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Corn Flake said:Good.
And here's hoping that in a couple of seasons, he isn't the best d-man on the team anymore... being surpassed by one or more of the kids. And at that point this team becomes legit.
So with Kessel getting 8 years and Dion getting 7 years, would the Leafs not have both signed if Burke and his 5 year limit rule was still here?
princedpw said:Corn Flake said:Good.
And here's hoping that in a couple of seasons, he isn't the best d-man on the team anymore... being surpassed by one or more of the kids. And at that point this team becomes legit.
So with Kessel getting 8 years and Dion getting 7 years, would the Leafs not have both signed if Burke and his 5 year limit rule was still here?
Burke said he would make exceptions for certain players, I believe.
Corn Flake said:princedpw said:Corn Flake said:Good.
And here's hoping that in a couple of seasons, he isn't the best d-man on the team anymore... being surpassed by one or more of the kids. And at that point this team becomes legit.
So with Kessel getting 8 years and Dion getting 7 years, would the Leafs not have both signed if Burke and his 5 year limit rule was still here?
Burke said he would make exceptions for certain players, I believe.
Trying to recall what he said but he was talking about there only being a select few players in the league he would sign longer than 5 years, and I believe he referenced Crosby.
princedpw said:Corn Flake said:princedpw said:Corn Flake said:Good.
And here's hoping that in a couple of seasons, he isn't the best d-man on the team anymore... being surpassed by one or more of the kids. And at that point this team becomes legit.
So with Kessel getting 8 years and Dion getting 7 years, would the Leafs not have both signed if Burke and his 5 year limit rule was still here?
Burke said he would make exceptions for certain players, I believe.
Trying to recall what he said but he was talking about there only being a select few players in the league he would sign longer than 5 years, and I believe he referenced Crosby.
Ok, well, I'd have to guess he'd make an exception for those two guys. If not, they'd be signing somewhere else.
Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:And with all due respect, hoping that somehow he will be surpassed by one or two others is kind of damning him with faint praise.
Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:I don't care if it's a broken record, but it's too long, too much money being tied up, for a guy who is good but not good enough to build a team around.
drummond said:Whatever your opinion of Dion is, Jonas Siegel correctly pointed to the fact that no other defenceman in the league has faced more difficult competition in the past 2 years than Phaneuf. That in itself warrants the term and money. Period.
http://www.extraskater.com/players/qual_comp
Heroic Shrimp said:drummond said:Whatever your opinion of Dion is, Jonas Siegel correctly pointed to the fact that no other defenceman in the league has faced more difficult competition in the past 2 years than Phaneuf. That in itself warrants the term and money. Period.
http://www.extraskater.com/players/qual_comp
Strictly speaking, it's not simply a matter of just facing the toughest competition, it's facing them and being successful at it (and I'm not arguing his success or lack of it either way). But certainly it's a fact that can't be overlooked.
Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:I don't care if it's a broken record, but it's too long, too much money being tied up, for a guy who is good but not good enough to build a team around.
And with all due respect, hoping that somehow he will be surpassed by one or two others is kind of damning him with faint praise.
Madferret said:Up to this point what would you guys say are Phaneuf's captaincy defining moments in Toronto over the past 4 years?
Madferret said:Up to this point what would you guys say are Phaneuf's captaincy defining moments in Toronto over the past 4 years?