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Claude Giroux's opener (and eventual game-winner) was notable for more than his quick change of pace and beauty finish. It also gave us the opportunity to laugh at Josh Gorges' wardrobe malfunction as he struggled with the strap on his skate guard. Now, if you've

Daniel Briere's game winning goal in game two was a beauty. He used his speed to beat Hal Gill and fired a laser over Halak's glove. It must be particularly painful for Habs fans to see him have such a big impact on their current plight

1967ers and I are batting around some ideas for posts to write this summer but if we were Atlanta fans Braydon Coburn would definitely feature in some way. Don Waddell, in his infinite wisdom, saw the need to actually make the playoffs traded a young defensive stud who he had

Sergei Gonchar was another No Habs No! winner from Russia. It feels bad to point out that I was witness to what would probably amount to one of his worst moments as a professional. So I'll just note that Evgeni Malkin learned English by speaking to Gonchar'

Last year Evgeni Malkin won the Conn Smythe for his efforts in the playoffs. His parents were shown nightly and were credited with his strong play. This year, if they were there then their magic failed. Instead of a repeat performance he instantly became the Pittsburgh Penguins' Tomas Kaberle.

When Craig Adams raced into the slot to bury a Pascal Dupuis shot it looked like Montreal's luck had finally run out. They were no longer facing the naive and unlucky Washington Capitals. They were face-to-face with the defending Stanley Cup champions. No longer were they going toe-to-toe

Today SBNation.com will be providing unmatched coverage of the United States Hockey League's entry draft. Does that sound like being the tallest midget? Definitely. However, if you are interested in the draft Rink Side Radio will be following the draft live. Some of you might be wondering

It's no secret that we do not like the Flyers around here. Aside from just ripping on their fans, hating their players, and generally despising everything about the city Toronto also has some painful playoff history with the Philadelphia Flyers. The last playoff memory that we have is

DGB and Bloge Salming have been on deck for the Habs' eulogy since the Capitals took a 3-1 lead. This has been met with disastrous results. Now, they think that they might have some sort of evil powers or that the hockey gods have a sick fascination with screwing

This community's history of online hijinks is long and distinguished. One of our first ventures was the sponsoring of rival Hockey-Reference pages. Last year we racked up some new ones and now have a pretty good stable. Today, I just want to get an idea of which ones

This is a tale of a team whose reach exceeded their grasp. It is the story of a man named LOLuongo and his band of misfits. It is the saga of a group of fanatics with broken ankles. It is an epic of overconfidence, failure, and excuse-making. You'll

Some people might say that we only insult other teams on this blog - that's wrong, we also insult our own team - or that we don't provide 'value' or 'analysis' to coverage of the Leafs. Well, those people can kindly [Jiri

Richard Peddie has survived as the head of the board of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertaiment despite presiding over a losing team for the past five years for one reason: he makes MLSE a tonne of money. With the arrival of Brian Burke a year and a half ago he

The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed college free agent Ben Scrivens from Cornell University of the ECAC. Brian Burke famously said that he learned to never be caught short of goaltending. Last year he failed to heed his own words and paid the price for it. This year he has

Two years ago, we laid the 2007-2008 Montreal Canadiens to rest and laughed at their premature elevation of Carey Price. Last year we teamed up with Travis Hair to have our way with the 2008-2009 Montreal Canadiens and their ridicously funny centennial celebration. This year, in the interest of ensuring

Jason Chimera's had a tough career. He played a bunch of seasons pre-lockout with the Edmonton Oilers only to end up in Columbus after the lockout and missed the Oilers' run to game seven of the Stanley Cup Final. That's without even getting into the

I missed last night's game because I was watching Cop Out (definitely go see it) but I think it's pretty appropriate that I was watching something that made me howl with laughter. It would have been great to see the Senators as they blew a 3-0

Game three in the series saw an unlikely recipient of the No Habs No! token of appreciation as Brooks Laich scored the eventual game-winner in a 5-1 win. The third game of the series was more along the lines of what pundits and all fans outside of Quebec expected when

Until last night it looked like the No Habs No! campaign was going to run the table on the Montreal Canadiens. However, the Habs have bought themselves a temporary reprieve. I did manage to has out the first three letters to the Washington Capitals. Nicklas Backstrom is the initial recipient

I won't try to gild the lily today. Here are your links: Can Canada Love the Vancouver Canucks? No. Thank God. Screw 'em all. Eric Belanger receives a high stick, pulls out his... - Fallen Leafs NHL players are nails. Passengers Weighing Down Caps' Playoff Bus

First off, apologies for the delay in drawing the winners for the Five Reasons You Love Hockey Contest but they've all been notified and will hopefully have a better chance of getting their great gear than Godd Till did. Second, if you haven't read all 25

The Toronto Maple Leafs have been ranked 6th in Hockey's Future organizational rankings. They've moved from being ranked 28th to 18th last year into the top ten during Brian Burke's tenure. These rankings have improve drastically since Brian Burke's arrival. Of course,

Once upon a time, William Houston had a column in the Globe and Mail where he reported on sports media issues. I don't know what he did before because I was only seven and he's not interesting or famous. He was happily trudging along until, as

Today is chock full of playoff hockey. So far every game has been at least close for the majority of the game. First up, is the Coyotes-Red Wings series in about an hour. That's followed up by a double-header with the Penguins travelling to Ottawa which Damien Cox

The Finnish version of Jonas Gustavsson, Jussi Rynnäs, is apparently down to a short-list of teams. Unfortunately, that list does not include the Toronto Maple Leafs. A Finnish news report was found by JaredFromLondon and translated by our very own sleza: Ässä (name of the crappy team - sleza) goalie