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Zee said:
I'm hardly a fan of Rosehill, but this really shouldn't be about Kadri vs. Rosehill.
WhatIfGodWasALeaf
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freer said:
You're hilarious man.
Zee said:
Fair enough. If when Boyce returns he or Crabb go down to the Marlies and Rosehill stays on the roster then I'll be the first one causing an uproar.
But in this situation, Kadri made the most sense to send down. It's that or the pressbox for him.
pnjunction
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I think Connolly can be a good 2nd line center he just hasn't much time in that role. He's not very noticeable on the 3rd line and looked a bit lost on the 1st line, but I think he had decent chemistry on the 2nd line (with Mac I think?) while Grabbo was injured. The problem for Connolly is that Grabs is too awesome to displace from the 2nd line spot. Unfortunately for him it was 1st line or bust here and he just wasn't quite up to it.
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CarltonTheBear said:
I am not sure how it makes sense to send Kadri down. Kadri can play 10 minutes per game and have a chance to score. Rosehill can fight once, and play 3 more shifts and do nothing good for the team. Kadri would have helped the team more than Rosehill during the last turds game, so why not send down Rosehill?
Optimus Reimer said:
Again, this has nothing to do with Rosehill vs. Kadri. Say we sent Rosehill down, somebody would still need to come out of the line-up for Armstrong, and that player would likely have been Kadri. If he better served replacing Rosehill's spot in the pressbox or going to the AHL and getting top-minutes?
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Optimus Reimer said:
As I've explained a few times already, sending Kadri down was the only option available (other than Gardiner) to activate Liles and Armstrong for tonight's game - assuming, of course, Burke could not get a trade processed before noon today and that decision was made after the waiver cut off yesterday (both pretty fair assumptions, as we saw no trade and, as of noon yesterday, neither player was supposed to play in either game against Pittsburgh). The Leafs needed to clear 2 roster spots and some cap space to make that happen. Everyone else on the roster (other than Aulie who was also sent down) would have to clear waivers and could not be sent down to the Marlies until after noon tomorrow. It's really as simple as that. Add in what Carlton just added and the decision is really beyond obvious.
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Erndog said:
You missed his big hit?
bustaheims
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markhmasters: Leafs' David Steckel left practice about midway through the workout and didn't return
bustaheims
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mirtle: Reimer will start tomorrow in Ottawa.
mirtle: And Wilson says the defence pairings remain the same, meaning Komisarek will sit again.
mirtle: And Wilson says the defence pairings remain the same, meaning Komisarek will sit again.
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bustaheims said:
Komi's the guy that needs to be traded, you know it, I know and everybody else should probably know it also. Every other defenseman we have has a place on this team IMO.
BlueWhiteBlood said:
That's obvious, but he's also the hardest contract to unload.
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CarltonTheBear said:
I'm still of the thought that Burke has way more bargaining power here with his last two years at 3.5 million a pop or whatever. I still say he's able to be moved, that has to have value to a team that is looking for defense, but can't spend the total cap hit.
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CarltonTheBear said:
That's where you play the salary cap game. Komisarek has 2 years left and can't be sent down, maybe another team takes him and sends back a guy with more than 2 years left who can be sent down, but that team isn't willing to just eat money like the Leafs can. So we take a guy back with 4 years left on a deal, he doesn't work out and you send him down and eat the money.
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