All Entries in the "Toronto Maple Leafs" Category
The Toronto Maple Leafs – Another Offseason
After yet another disappointing season, Maple Leafs fans look toward another offseason. This time, as the fans of the only NHL franchise to have not played in a postseason game since the lockout. The overwhelming belief that the Toronto Maple Leafs still need a number one center still remains, and the uncertainty about goaltending is [...]
How Sweep It Is: Third Line Leads Boston To 8-0 Romp, Season Sweep Of Toronto
BOSTON– After snapping a season-long four-game losing streak with a 3-2 shootout win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday afternoon, the Boston Bruins were looking to start a new trend on Monday evening when they played host to the Northeast division rival Toronto Maple Leafs. If Monday’s effort is any indication of things to come [...]
GameDay: B’s Look For Season Sweep As Kessel, Leafs Invade TD Garden
Teams: Toronto Maple Leafs at Boston Bruins Records: Toronto 32-32-8 (72 Points) , Boston 41-27-3 (85 Points) Location: TD Garden , Boston, Massachusetts Time: 7:00 P.M. (EST) TV/Radio Info: NESN (Edwards, Brickley, Funayama) – 98.5 The Sports Hub (Goucher, Beers) Last Game: Maple Leafs 3 , Ottawa Senators 1 ……. Flyers 2 , Bruins 3 [...]
Eastern Conference Breakdown: What It Will Take To Get Into The Playoffs
As we enter the stretch run of this 2011-’12 NHL campaign, the playoff picture in the Eastern Conference remains as cloudy as it’s ever been. With each team having only 15-17 games remaining on the schedule, let’s take a look at how the final standings may end up, one month from today, when the regular [...]
GameDay: Bruins Visit Leafs In Carlyle’s Home Debut
Teams: Boston Bruins at Toronto Maple Leafs Records: Boston 38-23-3 (79 Points) , Toronto 30-28-7 (67 Points) Location: Air Canada Centre , Toronto, Ontario, Canada Time: 7:00 P.M. (EST) TV/Radio Info: NESN (Edwards, Brickley, Funayama) – 98.5 The Sports Hub (Goucher, Beers) Last Game: Bruins 3 , New York Rangers 4 ……. Maple Leafs 3 [...]
Five Deals That SHOULD Be Made Before The Deadline
As the late February NHL trading deadline approaches rumors have began to surface in every corner of the hockey world. From buyers to sellers and rentals, a plethora of deals always seem to be made this time of year. This year, as a few top-tier players are slated to become Unrestricted free agents at year’s [...]
Fast Five: Predictions For the NHL’s Second Half
As we hit the all-star break this weekend with the Fantasy Draft kicking things off this evening at 8 P.M., the 2011-’12 NHL season has officially reached it’s mid-point. There have been many surprises — and equally as many disappointments — across the league this season on both an individual and team basis. In anticipation [...]
CONCUSSIONS KILLING HOCKEY
Speed and offense are now the kings in the present day NHL. A focus on players with those very attributes took over drafts and team on-ice strategies. Slower skaters have slowly been fazed out, especially those pugilistic specialists who all too often didn’t quite have the same skill sets and strides of their respective teammates. [...]
Divisional Series: The Beasts Of The Northeast
Over the next two weeks, the Boston Bruins will be given the luxury of a considerably light schedule, especially by NHL standards, with only three more games slated for the 2011 calendar year. This coupled with the beginning of winter break at colleges across the country, has left me with some extra time to write. [...]
Canadiens trade veteran Jaroslav Spacek to Hurricanes for Tomas Kaberle: panic move?
The Montreal Canadiens have traded 37 year-old veteran Jaroslav Spacek to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for offensive defenseman Tomas Kaberle on Thursday. Spacek, who is making $3,833,333, will become an unrestricted free agent at season’s end, while Kaberle is in the first year of a three-year contract worth $4,250,000 annually. In 29 games this [...]
The Ten Most Expensive Defensive Units In The NHL
Some NHL general managers like to build their team with a lot of offensive punch (Washington Capitals), while others prefer to build their team with a strong goalie tandem (Minnesota Wild). Finally, some GMs prefer to build their team with a very deep defensive corps. Two months into the 2011-12 season, let’s have a look [...]
Boychuk, B’s Ride Monster 3rd Period Past Leafs For 4th Straight Win vs Toronto
In sports, sometimes a team just has your number. Whether it be through coincidence, luck or purely superior talent, sometimes an opponent can just get into your head, whether you are willing to admit that or not. As the Toronto Maple Leaf players went on record as not being mentally affected by yet another loss [...]
Bruins GameDay: Reimer Returns As Leafs Visit Boston
Set to battle for the fourth time already in this young 2011-12 campaign, the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs will take to the ice of the TD Garden for a Northeast division showdown on Saturday night. Boston’s unfathomable November run came to a close after the B’s 6-3 win at the Air Canada Centre [...]
Brian Burke’s NHL Fight Club Rules
The first rule of NHL Fight Club is you do not tweet about NHL Fight Club.
Bruins Down Leafs To Complete Historic November
On Wednesday night the Boston Bruins made organizational history. Capping off a 12-0-1 month of November with a 6-3 victory in Toronto’s Air Canada Centre, the B’s completed their first month without a loss (in regulation) since January of 1969. Leading the way for the B’s on Wednesday was their much-maligned (this season) top line [...]
Bruins GameDay: Seguin, B’s Set To Battle Leafs For First Place In The Northeast
On tap tonight at the Air Canada Centre is a battle for first place in the NHL’s NorthEast division. This of course between the visiting Boston Bruins (14-7-1 (29 Points)) and the host Toronto Maple Leafs (14-8-2 (30 Points)). Tonight is also the first half of a home-and-home series between these two squads, that will [...]
GOON: The Hockey Movie Preview
GOON: In our support of the lack of hockey movies, comes this info from the movie company to us. “We have a great throwback hockey movie coming out and we would love to get your support. Its violent and insanely funny.” Starring Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Alison Pill and Liev Schreiber Written by [...]
Leafs Not Meeting Expectations
The Toronto Maple Leafs and expectations go hand in hand. However the height of those expectations can vary from year to year. With Brian Burke entering his fourth year as the Leafs general manager, expectations have not been this high since Mats Sundin was the face of the franchise. The Leafs have no doubt gotten [...]
Maple Leafs’ Game Day: Florida Panthers @ Toronto Maple Leafs 11/08/11
The Toronto Maple Leafs will once again turn to Jonas Gustavsson, who will start for the Maple Leafs tonight as they host the pesky Florida Panthers tonight. Although they aren’t viewed as a force in the Eastern Conference, the Florida Panthers seem to always give the Maple Leafs a run for their money. Last season, [...]
Tim Connolly Injured – This Is A Recording
As reported by multiple media sources on twitter, Matt Frattin is going to be returning to the Maple Leafs, tomorrow. This move is coming as a result of the injury to Tim Connolly. Connolly will be out 10-14 days with what is being classified as an “upper body injury”. Ron Wilson also noted that [...]
