All Entries Tagged With: "Maple Leafs"
DAILY RUMORS: Maxim Afinogenov To Leafs? Not So Fast
We at HockeyIndependent.com want to be your resource and filter for what is going on in the NHL. We try to disseminate the noise in the blogosphere. We don’t look to to attack those sources, but to question the veracity of the rumor with cold logic, hockey smarts and knowledge. To do that… we have [...]
Bowman Deals Versteeg
As was the case in last weekend’s draft the Hawks acquired big, fast players, this time in a trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Stan Bowman’s significant transaction since becoming general manager have had a common thread. He has traded potential All-Stars, which were already paid as if they were, for young talent which will [...]
DAILY RUMORS: Tomas Kaberle for Wayne Simmonds Rumor Trashed
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DAILY RUMORS: Lyle Richardson Deflates The Savard For Grabovski Rumor
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DAILY RUMORS: Picking Apart a Couple of Jeff Carter Trade Suggestions from the Courier Post
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Friday’s Thoughts….Will Hawks Move Campbell?
Yesterday a confident Stan Bowman explained a little about where the Blackhawks are at concerning their salary cap predicament. He commented it was sad to see players go but they have been preparing for this situation for many months. Maybe Hawks management had a contingency plan in place for the all the bonuses which were [...]
It’s Your Turn, Pierre: The Great Captaincy Debate
Yesterday, the Toronto Maple Leafs ended an entire season of speculation when they announced Dion Phaneuf as their new captain, the 18th in their long storied history. The decision was generally met with approval from most Leafs fans. Phaneuf certainly represents the team that Brina Burke has built this far well, in terms of truculence, belligerence, [...]
2010 NHL Entry Draft Drawing Takes Place TONIGHT
At 8pm Eastern time, the NY Islanders will get their 2nd lottery win in a row and skip from #5 to the #1 slot. Ok, ok, you aren’t buying it. Well, don’t say I didn’t warn you. Jokes aside, tonight comes, right before the playoffs, the Draft Lottery which is produced and televised by TSN [...]
Habs vs. Leafs Gameday: Last Chance
For this entire, final week of the regular season, the Montreal Canadiens have been sitting but two points or less away from a clinched playoff spot. Through the luck of the draw, if you want to call it lucky, they were handed the 11th, 12th and 15th place teams in the Eastern Conference to close [...]
Confirmed: Poni a Pen
UPDATE: TSN and Bob McKenzie are reporting that Ponikarovski to the pens for Luca Caputi and Martin Skoula is a done deal pending the trade call to the NHL. Skoula might be flipped tomorrow before the deadline, and Caputi could play for the Leafs as soon as possible. Bob McKenzie and TSN are reporting that [...]
TRAGEDY FOR THE BURKES: Brian Burke’s Son Dies in Car Crash
Earlier this season, an amazing story came out as Brendan Burke “came out”, a college hockey assistant coach with a legendary gruff father who has a Stanley Cup ring and Havard degree. It was one of the better stories of the year as the stoic father accepted and embraced his son. I defy anyone to [...]
Here Come The Blues, Presidents’ Trophy Opportunity….Plus Ladd, Nierdermayer, Kovalchuk and Kaberle Info
The Hawks will play two of their next three contests against the Blues. St. Louis will play a chippy, hard hitting style and hope for the best. They can’t be taken lightly as it is always difficult to win the first home game after a long road trip. Antti Niemi will get his turn between [...]
Post-Game Thoughts: Truculence Personified
Not one player on the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 2009-10 squad has had their name chanted in the Air Canada Center. It took Dion Phaneuf all of 6 minutes and 51 seconds. When Travis Zajac had his face plastered into the boards, I just knew we had found our very own Chuck Norris. Then, Phaneuf dropped [...]
Kovalchuk to Leafs – A Clarification
I would first like state that I am addressing this rumor because it is, in fact, circulating around the league that Toronto is interested in the Atlanta Thrashers’ sniper Ilya Kovalchuk. Yes, this rumor did come to light due to an Eklund blog, but no, it is not fake. In fact, every team in the [...]
A Time to Pause and Reflect
The Blackhawks had another United Center slow start and then battled through the final 40 minutes but still couldn’t solve goal keeper Jonas Hiller. He was very sharp and the Ducks were able to turtle it out for the final two periods and hold their advantage. The Hawks outshot the Ducks 43-12 and if not [...]
Habs Visit Leafs in Boxing Day Tilt
The Canadiens will try and make it 4 straight tonight as they visit Phil Kessel and the Toronto Maple Leafs on this year’s Boxing Day.
How Santa Ruined the Maple Leafs (A Christmas Story)
It was December 22nd, and I was recently hired on to work at the local post-office. I had done their tedious work of assorting all the mail and endured my fair share of letter kisses (aka huge freaking paper cuts). I had done my part in customer service in order to send out last minute [...]
Improved Play Means More Than Just Points
The Toronto Maple Leafs are ranked third in the Eastern Conference during the last 10 games with a 6-2-2 record, and while that is no major accomplishment, it’s an indicator that there is light at the end of the tunnel. I’m not referring to the late-season battle for playoff berths in the bottom seeds, which [...]
If Savard gets $4.2 million average… (Plus Habs/Leafs preview)
The Habs host the Leafs tonight as Gomez and D’Agostini return to the line-up. But what is Plekanec thinking now that the Bruins have extended Savard? www.thecheckingline.com
Hawks Shouldn’t Force A Trade
It was my opinion this summer the Blackhawks should have been aggressive in trading players to open up salary cap space for the coming season. There could have been a benefit for this year and next when the cap crunch will really hit. It was an unsettling summer for the Blackhawks front office. There was [...]
