Game Preview: Maple Leafs at Bruins
Pre-Game: 6:30 p.m., Leafs TV
Broadcast: 7:00 p.m., Sportsnet, Leafs TV Interactive, AM640
Post-Game: 10:00 p.m., Leafs TV
Post Video: mapleleafs.com

Last Meeting: 4-2 win October 23, 2008
Highlights: YouTube
Real Highlight: Lucic putting Van Ryn through the glass
REMEMBER YOUR SPG PICKS.
The Leafs make their second trip of the season to Boston to face a team that could put a meth addict with ADD into a stupor and a fanbase that is disproportionately arrogant. I guess we're in for a treat as the super talented Bruins will no doubt abandon their five man shell defensive stylings in order to showcase their offensive skills by skating past their own hashmarks.
Apparently Bruins fans are starting an online campaign to get Tim Thomas voted to the All-Star game. It's a shame that they offer no thanks to my good friend who launched Thomas' resurgence. Two seasons ago, as we prepared to watch the first in about 15 matchups in 3 weeks between the two teams, he turned to me and said "You know, I feel really confident tonight. Thomas has a brutal glove hand and was playing in Finland...FINLAND! before this. I saw him there and he sucked." Little did we know that Tiny Tim could hear him and was determined to prove him wrong. Anyway, very early in the season Tiny Tim is a decent candidate (great Sv%, sub-2 GAA) so good for him.
It doesn't look like there are any lineup changes from Tuesday for the Leafs. The Hockey Viking is free! Frogren is in for Stralman to provide more sandpaper. Hopefully this will be the game where they realize that while stirring comebacks are fun winning games from the outset is more enjoyable. Vesa Toskala will look to rebound from a shaky start on Tuesday while Luke Schenn continues his quest for his first NHL goal.
The fourth line will comprise Mayers-Moore-Blake again while the Man Grabs Lemon and Soviet Bloc lines continue unchanged. What does that leave? Steen-Mitchell-White? Hmmm. I'd rather see Stajan on that line but c'est la vie.
Also, Milan Lucic likes the Leafs:
"If you look at the whole league right now, they're probably the hardest working team in the league. Just by establishing that, they've made themselves a really hard team to play against. I'm sure a lot of teams used to go into games against them thinking: 'It's going to be an easy night here.' But even when they're down two or three goals, they're still pushing and plugging away, grinding their way back."
Oh, as a final note, Bruins fan Evan50 has no respect for Canada's military:
Maple Leafs Trivia
There are many theories about the origin of the Maple Leafs name. One theory according to the always reliable Wikipedia is "The Maple Leafs say that the name was chosen in honour of the Maple Leaf Regiment from World War I. As the regiment is a proper noun, its plural is formed by adding a simple 's' creating Maple Leafs (not *Maple Leaves)." Nice try, but you're still not invited to the grammar rodeo.
At least he remembered the 'u' in noun.
Other Bruins Sites
- Wicked Bruins Fan's previews the game
- Boston Blue Line has a preview and an awesome YouTube video
- Hub Hockey proves our point that you should at least try to be clever when hammering on old hobby horses.
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I helped out Bruins Blogger with a preview today. Someone I hadn’t heard of, but seems to be good people, despite the team he cheers for
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What happens when you add one 'w' too many to LD's blogspot address?
by PPP on Nov 6, 2008 4:19 PM EST up reply actions
the only two english words on that site are:
GOOD JOB.
I’m not even sure why i’m writing this message.
A Toronto sports blog, where we unequivocally and unapologetically support the home team...
!!!!!
Domi is the Loatian Massuse!
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 4:21 PM EST up reply actions
well, how do you think I get such great inside scoops into the Leafs?
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Where’s Winkle when you need him? He’s usually a pretty good ruler on this kind of thing
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I’m putting it in the “will cause people at work to look at you funny” category
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 4:39 PM EST up reply actions
“won’t get you fired, but will get you odd looks”?
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and people saying “ssssh, here they come” every time you walk into the room
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 4:41 PM EST up reply actions
Matt's daily promise
All pictures of those wearing masks will now be linked – not posted.
N.B. Does not apply to Messy Vesie
If it's after midnight, it must be time for hockey!
