Sportsnet Contest
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 Posted in Announcements | No Comments »Today I received an e-mail from Matthew of Sportsnet letting me know about a contest they are having. Below is the press release for the contest. As an added bonus if any of you submits a video and ...
Final Deci-Schenn Made
Monday, October 27th, 2008 Posted in Announcements, Player Analysis, Prospects, Stat Analysis | 7 Comments »The Leafs have announced that they plan on keeping Luke Schenn with the team for the foreseeable future. Once Schenn has played his 10th game, the first year of his NHL entry level deal kicks in. The remaining marker point ...
So Long Muskoka 5 - Say Hi To The “Responsible 5″
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 Posted in Announcements | 1 Comment »Ron Wilson announced today that the Leafs will be going with a trio of Alternating Captains this season, that will rotate amongst 5 "responsible" individuals on the team. He also said that everyone will be held accountable and "face the ...
Roster Cuts
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 Posted in Announcements | No Comments »The Leafs put Staffan Kronwall and Boyd Devereaux on the waiver wire today, while Mark Bell cleared waivers at noon, allowing him to complete the trip down to the Marlies. Neither Kronwall or Devereaux played a substantial role with the ...
Rookie Tournament Done - Big Boys Start This Weekend
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 Posted in Announcements, Prospects | 1 Comment »Full training camp opens on Friday at the Ricoh Coliseum, and most of the players have already been skating regularly under the eyes of the coaching staff informally at Lakeshore Lions Arena for the past week or so. The Leafs ...
What Happens In Vegas Stays In Vegas
Friday, September 12th, 2008 Posted in Announcements, Stat Analysis | 6 Comments »The end of the week saw an interesting posting by James Mirtle. No I don't mean the Samueli situation in Anaheim or the "sex cave" issues around his co-founder of Broadcom... though that is kinda wacky. What I'm referring to ...
Beware of Doug - Killer New Assistant Coach For The Marlies
Thursday, August 7th, 2008 Posted in Announcements | 1 Comment »Doug Gilmour had decided earlier this summer he wanted to move into coaching. The problem at the time was, there was no certainty that there was room for him within the coaching ranks of the Leafs. Now the decks have been cleared ...
TSN Quoting The Swedish Eklund - Why Do We Care?
Sunday, July 20th, 2008 Posted in Announcements | 3 Comments »TSN earlier today posted a story saying that Sundin had "signed" with the Vancouver Canucks. Unfortunately this is mainly due to the fact that TSN has nobody on staff that can either read Swedish OR figure out how to ...
Is Ryan Hollweg Smarter Than A 5th Rounder?
Monday, July 14th, 2008 Posted in Announcements | 14 Comments »Ok, so the Leafs dealt a 5th round pick in the 2009 draft. Admittedly it was Pittsburgh's pick, so it's unlikely to be high in the round, but seriously? They traded a 5th rounder next year for an 8th round ...
Joe Nieuwendyk Joins The Party
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 Posted in Announcements | 5 Comments »Apparently Toronto has fallen in love with the concept of the Flash Back. First it was Cliff Fletcher being brought back to right the good ship Maple Leaf. Then it was Cito Gaston to fix the Jays. Then we ...
