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Nightly Scrap: Thomas, Halak continue to dominate

Tyler Seguin scored the second goal of the evening as the Boston Bruins defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-0. For Phil Kessel, the homecoming had to be humbling.  The young right wing accounted for six of  20 shots but like every one of his teammates failed to put one past Tim Thomas.  Patrice Bergeron scored [...]

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Crashing the Net – Week 3

During last week’s Crashing the Net, we reviewed players such as Tomas Kopecky, Tim Thomas, and Tomas Fleischman.  Hopefully you were able to scoop one of these guys up in your leagues before someone else snagged them.  By now you should have a strong feel for your team that you drafted, which will now allow [...]

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Jokinen leaves pre-season game

Olli Jokinen left the Calgary Flames’ pre-season matchup with the Phoenix Coyotes last night in the middle of the second period with an undisclosed mid-body injury.  Temporarily stepping in for Jokinen between Niklas Hagman and Jarome Iginla was Alex Tanguay but don’t expect that to be a long term solution. If Jokinen misses any extended [...]

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Stajan out means it’s Jokinen’s job to lose

Calgary Flames General Manager Darryl Sutter went out and signed Olli Jokinen for his second tour explaining he will score more goals with more offensive creativity surrounding him. He went out and signed Alex Tanguay to be that playmaker for the Joker and probably thought at one point Jarome Iginla would make his way into [...]

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Fantasy Season in Review: Calgary Flames

Offensive Corps: The captain Jarome Iginla led the team in scoring for the ninth straight season but did not display the same scoring tenacity he showed earlier in his career.  His 69 points were his lowest point totals since the lockout began and at age 33, one has to wonder if this will be a [...]

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Fantasy Season in Review: Toronto Maple Leafs

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 [...]

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Under Review: Armageddon Edition

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 [...]

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Fantasy Winners & Losers in Pair of Blockbusters

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 [...]

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Is Fisher the Go-To Guy in Spezza’s Absence?

So you drafted Jason Spezza thinking he wouldn’t drop off losing his top linemate in Dany Heatley… and he did.  Now you need to find a way to fill the even bigger void in your lineup that Spezza’s recent knee injury leaves.  Spezza has underachieved all year, 5-14-19 in 30 games, and now everyone too [...]

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The ProdiKessel Son Debuts

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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