Buds Board Keepers League

Lee wroteCOLONNo one cares about the Bruins, Kyle.

mr. bruin wroteCOLON

Lee wroteCOLONNo one cares about the Bruins, Kyle.

Should be considering they are lined up to face the Leafs atm. But hey, continue to be a typical close minded Leaf fan there guy. Don't worry about the competition. Oh and pretty sure the title reads NHL transactions..etc.. Not LEAF BLAH BLAH. FUCK OFF

Fair Deals Steve wroteCOLON

mr. bruin wroteCOLON

Lee wroteCOLONNo one cares about the Bruins, Kyle.

Should be considering they are lined up to face the Leafs atm. But hey, continue to be a typical close minded Leaf fan there guy. Don't worry about the competition. Oh and pretty sure the title reads NHL transactions..etc.. Not LEAF BLAH BLAH. FUCK OFF

pretty sure the name is BBKL

Buds Board,,,,,so you are wrong kyle

The Vancouver Canucks lowered their demands in a Roberto Luongo deal in the final 60 minutes before Wednesday’s 3 p.m. ET trade deadline, but apparently not enough to persuade the Toronto Maple Leafs to swallow the star goalie’s massive contract.

Sources tell ESPN.com that the Canucks were willing to unload Luongo on Toronto for goalie Ben Scrivens and a pair of second-round picks in their final, final offer before the minutes ticked away.

The answer was still no by Toronto, which thought all along that no other team in the NHL was even remotely interested in Luongo and, because of that, the Canucks essentially should be giving him away.

Not that Vancouver’s last offer wasn’t close. I suspect that if the Canucks had been willing to retain a bit of Luongo’s salary in the trade -- a new feature in this collective bargaining agreement -- the Leafs might have pulled the trigger.

So they were somewhat close to a trade, which is why the Canucks pulled Luongo off the ice in Vancouver before the end of practice just in case they got a deal done and needed the netminder to sign off on waiving his no-trade clause.

But there was no deal.

And now both franchises have a gamble in front of them:

• Toronto, because it heads into the playoffs without experience in goal.

• Vancouver, because now it must figure out what to do with Luongo in the offseason, when there will be more competition on the goalie market. Ryan Miller most likely will be on the trade block, ditto for Jonathan Bernier and perhaps Mike Smith will hit free agency.

The failure of the Canucks and the Leafs to reach a Luongo deal, however, will no doubt fuel bigger-picture conclusions and storylines from many.

Let’s face it, Leafs GM Dave Nonis and Canucks GM Mike Gillis don’t like each other, the latter replacing the former as GM in Vancouver.

Which no doubt will lead some people to wonder whether Nonis always wanted to string the Canucks along, only to leave them holding the bag on deadline day. Leafs sources vehemently denied that.

Shep wroteCOLONEasier there tiger.

SuperMario wroteCOLON

Shep wroteCOLONEasier there tiger.

LOL +1.

mr. bruin wroteCOLON

SuperMario wroteCOLON

Shep wroteCOLONEasier there tiger.

LOL +1.

Sorry, I wont post anything in here again.