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%...
In case you need some instructions, I present to you the following step by step graphic. Jason Blake 's screen saver. (via www.guidofistpump.com ) The Leafs play the Hurricanes tonight. The last time we met, Jason Blake was highly motivated to make a fool out of Paul Maurice. I'm hoping he hasn't forgotten that feeling... Dr. Steve has been busy, with two posts. The first, a comparison of Jeff Finger...
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...
Welcome to another installment of "Be a GM/Coach" where you faithful, huddled, unwashed masses, get to have your say. Sure, professional Coaches and GMs have a wealth of experience and education to draw upon. Of course they have contacts who know the ins and outs of the game. But you've got an armchair and some Cheetohs, and your buddy Steve down the street once knew a guy, who dated a gal...
More photos » by Darren Calabrese - AP Toronto Maple Leafs, from left, Luke Schenn, Jeff Finger, and Jamal Mayers take part in a team skate at the Mastercard Centre for Hockey Excellence, the club's new practice facility. Browse more photos » The blog's growing weeds here a bit. Time for a trim. The first thing I'll do is offer a hearty congratulations to Tim Wharnsby, my former colleague...
from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun, What’s so wrong with Burke’s Leafs? A better question might be: What’s right with the Leafs? The answer: Next to nothing. Of all that is confounding, though, in this early season dive is the play of the Leafs defence. That was supposed to be the strength of the club. Francois Beauchemin, the veteran, at $4.2 million US a year. Tomas Kaberle,...
More photos » by Frank Franklin II - AP Luke Schenn and Matt Stajan wonder if they can leave Vesa Toskala in NYC. Browse more photos » Yesterday On October 8th (I wrote this post originally on the 9th) James had a piece looking at where the money was spent by the top five teams last year . Robot Godzilla previously took a look at how the Leafs' spending on defencemen, forwards, and goalies...
FIRST PERIOD 19:38: Off a turnover in the neutral zone, Tyler Kennedy rushes in from the right wing and rips a wrister to the far side wide. 19:14: Matt Cook backhands a puck into the crease. Reimer flops down to stop it. Wyatt Smith is in the crease hacking away. The puck hops up in the air and Smith swats it into the net. The red light goes off. A crowd gathers behind the net around Caputi. Officials...
More photos » by ANDREW VAUGHAN - AP Love him or hate him I hope our captain will soon emulate him. Browse more photos » The goalies that shut out the Philadelphia Flyers last night will get a chance to continue their shutout streak against the other half of Pennsylvannia's hockey duo. Jason Allison is back in the lineup and Matt Stajan is making his first appearance of the exhibition season...
Here are tonight's lineups for each team. The Penguins: Forwards Luca Caputi - Evgeni Malkin - Tyler Kennedy Matt Cooke - Wyatt Smith - Bill Guerin Konstantin Pushkarev - Craig Adams - Nick Johnson Paul Bissonnette - Mike Rupp - Tim Wallace Defensemen Alex Goligoski - Nate Guenin Chriss Lee - Kris Letang Brooks Orpik - Ben Lovejoy Goaltenders Marc-Andre Fleury Brent Johnson And the Maple Leafs: Forwards...
I hate official team sites. Can you imagine a more biased source of news? I suppose a site like mapleleafs.com would be fine if you were just looking for a schedule or to purchase tickets, but if you're looking for team news and insight, the official site is the last place I go. On the web, I've witnessed the birth of the Barilkosphere the past few years. There's a solid collection of Maple Leaf blogs...
The days of what has not been a great summer at all tick down and NHL training camps are just around the corner, yes folks September is five weeks away. The Leafs have made quite a few roster moves over the last four weeks with the draft, free agent signings and trades as Brian Burke looks to turn the Maple Leafs around and get the team back into the playoffs, which hasnt happened since before the...
Two players — Cody McCormick of the Avalanche and Jeff Finger of the Toronto Maple Leafs — returned to their respective teams' lineups Thursday. McCormick and Finger, the former Avs defenseman, are best friends in hockey.
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