Offensive Corps: Although he missed the first twelve games of the season, the offense revolved around right wing Phil Kessel. At first, critics thought the Leafs lacked an appropriate playmaking center to compliment Brian Burke’s shiny new toy but at season’s end Matt Stajan and Tyler Bozak proved to be just good enough to keep [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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The Anaheim Ducks appeared playoff bound only a month ago, winning five of their seven games going into the Olympic break. Unfortunately, those wins came back in February and now ten days into March they still look for their first win. Let us review. Jonas Hiller signed a new contract, giving him the confidence from [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 1, 2010
In light of Sunday’s bombastic pair of trades between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Calgary Flames/Anaheim Ducks (and a decidedly light week on other ‘big issue’ NHL news), it struck me as necessary to dissect the re-landscaping nature of the deals pulled by Burkie and Co. The facts: on Sunday morning, Brian Burke announced [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 31, 2010
Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke officially made two deals today. The first sends Ian White, Niklas Hagman, Jamal Mayers and Matt Stajan to Calgary for Dion Phaneuf, Keith Aulie and Fredrik Sjostrom. The other sends Jason Blake and Vesa Toskala for Jean-Sebastien Giguere. What does this mean for your fantasy team? The Winners: Matt [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Phil Kessel has been cleared to play tonight at home against the Lightning. The Leafs will be receiving a boost tonight as Phil Kessel makes his much anticipated debut. In the last 4 games the Leafs have strung together 4 strong performances and have had a serious chance to win them all. They’ve shown some [...]
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010
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