Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | yesterday
from Bill Lankhof of the Toronto Sun, Wayne Primeau sat at his dressing room stall, beads of perspiration popping from his forehead and forming tiny rivers that ran down his cheeks, rivulets cascading like tiny rapids from his nose. “I don’t think it’s from lack of effort. The work ethic is here. We just can’t afford to take off even one shift,” said Primeau, who acknowledged...
Pension Plan Puppets (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
More photos » by Nathan Denette - AP Boo This Man! Dwayne Roloson and a lack of desire to go to the dirty parts of the rink for the majority of the game torpedoed a wonderful effort. Browse more photos » Despite throwing 61 shots at Dwayne Roloson the Maple Leafs fell 4-3 in overtime to the New York Islanders . On the bright side, John Tavares was a complete non-factor. After a dominating...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
from Darren Dreger of TSN, On July 1st, the Toronto Maple Leafs may have as many as 17 free agents to contend with, and 11 of those players will be unrestricted. For many teams this would be considered a horrendous challenge. The Leafs look at it as a great opportunity. The corps of the 11 unrestricted free agents includes Alexei Ponikarovsky, Lee Stempniak, Matt Stajan, Vesa Toskala, Garnet Exelby,...
Pension Plan Puppets (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
More photos » by Richard Lam - AP Primeau, Mitchell, Wallin and Blake watch the Canucks score an empty net goal. Browse more photos » The Leafs came out of the gate with some jump last night and did a decent job taking it to Vancouver. Toronto outshot Vancouver 36-25 despite the Canucks having six power plays to Toronto's three. In the first period Toronto served four minor penalties to...
Pension Plan Puppets (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
The Leafs expect Jonas Gustavsson to be on the ice tomorrow, with hopes he’ll play next Saturday in Vancouver. Wilson is hopeful Wayne Primeau is able to return from a shoulder injury on Saturday. Eat .Sleep. Leafs. Blog
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
PREGAME Greetings from a perfect fall day in Western Pennsylvania. It's cold enough to have a sweater on but warm enough to have the windows open. FSN Pittsburgh airs a piece on Alex Goligoski. Brooks Orpik offers the crazy but sad eyes: -The Penguins' scratches are Chris Bourque and Martin Skoula. -Toronto has scratched Garnet Exelby, former Penguin Wayne Primeau and Viktor Stalberg. - Note: We've...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
A preview of the Maple Leafs. When and where: 7 p.m. Air Canada Centre. TV: FSN Pittsburgh, NHL Network (United States), CBC. Record: 0-2-1, 1 point. The Maple Leafs are in last place in the Northeast Division and Eastern Conference. Leading Scorer: Matt Stajan ( right ), three points (three goals, zero assists). Last Game: 2-1 home loss to the Senators, Tuesday . Stajan scored Toronto's only goal....
Toronto Mike's Blog (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
The Leafs open the 2009-10 regular season tonight against those hateful Habs. I can't wait. Here's our opening night roster. Forwards Jason Blake Mikhail Grabovski Niklas Hagman Phil Kessel* Jamal Mayers John Mitchell Colton Orr Alexei Ponikarovsky Wayne Primeau Jay Rosehill Viktor Stalberg Matt Stajan Lee Stempniak Rickard Wallin Defence Francois Beauchemin Garnet Exelby Jeff Finger Tomas Kaberle...
TML Fan Fury (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
The Toronto Maple Leafs continue to trim down their roster to the 23 man limit for Wednesday but no matter what Brian Burke and Ron Wilson look to do, the Maple Leafs are definitely weak down the middle. The Maple Leafs best center during the pre-season was 2009 1st round pick Nazem Kadri but he has been sent back to OHL as he should be, some would say that the second best center in camp was rookie...
Pension Plan Puppets (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
More photos » by Frank Gunn - AP Could Nikolai Kulemin be one of 8 20 goal scorers? Browse more photos » "This is a day that represents failure. I’m not happy. My teams have been in the playoffs for seven straight years and (missing), it burns my butt. Any day that you have to stand in front of the media and talk about not qualifying for the playoffs should be a kick right in...
From The Rink (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
More photos » by Darren Calabrese - AP Browse more photos » Who's in: Francois Beauchemin , Tyler Bozak , Garnet Exelby , Jonas Gustavsson , Christian Hanson , Phil Kessel , Mike Komisarek , Colton Orr , Wayne Primeau , Rickard Wallin Who's out: Boyd Devereaux , Martin Gerber , Ryan Hollweg , Curtis Joseph , Olaf Kolzig , Pavel Kubina , Brad May , Jaime Sifers , Anton Stralman Outlook:...
Pension Plan Puppets (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
FORWARDS Niklas Hagman - Matt Stajan - Jason Blake Nikolai Kulemin - Mikhail Grabovski - Viktor Stalberg Lee Stempniak - John Mitchell - Rickard Wallin Colton Orr - Wayne Primeau - Jay Rosehill, DEFENCE Mike Komisarek - Tomas Kaberle Luke Schenn - Francois Beauchemin Ian White - Carl Gunnarsson GOALIES Vesa Toskala Joey MacDonald Courtesy of the Official Site here are tonight's rosters. You can find...
Pension Plan Puppets (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
Maple Leafs Lineup FORWARDS Jiri Tlusty – Mikhail Grabovski – Nikolai Kulemin Viktor Stalberg – Tyler Bozak – Christian Hanson Rickard Wallin – John Mitchell – Lee Stempniak Jay Rosehill – Nazem Kadri – Wayne Primeau DEFENCE Francois Beauchemin – Luke Schenn Carl Gunnarsson – Garnet Exelby Andy Rogers – Jonas Frogren GOALIES Vesa Toskala...
From The Rink (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
More photos » by Jeff McIntosh - AP Browse more photos » Who's in: Jay Bouwmeester , Nigel Dawes , Brandon Prust , Fredrik Sjostrom Who's out: Adrian Aucoin , Todd Bertuzzi , Mike Cammalleri , Jordan Leopold , Wayne Primeau , Jim Vandermeer Outlook: Less than a month after another early exit, Mike Keenan was canned in favour of GM Darryl Sutter's brother Brent, who left his contract with...
Toronto Mike's Blog (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
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...
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