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  • Enter the Vikingstad

    I ordered mine…can’t wait.

    http://www.puckinghilarious.com/store.php?Design=vikingstad

    I wonder if the Leafs could somehow land this guy?  It would certainly be a boon for jersey sales, not that I’m not eager for my Luca Caputi jersey.

    March-02-10 at 2:36:53 PM
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  • A Downside?

    If there’s any downside to the Olympics, it’s that it makes the Leafs virtually impossible to watch.

    Seriously.

    I’ve maintained that I’m not an avid supporter of women’s hockey because when I’m watching hockey I don’t care whether it’s men or women playing the game, I care about the quality.  And if men played hockey at the same level as the women, it wouldn’t be very entertaining.

    Now that I’ve had prolonged exposure to Olympic hockey, it’s making the Leafs look worse than we all know they are; at least, I hope that’s the Olympic effect.

    It’s going to be a long drive to the playoffs.

    March-02-10 at 11:27:11 AM
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  • Luke Richardson, the Return

    While analyzing last night’s Leafs/Sharks game, our friend Bill Watters was quite complimentary of the play of Luke Richardson.  To be honest, Richardson didn’t do much.  It may be because he left the Maple Leafs after the 2006 season. I’ll forgive a slip of the tongue (he clearly meant Schenn), but Watters mentioned Richardson at least 3 times.  Something about the arrogance displayed by Bill Watters makes me not want to forgive this. On another Bill Watters note, I’m pretty sure that Leafs goaltender coach Francois Allaire has, at some point in his life, seriously wronged Bad Bill.  Watters has
    February-09-10 at 10:35:40 AM
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  • Kadri, A Debut

    Nazem Kadri’s NHL career started just now.  He lost the opening faceoff to Joe Thornton. It’s interesting that Kadri gets the call now, particularly with Burke on personal leave.  Surely someone from the Marlies could’ve filled in for the flu victims?
    February-08-10 at 11:10:00 AM
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  • The Trades – A Review

    Having had a couple of days to ponder the moves the Leafs made on Sunday, it’s time to give my thoughts on what was accomplished. First, it’s incredibly important that Leaf fans understand what’s going on here.  Bob McCown (FAN590 personality) put it best when he said used the analogy of building a house.  Brian Burke is laying the foundation, but it’s far too early to tell what the house is going to look like, or even if it’s going to be able to stand on it’s own. The trade with Calgary can be broken down to 3 separate trades. 
    February-02-10 at 11:59:25 AM
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  • Wow

    That is all.
    January-31-10 at 12:22:22 PM
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  • Unwatchable

    That’s about the only word for the Maple Leafs right now. I’ve never seen penalty killing so atrocious.  At any level.  They look worse than the ankle-biters who simply swarm the puck.  Those 4-year-olds have more strategy than the Maple Leafs. How does an NHL team put together a penalty kill that is so bad?  I’d not have thought it possible for a team to be this bad at penalty killing unless they were actively working at sabotaging their efforts.  Given that the Leafs have bid adieu to their draft picks, we can safely assume they aren’t tanking the season
    January-12-10 at 11:27:38 AM
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  • The Leafs “Penalty Kill”

    Just how bad is it? The Oilers have the league’s 2nd worst penalty kill, an abysmal 76.1%.  That’s pretty bad. The Maple Leafs need to successfully kill their next 48 penalties to catch up to the Oilers. UPDATE: Given that the Sabres scored again on the power-play, the Leafs now must kill their next 51 penalties.  If there is a God, I’m convinced that he hates Leafs fans.
    January-08-10 at 12:39:47 PM
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  • Nazem Kadri

    Like most Maple Leafs fans, I’ve been watching this year’s WJHC with a special eye on Nazem Kadri, the 1st round pick of the Leafs last spring.  Despite Kadri playing for the London Knights, whose home arena is a 10-minute walk from my apartment, this is really my first exposure to him. So far, I like what I’ve seen…I think. There’s no doubt that Kadri wants the puck.  He’s pretty shifty with it too.  The problem is that in this tournament, he isn’t the star.  He isn’t the trigger man on his line, that’s Taylor Hall.  So, not great for
    January-04-10 at 1:21:48 PM
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  • Jamal Mayers?

    With 2:00 left in tonight’s game against the Calgary Flames, Jamal Mayers was the Maple Leafs trigger-man in the offensive slot. That is all.
    January-02-10 at 1:44:38 PM
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