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Originally Posted by Timmer
Well, congratulations. I think that the NYR made an excellent deal in dealing Brian Leetch.
I don't know if I am the first or only, but I wanted to stand up and be accountable.
I am shocked! I was one who felt that a Leetch deal would not be close to a Gonchhar deal in value returned.
What can I say, other than I was wrong, and the majority of you guys were right.
Now, I can only hope for two things.
1. That Brian Leetch is considerably better defensively than I believed
2. There is no lockout next year
Has anyone heard anything regarding the nature of the conditional Pick?
Now, does anyone have any BBQ sauce for that Crow???????
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You will really begin to appreciate Leetch now as you will watch him every game. I think that he gets a bad rap defensively. He is not Scott Stevens but he is not Andy Delmore either. He is good positionally, strong on his skates, good against bigger forwards. He is not a crease-clearere (that's why Leetch and Beukeboon were such a great pairing) and age and injury have affected his defensive play but he is far from the liability that some have painted him to be. He is a good penalty killer (if he is asked to do that in Toronto) and I have on more than one occasion kill a 5 on 3 pk almost single-handedly. And he will do things offensively that will amaze you.