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Pension Plan Puppets (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
More photos » by NATHAN DENETTE - AP What can I say? I'm neewwwww here! Browse more photos » The Toronto Maple Leafs won the Hall of Fame game 5-1 as they used their forecheck and a determined defense to stymie a Detroit Red Wings team that had seemingly turned a corner. The Chris Osgood that had posted a .976 sv% over his last three games was replaced by the one that had a sub-.900 sv%...
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
from Randy Youngman of the OC Register, Is Ducks goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere on his way out of town? If so, all signs point toward Toronto. The rumors that were rampant in the offseason and then dissipated in training camp have resumed in earnest.... Giguere (0-2, 3.65, .895) is winless in four games this season and currently is recovering from a strained groin muscle. Giguere, 32, makes $6 million...
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
from Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe, (Craig) Anderson, a former Bruins property, is the primary reason why Colorado entered last night as the top-ranked team in the NHL (26 points, 2 more than Pittsburgh and San Jose, who met late last night). The 28-year-old native of Park Ridge, Ill., is 11-3-2 with a 2.15 goals-against average and a .934 save percentage. For the first time in his career, Anderson...
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TML Fan Fury (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Jonas "The Monster" Gustavsson is slowly working his way into the hearts of Leaf fans as he slides side to side with his arms moving and his head up looking ready for every shot that comes his way. The time is relatively early but the Monster has posted a record of 2-2-3 with a goals against average 2.84 and save percentage of .908 and is set to play in his first back to back games in his...
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
from Mike Zeisberger of the Toronto Sun, Now that the all the hype and hoopla are over, here are 10 things we learned about Phil Kessel last night from his Maple Leafs debut—one for every shot he had on net. 1. In recent weeks there have been suggestions that the deal to bring Kessel to the Maple Leafs for two first-rounders and a second-round pick might be one of the worst in franchise history....
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Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Jarome Iginla and most of the Calgary Flames jumped the queue to get their H1N1 flu shots over the weekend, but Toronto GM Brian Burke isn't saying whether the Maple Leafs have done -- or will do -- the same.
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The Gazetteer (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
TheKingOfCharacters LotuslandianRadioVille ....He'll Have Them Play One For 'The Pauser'. The Pauser was a raving maniac with just enough of a sense of humour, sardonic wit, and the weird, twisted insight of a mythical, rampaging Paddy Ginnell hopped-up on cowboy coffee and Crown Royal that he often made things interesting when he called up Lotuslandian sports talk radio shows to harangue the hosts,...
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Pension Plan Puppets (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
by Darren Calabrese - AP Brian Burke was too drunk on Jameson to put together my pink and purple Huffy bike. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darren Calabrese) View full size photo » Tonight the Maple Leafs take on the Lightning . It will be the debut of Phil Kessel in the blue and white. It hasn't been fun waiting on him. It's kinda like getting a bike for your birthday, except it's not assembled....
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Toronto Mike's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
I feel badly for Phil Kessel. Brian Burke paid a hefty price to bring Kessel to town, giving up a 1st and 2nd round draft pick in 2010 and another 1st round pick in 2011. The way this season is going, that 1st pick next year could easily be in the top three overall. It's a pretty high price for a player who recorded his season high for goals last year with 36. He had Marc Savard feeding him last season....
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Down Goes Brown (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
It could be worse. [Checks standings.] Wait, I was wrong. OK, so maybe October didn't go quite as well as it could have. But that's fine, because now it's November (when it matters). And while some might point out that the Leafs have already fallen so far behind a playoff pace that the rest of the season if essentially futile, I remain optimistic. Because the Leafs still have Ron Wilson, and Ron Wilson...
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
via Mark Spector of Sportsnet, But the losing and the Phil Kessel speculation is clearly grating on Wilson. “Phil hasn’t played in six months,” Wilson said after Saturday night’s loss in Montreal, when innocently asked a legitimate question about Kessel’s status. “I know everybody is going to think he’s going to score six goals on the first night. I don’t...
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Toronto Mike's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
My son and I spent the afternoon at the Marlies game watching us beat the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 4-2 in American Hockey League action. Driving to the game, we planned to focus on three Marlies: Viktor Stalberg, Christian Hanson and Tyler Bozak. Bozak was scratched with the flu, so our eyes were set on Stalberg and Hanson. We watched each of them score a pair and Stalberg added a couple of...
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The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
There are plenty of what-ifs and unforeseen twists in any hockey coach's life. Considering the odyssey Bruce Boudreau traveled to reach the Washington Capitals, he probably had more than most. Still, it is crazy to think there was an afternoon in the summer of 2005 when fate (or, more specifically, Anaheim general manger Brian Burke) could have intervened and Boudreau might never have coached the Hershey...
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Sharkspage (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS GOALTENDER VESA TOSKALA - PHOTO JON SWENSON Friend of the blog James Mirtle took an interesting look at the future of former Sharks goaltender Vesa Toskala for Toronto's Globe and Mail: Has Toskala run out of chances? It seems only fitting that, on the weekend the Toronto Maple Leafs head to Vancouver, general manager Brian Burke’s struggling hockey team is embroiled in a...
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