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Regretting Rask
This made me cry. Never ever trade the WJC player of the tournament ever again.This is not the blog you are looking for
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April 15, 2010
Discuss
To All The Party People....
I've Got The Brand New Doo-Doo GuaranteedLike Yoo HooI'm On Like Dr John, Yea Mr Zu ZuI'm A Newlywed, Not A DivorceeAnd Everything I Do Is Funky Like Lee DorseyWell, It's The Taking of Pelham, One, Two, ThreeIf You Want A Doodoo Rhyme Then Come See MeI've Got The Savoir Faire With The Unique RhymeAndI Keep It On And On, It's Never Quitting Time AndStrictly...
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January 14, 2010
It is Mental
Dana Sinclair, where have you been all season?Brian Burke, why did it take twenty games to hire a shrink? Check that, why wasn't a shrink hired last season? I suppose what I assume as a given for a first class flag ship franchise is not always so.This is not the blog you are looking for
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November 30, 2009
Blackhawks' Saviour?
Looks like Burke has a dance partner in Chi-town. Pinned to the mat, the only leg on the rope Burke has is cap space. But he should skip on Sopel and poach a younger player. Cam Barker would be a coup. Patrick Sharp would be nice. Getting a pick would be icing on the cake. Who should leave town? No one under the age of 27.Sopel is a powerplay guy with a shot. He has been exposed...
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November 23, 2009
Schenn the new Richardson?
Both early first round picks. Both physical defenders, slated for greatness. Both rushed into the league. We know how Richardson turned out. I have much higher hopes for Schenn. Hopefully Burke can steer this situation away from repeating itself.This is not the blog you are looking for
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November 18, 2009
Schemin'
To answer a rhetorical question posed by Steve Buffery of Sun Media, the line of Poni-Grabbo-Kulemin is Ski-Min. Pronounced Schemin'That is all.This is not the blog you are looking for
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March 30, 2009
Bouwmeester, Tavares, Burke and Reducing Turn-Around Time
Forgive me if my hypothetical plan has been articulated before, as I'm not as available to PROcrastinate as the years go by, but I think there is a chance for a quick turnaround in Leafland. Bear with me as I dream a Leaf dream.First, the media needs to start floating the idea of Brian Burke's dying dream of signing Jay Bouwmeester in the offseason. Jay might get traded before...
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January 12, 2009
A non-MSM Sundin Update
Courtesy of Raking Leafs intrepid New York Rangers correspondent.Via HF Rangers BoardI don't have much to add apart from having an intelligent and in depth conversation about hockey with one of hockey's greats during drinks, dinner and taking in a game from a luxury box is pretty much a Make-A-Wish for any hockey junky. I know I'd screw it up and think of all my insightful...
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December 17, 2008
In the beginning....
Leafs 3 - Wings 2Leaf LinesPoni-Antro-BlakeMoore-Steen-KuleminMitchell-Stajan-MayersTlusty-Grabovski-HagmanLeaf PairsCarlo-KubinaKaberle-SchennFrogren-VanRynToskalaThe physical play in all three zones is what really surprised me. Finishing the forecheck, stopping the skater in the neutral zone and putting the winger on his seat in the d zone is exactly what you want to do. If we...
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October 09, 2008
Puck Drops in 60
Apparently there is a Leafs game tonight or something. And people seem to be somewhat excited about it.I know this guy is.I'll be watching the Versus broadcast in HD down here south of the 49th. I have to say that without Versus I would never get to see an out of market NHL game in HD. That is why I'm happy to promote the channel. Now if only my cable provider would make...
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October 09, 2008
Rare Synchronicity
As you can tell my Leaf blogging urge has ebbed over the past year. The reasons are due to physical health, mental health (Wilson's mantra of attention to detail is my current medication), as well as other interests over-taking my irrational insistence on watching a team with a deeply flawed ownership and team philosophy.The leader of the competing pack is fly-fishing. This year...
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September 25, 2008
Advantage Sather
Congratulations, you've just acquired yourself one slightly used Ryan Hollweg! And as luck would have it, Raking Leafs has a Rangers Correspondent to tell you all about your new addition.Hollweg is a gritty player. He's good in the locker-room and well liked by his mates. In fact, he's often called a "team guy". Hollweg plays hard and he's sound defensively...
