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Fire Maurice
April 21, 2008 by
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Who thinks it's a good idea to double shift Tucker and Blake in the final 3 minutes and put them back out on the ice with less than a minute to go?
Anybody?
Can I get a show of hands?
Seriously.
My mother-in-law knows better than to throw that mess of a line out late in a game...
D'oh, the Humanity!
April 21, 2008 by
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The Canadian Press is reporting that the Leafs' poor performance is now to blame for production cancellations at the CBC (feel free to pick your flavour - the Star and the Globe both ran the same CP wire story).
Apparently, without the playoff revenues generated by the large audiences...
There's Sports Way Up in Section Eight
April 21, 2008 by
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I'd like to welcome to readers of the New York Times Hockey Blog, "Slap Shots" - thanks for stopping by. Please make yourself at home and by all means feel free to post a comment using your own hockey allusions involving the Leafs as a mentally unstable or aging institutionalized...
Praying for the Playoffs or Planning the re-build
April 20, 2008 by
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Unlike PPP, I'm not back on the Leafs playoff band wagon (yet). While I'd love for the team to keep winning and I've really enjoyed the last few games (is there a better team to beat than Philly? I just hate the flyers) I'm still trying to focus on the big picture....
I think Nelson's going to die for sure
April 20, 2008 by
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Look, I know the Sabres are pretty much out of the playoff hunt: three points back with two games to go and two teams to leap frog makes it a long-shot at best. I also know the game meant nothing to the Leafs.
But if I was cheering for Philadelphia, Boston or Carolina, I wouldn'...
The big payback
April 20, 2008 by
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As much as I like Toskala, I always thought JFJ gave up way too much in that trade. The tipping point for me was the inclusion of Mark Bell. His price-to-performance ratio coupled with his off-ice troubles (and a surprise 15 game suspension to start the season) made it seem that JFJ...
Sens Obit
April 19, 2008 by
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As some of you may know, Greg Wyshnyski, formerly Deadspin's Hockey Closer, is now heading things up over at Yahoo's hockey blog. Greg was kind enough to ask me to write an obituary for the Ottawa Senators season and I was only too happy to do so.
The obit is now up and can...
From Kurvers for Neidermayer to Raycroft for Rask: Is Trade History to Blame for Leaf Woes?
April 06, 2008 by
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Is a history of bad trades to blame for the Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup Drought? Maclean's magazine thinks so, Michael Forbes takes a second look...
Why Macleans Stinks - sidebar edition
April 06, 2008 by
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In the sidebar to their "Leafs Stink" hatchet job, Macleans lists the what they say are the seven worst trades in club history. But some of the trades they list weren't trades at all, and some of the rest have the details wrong. Who does the fact-checking at Macleans, Richard Peddie?
Toronto Maple Leafs: Nine Tips to Improve Media Coverage
April 02, 2008 by
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I think we'd all agree that there certainly couldn't be much more Leafs coverage. There are upwards of 30 reporters covering the Leafs. To put that in perspective, there are 31 journalists assigned to Queen's Park (the Province of Ontario's legislature).
In addition...
One more chance to get it all wrong
March 12, 2008 by
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No matter where you set the points bar to qualify for the post-season in the East (does it really matter if it's 89 or 93 points?) the Leafs can pretty much lose no more than two, maybe three games the rest of the season if they want to make it to the post-season dance.
The way...
JFJ Fired
March 10, 2008 by
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What a day to be tied up in conference calls at the office...TSN is reporting JFJ has been fired...more to come.
Pension Plan Puppets live blogged the Leafs' Newser with lots of great details.
JFJ is scheduled to speak to the media at 4 PM.
Battle of Who Could Care Less
March 07, 2008 by
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Is the Battle of Ontario currently the worst named rivalry in hockey?
It's gone from a sea of heat and hatred to a whole pile of meh.
With the Leafs currently residing in the where-are-they-now-file, a Leafs Sens game has all the tension and energy of going to the old age home...
Team Softness = Injuries?
March 02, 2008 by
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At the conclusion of last year's season, JFJ and MLSE threw around the meme that the Leafs "lost the most man games in the NHL due to injury" like JFJ threw around no-movement and no trade clauses.
At the time, I had a big problem with that that statement as:
I hate...
You're the one for me fatty
February 28, 2008 by
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I really hope someone in the media calls Jim Schonfield this morning. I would love to get his take on everyone's favourite corpulent porcine beignet consuming official. Antro gets three games for his post-game actions (I've always been a big fan of the sarcastic post-game clap...
A White Sports Coat
February 28, 2008 by
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Once you told me long ago, to the dance with me you'd go. Now you've changed your mind it seems, someone else will hold my dreams...I have to say I'm really tired of all the talk surrounding Mats Sundin. If people want to blame a player for not waiving a no trade clause...
You Say You Want a Revolution?
February 27, 2008 by
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Went to the Leafs - Blues game last night, we were lucky enough to get my wife's corporate seats. Yup, corporate seats. I've been to four games this year and three of those were as the guest of large corporations on expense accounts. Which brings me back to this crazy concept...
Brave Captain
February 26, 2008 by
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Mats Sundin has come out and formally refused to waive his no trade clause.
As much as I'd love to see the Leafs loaded up with prospects, I strongly believe Sundin has earned the right to decide his fate.
Had Sundin been traded, I fully expected the media and other mouth breathers...
The Missing Years
January 26, 2008 by
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Like pucks lazily drifting past Andrew Raycroft, the reasons for JFJ to be fired are almost too many to count.
The surprise is not that JFJ's teams will set a Leaf record for futility by missing the playoffs for three straight years.
The surprise isn't that a team tagged...
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