Toronto Maple Leaf Fans Ask: "Is This It?"

by blurr1974 on Jul 6, 2009 5:00 AM EDT in From The Branches Comment 29 comments

With a wicked case of the allergy attacks me thinks, things will be short and brief.. I'll be keeping it short and sweet. Nothing new has happened in Leafdom since, I can't remember when. Days and days of nothing. Are we done?

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via media.canada.com

More questions than answers remain, and thankfully the free agent season has only just begun. there are still some intriguing options on the table, and the Monster hunt continues.

Also, lot's of (OK, one post, but still...) chatter about Vesa Toskala having a bounce back season. The picture above shows that given the chance, the Vesa can grow a mean playoff beard....

MLHS believes that the Vesa will be everywhere we want him to be next season.
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Before he was the Monster, he was Jonas Gustavsson. Norman James Sports wants to know who he wants to be.
Seeking the sunny side, TO Sports runs down the list of potential UFAs and RFAs in 2010.
Dobber's hockey wants us to know, if things go south, no matter how poorly Grabovski does in the next three years, he's all ours.

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Great picture...

I believe in Vesa Toskala.

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PLAYOFFS!!!!1

by eyebleaf on Jul 6, 2009 5:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

BOOOOOOOOO

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by Chemmy on Jul 6, 2009 9:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

PLAYOFFS!!!1

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
GRABBO TIGHT KOMIKAZI CUZ WE'RE EXELERATING INTO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!11

by Winkle on Jul 6, 2009 9:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Vesa

looks amazing in that picture.

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by Archimedies on Jul 6, 2009 5:21 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

As in

EPIC

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
GRABBO TIGHT KOMIKAZI CUZ WE'RE EXELERATING INTO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!11

by Winkle on Jul 6, 2009 9:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I await the day the Vesa grows his first Leaf playoff beard

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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 6, 2009 6:50 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

PLAYOFF BEARDS!!!1

Mee-Mee-Meep Meep Go Leafs Go Meep Meep! MEEP!!!

by blindfolded tank driver on Jul 6, 2009 7:28 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I’m still wearing mine

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by SkinnyFish on Jul 6, 2009 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

awww, the vesa has tiny finnish flag in his helmet

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by sleza on Jul 6, 2009 8:22 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Happy Birthday

to The Chief!

July 6,1930: Hockey Hall of Famer George Armstrong was born on this day in Borlands Bay, Ontario. Armstrong played 1,188 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs and scored 296 goals and 417 assists for 713 points. He captained the Leafs to Stanley Cups in 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1967.

by general borschevsky on Jul 6, 2009 9:35 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Less than one point per game.

Stinks.

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by Chemmy on Jul 6, 2009 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

BLASPHEMER!!!!

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

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by jrwendelman on Jul 6, 2009 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Whose numbers are these?

793 330 234 564 1690

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by 1967ers on Jul 6, 2009 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

How dare you slander Wendel?

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by furcifer on Jul 6, 2009 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just a case in point (per game)

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by 1967ers on Jul 6, 2009 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It’s either the phone number for the Tokyo Police or Wedel Clark’s career totals.

by general borschevsky on Jul 6, 2009 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

too bad there is no DPG (Damage Per Game) statistic

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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 6, 2009 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

What? Do you think hockey is a goal scoring competition?

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by furcifer on Jul 6, 2009 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

/sarcasm.

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by furcifer on Jul 6, 2009 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Vesa

good post – i forgot how bad his injuries were in the midst of that abysmal (sp?) season. i’m sure he’ll rebound this year though!

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by kessticle on Jul 6, 2009 10:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

He might as well stink his way to us getting Hall. Our new look defense can keep shots down to like 10 per game, Toskala can have a .333 SV%, we’ll draft Hall and snag some UFA forwards next year problem solved.

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by Chemmy on Jul 6, 2009 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs