Drakkor
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The possibility of injury is a very good point and seems to have been missed by many on here.
Rumor: Mike Komisarek: Gave a list of 12 teams, but wants a trade.
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The possibility of injury is a very good point and seems to have been missed by many on here.
Not that far fetched either. That's the reason both Redden and Gomez were going to be sent home by the Rangers and Canadiens and paid not to play this season before the League and the PA agreed to the "Accelerated Compliance Buyout" that was used on both players.
It's funny how people here can't see that he's a goner. The Leafs want to eat 50% of his salary and they still can't get rid of him. Could the Leafs send him to Reading if they wanted?
What are you not impressed with? Holzer has a dozen games under his belt, and he looks much more polished than Komisarek ever has.
MuchoMacho
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Phaneuf needs a good stay at home defender to play well with. Somebody who doesn't pinch a lot, and is positionally sound on the ice. This way Phaneuf can take offensive chances, or get slightly out of position for a big hit when needed.
Leafs are a team with a gritty personality. They want to be hard to play against. They are atop the league in hits and fights. Having a big, veteran, hard hitting defensemen on the top pairing would be ideal.
So, my question is why isn't Mike Komisarek getting a look beside Phaneuf? If you ask Komi to play on the power play, or to play in a run & gun system, he's going to look out of place. However Phaneuf played his best hockey with a stay at home partner (Hamrlik, Regehr) and Komisarek played his best hockey with an offensive defensemen (Markov), this is a perfect match in my opinion. Tell Phaneuf to go out there and score points, hit hard etc and tell Komisarek not to worry about points at all, just be there to bail out Phaneuf.
Leafs are a team with a gritty personality. They want to be hard to play against. They are atop the league in hits and fights. Having a big, veteran, hard hitting defensemen on the top pairing would be ideal.
So, my question is why isn't Mike Komisarek getting a look beside Phaneuf? If you ask Komi to play on the power play, or to play in a run & gun system, he's going to look out of place. However Phaneuf played his best hockey with a stay at home partner (Hamrlik, Regehr) and Komisarek played his best hockey with an offensive defensemen (Markov), this is a perfect match in my opinion. Tell Phaneuf to go out there and score points, hit hard etc and tell Komisarek not to worry about points at all, just be there to bail out Phaneuf.
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Brozak
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I'm not sure Leaf fans 'eat players alive' -- we're just as fickle as any other hockey fan but a lot of the heat that Komi had been taken has kind of diminished. We know he's a hard worker, has tried to change his game up for the better, but our blue line is jammed all the way up and at least two players who aren't even being dressed are queued up before he'll even see the ice, so naturally he'd like a trade so he gets a chance to play. Nothing wrong with that.
I like Komisarek, great guy. Wish him the best, wherever we inevitably ship him.
I don't see a trade happening. He will be on another team next season though. For those holding a pity party for Komisarek, give me a break. The guy has been consistently outplayed & is always losing his spot to someone else. This year he gets injured breaking his stick in practice & hasn't been in the line-up since.
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Leaf Rocket
Leaf Fan Till I Die
You gonna tell me what to eat next bud? If people feel sorry for him, they are more than allowed to. He's been quiet this entire time and didn't make any deal about it to the media, just silently requested for a trade. Finger wasn't even close the same level of hype that Komi brought. Toskala was given a fair chance but wasn't playing well, Raycroft trade was a bite in the ass from the get go. He's a good guy and if any thing you can ask all his teammates or those have insider information that he's a classy guy that has just hit hard times. Yea he tried too much at the get go, and then wilson's offensive minded coaching didn't help either which screwed him over.. His defensive game much better during carlyle's stint and would've been better if I'm assuming the team wasn't looking for another direction.
Relax, let people be upset or happy or angry or whatever they want. They are entitled to it.
Leaf Rocket
Leaf Fan Till I Die
I had a tin-foil hat theory that, komi possibly got pissed at the coach or something, broke the fiber stick in anger and had the injury. Who knows though.
LeafOfBread
Registered User
Honestly, I wish we had played him more this year.
If it wasn't for the eye injury imo, he would still be in the line-up, he's looked good in the games he's played.
At this point, I don't see why someone like Holzer or even Kostka should be ahead of him in the line-up, minus cost reasons.
Oh well, guess we'll never really get to see what could've been
If it wasn't for the eye injury imo, he would still be in the line-up, he's looked good in the games he's played.
At this point, I don't see why someone like Holzer or even Kostka should be ahead of him in the line-up, minus cost reasons.
Oh well, guess we'll never really get to see what could've been
Pierre Gotye
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Hard to feel sorry for him. Guy signed a monster contract and gets to live like a King.
Never really fit in here. Stars just didn't align for him.
He'll catch on somewhere else, hopefully it will be in a better situation. Not much of a fighter, and turtled up against Lucic when it counted the most.
Not really a top 4 d on most teams. Ideally a 6 or 7th defenseman.
Only thing that disappointed me a lot about him was, he wasn't as much a hitter as I thought he'd be.
Never really fit in here. Stars just didn't align for him.
He'll catch on somewhere else, hopefully it will be in a better situation. Not much of a fighter, and turtled up against Lucic when it counted the most.
Not really a top 4 d on most teams. Ideally a 6 or 7th defenseman.
Only thing that disappointed me a lot about him was, he wasn't as much a hitter as I thought he'd be.
legendinblue
NHL in Seattle
Pretty sure he'd accept trade to ANY team at this point. He wants to play.
It's always fun to rip on players for horrible contracts they were given by GM's. It's not their fault GM's can so stupid at times.
legendinblue
NHL in Seattle
I think he'll be a serviceable Dman for some team. Too bad he didn't work out with us.
Remember when he was supposed to be the next Habs' captain?
Leaf Rocket
Leaf Fan Till I Die
The Leafs would be nuts to take back any cap space in dealing Komisarek. Amnesty him in the off season and keep the valuable cap space. Now if they can pay half his salary and trade all of his cap space, go for it.
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Leaf Rocket
Leaf Fan Till I Die
No. He's had horrible seasons here but he was looking like a serviceable number 4 regaining his career under carlyle.
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