Colin Odneal

So last night's pre-season game against Buffalo was quite a spirited affair. 8 goals scored,and 239 penalty minutes handed out. Central to all that mayhem was Phil Kessel who scored two goals and got himself the rare Match Penalty for defending himself against John Scott. Scott, found

Links Bolland Impresses, Kadri Hurt? Hope not. Pre-Season Post Game Leafs 3, Sens 2 Franson Willing to Play on a One-Year Deal Leafs not willing to give it to him. 2013-14 Player Projections From Blue and White Brotherhood Leafs Win as VLM Turns Four Why I remember it like it

Links Darryl Sittler on This Year's Leafs Look at Dangle's fucking jacket. TLN's Top 20 Leafs Prospect List Only prospects on this here list. Bernier Impresses in his Unofficial Debut It's begun. Oops Seriously, why Fraser? Leafs Cut Roster to 37 Thus

So the......well I guess technically last night's game was played by the Leafs but they barely got by the rule of having a minimum of 8 players with "NHL" experience due to Troy Bodie somehow having gotten 104 NHL games under his belt. Regardless, the

So the Hurricanes signed malcontent Ron Hainsey yesterday, thus filling the hole left by an injured Joni Pitkanen. This probably takes them out of the running for a Franson offer sheet, which pretty much narrows down possible suitors to Calgary. Their team will be awful this year, so you gotta

So Nazem Kadri signed a contract last night to the tune of two years at $5.8M for an AAV caphit of $2.9M. That's a pretty good deal from the Leafs' perspective because it's a) a bridge contract that doesn't overpay fora

Dave Nonis went on TSN Radio last nightand as always when a member of the Leafs management speaks in public, there were quite a few money quotes to be had: We feel strongly that there is enough money to get both guys (Franson and Kadri) signed. Leafs only have $4.

Stay here and talk about the latest comments from Darren Dreger re: Kadri and Franson: (glovetap to @Hope_Smoke for tweeting these out from the radio) Dreger on TSN Radio "right now the numbers don't work for the Leafs in bringing back Kadri and Franson" Dreger

Links Canada Overflowing with Olympic Talent at Center Yes, that's the position the best players tend to play. The Top Secret Agenda for Team Canada's Orientation Camp Step yelling "Iggy". Growing Up a Gay Sports Fanatic This is a great read. Why Hits and

Links for you. Grabbo Lands While Kadri Stews Oh yeah, and Franson waits. Phaneuf Wants to Stay and Win in Toronto Well that's nice. Team Canada Sochi 2014 Roster Projection Dirty Dangle take a shot.

Leafs were yesterday's 30 in 30 team on NHL.com and got four articles posted about them: Gardiner's Role X-Factor for the Leafs Goalies Among Maple Leafs Questions Clarkson Gives Maple Leafs New Look(As Steve Burtch showed yesterday, I'm not sure how that&

Linkage Five Maple Leafs Expected to Perform Another 30pt season from Gardiner wouldn't be good enough? TLN's Top Prospects - Andrew MacWilliam They're a little high on this one. Jaromir Jagr is the Coolest Motherf'er on the Planet Seriously, look at him.

Links on a Monday Phaneuf or Kessel: If You Can Only Sign One Kessel 10 times out of 10. TLN's Top 20 Leafs Prospects - Honourable Mentions What that says. The Departed: How Losing Grabovski and MacArthur Will Force the Leafs to Think Differently Ayup.

Links Interview with Leafs Scout Garth Malarchuk Relatively speaking, this one is pretty tame. Landeskog Signs Sever Year Extension With Avs Me thinks this means ROR is as good as gone come March. That's pretty much it. Ah summer.

Here be your links: Jake Gardiner: A Breakout Season Around the Corner? You mean like his 30 point campaign in 2011-12? Steve Dangle Podcast - August 11th David Alter is apparently badass. Who Should Play with Bozak and Kessel? Can we get Bozak to go play in the street? Seven

So what are you doing to keep yourself sane during August? Winning a Fight Has Impact on Future Outcomes They are bad outcomes. Machine Learning for the NHL Part 1 Machine Learning for the NHL Part 2 This is some pretty wild stuff. Eastern Conference Pairing/Tier vs Team Production

It's been a year since we did our last official list of the top young players in the Maple Leafs organization. A number of players have moved on or graduated; who is the new king?

Linkages Can the Leafs Afford a Lame Duck Kessel this Season? I doubt it. If the season goes south, I think Kessel will too. An Interview with Leafs Assistant Coach Scott Gordon Yes, it's full of more stupid comments as if you even needed to ask that question.

Mark Fraser's arbitration hearing is set for tomorrow. Reports are that the Leafs are looking to sign him for around $800k, and that his camp wasn't upwards of $2M per season over an unspecified term. This begs the question; why was Mark Fraser given a qualifying

That's right kids, the Godfather himself is turning another year older. How old? 30 whole years old. Like really really old. So give PPP a big heartfelt happy birthday in the comments, on twitter, wherever. Links What the Nonis Extension Likely Means about Leiweke's Influence It&

Embracing Numbers - Or Why I Learned to Watch the Game AND Use Statistics Read this article as it makes some very good points like the ones below: I'm warning people about confusing what is and what should be. Despite your system and your focus, not only is

Well ain't dick all happening in the world of hockey right now except Team Canada rosterbation which is totally yawnnnnnnn. But that doesn't mean we don't have links for you. Know a Writer: Jesse Spector He's a darling. Maple Leafs in Waiting

Last night on Twitter Dave Bolland was somehow brought up in conversation and some Hawks fans joined in with their take on Bolland and the picture both they and the stats painted wasn't very nice. Here are some highlights: @SkinnyPPPhish @felixpotvin @fearthefin Kane dragged his dead ass up

Because PPP forgot to do his homework.

Last week I gave you all the opportunity to vote on who you felt were the all-time best and worst Maple Leafs. Despite the fact that many of you can't follow simple directions, I was able to tally up your votes and determine the two rosters. Without further