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The Toronto Maple Leafs' 2009 NHL draft picks have been evaluated by Mark Seidel for the National Post and the resulting is grade is more than a little surprising. Update: Seidel is the Chief Scout for the North American Scouting Service which is a competitor to the NHL'

An exhausting, illuminating, and ultimately extremely exciting weekend at the 2009 NHL Draft in Montreal can be seen through the AP pictures provided by SBN. Click on Nazem Kadri pulling on the Toronto Maple Leafs' jersey for the first time to see a gallery of pictures from the draft.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have made their final pick of the 2009 NHL Draft. Here's what has been added to the Leafs' cupboard: 7th Overall - 1st Round: Nazem Kadri, London Knights, OHL (Hockey's Future) Once projected as a sure-fire top-10 selection, Kadri's

The punishment passed unnoticed by almost everyone. The circumstances behind the punishment have never really been explained to the satisfaction of myself and many other Leafs fans. Here's what we've written on the subject: * Favouritism to Toronto? - The forfeited pick came on the heels of

Minutes after the Toronto Maple Leafs had selected Nazem Kadri from the London Knights with the 7th overall pick in the 2009 NHL Draft I had a chance to stand in on his first media scrum as a Maple Leaf. This entire day has been a series of new experiences

The day that we have waited for since the Leafs' were officially eliminated from the playoffs last September is finally here. Somehow it matters and it's not even November. Today's draft will receive some amazing coverage from the entire SBN Hockey Megaverse and we'

Editor's Note: I have never really figured out if I know how to use the term correctly but I think that this post would be considered 'meta'. At least among the Barilkosphere. Just two months short of two years ago, on August 12, 2007, a shining

There seems to be quite a bit of mirth, shock, and despair at the report that Daniel Sedin and his twin brother Henrik Sedin are looking for matching 12-year $63M contracts. I've tried to spread the gospel of James Mirtle's definitive post looking at the fact

Just a reminder that some members of the PPP community will be heading to the draft. Here's Chemmy's outline of the weekend if you are interested in meeting up wtih us in the city. The biggest news is that I, along with Robert of Habs Eyes

The hockey wings of the SB Nation Megaverse are running a mock draft. Three picks are being made a day, with the master list running through James Mirtle's From the Rink. He'll update the list each day with the next picks and links to each blog&

In preparation for the NHL Draft, we're going to run down the top 15 players as ranked by the ISS and have our users vote for how good they think each player will become to help us prepare our draft board. It's not often that real

In preparation for the NHL Draft, we're going to run down the top 15 players as ranked by the ISS and have our users vote for how good they think each player will become to help us prepare our draft board. Chemmy's actually working (in the

In preparation for the NHL Draft, we're going to run down the top 15 players as ranked by the ISS and have our users vote for how good they think each player will become to help us prepare our draft board. We're starting to get some

In preparation for the NHL Draft, we're going to run down the top 15 players as ranked by the ISS and have our users vote for how good they think each player iwill become to help us prepare our draft board. We're starting to get some

In preparation for the NHL Draft, we're going to run down the top 15 players as ranked by the ISSand have our users vote for how good they think each player is to help us prepare our draft board. Since the Hockey-Reference posts apparently do not count I

The brains behind SBN have released a new batch of improvements. This time they are focused on the FanPost editor and your ability to share your work. Remember back in the day when the last set of big changes dropped and I explained how to tag things? Well, it'

Forgive us the tardiness but as we mentioned before Mattblack got a brand spanking new job (no actual spanking involved) in the real world and we needed a new FTBer to join the team. Also, SBN launched a bunch of changes that will help us improve the site. Toss in

So you guys have once again come through with the goods with our Hockey Reference sponsorships. All of the spots have been renewed and a couple more have been added. Now it's time to decide what we want each caption to say. We have 255 characters (including spaces)

The anniversary of Kerry Fraser's blown call still hurts because of what was missed: a shot at the Cup.

Update: It's been confirmed that Peter Zezel passed away this afternoon. I neglected to mention the sports camps that he's been running in Toronto as well as the love he had for the Maple Leafs. Some opposition fans have been kind enough to relate their memories

So you guys have once again come through with the goods with our Hockey Reference sponsorships. All of the spots have been renewed and a couple more have been added. Now it's time to decide what we want each caption to say. We have 255 characters (including spaces)

So you guys have once again come through with the goods with our Hockey Reference sponsorships. All of the spots have been renewed and a couple more have been added. Now it's time to decide what we want each caption to say. We have 255 characters (including spaces)

So you guys have once again come through with the goods with our Hockey Reference sponsorships. All of the spots have been renewed and a couple more have been added. Now it's time to decide what we want each caption to say. We have 255 characters (including spaces)

So you guys have once again come through with the goods with our Hockey Reference sponsorships. All of the spots have been renewed and a couple more have been added. Now it's time to decide what we want each caption to say. We have 255 characters (including spaces)

So you guys have once again come through with the goods with our Hockey Reference sponsorships. All of the spots have been renewed and a couple more have been added. Now it's time to decide what we want each caption to say. We have 255 characters (including spaces)