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Leafs Trade Phaneuf to Ottawa in Blockbuster Deal
But for the rebuilding Leafs and the suddenly spry Phaneuf, there may actually be some fire under all the smoke McKenzie just created – especially after the Winnipeg Jets locked up defenseman Dustin Byfuglien on Monday morning. He will earn $3.1-million this season and next.
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The future: He’s a candidate to be flipped to another club by the February 29 trade deadline. A great fit, where he can take a step back, is in a better position to win (not the cup) and not be the scape goat for the entire city. “In 249 games with the Senators, the 6′ 5” and 238-pound Cowen has accumulated 46 points.
Who knows how the NHL Leafs fare the rest of the season?
Obviously, this deal is a huge one for multiple reasons. Lindberg was a fourth-round pick by Ottawa in the 2013 draft and the only piece remaining from the doomed trade that sent goaltender Ben Bishop to Tampa Bay for Cory Conacher. He played for Sweden at every national team level from under-16 to under-19, but wasn’t invited to this year’s world junior camp.
“You’re at the point in your schedule and in the season where there’s no margin for error here, ” coach Dave Cameron said. Lindberg is still on a three year entry-level contract. We always give owner Eugene Melnyk a hard time for limiting the Senators’ payroll, but a stick tap to him here for giving general manager Bryan Murray the green light to absorb that long-term contract. At 20, he’s perhaps one of the Leafs’ top six prospects.
The Maple Leafs look to sweep the season series against the Edmonton Oilers as the teams finish off their home and home set at Rexall Place tonight.
Before Lamoriello was hired, the Maple Leafs over the summer traded high-scoring right winger Phil Kessel to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Buffalo Sabres will then face both teams a few more times before the end of the season.
The best of all possibilities: Signing Steven Stamkos as a free agent and drafting Auston Matthews with the first pick in the National Hockey League draft. He is an elite offensive talent who will command top dollars as a power-play quarterback. They have only seven picks for 2017 and that includes the choice from Ottawa.
At the end of the day however, you have to admit that the biggest victor of all…
The Senators bulked up their blue line Tuesday by adding Phaneuf in a nine-player trade with archrival Toronto.
Shipped from Calgary to Toronto in a similar blockbuster on January 31, 2010, Phaneuf played more 400 games for the Leafs, including almost six seasons as a captain. The Senators needed to move Michalek, Cowen and Greenling to make it happen, and the Maple Leafs were willing to accept those players because they all have contracts that expire next season.
Dougie Hamilton had a two point game including the victor while Markus Granlund also finished with a goal and an assist. They’re not going to risk the future – whether it’s by acquiring financial obligations that will hurt them later, or by trading players that will help them later. He will report to Binghamton and provide depth to the Senators organization.
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It might be a tough sell for Toronto: Sign here, we’ll be good in, like, three or four years tops, we swear. He notched 12 goals and 32 assists.