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From: jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson)
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Subject: Re: a trade for Vaive? (very long)
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Date: Thu, 20-Mar-86 12:56:27 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 20 12:56:27 1986
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> In article <1812@dciem.UUCP> jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson) writes:
> >I really think the Leafs should trade Vaive now.  
> 
> Well, it's too late now. 
> ....
> >MY RECOMMENDATION:  To Washington for Stevens or Boston for Crowder.
> MY RECOMMENDATION:  They won't be able to get enough for him now.  Hold onto
> him for a while and see who is frustrated in the playoffs.  A July deal
> sounds best.
>
> Carlo Sgro

I've left out the body of my article about trade possibilities for Vaive and
of Carlo's analysis of it, because I'm sure those of you who were patient
enough to read the first two articles don't want to see them again.  Basically
I agree with pretty well everything Carlo said, except that he mentioned Al
MacInnis as a possible trade with Calgary.  I haven't seen MacInnis play
enough to know whether that would be a good deal, but I don't think the Leafs
would go for it because they would want a defenceman with more experience.

I guess the relevance of my article was greatly lessened by the fact that
it probably didn't make the rounds until after the trade deadline.  The
way things have gone since then, I'm glad the Leafs' management didn't see
it in time either (of course, they probably already thought about everything
I said anyway).  Carlo's final analysis, that they probably couldn't get
enough for him now, was probably right.  But at the time I wrote the article,
I really thought that they should trade him before this season's deadline.
I thought he had lost the desire to play for Toronto, based on the captaincy
incident, his not playing up to par despite having a centre who is a
better playmaker than his old centre, all the suspicious looking little
injuries he had earlier in the season, and him being quoted recently as
saying a trade might not be too bad.  I figured that if they didn't get rid
of him, his bad attitude would rub off on his young, impressionable teammates
who look to him for leadership, and it would ruin their chances of doing
anything in this year's playoffs or maybe even have a longer lasting negative
effect.  However, Vaive's attitude and his play seem to have improved
drastically since the trade deadline passed, so I think it's safe to say
that I was wrong.  Not only that, my prediction is that Minnesota will take
first place and blow away Toronto in the first round of the playoffs
anyway.  Toronto would have a good chance against Chicago or St. Louis, but
Minnesota has looked too good lately.
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Jeff Richardson, DCIEM, Toronto  (416) 635-2073
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