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Sports And The City:
PLAYERS:
Colton Orr,
Garnet Exelby,
Pavel Kubina,
Mats Sundin,
Danny Markov,
Brad May,
Ben Ondrus,
Ryan Hollweg,
Rick Nash,
Mike Cammalleri,
Brian Gionta,
Chris Neil,
Dany Heatley,
Nik Antropov,
Dominic Moore,
Nikolai Kulemin,
John Mitchell,
Lee Stempniak,
Jiri Tlusty,
Luke Schenn,
Vesa Toskala
TEAMS: Toronto Maple Leafs, Winnipeg Jets, Vancouver Canucks, Detroit Red Wings, Columbus Blue Jackets, Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators, Buffalo Sabres
TEAMS: Toronto Maple Leafs, Winnipeg Jets, Vancouver Canucks, Detroit Red Wings, Columbus Blue Jackets, Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators, Buffalo Sabres
Brian Burke, if nothing else, is a man of his word. Saith Burke, back on November 29, 2008, when he became the man to fix the Toronto Maple Leafs:"The first thing and probably the easiest thing to change on your team is the amount of the snarl, the amount of the bite. That's an important part of how my teams play."July 1st has come and gone, and the Leafs have increased their snarl and bite quotient tenfold, thanks to the acquisitions of Colton Orr, Mike Komisarek, and Garnet Exelby. It's safe to say the winds of change have arrived. Burke is making this "his" team.I'm rather pleased with the additions. Mostly because I hate all three of those guys.Here's what I've written about Komisarek in the past:"...Komisarek is a douche. If there's one guy on the Habs I want to kick square in the groin, it's Komisarek."Mike Komisarek's an All-Star? **** off, Montreal."There's even a tag on the blog in honour of Toronto'...
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