In my opinion there are not many players on our current NHL roster that I would consider "untouchable". I would see Beniers, McCann and Dunn as the players to build around. I would love to keep Bjorkstrand and Larsson as well, but I would be amenable to moving them. However, I am not sure Francis feels the same and/or if other GM's would pay him what he is looking for in a trade.
Free pass? He was in the doghouse with fans before he got here. He didn't half ass it. He had ups and downs, but consistency isn't "half assing" anything, that implies that the effort wasn't there. The only time you could suggest that the effort may not have been there was during the period when he was grieving the loss of his father. The guy isn't a robot. I mean, if you don't want him back that's fine, but to characterize him as having character issues like "half-assing" his play is pretty rotten.
I've lost interest in any Flames assets, saw a cpl reports that for some reason the owner of the Flames wants a premium from the Leafs due to Brad.
Oh look its Toronto's worst poster here to remind us hes the worst.
i am not a canucks fun but you guys are throwing this name brzustewicz away like he is nothing i for one wish the leafs had this prospect see him all the time and he is destroying the O offensively i think he is the best D in the OHL and am very suprised the americans didn't invite him to the world jr team very surprised, so canuck fans you have a very good one here i wouldn't be floating him on any trade unless its worth while...just saying
A lot of negativity about Larsson might have come from Leaf fans who needed to downplay the importance of having good defenders because they didn't have many at the time. They mostly likely thought they should be able to trade a good defender for a quantity trade consisting mostly of their scraps. IIRC.
That seems a bit rich and they would need to take salary back to make the trade work.
