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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
HockeyCentral's panel is basically stating right now that the Leafs are looking to trade Dion Phaneuf. Said there are teams out west who have expressed interest. (Please, god, no...). Interestingly, Kypreos says one team has told him that they expect this to become like the Luongo situation. Said Toronto is trying to shoot for the moon and won't get it.
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Really though, what else are they going to do?
The Leafs are so poorly constructed with where they have allocated the big dollars that unless they find a blockbuster deal for Phaneuf, Clarkson or Kessel. they are going to be bad for many years going forward.
I dont think Clarkson is tradeable...period. Kessel with his contract comes awful close to that level as well being a winger. So that leaves Neon Dion who although he is both overrated and overpaid, does eat big minutes and if not leaned on to be a leader on a team could probably round himself into a pretty good player again...though never ever 7 million a year good.
That leads me to believe that he could be a trade chip but the leafs will never ever get what they want for him.
A struggling player with upside and a decent pick may be the ceiling on his return.