Best Trade Ever: Lee Stempniak for... Not Much
by Travis Hair on Jan 12, 2011 12:00 PM MST
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In an effort to bolster a weak forward Corps and push for the playoffs, Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney reaches out to old buddy Brian Burke of the Toronto Maple Leafs to see what's available. Lee Stempniak has underperformed for the Leafs and has an expiring contract. Having only 13 goals and 14 assists in his 63 games with the Maple Leafs and expected to be much more Burke accepts injured defenseman Matt Jones as well as a 4th round and 7th round draft picks in 2010 (both packaged to get better picks from other teams at the draft).
Immediately after joining the upstart Desert Dogs Stempniak went on a scoring rampage. In the remaining 18 games of the season he scores another 14 goals and adds 4 helpers to help the Coyotes push all the way to 4th in the Western Conference. All for a guy that wil never play again and draft picks likely to turn into... well, not much.
What does the future hold for Lee? Who knows? This season he's worked hard, but hasn't found the net with any real frequency. He did score a nifty breakaway goal against the St. Louis Blues (his other former team). Hopefully that tally opens up the floodgates, especially with his first game against his former team tomorrow.
With all that being said how awesome was that trade and the goals he scored? How much do you love Lee Stempniak? Add your thoughts in the comments. Unless you're a Leafs fan looking to be mean to Lee. Not cool!
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I love him because he’s going to be sacrificed to Luke Schenn tomorrow night.
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I voted. I don’t really care about Lee Stempniak though.
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by Karina on Jan 12, 2011 12:05 PM MST reply actions
I love Lee Stempniak because he’ll help the rest of the Coyotes get used to life in Southern Ontario.
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I’d stack the ’Yotes acquiring Stempniak up against the Gretzky or Gilmour trades anyday.
by Matt Di Franco on Jan 12, 2011 12:09 PM MST reply actions
I mean, you know, in terms of trades the Coyotes have made.
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by Travis Hair on Jan 12, 2011 12:12 PM MST up reply actions
Next up
Stempniak is due to be next up for a Coyotes home hat trick. I will be prepared at the game with said hat and also lungs to perform a cheering smackdown of the smattering of Leafs fans in attendance.
by GFallar on Jan 12, 2011 12:12 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
Rec’d
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I like Lee Stempniak because he not only has been helping the Coyotes but by not scoring with the leafs he helped the Bruins get Tyler Seguin and Jared Knight in the last draft.
Thanks, Lee! Score some more, why don’t you?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jan 12, 2011 12:13 PM MST reply actions
Lee sure was awesome.
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by thenumber14 on Jan 12, 2011 12:21 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
The one on the left is more awesome than Lee though.
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by Travis Hair on Jan 12, 2011 12:26 PM MST up reply actions
annnd rec'd
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what happened to you Travis? you used to be cool
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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2011 12:22 PM MST reply actions
It’s all in good fun buddy. I love you guys except for two days out of the year.
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by Travis Hair on Jan 12, 2011 12:24 PM MST up reply actions
I like Lee Stempniak
because “Ask Lee Stempniak” was the best feature ever on my site. I have yet to find a suitable substitute.
"Tell Sigmund Freud not to worry about his mother, I took good care of her last night. BOOYAH."
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Buttons rocked.
Man, I am a poor writer.
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I think “Ask Colby Armstrong” has a ton of potential in a “Bob and Doug Mackenzie” kind of way.
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by thenumber14 on Jan 12, 2011 12:31 PM MST up reply actions
Every player who has been given a show gets traded/leaves within a season.
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Where’s your Brett Lebda show.
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by Travis Hair on Jan 12, 2011 12:35 PM MST up reply actions
THE BRETT LEBDA/JOHN MITCHEL VARIETY SHOW!
it makes so much sense
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by thenumber14 on Jan 12, 2011 12:35 PM MST up reply actions
I just need to get idea for what they;’d do, other than fail.
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LEBDABlog. Like FailBlog, but better.
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by Travis Hair on Jan 12, 2011 12:37 PM MST up reply actions
make them live together. The world’s smallest defenseman and the worlds biggest manbaby
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by thenumber14 on Jan 12, 2011 12:38 PM MST up reply actions
“Mitchell, why is your face so fat?”
“f**k you, motherf**ker”
“dude, you couldbe, like, 90 pounds and your face would still be fat”
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haha
stupid fat face mitchell
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by Karina on Jan 12, 2011 12:43 PM MST up reply actions
Them succeeding by Failing?
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jan 12, 2011 12:38 PM MST up reply actions
It was!
You can always write an Ask Lee Stempniak here if you want.
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by Travis Hair on Jan 12, 2011 12:26 PM MST up reply actions
I feel dirty
Last night I was cheering for the Wild, Oilers and Leafs.
Wheres the bleach.
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Although given my rec league team is 90% leaf fans.
The leafs I can live with.
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The leafs I can live with.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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by nhlcheapshot on Jan 12, 2011 5:53 PM MST up reply actions
But not tomorrow.
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But not tomorrow.
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YOU’RE DAMN RIGHT YOU CAN LIVE WITH IT
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Grrr
I just hope I’m not feeling this sick tomorrow – I have waffles with Leafs’ fans names on them…literally, I’m gonna write the name of my Leafs’ fan friends and throw waffles at them at the game…
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by Jordan Ellel on Jan 12, 2011 1:25 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
/readies syrup and peanut butter
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I’m eating waffles pre-game just for this game. It’s symbolically eating the leafs and taking their power.
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Unless those are pineapple waffles Grabovski will snipe you to pieces.
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by Grabovski's better than you think on Jan 12, 2011 3:02 PM MST up reply actions
Who makes pineapple waffles?
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No idea – mine are the cinnamon toast mini waffles made by Eggo. I’m just hoping I don’t eat all of them before tomorrow night.
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by Jordan Ellel on Jan 12, 2011 3:19 PM MST up reply actions
I’m making them fresh from the iron. With Boysenberry syrup.
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I can make pineapple waffles.
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by Karina on Jan 12, 2011 4:57 PM MST up reply actions
I’m sure it can be done. It just seems an unlikely thing to be made with any regularity. =P
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I should try it this weekend.
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by Karina on Jan 12, 2011 5:11 PM MST up reply actions
That’s hilarious.
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