Colin Odneal
Total 812 Posts
Captain Marlie Re-signs
Links
Maple Leafs Re-sign Trevor Smith to 1-Year Deal
Sure. Whatever.
Nylander's Hair and Dev Camp
He's so pretty.
Lebron to Toronto?
I'm on board.
RNH, Crosby, and IPP
mc79 wants to know if you're down with it.
Maple Leafs' Assistant
Humpday Links
Links
Bargain Shopping: Remaining UFA Forwards
I wouldn't mind Setoguchi.
Watching Kessel's Prime Years Fade Away
So is Kessel the new Mike Gartner?
Seriously, Points aren't Offense
At least when talking about defensemen as mc79 shows.
Gardiner, Phaneuf, and Quality of Competition
Jake Gardiner,
Upcoming Arbitrations Galore
Links
Reimer, Franson File for Arbitration
Going to be interesting to see if either settles beforehand.
Is the Bar in Leafland Set High Enough?
At the beginning of the season? Yes. Retroactively after the season? No.
Orpik, Niskanen, Joe Morgan and the Engine Room
mc79 looks into the "abilities&
Leafs Perform Clean Sweep at NHL Awards
The NHL Awards were held last night and the Maple Leafs, as a team, as an organization, didn't earn a single vote for any award or trophy. Not a single one. Even in a year with more than it's fair share of questionable votes (Gustav Nyquist
What's a Young Team?
Lots of talk surrounding the Leafs' poor performance last season has come with the explanation that "they're a young team. Lots of room to grow and develop." What I wanted to know is, is that true? Are the Leafs a young team relatively speaking?
What
Spend Money, Get Points. Unless You're the Maple Leafs of Course.
To kick off yesterday's Leafs Links, Bower Power posted a graph which showed how teams fared relative to their spending over the last five seasons. What I've done is expand on BP's work here.
Below is a graph which shows the cumulative spending on
Nothing Happened
And before you say it, no. Some idiot saying Jake Gardiner could be moved to forward is stupid and not link worthy. Therefore I have no links for you today. Make up your own links. Here's mine.
More Buyouts Please
Links
Speculation: Punchers and Picks
There's no way this ends well right?
Draft Profile: Robby Fabbri
You gotta think his parents missed the boat on naming him Robbi.
Evaluation Dman Performance Based on CorsiRel and OppCorsiRel
Pretty good stuff here.
Silly Season
Links
NHL Silly Season has Begun
Mirtle's got the scoop.
TML Powerplay
Lots of room for improvement.
Jeffler's Mailbag
Answers and stuff.
Maple Leafs Fans Need to See Something Next Season
That's an understatement.
Where are They Now?
Still playing hockey for the most
The Cup is in the House
Links
Boudreau on Ducks Corsi
I think Boudreau might be falling into the percentage pitfall instead of looking at raw figures.
USA Hockey Board Approves Stronger Rule to Curtail Fighting in Junior Hockey
Good. It's stupid.
Playoff LFR
Gotham's reckoning.
Mailbag: The Catchup
Jeffler answers questions.
Just Say No to Joe
Links
Mailbag: Lazy Sunday
Jeffler answers your Leafs related mail.
Should the Leafs Stand Pat at the Draft or Make a Move?
Who cares, they'll fuck it up anyways.
Steve Dangle Podcast
Scout Clout.
Playoff LFR
Crown in the crease.
Leafs Pursuing Thornton?
God I hope not.
The Untouchables
#Leafs remain aggressive in #NHL trade market. The only 4 players I hear they are not actively shopping are Bernier Kessel Bozak and Rielly
— Nick Kypreos (@RealKyper) June 6, 2014
Why? Because we're Leafs fans and we're not allowed to have nice things. Things like 30
Monday's Leafs Links
Links
NHL Scouting Combine Continues to Evolve
Sam Bennett didn't evolve to do pushups.
Dave Bolland on TSN 1050
Please go away Dave Bolland.
Are the Leafs Close or Far Away?
Like Oz, they're far far away.
Steve Dangle Podcast
Facts optional.
Nothing Happened
Links
Maple Leafs Prospects Season Wrap Up
None of them won anything of any regard.
Playoff LFR
Vista Cruiser
Analytics Mailbag
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The Return of Leo?
That'd be nice.
Steve Simmons is Dumber Than You; Or Why "You Can't Measure That!" Misses The Forest For The Trees
In this installment of the Negative Nancy Notebook, we eviscerate Steve Simmons latest attempt to tell us why the hockey stats community is stupid and why Steve Simmons is smarter than us all.
Monday's Leafs Links
Links
Sustainability and the Marlies
Baby Buds are still undefeated in the playoffs.
Do Maple Leafs Fan want Grit or Skill?
Dumb ones want grit. Smart ones want skill.
Ask Grabbo
You have questions, Grabbo has answers
Grabovski's Answers: He Doesn't Loathe Pineapples!
You gave him questions. Grabbo gives you answers.
Marlies Undefeated
Links
Marlies Take 3-0 Series Lead
Not too shabby.
Habs Toughness and Discipline an Example for the Leafs?
You mean getting drastically outplayed by saved by a good goalie? Tried that already.
Reforming Randy Carlyle
Do the Leafs really expect a coach who can't willingly change from peanut
Ask Grabbo
Ask questions of everyone's favourite ex-Leaf
Captain For Captain?
Let it be known that I'm totally on board for a hypothetical captain swap with Pittsburgh.
Links
Optics
A great line from the piece by Cam Charron:
"the days where managers and journalists—the old white men who got to be in the building every night—have
Maybe the Captain Won't Go Down with the Ship
Links
Leafs and Senators Shopping Their Captains?
According to Kypreos they are.
Captaincyyoulater?
Jeffler weighs in on the rumors.
Steve Dangle Podcast
He's telling your mom.
Culture Change and the State of the Maple Leafs
I'm thinking famine era North Korea as a comparable state.
Maple
Carlyle Delenda Est
Et tu, Brendan?
Links
Is This the Worst It's Every Been?
DGB brings us part four.
LFR: Carlyle Extended
Dangle's liver destroyed.
An Anecdote Involving an Umbrella
I'm glad Cam is not the Leafs' GM.
Dave Nonis on TSN Drive
The lights are