Burke’s Statement:

by on August 16, 2010 in Leafs News - 548 Comments

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As you all know, or may not know, Tomas Kaberle will remain a Toronto Maple Leafs. Whether he is still a Maple Leaf beyond this season is another question all together, and likely a long and awfully boring road. Regardless, here is Brian Burke‘s statement:

The hockey club confirms this evening that Tomas Kaberle remains a Leaf. While a number of Clubs made offers to trade for Tomas, none of them reflected Tomas’s value to our team. I understand a period like this is stressful to the player, and we are pleased that there is a resolution, and we can all continue to prepare for the coming season.

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  • NewfieDave

    Ok enough Kaberle until at least February & March! As someone stated above, who out there (UFA) could be a good short term fit? Personally, if he doesn’t sign with the Ducks, I think Kariya would be a great fit with all these kids for a year and he can still light up the lamp given the opportunity. At the very least, he would give the team more PP opportunities and force other teams to split their PK units while doing so.

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  • Cameron

    @ lonsmos2:
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    When I make lineups, they are just line combos, not an idication of depth or ice time. Clearly, those lineups are three scoring combos. All that is significant is that Kadri has a scoring winger with him to make him effective as an offensive player, which is what he is, and also a veteran grinder like Armstrong for obvious reasons. Make that the 3rd line if it makes you happy. Wilson always runs one line really heavy anyways. Some nights, Kadri will be our top line center. Other nights, he will be seeing 12 minutes. Don’t take those too literally.

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  • Cameron

    Wook wrote:

    @ Cameron:
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    I am amazed that you have the mental strength to keep it up. I am completely drained. Good for you!

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    Ha, well, we can’t quit thinking of ways to improve the team just because the Kaberle card is lost. I’m sure Burke is working diligently right now, trying to find a fit.

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  • Tim

    @ Doorman:

    Good to hear you made it safely, we will have to have a longer chat next time…haha.
    Welcome to Calgary…lol

    @Long_suffering. Sorry man didn’t see the post or I would have responded.

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  • Burkie_s Bollocks

    @ 2 Minutes for Looking so Guru:

    Sorry… didn’t mean to Shit in your oatmeal….

    This has now been addressed for everyone’s sake and doesn’t need to be questioned again.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Gregory_%28ice_hockey%29

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  • kabby84

    My guess is all that happens between now and the start of the season is Burkies signs someone to help fill some gaps this year and gives the kids some time to ready themselves for the NHL grind. As for the defence, Finger will probably find himself in the A. Leaving a lineup for opening night looking something like…..

    Kulimen/Bozak/Kessel
    D’Amigo or UFA/Kadri/Versteeg
    Sjostrom/Grabovski/Armstrong
    Brown/Hanson/Orr
    Mitchell, Caputi

    Kaberle/Phaneuf
    Beauchemin/Schenn
    Gunnarson/Komisarek
    Lebda

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  • 2 Minutes for Looking so Guru

    I opened it up and was closing it right when I saw the part under references hahaha

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  • Tim

    Well I’m out folks…cheers.

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  • Burkie_s Bollocks

    @ BeLeafer:
    Exactly! I don’t get why people think he’s useless all of a sudden…
    Same as Beauch and even to an extent Finger…

    Not their fault they’re getting paid… Who here turns down $3.5M a year?

    Being overpaid or having one bad season doesn’t make them useless pieces of shit that need to be shipped out for nothing

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  • Burkie_s Bollocks

    @ 2 Minutes for Looking so Guru:
    Haha!

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  • Schenn-sational

    What does the time period from August 16th… to the start of the season hold for us?

    (Realistically) Who’s Left?

    UFA, RFA
    Patrick O’Sullivan, Andrew Cogliano
    Raffi Torres, Sam Gagner
    Marek Svatos, Martin Hanzal
    Brendan Morrison, Peter Mueller
    Clarke MacArthur, Bryan Little
    Evgeny Artyukhin, Chris Stewart
    Sean Bergenheim , Steve Downie
    Nigel Dawes, Justin Abdelkader
    Enver Lisin, Niklas Bergfors

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    Who Can We Move?
    Luke Schenn
    Carl Gunnarsson
    Mikhail Grabovski
    Christian Hanson (RFA)
    Prospects + Draft Picks
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    Do We Keep The Team The Way It Is, And Start The Season?
    (INSERT PERSONAL LINEUP: WARNING RON WILSON CONSTANTLY CHANGES LINES… SO…. KIND OF POINTLESS)

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