Dallas Stars Trade Fabian Brunnstrom To Toronto For Mikhail Stefanovich

His profile on hockeydb says he has the skills and size, but doesn’t initiate contact and lacks consistent effort. Great?

So why don’t I start… does Brunnstrom have to clear waivers?

i dont mind though. Stefanovich is 21 vs. Brunnstrom’s age at 25.

Are we really sure we want someone from the Leafs’ organization? We are doomed! haha.

In all seriousness, I hope Brunny has better luck with the Maple Leafs but a $675k salary in the AHL is too steep, and with the Langs trade something had to move. I think overall this is a win for the Stars organization, even though the Texas Stars lost a valuable forward. and who knows, maybe Stefanovich can surprise us. I’m not holding my breathe though.

Stefanovich said some interesting things this summer which are speculated to have closed the door on his opportunity in Toronto.

And I think you OWNED us. I have been a huge Stefanovich fan since day one. Simply put, he has the talent and the skill to do it. He hasn’t been able to put it together thought and has attitude problems.

The year we drafted him he was the highest rated prospect in the Q. You are getting a big talented winger with the potential to be a top 6 forward in the NHL (even if the likelihood is he’ll never make it). We are getting nothing…

Cheers

This dude, whoever he is, is not the point.

It’s about the money.

Between waiving Segal and trading Brunnstrom, the Stars are like halfway home to paying for Langenbrunner.

And the other team was left going….who?

Leafs PR Guy: @HennyTweets: Fabian brunnstrom lost his job to jamie benn and never recovered. 6-2 and 205 lbs..a left shot who can play either wing.

This sounds to me like “Burke trying to make friends with other GMs” kinda deal. Nieuwy used to work with the Leafs after all.

Leafs trade a prospect who is at best a “project” that doesn’t want to be on the team anyway.

Stars trade a really expensive former prospect who never panned out.

Leafs get forward help for the Marlies (their AHL team), whose forward corp is screwed right now because of a bunch of injuriues / callups. And, of course, they don’t give a damn for $700,000.00 because… well, because they are Leafs.

Dallas drops $700,000 in salary commitments, which is important because of their current financial situation.

Did I get all of it? Sounds like two GMs helping each other out.

lol. That would have been the best trade ever.

Once that didn’t pan out, meh. Thanks for the debut hat-trick, though! Good luck.

Sounds like Lauri Tukonen all over again. No worries though, got us rid of Brunnstrom, who can hopefully put himself in a position to play on a team that could possibly use him.

Low risk trade, which essentially moves one older player who is of no use to us, for a younger player who may never pan out to be anything for us.

Hope you get yours, no room in Stars. Brunnstrom has skills and might do some damage, but not in Stars.

“They took the box! Ok let’s see what’s in the box…”

"NOTHING! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!

It was right after the trade. Here’s some video