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July 15, 2008
Know your Coach
Adam Proteau of The Hockey News has a candid piece on Ron Wilson definitely worth a read. Can't wait for the hilarious anecdotes about Toskala to be included in the 08-09 THN yearbook.I've got similiar film responses to the man.This is not the blog you are looking for
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July 14, 2008
Frogren A
What the? I'm too tired at the moment to root through the CBA or do any substantial digging for that matter, but if the Maple Leafs aren't even on the same page with the league office when if comes to contracts, how on earth is this team supposed act up to the letter of the law, push the boundaries, find loopholes, however you want to paint it?I mean, come on. FletchLives...
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July 09, 2008
+ & -
2006-07 Toronto Maple Leafs- Darcy Tucker- Andrew Raycroft- Kyle Wellwood- Andrew Woznewski- John Pohl- Bryan McCabe?- Pavel Kubina?- Mats Sundin?- Various Draft Picks+ Niklas Hagman+ Jeff Finger+ Mikhail Grabovaski+ Jamal Mayers+ Curtis Joseph+ Jonas Frogren+ Nikolai Kulemin?+ Jeremy Williams?+ John Mitchell?+ Robbie Earl?+ Staffan Kronwall?+ Vorobiev?+ Schenn?_______________________...
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July 03, 2008
Sundin Signs...
When he's good and ready.You know what? I'm going to get all speculative on your ass, and say Mats is pulling a Neidermayer. He isn't dangling the retirement word, but he doesn't have too. He's a UFA. And he's learned from the blowback Scotty felt last year that misdirecting the public so heinously is not without its perils. But he is planning on doing the...
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June 30, 2008
Let the scouts do their job
The draft and the scouts aren't what's hurting the team. The problem is that the Leafs' management has traded away high picks â€" the scouts haven't had much to work with. Sorry about the lack of game reports of late. I've been too disgusted to keep rehashing the same flawed execution, and I intend ...
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June 16, 2008
NHL Pacing 1.29.08
Click image to enlarge.Here is the latest. The very top and the very bottom are about the same as last time, but the middle 27 teams are all mixed up.Toronto makes an appearance in the bottom three. As disappointing as this might be for fans of the club, I still reckon it's a good thing in the long r...
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June 07, 2008
Kirke in Outerspace
What can I say about a supposed Leafs fan being suprised about the level of interest in the "product" and the direction the "product" is going to take when for years there has been no direction...just profits. I could go on and whine about how ownership merely looks at one of the flagship franchises of the NHL as first and foremost a product, and how Peddie enlists...
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May 28, 2008
Doug Armstrong
GM most shouldn'tve been fired this past season.GM who assembled one of the best teams over the past several seasons, despite freak play-off third period collapses. They not only win, but they tend to do it the right way, with a style. The Leafs need a hockey program, period. And a hockey program is something that produces a team identity inherent to the personnel and practices...
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April 24, 2008
Let the scouts do their job
The draft and the scouts aren't what's hurting the team. The problem is that the Leafs' management has traded away high picks â€" the scouts haven't had much to work with. Sorry about the lack of game reports of late. I've been too disgusted to keep rehashing the same flawed execution, and I intend ...
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March 09, 2008
Worth The Wait
You sir, owe me one beer. You can pay up a week from tomorrow.This is not the blog you are looking for
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March 02, 2008
Habs given dose of goaltending
TOR @ MTL - F/O - Shots - Score - EventUsually for the Habs, the story is goaltending and the powerplay. Not so Saturday night, or atleast not their own goaltending and powerplay. The Leafs' Toskala out played Huet by a wide margin, the latter surrending two questionable goals to Sundin and Stajan. A...
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February 22, 2008
Board not Absolved
Don't let JFJ be the only scape goat. MLSE has to feel the sting for their part in assembling/managing/perpetuating a team this is increasingly making me feel like a fool for looking past, justifying to myself and in the end ignoring its fatal flaws.Simmons' article today in the SUN is obviously a d...
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February 11, 2008
Let the scouts do their job
The draft and the scouts aren't what's hurting the team. The problem is that the Leafs' management has traded away high picks â€" the scouts haven't had much to work with. Sorry about the lack of game reports of late. I've been too disgusted to keep rehashing the same flawed execution, and I intend ...
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February 10, 2008
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