N.B. Does not apply to Messy Vesie
Dude, why wouldn’t you want to post pictures of Vesa, if only to get females like me in here?*
- females may result in pain, alcoholism and/or lowered self esteem
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Don’t forget empty wallets
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 4:47 PM EST up reply actions
and the people at the local liquor store recognizing you on sight
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But I’m single and they already know me
that is bad?
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 4:50 PM EST up reply actions
well
being known by the liquor store people isn’t necesserily the bad part… it’s the large beer belly that comes with a woman
by Karina on Nov 6, 2008 4:52 PM EST up reply actions
i use all my energy for 2 hours at the gym a day
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 4:53 PM EST up reply actions
And you're single, right?
where do you think the time to spend with your woman comes from?
Obviously, she’s not gonna encroach upon your drinking time…
by Karina on Nov 6, 2008 4:58 PM EST up reply actions
the REALLY skilled manage to spend energy WITH the other. then again, not like I’d have decent experience with that…
/bcww
//twss
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Had I somewhere else to focus said energy, I might, but I don’t so I cant say for sure
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 5:44 PM EST up reply actions
Is it a friendly recognition or a “oh God, not HIM again”?
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depends on whose behind the counter, they even know if i buy something different, like if i get crown royal its “ooo celebrating tonight”
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 4:54 PM EST up reply actions
Heheheh
have I mentioned that my new office building has a liquor store?!?!?
by Karina on Nov 6, 2008 4:53 PM EST up reply actions
:O
Jared just filled out an application.
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by PPP on Nov 6, 2008 4:54 PM EST up reply actions
Jared is camping outside the office doors like a Star Wars fanboy
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I’m an alcoholism fanboy
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 5:02 PM EST up reply actions
big deal
I write alcoholism fanfics and I do alcoholism cosplay
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I’m definetly surly
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 5:45 PM EST up reply actions
shut up
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 5:59 PM EST up reply actions
Its already in the mail
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 4:55 PM EST up reply actions
Nooooooo
give it to me!!! I get paid if you get hired!
by Karina on Nov 6, 2008 4:57 PM EST up reply actions
ill send a letter saying you refered me
now what will i be doing?
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 4:58 PM EST up reply actions
let's see...
I think the highest paying one is for a Project Manager.
You have a P. Eng in Mining and 10 yrs + experience, right?
by Karina on Nov 6, 2008 5:00 PM EST up reply actions
I have an amazing ability to forge documents and falsify references, will that work?
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 5:02 PM EST up reply actions
Sure
‘cause I get paid even if they find out you’re a fake!
by Karina on Nov 6, 2008 5:05 PM EST up reply actions
excellent, I can get paid for screwing up and goofing off for 2 weeks till they find me out, and have access to that wonderful booze store.
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 5:08 PM EST up reply actions
funny thing is
in my experience, males have also resulted in pain, alcoholism and lowered self esteem
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so it’s a two way street, I don’t feel so bad anymore
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 6:10 PM EST up reply actions
can we agree
either sex will suck out your life force and drain you and suffocate you?
/emo
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legend has it
if you stand in front of a mirror, turn off all the lights and say “emo kid” 47 times, Pete wentz comes out of the mirror and slices your wrists for you
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PPP,
come on, I know my typing is bad sometimes, but that’s just ridiculous.
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At first I couldn’t understand why the taskbar was showing four squares.
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by PPP on Nov 6, 2008 4:33 PM EST up reply actions
Hockey Viking
I am so glad that he is back in the lineup!
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He’s going to go on a rampage tonight and eat some of the smaller Bruins. Marc Savard would be a great place to start.
Frogurt VS Chara
Viking VS Bear!
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 4:36 PM EST up reply actions
Rrrrraaaaarrgghhhhhhhh!!!!
CHARA
IS
VIKING FOOD!
by general borschevsky on Nov 6, 2008 6:26 PM EST up reply actions
The lack of Viking spirit is what kept the Leafs from winning in the back to back Canes games.
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 4:36 PM EST up reply actions
that is good
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 4:39 PM EST up reply actions
that is bad
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
But you get your choice of fist pump style
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That is good
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by PPP on Nov 6, 2008 4:48 PM EST up reply actions
but the fist pump is inappropriately timed
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by PPP on Nov 6, 2008 4:50 PM EST up reply actions
that is bad
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 4:50 PM EST up reply actions
Echo...
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by PPP on Nov 6, 2008 4:51 PM EST up reply actions
Stop sending them into my head!
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 4:57 PM EST up reply actions
PWND
that is good, or bad, depending on your view
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 4:51 PM EST up reply actions
that is bad
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by PPP on Nov 6, 2008 4:50 PM EST up reply actions
but we get to make fun of it and turn it into a running joke
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 4:52 PM EST up reply actions
that is good
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by PPP on Nov 6, 2008 4:52 PM EST up reply actions
bloody mary, bloody mary, bloody mary
wait, how do you play?
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 4:57 PM EST up reply actions
mirror thing
isn’t it “biggie Smalls, biggie Smalls, biggie Smalls”?
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nah, I’m a purist
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 5:45 PM EST up reply actions
Someone’s going to lose the spam crown tonight…
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by PPP on Nov 6, 2008 4:53 PM EST up reply actions
You will not take my burger king crown!
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 4:56 PM EST up reply actions
keep your Burger King crown
I need the foil hat so PPP will stop reading my thoughts
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maybe the foil hat is transmitting them
what you need is duct tape, it’s an insulator
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 4:59 PM EST up reply actions
Sorry
I have technology that gets past tinfoil hats. And duct tape.
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by PPP on Nov 6, 2008 5:01 PM EST up reply actions
Scissors, my second mortal enemy, right after stairs.
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 5:04 PM EST up reply actions
scisors and stairs
PPP has a staircase made of scissors, I bet
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That thought will haunt my dreams
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 5:48 PM EST up reply actions
nooooooooooooooooo!
::ducks under chair::
you aren’t outside my window, are you?
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That is good
I’ll take a stick ride fist pump, vintage Tie Domi
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 4:48 PM EST up reply actions
I’m a big fan of the Blakian drop-to-one-knee-single-fist-pump-with-shaking-at-the-end-when-you’re-down-6-1.
He’s the master.
I want to do a super celebration where i fist pump into doing the domi stick ride come up for the Salanne stick gun, then end with the Jagr salute.
Maybe throw in Foglino leap to mix it up
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 5:00 PM EST up reply actions
wrong order
Foligno Leap blends nicely into the Selanne stick gun which blends into the Tie Domi stick ride and ends perfectly with the Jagr salute because you’ve already taken off your glove when you shot it down.
And yes, I did visualize it to figure it out.
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by PPP on Nov 6, 2008 5:02 PM EST up reply actions
the order would be randomized for maximum entertainment value
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 5:03 PM EST up reply actions
I know where my sanity state is
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 5:46 PM EST up reply actions
we all know
you’re nuts, Jared, it was PPP I was surprised at
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Probably just a case of “when in Rome”
PPP thinks he’s Caeser
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 5:49 PM EST up reply actions
Caesars are delicious .
Also, Duff energy drink
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That looks fantastic
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 5:57 PM EST up reply actions
Everyone knows
The National Grammar Rodeo is scheduled to take place in Calgary, so it’s that guy not invited to ours.
and CITY WON IN EUROPE
Not real Europe though, just UEFA.
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by PPP on Nov 6, 2008 5:05 PM EST up reply actions
Here is wisdom
City are perfectly capable of tarnishing themselves, after all
If it's after midnight, it must be time for hockey!
You mean Constantinople right?
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 6, 2008 5:07 PM EST up reply actions
My disrespect for the Canada's military
I menat no disrespect to the Canadian military. In fact, my grandfather served in the Canadian Army. I would never disrespect the Canadian military, especially this close to Remembrance Day. I have nothing but respect for my good natured neighbors to the North. Your country has a far superior National Anthem and much better domestic beer. Thanks for the link and subsequent traffic to my site. Enjoy the game tonight.
Go B’s
Evan
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by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Nov 6, 2008 6:34 PM EST reply actions
Welcome!
Thanks for joining up and sharing about your grandfather.
p.s. I actually meant that crack tongue in cheek!
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