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Francois Allaire gives an interview in French to RDS.

Burke on Allaire: Then and Now

The Works Burger Chain should hope their burgers aren't as bland as their poorly researched insults.

Representing the blog I've been negotiating with PPP who's been representing the commentariat about our long standing commenting CBA. In truth we have irreconcilable differences concerning the number of GIFs in comments, big text usage and the James van Riemsdyk mandatory image posting rule. Speaking on

It’s with great pleasure that I unveil the first step in the next evolution of Pension Plan Puppets. In the next month SB Nation will be undergoing a dramatic upgrade to our platform and our editorial process. There will be much more detail to come but for now, the

From the entire editorial staff at PPP we'd just like to extend a thank you to Chaim Weisswasser for his contributions to the blog and its attendant mythology. We couldn't have done it without your Vtech phone contest entry, so here's to you: L&

According to this guy it did: NHL-CHL transfer agreement (the 20-or-older rule to play in the AHL) expired back in July. Intriguing sidebar for upcoming AHL season. — Dan Weiss (@SARampage_Voice) August 14, 2012 That's certainly an interesting wrinkle with a pending lockout. AHL hockey would be absolutely

Would you like to skate on the new rink at Maple Leaf Gardens before anyone you know? Would you like to score a goal under the roof that Conn Smythe built? What if you could help out a great cause in order to do it? Of course you would. As

I saw these on Twitter tonight from user @Todd_Norman (stick tap to @TML_Crystal for finding them), whose bio says that he's an internationally famous fitness expert in Orange County, CA. There's not a lot of hockey news at this time of year so enjoy

The #Leafs have signed Tyler Biggs to a three-year entry level contract: bit.ly/OOiY5k #NHL — Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) August 9, 2012 By all accounts Biggs is having a productive time at the USA WJC camp and today he signed his ELC with the Leafs. This shouldn't

Via the Leafs' PR twitter account (can anyone explain to me why news like this comes from LeafsPR and not the MapleLeafs account?): #Leafs sign 2012 first-round draft pick Morgan Rielly to a three-year entry level contract. Rielly was selected fifth overall on June 22. — Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) August

Drafted 7th overall in 2009 Nazem Kadri has yet to make himself an every day NHLer. Coming in to 2012-13 it's unclear where he fits into a Leafs lineup that includes Phil Kessel, Joffrey Lupul, James van Riemsdyk, Mikhail Grabovski, Clarke MacArthur and Nikolai Kulemin. Every Leafs fan

There was no FTB this morning because of an administrative error that resulted in the painful death of most of our employees. PPP Distributed Computing and Less Toxic Chemicals GMBH regrets the oversight and hopes you continue to visit the site and support our generous sponsors. Have you considered new

Noted hockey trade breaker HockeyyLnsiderr gets a lot of hate mail from his critics. He tweeted his correct prediction that Rlck Nash would get traded today and just look at the hurtful things people replied to him with. Just like I predicted Rick Nash is being traded. #CONFIRMED — Hockeyy Insiderr

Per Hockey Night in Canada's Andi Petrillo: Hearing the Leafs have put in an offer to G Jonathan Bernier. — Andi Petrillo (@andipHNIC) July 17, 2012 1. This is really Andi Petrillo. 2. Weirdly enough, she follows @HockeyyInsiderr (not my parody) on Twitter and he posted that rumor about

That's Cam Janssen's quote, word for word. Watch him say it and laugh about it. He does his good ol' boy "aw shucks" routine and even slaps the table it's so funny. Go watch the video which we were smart enough

This year at Leafs training camp a highly touted young winger will line up at centre for the Leafs in their ongoing quest to find the elusive #1C. In December of 2010, his first second season with the Maple Leafs, Phil Kessel was switched to playing C in an attempt

With Ryan Suter, Matt Carle and Zach Parise off the market the last marquee free agent available is one Mr. Alexander Semin. Semin, like his buddy Alexander Ovechkin had what many people would describe as a down year last year, putting up 21 goals and 33 assists for 54pts in

Rob Vollman's bubble chart for player usage (.pdf) is all the rage in the statosphere right now; he uses it to show players zone starts, quality of competition and their corsi rels all in one image. It's a really invaluable resource but I felt like it

One of the biggest worries in Leafs Nation was that Colby Armstrong getting the heave-ho wasn't a sign that Burke was actually ready to turn to youth in the bottom six. Brandon Prust's name swirled in our fevered dreams as Colby Armstrong 2.0. All the

With the Jay McClement and Matt Frattin contracts something is sticking out for me: the Leafs have too many NHLers. At Center their depth chart (in no particular order) is now something like: Mikhail Grabovski, Tim Connolly, Tyler Bozak, David Steckel, Jay McClement Our "top six" wingers are

Frattin gets 2 year, one way contract with Leafs. $850,000 per year. — Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) July 1, 2012 I'm interested to see how this all shakes out, Leafs have about eight guys set for the bottom six right now. Will Matt Frattin and Leo Komarov start the

Via Bob McKenzie: TOR signs Jay McClement to to 2 year deal worth $3M. — Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) July 1, 2012 Rob Vollman at Hockey Abstract had this to say about Jay McClement in his NHL Usage Charts (.pdf link): Even when you get past those disappointments, top players like Milan

Colby Armstrong has been bought out by the Toronto Maple Leafs per his own shitty twitter feed. Getting to blog a story like this is great because I don't need to list the positive things he contributed to the Leafs which saves me some typing. Colby Armstrong was

The Score is reporting that Mats Sundin has been inducted to the Hockey Hall of fame alongside Joe Sakic, Adam Oates and Pavel Bure. We should probably wait for official confirmation but Sundin's going in there at some point: might as well party early. Congrats and thank you