’s a medium risk, high reward scenario??

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