Jason Orach

I'd like to pause from announcing the winner for a minute to point out how truly disappointed I am in all of you. Not only did Jeffler predict victory and lose in the first round in true Alfredsson spirit but you all let our free copy of NHL

I'm guessing today was Dr. SkinnyFish M.D.'s day to FTB. Unfortunately for all of you we were stuck in traffic for ever last night and dragged ass into our apartment around 2a.m. before passing out. I don't have many Leafs blogs in

PPP: Monster Loaded for a Difficult Year, August 18th "At the same time people know how you play, so it might be easier for them to scout me." Toronto Sun's Dave Fuller: Monster Ready to Take On Jinx, August 21st "At the same time teams

For those of you who don't know Elie Aintabi he's a Habs fan that PPP and I jaw at on Twitter a lot. Aside from his obvious handicap he's a solid guy who was nice enough to forward me an email exchange between himself

Last night Brian Burke let Tomas Kaberle's no trade clause window expire; giving the defender the right to choose his own destiny from now until he hits unrestricted free agency on July 1st, 2011. Tomas is an elite offensive defenseman who is probably as large a victim of

Click the image to register so we can get an idea of how many people we'll have enter. Some of you read the Pensblog. Last week they were approached by a company called Rivalspot who runs video game tournaments. As an introductory offer Rivalspot offered up a free

I'm sure most of you are aware of Puck Daddy's "Mount Puckmore" series where people decide on the four faces of a franchise that should be engraved on a mountain. PPP and I have been asked to do this for the Leafs and we&

The time has come. After careful consideration we've decided not to have paid entry so you big boned types will have to compete solely on the honor system unless there are secret prizes handed out at the end of the contest (there will definitely be prizes). Want to

Michael Cuttell over at Maple Leafs Hot Stove had this to say about Frolov signing with the Rangers: However, to a team in the Leafs’ position, he’s useless. As we established from the beginning, the Leafs are not realistic contenders for the Cup this year. When they finally are

[iTunes] [Direct Link] [Podcast RSS Feed] While PPP is on vacation we decided to replace him on the podcast with someone much smarter: mc79 of mc79hockey.com. He's a lawyer and gave us his interpretation of the upcoming string of litigation surrounding the Kovalchuk contract. We also talked

The Maple Leafs have confirmed that @armdog is Colby Armstrong's official Twitter account. His last tweet is about how excited he is to be in Toronto but the two before that remind me an awful lot of someone: Just got a new droi 3:15 PM Mar 17th

TSN has put up an article about the "best of the rest" ie. remaining UFAs. I really hope "TSN Staff" means this was written by interns. Jose Theodore, G Theodore was 30-7-7 with a 2.81 GAA last season - extraordinarily strong numbers - but the

No FTB today because we're sipping drinks by the pool. Post links in the comments and discuss them or go outside and drink a six pack in the sun; nothing's happening anyways.

Per Capgeek Marcel Müller's (transliterated as 'Mueller') contract is two years for $2.25M total, broken down like this: Season AHL Salary NHL Salary P. Bonuses S. Bonus Cap Hit 10-11 $67,500 $900,000 $212,500 $90,000 $1,112,500 11-12 $67,500 $900,

Hanging out in the Chatty Cathy today a bunch of commenters on this fair site were discussing starting diets. I suggested we do a riff on The Biggest Loser, an American TV show which per Wikipedia: The basic premise of the show is that obese people become contestants who are

[iTunes] [Direct Link] [Podcast RSS Feed] We talk about: * The Kris Versteeg acquisition * The Colby Armstrong signing * Rumors of Zherdev and why we hate goal scorers * 2012 cap space * Keith Sweatt's chicken mcnuggets song * Nikolai Kulemin and John Mitchell's RFA contracts * No Brett Lebda/ We hope

The waiting is over. Per TSN's Darren Dreger the Leafs have signed Nikolai Kulemin to a two year deal at $2.35M per. This is an excellent job by Burke balancing Kulemin's desire to prove his increased worth to the team on par with the Gustavsson

The Leafs have signed Colby Armstrong to a three year deal at $3M per. Armstrong is a very Brian Burke player which is why none of us are surprised he's here. Last season Armstrong scored 15 goals and added 14 assists for Atlanta to go along with a

Brian Burke has added a top six forward. Versteeg is a 20 goal guy who will look good wearing the blue and white. I know a lot of people here like Viktor Stalberg but Stalberg is actually older than Versteeg. I'll be sad to see Chris DiDomenico leave

Probably time to address the whole Marc Savard rumors. This all started about one June 23rd when I saw CSNNE reporter Joe Haggarty talking about Savard being on the trading block. At the time I replied to him: Savard signed a huge hometown discount to stay in Boston. He has

Will these kids be heroes or footnotes? There's something interesting about watching the draft long after many turn their attention elsewhere: someday that kid no one knows anything about might score a series winning goal despite the long odds of him ever even suiting up to play in

Here's video of Sam Carrick mixing it up with Leafs prospect Jesse Blacker. He likes to drop the gloves and even has his own HockeyFights.com page. Carrick is a center who put up pedestrian numbers in the OHL so far, but that's what you'

The Leafs have drafted Swedish defender Petter Granberg from the Swedish Jr. league with the 116th pick. Granberg was listed as the #21 European prospect by CSB before the draft. He's 6'2 and 200lbs. Here are some profiles of him: Hockey's Future, NHL.com

If you want incorrect information, Bleacher Report is the place for you. (Here's a link to the Google cache for when they pull this down to save face.) If you opened your window and asked the next passerby for sports information you'd get something more accurate

The Leafs have added agitator LW Brad Ross (68 pts in 71gp in the WHL) and Erie Otters C Greg McKegg (67gp 37g 85pts in the OHL). Discuss the draft here!