Moves Burke should avoid on Wednesday, according to Pension Plan Puppets

Please note: Just wanted to inform anyone who hasn't heard yet that the Rangers somehow hypnotized Bob Gainey into taking Scott Gomez's horrific contract off the books.

Pension Plan Puppets is truly one of the great Toronto Maple Leafs blogs. Check out their work as they sport more blogging talent (by far) than the Leafs provide hockey talent. Also, they did a podcast with our buddies at Hockee Night that you should check out as well.

1. Which player, for the love of God, do you NOT want to see in your team's sweater in the 09-10 season?

There has only really been one player on the Leafs that made me physically ill to have to watch play, Bryan Marchment, and this summer the Leafs have been linked with TWO of them: Chris Neil and Mike Komisarek.

The former is best known in league circles for being really tough as long as linesmen are within arm's reach. Before some whiny senators fan mentions his fight against Luke Schenn we'll see how things go when it's not the rookie's first fight and the stupid stretchy jersey sleeve didn't catch on his arm. Not that Neil will chance it.

Komisarek is overrated as a defensive defenceman, he almost matches Neil for cowardice, and hits late every.single.time. Plus he still has the stink of the Habs on him and any aura that he might have had has been completely dashed by repeated decimations at the hands of Milan Lucic. The cheap crosscheck that should have resulted in at least a 10 game suspension just showed how yellow he is.

2. Conversely, pick a potential move by another team that would just crush your soul/favorite team's chances.

I don't really hate too many teams that much since the Leafs haven't been to the playoffs in a while. Anything the Habs and senators do will likely just elicit a laugh as one has no cap space to address their needs and the other can't even attract players with truck loads of cash.

Having said that, if the Canucks sign the Sedins (which should put Gillis on the road to getting canned if he doesn't) AND a defenceman that can make a pass further than five feet then I'll be pissed. Luongo struggled but he'll bounce back and if they have a defenceman that doesn't clam up when they see a forechecker that might alleviate a lot of pressure on the backend.