Pension Plan Puppets (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
In honour of Ian White 's Gordie Howe hat trick last night, and particularly in honour of that fantastic hip check on Eric Cole, I give you Bobby Baun. It was really a choice between Baun and Marcel Pronovost, who could also really throw the hip, but Boomer was the home-grown player and he actually has a youtube video, which Marcel lacks. Youtube carries the day. Bob Baun was a tremendous hitter. He...
Pension Plan Puppets (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
More photos » by Gerry Broome - AP It's all in the reflexes. Browse more photos » Given the reactions in the post game thread, I'm fairly certain today's FTB will be written for an audience of just a handful of true blue Leafs fans. I can understand how some people want to jump ship. All summer long, we fans were being sold on the promises of big words about being bad-asses. You could almost...
Toronto Mike's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Enough is a enough. We jumped out in front 3-0, coughed that one up and blew a 4-2 lead in the 3rd. Ian White then scored with 30 seconds remaining, but the Leafs couldn't hold the 5-4 lead. Erik Cole scored with three seconds left to force overtime. The Monster did his best Tosky impression in the shootout, and the rest is history. We couldn't hold a 3-0 lead against the worst team in the NHL. The...
ArtCal (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Austrian Cultural Forum 11 East 52nd Street, 212-319-5300 Midtown December 1, 2009 - January 24, 2010 Opening: Monday, November 30, 6 - 6 PM Web Site The AUSTRIAN CULTURAL FORUM and the KUNSTHALLE wien in cooperation with the UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED ARTS VIENNA and the URSULA BLICKLE FOUNDATION (Germany) present Videorama: Subversion, Absurdity, and Form in Austrian Video Art From December 1 to January...
Pension Plan Puppets (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Vesa, listen to the sound of my voice. Throw away your cares. Focus only on my voice. Vesa, you are feeling relaxed. So relaxed. A deep calm is coming over you. Do you feel it Vesa? Embrace the peace. Concentrate on that feeling of contentment, let it consume you Vesa. And as it consumes you, feel your conscious mind let go. Feel your eyes getting heavy Vesa. Your mind wants to wander, let it do so....
Pension Plan Puppets (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
PPP Joins Fab and Kats for Stick Work The two fine gentlemen that run Maple Leafs Hot Stove's new podcast were kind enough to tape my thoughts about the Leafs last night. It's a bit distorted because they had some audio problems and my cell phone blows. On the bright side, thanks to Chemmy my intro music is f*cking boss. We discuss my favourite topics: Toskalol, Gustavsson saving this team, Ian White...
Pension Plan Puppets (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
(You know, having today's Leaf of the Day mostly completed yesterday meant that I could post much earlier today. There's a lesson in there somewhere, I'm just not sure what it is....) Last season, Ian White was having a terrible time getting himself back into the lineup. Wanting to play, he jumped at the opportunity to try his hand at forward and he was surprisingly effective at it. He has since become...
Pension Plan Puppets (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
More photos » by NATHAN DENETTE - AP O HAI MONSTER. What a shock that the team looks more confident, composed, and is more successful with a good goalie. Who was it that said that would happen? Browse more photos » and the defence clears the rebounds. That's how things worked tonight as the Toronto Maple Leafs stretched their point streak to 8 games and their winning streak to two games...
Pension Plan Puppets (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
More photos » by Frank Gunn - AP Browse more photos » To paraphrase Jerry Seinfeld: what's the deal with Jeff Finger ? He's been a healthy scratch six games in a row and in those six games the Leafs defense has started to gel. There's a lot of Garnet Exelby hate around these parts but lately our defense has been rock solid. Compared to Finger, Exelby's salary is a lot lower. I think Finger's...
Pension Plan Puppets (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
More photos » by NATHAN DENETTE - AP "YOU'RE BOTH GOING IN AND THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!" Browse more photos » The Toronto Maple Leafs fell, once again, in overtime to the Tampa Bay Lightning . Despite peppering Antero Niittymaki with 41 shots the Leafs only managed one goal by way of the moustachulent Ian White and a healthy deflection. Jonas Gustavsson looked good...
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...
Pension Plan Puppets (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
The Leafs take on the Anaheim (Mighty) Ducks and sure there is a game to be had but I will be more concerned with the Face Accessory Battle that is Ian White versus George Parros . TEAM WHITE. This is your period one game thread. Please keep discussion topical, use language accordingly, keep it cute or put it on mute and do those SPG picks . Feel free to spam the comments with glorious mustaches until...
Pension Plan Puppets (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
This is what you resemble when you wear a bag over your head.(via www.canadianthinker.com ) Sometimes, the Truthulence hurts . Leafs247 continues picking teams, with their favorites of the new millennium edition. TSM woud like to have a great story to share here , but they're just not feeling it... Frozen Leafs has the solution to fix the Leafs defensive woes . I just don't understand the accompanying...
Pension Plan Puppets (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
I'm glad we got to talk a little bit about old-timers yesterday because it gives me an excuse to have Leo Boivin as the LotD. Leo is in the Hall of Fame mainly (well, entirely) for his work as a Bruin, so he's not really a good luck charm for Bruin games. Leo Boivin is a Hall of Fame defenseman. He broke into the league in 1952 and established himself as a very heavy hitter who was also an excellent...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Ian White has been the Maple Leafs' best defenceman, arguably Toronto's best player, through the team's horrible start.
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