Saturday, November 20, 2010
The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Washington Capitals 5-0 last night in one of many upset victories. Not only were the Thrashers heavily favored to lose the contest but it was even more unlikely that they would win via shutout, especially after allowing six goals against just a week ago versus these same Caps. Starting goalie [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 23, 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 15, 2010
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 [...]
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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