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SuperMario wroteCOLONyou are talking about something COMPLETELY different from what I am.

What you are saying is that Burke will be judged on this deal based on what happens with Seguin.
What I am saying is that regardless of how he is judged, the DECISION was correct.

Burke could technically end up being fired because of that trade. But it will be because of the PERCEPTION of the decision not its ACCURACY.

inferno31 wroteCOLON
The trick is not getting fired after your fifth coin toss But hey Mike Milbury got to flip the full million it seems.

MSP4LYFE wroteCOLON
I am debating you're argument that anyone who dislikes the Kessel trade is an idiot, not that this deal was the right move at the time.

SuperMario wroteCOLON Logically, you can never dislike a correct decision made. You can dislike the unlikely, unlucky outcome. But you cannot dislike the decision. Moreover, to say that Burke made a bad trade due to the unlikely, unlucky outcome is indeed very idiotic.

Snipeshow wroteCOLON
We just finished 29th Overall and are likely going to finish bottom 5 again next season. There is change, yes, but we still suck.

Komisarek @ $4.5 million. Not a good signing.

Armstrong @ $3 million. Not a good signing.

Kubina for Exelby + Prospect. Awful trade. I don't care if it was for cap space, I'd take Kubina over Komisarek every day of the week and twice on Sunday. He is offensive and is JUST AS GOOD as Komisarek defensively.

Stalberg + Didomenico + Paradis for Versteeg. While I personally like the trade, it is extremely short-sighted. Stalberg could easily turn into a player as good or better than Versteeg, plus with everything else we gave up.

1st in 2010 + 2nd in 2010 + 1st in 2011 for Phil Kessel. Anybody that thinks this is still a fantastic trade, needs to put down the glass of kool-aid and take a breathe. We have given up Tyler Seguin, who looks to be an elite prospect for the Bruins. Jared Knight, who once again looks to be a pretty damn good prospect. Not to mention the potential of another top 5 pick next year. Until Kessel scores 40+ goals and gets 80+ points, this trade is a loss and could be one of the bigger trade busts in Leaf history.

We have $27,775,000 million locked up in our defence. Brian Burke is once again, like in Anaheim, proving he is bad at cap management.

I am fine with what Burke has done so far, but to call his work fantastic is Leaf bias to the max.

I'll leave it at that because I know I'll have to back up some arguments and don't want to get into too many at the same time.

mr. bruin wroteCOLONalright...there is way too much Leaf Jizz all over this thread. I'm outta here.

facey wroteCOLONI'd just like to say that I really disagree with the comments regarding Komi & Colby as bad signings... Our win % with Komi & Kessel in the lineup was really good... and its no surprise really... a defensive specialist and an offensive sniper in the same line up make us stronger at both ends of the rink. IMO Colby adds some punch to our forwards that was seriously lacking, he's good for 15goal 40 pts and a couple of knock-out hits... and you know he'll up his belligerence factor on a Burke team.


Was watching all the players comments of the NON-kaberle trade... and I'm pretty sure despite my dream of a Luke & Dion Pairing, the top 4 will be:
Phaneuf-Komi
Kaberle- Schenn

I think I like these 4 matched almost any which way.... really makes our top 4 compare with anyone in the league by keeping Tomass.

facey wroteCOLON
Easy there, almost all of us are pumping up the air in your tires as well.

Lock for the div IMO, potentially the east, depends how you shuffle some salary because you have moves coming with both Chara and Bergeon hitting UFA next season.

mr. bruin wroteCOLONLeafs Defense looks awesome tbh...I wonder if that with the goalies they will be a defensive team? Or will they be run and gun like last season...

I think Bergeron will be locked up for career. He is amazing guy, does soooo much for the community. Fan fav for sure. They are trying to lock him up now for the long term...

facey wroteCOLONI think you'd find that Luke & Kaberle both have their best #'s when together (both positive on a negative team when together) spent notable time playing together (the most time with any partner), and one is a left D (kaberle) and the other a right D (schenn).


Komi is right D
Dion is left D
Gunner is left D
Lebda is left D
Beau is left D
Finger is right D

However I think Beau plays on his wrong side.

What this really shows IMO, is that Komi & Luke safely have the top pairings-right side shut down.

facey wroteCOLONyou think gunner has top 4 locked up? or you think gunner is top 4 ? LOL perhaps he's penciled in.


Luke was moved around a lot I know, and he hits harder on the left side, but his breakout pass and decision making is clearly that of a right dman (unless RW is trying to break that mindset).



IMO Gunner is next on the trade block... not drafted by Burke, has notable value, I can see him being involved in the next deal.

We need Grabo to return to rookie form, Burke says he needs to progress to a 60point player.