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[Beanflicker]

Trade Rumour: Leafs Talking Kessel Blockbuster With ‘Canes?


What an amazing trade this would be for the Canes. They'd lose the 5th overall pick but they'd get rid of Semin and pick up a top goal scorer and a top 6 centre.

[El Kabong]

Trade Rumour: Leafs Talking Kessel Blockbuster With ‘Canes?


What an amazing trade this would be for the Canes. They'd lose the 5th overall pick but they'd get rid of Semin and pick up a top goal scorer and a top 6 centre.

Where do we sign?

[Beanflicker]

Hope it goes through, it would mean a few more years of mediocrity for the Leafs.

If they thought Kessel was under performing, wait until they get 3 years of Semin.

[El Kabong]

A line of Kessel-Staal-Skinner would be nice IMO

[palmerq]

I wouldn't go for that trade if I was either team, looks like it is just moving problems around with the leafs getting the 5th overall draft pick out of it.. Kadri has been trouble this year, maybe a move away from toronto will help him out though, Kessel has a really big contract and isn't a super star and obviously semin is semin and getting paid a lot too.

[Beanflicker]

To me I think it's a good deal for the Canes. Semin is locked up until 2018 at 7 million per, that's a horrendous contract. Kessel is a steep price and a long term commitment but I think he's yet to truly peak and on the right line he's an Art Ross candidate and a legit 40+ goal scorer. Kadri is a so creative offensively he can add to any line IMO. He's had reported attitude issues but maybe he just needs a change of scenery and to get out of Toronto's big market where he's living in a fish bowl. They had the same problems with Sequin in Boston, and the trade to Dallas worked wonders for him. Not that Kadri is Sequin caliber but still, I think he could flourish in a new environment.

[El Kabong]

I know all about the troubles with Kessel and Kadri had in Toronto, but at least there are legitimate reasons for poor team performances. With Semin he has been the stereotypical Ruskie...give him a big contract and watch him not give 100% effort, fucking garbage.

I think Kessel would not only do better in Raleigh, but I think he and Skinner would mutually benefit as no doubt they'd be on a power play line together. You've got young players striving to reach their potentials and you've got some older players who probably are running out of patience in terms of how well the team is playing and progressing....a big shake up like that and our fortunes could turn around in a second.

Toronto has really been snake bit even from when I started watching them with Gilmore and Andreychuk and Potvin and Wendel Clark....they just have had bad calls, made trades that never got them over the hump, and they really squandered the 1990's with all those dudes AND a guy named Mats Sundin. I have no idea how they haven't won a Cup let alone competed for one in the finals.