On the First Day of Leafsmas, My True Love Gave to Me....
by blurr1974 on Dec 9, 2009 5:00 AM EST
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A pretty kick-ass Leafs stocking. (available here. via images.footballfanatics.com)
It's officially "holiday season" and I am in full swing. Enjoy the links, and have some Leafs-nog (aka-beer.)
- Down Goes Brown and Bloge Salming manage to make me feel better about the Leafs loss to Boston.
- Vintage Leafs with a picture of two icons colliding.
- I missed Archi's post for the previous FTB, but it's not like it could go out of style.
- Speaking of misses, Jared's recap just happens to be the top item on the Barilkosphere's wish list this year.
- Steve takes a look at Nikolai Kulemin and discovers another Poni.
- MLHS notes that one of the bonuses of the Leafs improved play could be inflated trade values come the deadline. Do I hear a "Matt Stajan for Nathan Horton" in our future? (Hint, the answer is "no.")
- Newest member of the Barilkosphere, the Blue (and White) Chip Defensemen starts us off with an easy post: Total Roster Analysis.
- With a win at home out of the way, Leafs Fan Forever is feeling worried.
- Are the Leafs world-beaters, or also-rans? Frozen Leafs was kinda hoping you'd know...
- Kavel has a curious list of Leafs up for your vote on "Leaf of the Decade."
- The Strangest One of All thinks Pierre Turgeon is as good as Mats Sundin. Should they both be Hall of Famers?
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I mean, Turgeon and Sundin are practically identical if you just ignore the international achievements, records set while playing for an original six team, history of being the first European drafted first overall, and being the best Swedish forward to play hockey ever. I mean, check out how few All Star games Sundin appeared in!
I get where the guy’s coming from with this argument. It just so happens that his argument is that “Sundin and Turgeon are the same as long as you ignore everything that actually makes Mats Sundin a Hall of Famer, so if one gets in so should the other.”
Sigh.
While Sundin should be assured to be in the Hockey Hall of Fame; you have to maybe put Turgeon into consideration.
I don’t think is unreasonable.
I’m not even sure Sundin should be a slam-dunk first ballot guy, but that’s partly because I wish the NHL hall wasn’t quite so easy to get into. But if Bernie Federko and company are in the Hall, Turgeon at least deserves a discussion.
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by Down Goes Brown on Dec 9, 2009 9:55 AM EST up reply actions
I agree that Turgeon probably gets in there eventually because of his numbers but Mats is a first ballot guy because it’s not just the NHL Hall of Fame.
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by David Danforth on Dec 9, 2009 9:56 AM EST up reply actions
No way Ronnie Sundin or Sylvain Turgeon make the HHOF.
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Was his international play really that impressive?
He was captain of a gold medal team which is pretty rare. And he played often. But I was under the impression that he was considered an international underachiever until the Olympics.
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by Down Goes Brown on Dec 9, 2009 11:59 AM EST up reply actions
I remember that Sweden was so mad when he went to the NHL that initially they banned him from international competition.
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by Karina on Dec 9, 2009 12:33 PM EST up reply actions
Yes
It was that impressive. He was captain for most of his career ahead of Forsberg and Lidstrom, he captained them to gold in Turin but also a couple of Worlds.
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by David Danforth on Dec 9, 2009 12:37 PM EST up reply actions
Ugh.
The history of your team before you played for it, your nationality, and your draft position should have nothing to do with anything as far as the Hall is concerned. Those are the worst arguments ever made for anything. All that matters is your performance and achievement. No need to resort to fluff when you’re talking about players who have actually earned a spot.
Sundin and Turgeon both had Hall of Fame careers. Sundin should beat Turgeon in, but they did take Glenn Anderson and Mike Gartner while Doug Gilmour is still waiting in line, so who the hell knows?
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by puckurgently on Dec 9, 2009 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
Oh yep, my mistake. Performance doesn’t have anything to do with your draft position. Holding scoring records isn’t a measure of achievement.
The Hall isn’t just some numbers game with a cutoff at how many points you managed in your career.
Oh yep, my mistake. Performance doesn’t have anything to do with your draft position.
Tell them to keep a seat warm for Patrik Stefan then.
The straw man you spent the rest of the post pummeling learned his lesson. You can stop.
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by puckurgently on Dec 9, 2009 12:59 PM EST up reply actions
The guy who does the FAN 20/20 updates just indirectly referred to Howard Berger as a mittenstringer.
He is officially my favourite radio personality of all time.
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Awesome
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by David Danforth on Dec 9, 2009 10:04 AM EST up reply actions
My gift to you
Tickets for the second half of the Leafs’ season are available to Leafs Insiders as of 10 AM today. You can access the advanced sale here the not-so-secret password is TML.
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There are no pairs of tickets at any price to any Saturday games. :(
I need advance notice and a Saturday game to make it to Toronto.
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<3 DGB/Bloge Salming highlight video <3
Makes me wish The Goal was scored on the Leafs, just so it could be included.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 9, 2009 9:57 AM EST reply actions
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 9, 2009 10:05 AM EST up reply actions
It’s an iconic moment
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 9, 2009 10:38 AM EST up reply actions
one that im glad the Leafs are not part of
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 9, 2009 10:51 AM EST up reply actions
I don’t blame you, I wouldn’t want to be on the losing side of an iconic moment in stanley cup finals hisTOO MANY MEN? FUCK!
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 9, 2009 11:06 AM EST up reply actions
in sports history
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 9, 2009 10:38 AM EST up reply actions
so deal with it
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 9, 2009 10:38 AM EST up reply actions
You know what else is iconic?
The ass kicking the Bruins are gonna get tomorrow.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Dec 9, 2009 10:41 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
YOU JUST JINXED IT
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 9, 2009 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
I HAZ NEW POST!
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 9, 2009 11:08 AM EST reply actions
In the rare case that Wallin scores
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by SkinnyFish on Dec 9, 2009 11:32 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
well played, well played
/slow clap
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 9, 2009 11:34 AM EST up reply actions
TSNBobMcKenzie Washington puts Michael Nylander on waivers again
Would these be re-entry waivers? Meaning he’d be half price for this year and next?
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by Karina on Dec 9, 2009 12:34 PM EST reply actions
i thought he already cleared both ways….hm
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 9, 2009 12:37 PM EST up reply actions
yup
not re-entry waivers, just normal waivers, I wonder what’s up.
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by Karina on Dec 9, 2009 12:49 PM EST up reply actions
they are begging someone to take him
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 9, 2009 12:53 PM EST up reply actions
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