Bloody Brian Burke
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Maybe Dan Cleary is available?![]()

Maybe Dan Cleary is available?![]()
Maybe Dan Cleary is available?![]()
Also, Morgan Rielly has been a totally different player since we put him on notice here last week. He's also been playing with Roman Polak, who, uh, hasn't been awful? Weird right?
Sadly, some people are.Hey, you guys still looking to trade that Nylander kid?
Sadly, some people are.
I just pray that Shanny and Lou aren't among them.
Yes, although he'll cost a lot to re-sign in the same off-season the Leafs will have to re-sign both Matthews and Marner.Would you trade him straight up for Doughty?
Which leads to the punch line for the old joke ". . . now we are just haggling over the price".
I would consider trading TJ Brodie for William Nylander.
I would consider trading TJ Brodie for William Nylander.
What they need is grit, veteran presence and leadership.
I will trade Borowiecki for him.
Or should we maybe just trust the regime that drafted and/or developed these players to find good outside D help from either the current prospect pool, the UFA market, the trade market or via the draft while keeping the three incredibly talented young forwards we have?
The last Leafs your teams, respectively, traded for are Matt Stajan, Dion Phaneuf, David Clarkson and
(boy I had to go a long way back for this one) Jeff Farkas.
Are we done here?
Personally, I favo(u)r this approach. The list of recent Cup winners contains names like Oduya, Hjalmarsson, Timmonen, Maata, Daley, etc as Dmen who substantially contributed. Totally agree, you can build a Cup-worthy defense corps with names like Rielly, Gardiner (and even Hunwick, and Polak). We will need one stud though, and that's where I am concerned for the Leafs. That is probably the toughest nut to crack for Lou.