Winter Classic was already spoiled

6 foot 6 now.

Also, why did the Marlies suck the big one this weekend in your opinion?

Tough to say. To me it seems like too many players being rotated in and out of the lineup due to strike induced extra roster. I gave a summary of Thursday’s game early in this thread, the biggest thing I noticed is plenty of playmakers on the team, but no clear sniper. Frattin should help, but he will be up with Leafs if/when they get playing. It just feels like the guys know if they play poorly there are 4 or 5 players waiting to get in the next game. Something has to give.

I haven’t seen much of them this year, but another thing nobody really says is that Eakins has never been a very offensively focused coach, and no surprise, we’ve had a real difficulty getting offense. 

Colborne isn’t an elite prospect. He’s a good one, but he isn’t unmovable. He probably ends up being a 2nd/3rd line center in the long run. Our biggest need (by a mile) is at the goaltending position. If there’s an elite goalie available, we have to be willing to give up something of value for him. Colborne alone is actually a pretty small price to pay for a guy of Luongo’s caliber. His age and contract length would be the only reason we wouldn’t have to pay even more. 

Ugh, Luongo is old and nobody else wants him.  It’s a GIGANTIC price to pay for something that’s worthless.  Consider that we gave up less for Phaneuf, a top two defender (easily still the most valuable position in the league), and he was only 25 years old – almost a full decade younger than Luongo.  

Luongo is only 6 years older than Phaneuf, almost to the day

You misread that.  I realize that they are only 6 years apart, but Phaneuf has been here 2 and a half years.  We acquired Phaneuf at age 25.  We would be acquiring Luongo just before age 34 – a 9 year difference.  Almost a decade. And Luongo plays a position much more prone to deteriorating, whereas defenders often step into their primes at 30+.

Phaneuf was 24 when he came here, but I see what you mean

Isn’t Schroeder a shrimp?

Been a major disappointment for canucks, might be a player like Deschamps where a change is needed.

What another career AHLer? How does that help the Leafs? 

The Leafs need top 6 forwards, top 3-4 dmen and a starting goalie, not AHL players.

I don’t think Lou is the long-term answer, but he is a solid goalie who should put up 3 or 4 decent seasons for whichever team he goes to. We need to show guys like Kessel, Lupul, Phaneuf that Leafs are serious about winning, so Lou might strategically make sense to entice them to re-sign. We do need better goaltending, period. I just don’t think we need to sell the farm to get a 34 year-old with a potentially bad contract (CBA results pending), and I think Gillis knows he won’t get a huge return.