Colin Odneal

25 games down. 56 games to go. It's going to take a lot of good speeches to get this team into the playoffs. Hopefully Nonis, Burke, and Wilson own a good thesaurus and have watched every sports movie ever, otherwise their speeches will become stale and lack their

Bruce Lee_Be Water My Friend (via sedonahealth9) Did you ever see Bruce Lee's final movie, Game of Death? The basic premise is that Lee's character is forced to fight his way to the top of a 5 story Pagoda to allow some mobsters to recover

The Leafs are a lot like a V-8 motor with a bad distributor; it's never firing on all cylinders. One night the PK will be great but the PP will have no legs. The next night Gustavsson will stand on his head, but the skaters can't

Tonight the Tampa Bay Lightning are in town led by the king of the powerplay goal, Steven Stamkos. If the Leafs hope to cage him, they'll need to get their PK legs back under them as that's where Stammer does half of his feasting (10PPG out

July 1st is our draft. This was a comment made by Brian Burke late last season when asked about what he'd do in the off-season without a 1st or 2nd round pick in the draft. This is the cornerstone idea behind the so called "Brian Burke Rebuild&

Let's get right to the heart of things shall we? Defensive Development - Jonathan Willis I wondered how long it took the average highly-touted defensive prospect to make the jump to being a top four defenceman, so I went back over the last 10 drafts to see. I

If you're a fan of rounding as I am, then the first quarter of the season ended with the 4-1 win over the Stars. At the beginning of the season, your overlords took a stab at predicting how the season would turn out for the boys in the

Either the wins over Nashville and New Jersey were nothing more than a flash in the pan, and not an indication that the multitude of Leafs problems have been solved; the poor PP and lack of offense. Or, Saturday's game against Montreal was just bad luck; Komisarek'

So last night was pretty damned good eh? Goals from the guys who need to be scoring them; two of them on the once godawful powerplay. Kadri now on a point per game pace. Gustavsson turning away 29 of 30 shots in his first chance to grab the starter'

Coming off what is arguably their biggest win of the season, the Leafs look to win two games in a row for the first time since their 4-0-0 run to open the season. The team currently sits at a junction; get a win tonight and build more momentum to salvage

Only this time, they went to work for themselves. 8 game losing streak? Over. 26th ranked powerplay? Now it comes in at 16th. Kris Versteeg seeming like a waste of Viktor Stalberg? Not after his two powerplay goals. Nazem Kadri pointless as a Leaf? Nope, he got an assist last

This month on the Discovery Channel, they're running a series on the great migrations of the world. The journey's of the sperm whale, the endless flight of the sandhill crane, the multi-generational migration of the majestic monarch butterfly, and on and on. This got me thinking

Last week's shootouts against he Capitals and Sabres were very frustrating to watch. Our best offensive threat, Phil Kessel, went 0 for 2; one a shot into the pads and another a feeble attempt at a deke. Versteeg continued his half-assing with a lackadaisical shot on Enroth and

Did you ever see the movie Castaway? Ya know, the one where Tom Hanks is the guy from FedEx who gets stranded on an island for 5 or so years with only a volleyball to talk to? At the end there is a good scene of Hanks talking to his

Nothing happened yesterday so let's get straight to your morning links. Leafs top line is firing blanks That's a low blow on Phil Kessel Leafs look sloppy Except for the second line that is More piling on about the struggles of the first line When do

Kulemin pots one but Roy brings the Sabres back to within one. Leafs are getting out shot, but carrying the play. Time to play a full 60 minute game Leafs.

Grabbo is going to pot one in this game, I can feel it. - Chris Stoikoff All hail the Oracle! That's how you finish a period. Leafs dominated play and will now have the momentum in the second. Looking good so far.

With a win tonight and losses by Ottawa and Pittsburgh, the Leafs will have 15 points and be 8th in the conference. Fortunately for us, the opponent is Buffalo; the worst team in hockey with a paltry record of 3-9-2 and they'll be without their wonder boy goalie

(This post has absolutely nothing to do with the Leafs, because they'll never have an attendance problem. But have a read and let me know what you think in the comments.) 6,706. 8,189. 8,171. 6,761. Those are the attendance figures the Phoenix Coyotes. Those

Maple Leafs vs. Capitals from the Verizon Center- 7PM TSN, NHL-N (US) After losing for the 6th time in 7 games last night, the Leafs have to face the perennial regular season powerhouse Washington Capitals on no rest. Normally playing games back-to-back would see a team weakened for the second

The Leafs are 1-5-1 in their last 7 games. At this point, we need some sound Hollywood advice: Classic Movie Lines #69 (via DiNap44) Bluto was pre-med, I'm pre-pre-med, and user BCapp is med and he agrees with John and I. Your links are after the inebriated jump.

In the last 7 games versus the Bruins, the Leafs are 2-3-2. In those games, former Bruin Phil Kessel has but one assists. There is just something about the Bruins that the Leafs have extreme difficulty dealing with. That something is a combination of terrific goaltending; Rask .944 sv% in

If you haven't seen it yet, here is Rule 48 in its entirety. The real meat here is this excerpt: A lateral or blind side hit to an opponent where the head is targeted and/or the principle point of contact is not permitted. As we've

Last night during the third period GDT, I commented that the outcomes of every Leafs game this season has created a pattern. Opening night saw a close one goal over the Canadiens. The Leafs followed that up with a blowout 5-1 victory over the Senators; a close 4-3 win in

Well the Leafs finally lost a game in regulation last night with a lackadaisical effort against an understaffed Rangers team. Even so, the Leafs gave up a season high 32 shots on net after averaging only 23 the previous 5 games. Equally troubling, the Leafs went 0 for 5 on