What will become of the Maple Leafs Goalie???
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I would imagine he would.  I expect the Leafs to buy out his contract and make JS Aubin or Telqvist they're goaltender.  Then they'll just cross their fingers.  (I would also think they'd chase a top notch goaltender in the offseason.  Luongo anyone?)\n\nBut since they just extended Aubin's deal, it looks like Eddie could be done in Toronto.  I suppose it may also depend on how he recovers from his surgery.
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My prediction: his skills will decline, but still be good enough to be a good closer, if not quite the best, when he's not injured.  Unfortunately, he will start getting injured more frequently.\n\nBut who knows?
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I think Nolan will be a huge improvement.  After Neil Smith's last few years with the Rangers, I'm not so sure he's the answer, but we'll see.  However, the Isles still need to get rid of the huge salary cap drain that is Alexi Yashin.  If Smith manages to unload him somewhere, that will be the right step.
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Hugh Adami, The Ottawa Citizen\nPublished: Sunday, October 08, 2006\nThe big hint could be Martin Biron's new goalie mask.\n\nIt's as white as freshly fallen snow and isn't painted with the team colours and logos you see on those of other NHL goalies.
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Hi there.\n\nLegace will not come back.  Ken Holland, GM of the Red Wings, confirmed this.  He's not back.\n\nIMO, he is gone due to 1st round exit.\n\nThe Wings have a history of doing this, impatience, most recently CuJo.  I remember that when CuJo and the Wings lost in the playoffs, his team only scored like 12 goals in front of him.  Clearly not his fault.\n\nFurthermore, Legace had a great season and doesn't deserve to leave.\n\nI hope that the Leafs sign him -- they need a starter.\n\nAnyway -- I want to address someone's post on here.  Detroit, is not a good team.  Their record, is obviously not indicative of how good of a team they are -- it just shows that they're in a bad division.  Out of 24 games played with St. Louis, Columbus and Chicago,  Detroit won 21.  They also went into OT at least two times with them, and lost.  That's 44 of their 124 points, bringing them down to 80 (obviously they wouldn't have lost all 21 wins).
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Haha Leafs and the Cup is almost like Cubs and the World Series.\n\nWhen will they win again:\n(1) Fire Ferguson: Pretty sure Ferguson cares more about making money for the owners, then the team winning itself. Remember, the longer the Leafs go without winning, the more sellouts the ACC has, which means more money.\n(2) Build A D: With this offseason and with plenty of cap space, the Leafs really have to build a decent defence. This means not signing another aki berg type player. Get Kaberle's brother in Carolina (Frantisek)?\n(3) Goalie: Well, all Leaf fans know what goes here.
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Richards....\nHe just isn't fitting in right now.\nI'm sure he will explode later in the season as per usual, but if you gotta get rid of one of them....\n\nfrom a source:\nEvery newspaper I read this morning (which is a lot of them) is raving about how TB GM Jay Feaster is looking to make a trade. Richards is safe, St.Louis has a no-trade clause, and Lecavalier is untouchable. Why waste time speculating on those guys? The only way a team takes St.Louis is if they give up a pile of salary in return. Lecavalier...would take a Joe Thornton-like deal.
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I don't understand it myself? I don't live anywhere near Toronto, but you'll see as many Leaf shirts around here as you do Lightning. I think it has to do with they are one of the NHL's original franchises, and sons will get the team lore passed down from fathers and a new generation leads the cheers. With the amount of money that team makes they should be contenders every year. This year they went for big strong guys like Lindros, Allison, Berg and Richardson when they should have gone smaller and faster like say Buffalo. \nI do believe that the Leafs have a ton of loyal fans who will stick with them sink or swim, and its for them I feel bad for, because it could be a while still before they win again.
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I think he's gone for the season and maybe forever this time.  He had this groin injury in his big "comeback" year with Detroit in 2003-2004, and it pretty much ruined the Red Wings' season.  We had Curtis Joseph as our no. 1 goaltender after Hasek retired, but when Hasek decided to come back, it made Cujo expendable.  Very disappointing season for the Wings and a disappointing and bitter experience for Cujo, who deserved a lot better from our team.\n\nAnyway, the groin injury just hung on and hung on, to the point that Hasek never did come back and really, only played a few games with the Wings in 2003-2004.  Bottom line: I wouldn't count on the Dominator.  He's not getting any younger and his injury history doesn't favor an effective return for the playoffs.
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No doubt Gretz in his prime would not score 92 vs. the current crop of goalies. \n\nNice spelling on the goalie names, dude.
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what confidence? Its a damn fantasy team I doubt kariya and heatley will be affected in real life if they get traded in one of many leagues they are owned in. Hossa is the one of the best players in the league today and emery is slowly wrestling the job away from gerber. It all depends on your goalie situation. If u need a goalie then do the trade
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HOCKEY ROX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\n\nGO HABS GO!!!!!!!!!\n\nLeafs suk!!!\n\nGO lf LEAFS GO lf\n\n\nOLE OLE OLE OLE,  OLE,  OLE!!!!
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keep sakic, yucker, and richards\n\npick up havlat
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I think he is done for the playoffs for sure. When he got clipped, it looked pretty bad, and i doubt the Canadiens want to risk any further injury by playing him. He'll be back next season.
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I think Florida got the better deal. Bertuzzi is now showing how over rated he always was. He's nothing, he's a goon and he won't be able to perform without some one like Naslund there feeding him pucks. I've never hated Todd, but I've always hated the amount of attention he received, I think he's an excellent third or fourth line winger who can rattle teeth when the time is right, but other than that, he's not much. I think Vancouver will probably be kicking themselves when they see Allen emerge as a top player in Florida. As for the goalies, Auld will be good, Luongo will be good. They are both at about the same level right now and I don't think Luongo will keep asking for all this money once he realizes that with the cap in place, nobody who has a glimpse of the playoffs in there dreams let alone a chance at winning the Stanley cup has enough salary room to afford him. He'll have to settle. And as for the whats his name that Florida sent over with Luongo, he's a flash in the pan, I think the Vancouver scouts made a big mistake in wanting him. We'll have to see how things pan out during the next season though. The true test of how good the deal was will be when the goalies show us what they've got. I personally would have liked to see a straight across trade, Auld for Luongo. That would have been better for Vancouver. Now let's see if the Oilers will be stupid enough to trade Chris Pronger...
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i have been a wings fan for 13 years and the way he was playing the last 20 games and in the playoffs was great + he was injured for like 20 games i still think he has the talent to continue at his age ... i really think he could go for 1 more season is a shame if it deosnt poor him id love to see him win 1 more cup--->leadership is a key to the cup
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Higgins the leading point scorer for the Habs also dangerous on the penalty kill will be missed but we have a lot of talent ot replace him. I think Carbonneau will have no choice now but to puse Kovalev to replace him. They don't want Koivu and Kovalev playing together cause it wouldn't balance the lines. Andrei Kostitsyn would of been a better choice then Latendresse.