Julian Sanchez

The SBN megaverse is responsible for a couple of great grassroots campaigns from Throw The Snake to Japers' Free Alex. Today, I'm going to revive a movement that every hockey fan can get behind. Today, the No Habs No campaign is back! As with all good things,

The unbalanced schedule has wreaked havoc on our ability to hate each team properly. Gary Bettman's ridiculous idea to have teams play more often against fewer opponents in the regular season has done nothing to create rivlaries. Of course, that's something that anyone with any knowledge

Plekanec has his 'Jagr' moment - Puck Daddy What an asshole. Thank God this isn't a one and done playoff system. Dear God. Bitter Leaf Fan Page: Early Playoff Thoughts # 2 is so true it's not even funny. Ovechkin sees room for improvement -

This would be a lot better if not for the need for me to run the show over at Five For Howling last night. Well worth it though. So here are three previews from people that didn't have to slake their thirst for thrown snakes last night: 1.

As per Darren Dreger, the Toronto Maple Leafs have signed restricted free agent Jonas Gustavsson to a two year deal worth $1.35M per season. Chemmy took a look at his comparables earlier this year and this deal surpasses even that optimistic outlook: I'd say a fair offer

I love it when a plan comes together. By now you've likely read about #ThrowTheSnake, Chemmy's contribution to sports marketing. Pro Hockey Talk jumped on the bandwagon when it became a trending topic on Twitter before Puck Daddy picked up the story. Travis Hair, of Five

The NHL playoffs are the best in sport. There is no contest and anyone offering up a counter argument is a fascist. By some fluke, we've previewed three of the four series that are starting today and we'll get the fourth up some point today. This

Mercifully, the Toronto Maple Leafs did not win the 2010 NHL Draft Lottery. The Boston Bruins will be selecting second overall as they collect their first pound of flesh from the Leafs in exchange for Phil Kessel. Their fans are left to ponder Tyler or Taylor while Oilers fans are

Because you'll be watching this with bated breath here is an open thread to wrangle all of you in here. If you need a refresher you can click here to read more but here's all you need to know: Odds that the Toronto Maple Leafs draft

Every year during this blog's history (damn you Maple Leafs) I've had to pen an ode to the second most important aspect of the Stanley Cup playoffs: Hate. I'm a traditionalist. Sports Bigamy is the greatest sin in my eyes. I don't

Any day you have to stand in front of other bloggers and talk about not qualifying for the playoffs should be a kick right in the groin to everyone in the Barilkosphere and it's a kick to me. I take it personally and unprofessionally. I'll keep

As I may have mentioned once or twice, I am an alum of Queen's University. I spent this past weekend playing in an alumni tournament and reliving past glories and past failures. The hockey was a lot of fun although we were missing a couple of our best

Last night, step one in a five step process that will result in the Montreal Canadiens missing the playoffs took place. Here's what else needs to happen to give us one hell of a chip to play in future trash-talking: 1. The New York Rangers need to win

The Toronto Maple Leafs love their fans. They are so dedicated to doing everything they can to make the Montreal Canadiens miss the playoffs that they rolled over for the New York Rangers tonight. Here are the highlights of a terrible game: 1. Dion Phaneuf scored his first as a

On Friday night I was a guest of the Toronto Marlies as I lay witness to the Marlies playoff push. The now deceased push was in its final throes and Friday night, despite a spirited effort, was one more nail in the coffin as the Marlies fell 3-1 to AHL

Last night on twitter Garrett Bauman and I read James Mirtle's article which suggested Ron Wilson and Brian Burke were interested in bringing Mike Van Ryn back next season. Van Ryn's apparent openness to returning started us on the path to figuring out just how the

In honour of the Maple Leafs' performance in their final home game of the season I am going to mail in this game recap. The Toronto Maple Leafs were shutout by Brian Boucher and a Philadelphia Flyers team that is once again in a tailspin. They wasted an excellent

A lot of digital ink has been spilled trying to look at who the Toronto Maple Leafs could bring into the forward ranks to help bolster the offence and shield some of the younger forwards from the tough minutes. Maxim Afinogenov has been held up as the kind of forward

Right now, the Toronto Maple Leafs are still in the cave with a rock in front of the entrance. The team may not rise on the third day, actually it'll be the third season at the earliest, but they do have some guys that are working on rolling

What an odd setting for the video. A Boston Bruins fan who is quite disillusioned with his team. It's an odd YouTube video. He doesn't hate Matt Cooke, he doesn't think losing Savard is that big of a deal because the team is not

The Toronto Maple Leafs start the first of four games against the playoff bottom feeders in the Eastern Conference and still have a great chance to dictate who qualifies and where they will end up. It is the last Saturday night home game of the season and will wrap up

The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed Philippe Paradis to a professional contract. He will report to the Toronto Marlies now that Shawinigan has been eliminated from the QMJHL playoffs. RDS reported on his signing this morning: L’attaquant des Cataractes de Shawinigan Philippe Paradis a signé son premier contrat professionnel

This day is usually the one Friday in Lent I remember not to eat meat. Most of the other Fridays I will try my best and remember once I am through my second or third bite. By then, the cat's already out of the bag so I finish.

I haven't watched that movie in a while but it's an underrated story of effort triumphing over pure skill. The gist is, that just like tonight, it only takes one time for Danny O'Shea or any underdog to beat Kevin O'Shea. Tonight,

I feel old remembering this song but yeah, for the fifth year in a row this describes the Leafs relationship with the playoffs. This sucks but maybe not forever. So at least we have that going for us.