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
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