Colin Odneal
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Curse? What Curse? There is no Curse.
Author's Note: This is a re-post from last year because the MSM talking heads just can't seem to get things right.
Last weekend, once the Canucks had secured their first overall finish, we got more tales of the Presidents' Trophy Curse. "Only 30% of
Fifth Place for Now
So the draft lottery happened last night with the Edmonton Oilers channeling their inner Chicago Bulls and pulling off the three-peat. Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Nail Yakupov? Their team will score a million goals and let in a million plus one. Also, lol Columbus.
Anywho, with the Oilers winning, the
Monday Morning Linkage
Here be your links. Maple Leafs 2011-12 Season by the numbers coming later. Here be your links.
Leafs Links
Let's Talk Honesty About Direction
Mike from VLM brings up Part 1 of 2.
My Brief Time as a Toronto Maple Leafs Goalie
Loser Domi recalls he one change
Three Scores and Sixty Minutes Ago...
When he wasn't hunting vampires, Abraham Lincoln was busy being one of history's greatest orators. One of his greatest sayings was, "You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you
A Loss More Costly than Others
Leafs Links
With Average Goaltending the Leafs Would Have Made the Playoffs
Ayup.
What Have you Done for me Lately?
The Hockey Writers look at Five Leafs Prospects.
Goaltender Independent plus/minus rates for the Leafs
Cam Charron breaks down the numbers and........god damn Lombardi you suck.
The Leaf
Biggest Jobber: Daniel Bryan or Jonas Gustavsson?
Pardon the late FTB, last night I was indisposed with Wrestlemania, Game of Thrones, and a tiring weekend in NYC full of drinking and debauchery. I'll be adding links shortly. Until then, use the comments to debate which match was better; Rock-Cena or HHH-Undertaker.
If you're
A Big Day for You Can Play?
I can't give specifics because I don't know them, but a little birdie has told me that something's coming from the You Can Play Project. When news breaks, we'll send you to it. In the meantime, give their website a visit if
Flyers at Leafs - Third Period Thread
DION PHANEUF and the TELEPROMPTER.. (via OttawaGh0st4)
Hey Abbott! - Maple Leafs Sign Maine Forward Spencer Abbott
via this dude
Hamilton's Spencer Abbott - Hobey Baker favourite and Maine star forward - has just signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
via Mirtle
Sounds to me like it's done or nearly done.
So who's on first Spencer Abbott? He's the
We're All Marlies Fans Now
As my mom and that one annoying girl in elementary school who was a snitch always used to tell me "If you've got nothing good to say, then don't say anything at all."
Leafs Links
Combing the Desert for Good Young Players
"We
Mathematical Elimination Hangs in the Balance
After an abysmal Februdreary and a equally craptastical Death March, the Leafs find themselves going into tonight's game with the possibility of being mathematically eliminated from the Playoffs should they lose. Already, 6 teams have guaranteed themselves to finish ahead of the Leafs: NYR, PIT, PHI, BOS, NJD,
Traditional Means, Typical Results
So a funny thing happened over the weekend. The Montreal Canadiens were mathematically eliminated from the Playoffs. Another thing happened as well, this one not so funny. The Toronto Maple Leafs Playoff Death Number fell to just 4, meaning it's all but a certainty that the Leafs will
Rangers at Leafs - Going for the Lottery Ball
Air Canada Centre | Toronto, Ontario
7:00 PM
--- VERSUS ---
TV: CBC unless you live somewhere else besides Toronto where it's the Sidney Crosby Fellatio Hour and Senators-Penguins is your game. Sucks for you.
[Blueshirt Banter] [NHL Preview]
Over-under of the number of Leafs shots on goal
We're Doing It
We're doing it! We're in the draft lottery. All hail Tank Nation!
Links after the jump.
Leafs Links
Lupul Named Leafs' Nominee for Bill Masterton Trophy
Fittingly, he's out injured again.
The Leafs Could Use a Tim Tebow-like Player Going Forward
Well they
Leafs Fans Now Chant 'Fire Terrible Journalists'
Leafs bloggers have a long and illustrious history of tearing apart the terribly written arguments by journalists covering the Toronto Maple Leafs. There is Cox Bloc, the Negative Nancy Notebook, and a multitude of posts, comments, and tweets filled with disdain for lazy articles written by paid "professionals"
Whatcha Really Really Want?
Do you want a Playoff berth or a Top-5 draft pick? Well Mike Langlois at Vintage Leaf Memories would like to hear your take on it.
The sways of emotion that we experience as fans are natural. We get discouraged when things don’t go well and are often unduly
Leafs Win Hockey Game?
Leafs win hockey game! And there was much rejoicing in Leafs land until reality set in. Huzzah!
Here be your Friday links.
Leafs Links
10 Issues the Leafs Face Going Forward
Mike at VLM sees problems despite a win last night. How naive of him.
That Jake Gardiner is a
Definition of Insanity
If the generally accepted definition of insanity is "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results", then what does that say about Leafs fans who tune in every night hoping to see their team win a hockey game? Just a thought.
Leafs Links
Leafs
Leafs Didn't Lose Last Night
So we got that going for us.
Leafs Links
Maple Leafs' Fall is for the Best
Good luck convincing the unwashed masses of that James.
The Ongoing Brian Burke Maple Leaf Melodrama
Mike from VLM points out how Brian Burke is basically just blowing smoke out of his ass.
Maple Leafs Fan Cheering Guide - March 7th
Aside from Washington losing in OT instead of regulation, last night's game went exactly how the Leafs needed them to. Except for that whole losing their own game thing. That one stung. The Leafs need an 11-5 record from here on out to hit what looks to be
Mikhail Grabovski Re-Signs, Fire Up The Comparables
Mikhail Grabovski superfan PPP takes a look at some popular comparables with a special focus on CapGeek's list:
As soon as the deal came out, people were looking to make comparisons to other signed deals. Cap Geek tweeted a link to a comparison of 20 comparable cap hits
Maple Leafs Fan Cheering Guide - March 6th
Back by popular demand, it's the Maple Leafs Fan Cheering Guide. It got too depressing writing these when every night, nearly every game didn't go the Leafs way and the Leafs lost 9 out of 10. But now, there's a new sheriff in town,
Death Numbers for Death March
Death March is upon us. The long, painful road to either the Playoffs or the draft lottery now lies before the Leafs. Despite the worst 10 game stretch of any team so far this season, the Leafs are somehow only 3pts back of 8th with a game in hand. I
How Is This Team Still in the Playoff Hunt?
Mid-season coaching changes fairly rare in Toronto, but could the impact this time be like the spring of ’59? - Mike Langlois at Vintage Leaf Memories
Off the top of my head, I don’t think there have been that many mid-season (or late-season) coaching changes in the time since
Friday Morning Linkage
I just got some links for you this morning.
Is Carlyle the Next Coach of the Maple Leafs?
Mirtle and Duhatschek discuss the Leafs in the G&M podcast.
Now's the Time for a Rebuild on the Fly
What BCP proposes with either involve stashing $10M+ on