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Time For The Leafs To Make A Trade
by Paul on 01/23/12 at 11:15 PM ET
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from Jeff Blair of the Globe and Mail,
The GM said this month he is interested in making a trade sooner than later. But he also suggested he won’t move defenceman Luke Schenn (when rumours surfaced the Philadelphia Flyers might be interested) and that is in the very least unnerving. Schenn and forward Nazem Kadri should most definitely be in play – as should about 80 per cent of the roster and anybody with the AHL’s Toronto Marlies.
It is understandable Maple Leafs fans would treat every draft choice and every prospect as a gift from the hockey gods – given the history of “draft schmaft,” John Ferguson Jr., and all that – but there is no way Burke should be putting limits on himself.
Who knows if some of the sexier names on the rumour mill – Anaheim Ducks winger Bobby Ryan, etc. – are anything more than somebody’s guesstimate or hunch?
There is a premium to be paid for being able to make a trade in advance of the league’s Feb. 27 deadline and now is not the time to be shy.
Only the true believers can look at January with satisfaction. Burke doesn’t have that luxury. He’s paid to be smarter than any of us.
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