FTB - Recap Combo

by PPP on Jan 2, 2009 9:44 AM EST

Last night's game was painful. Curled up on the floor, wrapped in my comforted, it was far too easy to doze off. The game looked like it was going to be a boring version of the 0-0 game against the Rangers and that is saying something. Eventually, Curtis Joseph's rapidly degenerating abilities rescued the Sabres from throwing away two points against a disinterested Leafs team.

You know how sometimes the opposition plays terribly and they still manage to beat the Leafs because they have Ilya Kovalchuk or Vincent Lecavalier? Well, I thought that the Leafs understood that they did not fall into the category of teams with that sort of luxury. Through the miracle of Christmas, I'll be at the game on Saturday. If it turns into another 8-2 whitewash I am going to make my way down to the bench area to remind the Leafs who they are playing for.

In holiday contest news, JaredofLondon picks up the Kaberle bobblehead for winning the SPG picks contest in December. E-mail me your mailing particulars so I can send them out. Here are a couple of links:

Columbus scouts were in attendance last night presumably to watch the Leafs.
Alec has some post-game thoughts.
The Oilers are not as good as advertised. File that under "Duh".
James thinks that the Winter Classic is set to become a tradition with Boston, New York, and Philadelphia likely candidates to play host.
DGB recaps the 2008 calendar year in Leafdom.
The General does it in pictures. Guess which one was easier to read yesterday.
Did you know that there are hockey fans in California? At least one is a Leaf fan that is looking forward to 2009. Apparently Blurr hasn't been watching 2008.

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Congrats Jared!

Too bad it wasn’t still last year, I would have traded you Jeff Carter and my 1st round pick in my office hockey draft.

(sorry Eyebeleaf, couldn’t resist).

I believe in Karma. That means I can do bad things to people all day long and I assume they deserve it. - Dogbert

by JohnnyG on Jan 2, 2009 10:05 AM EST reply actions

aaahhhhhhhhhhhhh

Sports And The City

A Toronto sports blog, where we unequivocally and unapologetically support the home team...

by eyebleaf on Jan 2, 2009 10:13 AM EST up reply actions

I wisely posted my year in review on the one day all year you didn’t have a FTB.

Down Goes Brown - Unapologetically nostalgic for the past. Brutally realistic about the present. Grudgingly optimistic about the future.

by Down Goes Brown on Jan 2, 2009 10:05 AM EST reply actions

hey...

i did a year in review as well…but it was on the 31st. i don’t think it got posted at all…

why do you hate me?

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 2, 2009 10:34 AM EST reply actions

Because you’re a California hippie. Hippie.

Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.

by PPP on Jan 2, 2009 10:39 AM EST up reply actions

free love man...

drop out, tune in and turn on man…

far out

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 2, 2009 10:43 AM EST up reply actions

i'm confused...

alec mentions Burke possibly looking at Leclaire.

hypothetically, if that happens, what happens with pogge…?

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 2, 2009 10:47 AM EST reply actions

I don’t agree with a move for Leclaire. He’s not that good. He’s benefitted from Hitchcock’s defensive system. Unless they want him as the backup…

Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.

by PPP on Jan 2, 2009 10:49 AM EST up reply actions

i honestly haven’t seen enough of him to make any judgement, but names like voracek were more interesting to me. but not for both Antro and Kubina…

actually, I don’t see Kubina willing to waive his NTC to go to columbus. the guy spent 10 years in Tmapa Bay, I get the feeling he loves playing in a big hockey market.

"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jan 2, 2009 10:51 AM EST up reply actions

I did a write up on Leclaire and Voracek

Here.

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."

- Sir Winston Churchill

I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Leafs.

by Steve Burtch on Jan 2, 2009 3:06 PM EST up reply actions

A bit late

I got a piece on Paul Hendrick, it was a bit late and missed the FTB.

http://repressedoptimism.blogspot.com/2009/01/paul-hendrick-poor-mans-mcguire.html

by RepressedOptimism on Jan 2, 2009 11:44 AM EST reply actions

Happy New Year Everybody!

That is all.

jrwendelman
The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog

"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)

by jrwendelman on Jan 2, 2009 2:03 PM EST reply actions