Phaneuf to the Leafs

I liked the trade for the Leafs. At the end of the day what they had currently wasn't working.

JSG will be a mentor for the monstor who shouldn't be playing as much as he currently is.

Toskala is very good, and should do well with less attention and Blake will do well on a team that has quite a bit of depth.

The Phaneuf trade I like also...His stock is down, Leafs are buying low on this guy, he's a competitor and will regain himself. This opens the door to Kaberle allowing the Leafs to trade him. They do have too much money tied up in their D and will move 1-2 d-men.

Step in the right direction imo. I agree this was a forced trade as the Leafs can not be in the lottery draft or Leaf fans will be irrate. Burke is planning ahead, but also giving up a tad too much to ensure they don't spiral all the way down.

Yeah I have heard he is a problem child as well .... Do you have any specific incidents ?

The trade had to be made by Calgary they had to shake things up and make room to go after Lecavalier or Kovalchuk. This deal was done for the simple fact they needed to add NHL roster players to make another deal. I don't think Sutter is done at all. The Flames are in need of a number one centre or a proven sniper! This team cannot score on a consistent basis and another thing is can Stajan win draws because the Flames are 30th in draws in the NHL that's brutal!

Ian WHite is a +1 on a team that has allowed 48 more goals than they have scored. i think you may be under estimating this guy.  very solid and capable nhl dman

Jason Blake is gone and now Anaheim's probem.

Thank you Brian Burke.

would love to know how they have the cap space (malkin crosby fluery gonchar orpik stall kunitz).  the flyers have less talent and zero cap space to make a big splash

i have know idea about some of you here, how can anyone say this is a bad trade for the leafs. we pretty much gave garbage away.

lets see.....

Matt Stajan- 3rd liner at best, very soft gets knocked off the puck way  to easy. will not help calgary, maybe in the press box.

Nik Hagman- at times looks like an allstar other times looks like a 4th liner, verry streaky, plays great for 5 games and horrible for 5 games. may help calgary depending on who his linemates are.

Jamal Mayers- BUM

Ian White- looks like a cartoon character on the ice, never liked him. hes a 6 or 7 D-man.

Vesa Toskala- 5 words to describe him, worse goalie in the league.

Jason blake- thank god he's gone.

all 6 of them wont be missed.

Dion Phaneuf- good all around D-man, great shot, he's a big upgrade to the leafs, it also gives us an option to trade one or two of our other D-man for a top forward to play with Kessel.im not a burke fan but, thumbs up to burke on this trade.

J.S Giguere- i wont say he great but he is an upgrade to Toskala

Keith Aulie- will be a stud in the future.

and were also a younger team.

i'd now love to see all 3 of our college kids playing up here now together. stallberg,bozak,hanson. ill take these 3 kids over stajan,blake,mayers and hagman

overall i'd say the leafs won both trades. Calgary will not make the playoffs now.

thanks calgary and anaheim for taking our garbage away.

I am very glad to see Blake and Stajan leave, neither of them are a top six forward except in the leafs organization.  Ian white is a bit underrated but with the leafs have far too many defencemen which is why I am hoping for this possible trade:

Kaberle, Ponikarovsky and Exelby for Vinny Lecavalier