Olden drafted by Erie Otters in CHL Import Draft

No thanks for Ehroff at over 5 million per

Well Stamkos out scored everyone on that list but Perry and the Sedins. TO say the Majority of his assits comes off rebounds from his shots as if its a bad thing tells me you dont Coach hockey or have played at any level. Your taught at a young age of playing hockey to put the puck on the net and let guys crash and bag goin hard to the net to pick up rebounds. THATS a very good thing. Your right saying evenone knows he is a shooter however they still cant stop him. Not to mention he is 22 years old. I understand what your talking about how he has veteran wingers with cup rings etc however all the guys you listed play with Very good players. Take Daniel away from Hank, Take Getzlaf and Ryan from Perry, etc etc you can make that argument about every player in the leauge except crosby and OV. Stamkos falls in right behind thoes two guys. If the NHL were to do a Fansty draft with every player avaible in the NHL Crosby goes 1 OV 2 and Stamkos 3

If we get to move Komi in the deal, I’d jump all over Ehrhoff at something around 5M.

you said it yourself “Kadri PROJECTS to be a top two center”
What did he show you last year that he is ready to be a #1 center? There is a reason he has been put on the wing.
Take off the Leaf goggles for a second. Kadri is not ready to be a #1 center on a playoff team

i think the point is, as of writing these comments, Steve Stamkos is NOT a top 5 player in the league right now. Maybe not even top 5 forward. Sure, next year he could develop more, hone more of his game and become more of a complete player. But until that time, there are more consistent, veteran, physically stronger/engaging players than Stamkos. TSN agrees too.
http://tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?id=29790

As per @renhockey the Maple Leafs have acquired the negotiating rights to Max Talbot.

I like the idea of Weiss. I think he would be a pretty good number 2 Center. However we have Grabs in that position right now. If Grabs would be included into a deal to get a better 1st line center IE, Stamkos, E.Staal i would be all for getting Weiss.

Or If the leafs Strike out on Stamkos, Richards and Stastny Weiss would help this team next season at more than Bozak as a number 1

Leafs acquired Talbot’s rights. If he signs before Friday, does he still count as a UFA signing in the contest for those who picked him?

To the people who think Stamkos re-signs: That would be the ultimate biting of the bullet by Tampa ownership. They know they will loose scores of money by adding to their salary, but just don’t want to part with him. It’s so clear the Stamkos wants to get paid in the 8-9 million range while Yzerman wants it settled more towards thr $6.8 million range. So i think either a crazy teams offers a 10-12 million dollar deal and goes there, or the Leafs work out a trade SOLELY because a) we have the cap space and b) we are his favored team.

DerekHarmsworth Derek Harmsworth
#Leafs acquire rights to Max Talbot.

Seeing this from several different sources