Colin Odneal

Linkages. All of the Maple Leafs 2013 Playoff Goals Purdy sweet. Carlyle's Effect on Bozak's Possession Numbers The coach's favorite player. Joy. Know a Writer It's James Mirtle Ya'll. The Morgan Rielly Conundrum Send him back to the WHL.

In case you were living under a rock last night, you missed out on two amazing things. First, Ilya Kovalchuk "retired" from the NHL just 3 years into his lockout causing contract so he could go back to Ru$$ia to be with his family. If you look

After PPP user SydDave posted his All-Time Leafs team (fraught with errors I might add), lots of people jumped in with their corrections (and rightly so). It got tons of response so I figured, why the hell not come up with a crowd sourced version of what the PPP community

Humpday Links Not Advanced Stats - Grabovski is Still Better Even when you dumb it down to the plebs. Marlies: Who's Left? Not a lot of guys. Jim Hughes Interview He's the Director of Player Development don't cha know. The Steve Dangle Podcast -

So as feared, Dave Nonis has blown his cash wad on UFAs and Jonathan Bernier's unnecessary contract and now finds himself with 5 RFAs to sign and only $10,320,0833 in capspace to do it. Ask yourself this question: Who's more important to this team;

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Links Drafting by Position BCP lets you know how draft picks turn out. What Should Dave Nonis Do with Grabovski? Nothing. Let him play out his contract because he's a great player. Jonathan Bernier's RFA Comparables Just lovely. We're going to drastically overpay our

Links? We don't need no stinking links!

In the first incarnation of the Carlyle Coaching Myths Part 5, I looked at only shots totals and averages to see if the myth that Carlyle's system pushes shots to the outside was true or not. I concluded that it was not, but there was a lot of

Links 2013 Player Review: Joffrey Lupul Arm gets a C-. Can You Name This Leaf? Vintage Leafs would love to know. Collecting Vintage When You Cheer for an Expansion Team Neat piece by 1967ers. Bickell: "Mario Kart Helps us Focus" Meatheads trying to say they'd be

The Myth: Randy Carlyle's collapsing defensive system pushes shots to the outside and away from the dangerous areas of the ice. All season long, this was repeated time and time again. Even though shot totals were way up from previous years, we were told that it's

Links After 46 Years Without a Cup, Yes the Leafs Still Matter Well duh. Hart vs Ted Lindsay Which would you rather win? And that's really it until the draft comes.

So Colton Orr got himself a contract extension from Leafs GM Dave Nonis to the tune of 2 years at $925k a pop. In a vacuum this isn't a bad deal. It's a marginal NHLer being signed to a minimal contract that would only hurt the

Linkage 2013 Play Review: Leo Komarov I'll go with a sold "meh". Maple Leafs Offseason: What's Needed on Defense Bad bodies gone and good bodies in. The Steve Dangle Podcast Dangling. Have Some Cheese 1967ers has a gift for the Bruins. On Coaching Staffs

With the off-season fast approaching due to a shortened season and the Leafs actually making the playoffs, there's a lot of work to be done by Toronto's front office. First comes the draft where the Leafs find themselves mercifully (?) outside of the lottery with the 21st

Links Dallas Eakins Heads to Edmonton He must really like malls. Does Nonis have to Sign Kessel in the Off-season? Yes. Yes he does. Leafs Lose Eakins, Komarov? The first sucks, the second? Meh.

Humpday Links 2012-13 Player Review: Mark Fraser A hockey player first and fighter second? What a novel concept. Compliance Buyout Candidates: Eastern Conference You better believe Komisarek is getting bought out. Steve Dangle Has a Podcast This is episode 1. Players Vote to Grandfather in Visors Not too late or

Linkage Player Review - Cody Franson That boy good. The Dave Nonis 5-Point Offseason Plan Not even a single mention of "Fire Carlyle". Sunday's Funnies: Sather's Interviews I like door number 6.

Linkage Time for Toronto to Trade Jake Gardiner? No. Time for this guy to give up writing about hockey? Yes. That's right, it's yet more nonsensical crap writing from The Hockey Writers. Dallas Done? It sure seems like that'll be the case. Why Referees

So our Stanley Cup final four is 75% set with Pittsburgh, Boston, and Los Angeles punching their ticket. Now it's up to either Chicago or Detroit to win tonight and join them. Who's your money on?

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Nearly the weekend links Thoughts From Dave Nonis' Presser This raises a lot of questions about Nonis being at the helm. What Went Wrong? DGB with excuses from NHL's losers. US Routs Russia to Reach WC Semis USABestHockey Backhand Shelf Podcast Talking playoffs and stuff. Sure is

That sucked.

The Maple Leafs have, against all odds, forced a seventh and deciding game in their first round series. Be still my heart.