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by Karina on Mar 30, 2010 7:00 AM EDT
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So there seems to be something that's changed about the Leafs since the trade deadline. No, not the amazing play of our top line (although I do find it to be soothing to my soul that Phil Kessel hit the 30 goal mark, the first time since Sundin left that anyone else has done it). It's the constant going to OT. In yesterday's FTB, Another Good Kingston boy remarked how his wife went into labour, but told him he could wait until after the game to take her to the hospital. She managed to hold out until the start of OT. What a woman. I'm sure a few others of us have had some things rescheduled because of the Leafs' insistence on getting at least 1 point out of nearly every game lately. It's entertaining as heck, especially since we know the season's basically done for. I say keep 'em coming, except against the teams we need to catch above us in the standings - starting tonight with Atlanta. Atlanta lost a tough game yesterday, so they're playing back to backs, and having faced them recently hopefully the spell of the former Maple Leafs Kubina and Antropov has worn off. GO LEAFS GO!!
Links after the jump
- Leafs sign college forward Brayden Irwin
The signing was mentioned on here yesterday, but this article from the Star says that Irwin will join the team in time for tonight's game... will he play? - My Proudest Moment
General Borschevsky would like us to share in a special moment, made possible by Bloge Salming. - Week 23 Torontosaurus Rex ..
Katshockey at MLHS names this week's Torontosaurus Rex and looks at a dubious record set by the Leafs and Pens. - How Good is Gunnarsson?
MLHS takes a look at Gunnarsson, and compares him to someone else we know well - Anton Stralman. - If Harold isn't happy, ain't nobody happy
Vintage Leafs has some great new photos up, starting with our Pal Hal. - What will the Leafs do with Grabovski?
TML fan fury takes a look at Burke may do with Grabovski, given Bozak's excellent play and the possibility of Kadri being in the NHL next year. - Keep Your Head Up, Kid?
MF37 resurrects Zambonic Youth (again) and comes up with some alternate titles for the Don Cherry Biopic. I haven't had time to watch it yet, but I PVR'd it so I will be at some point. - Letters to the Editor: Honor Burns with award name
I thought this would be an interesting topic to discuss: Should the Jack Adams Award be re-named after Pat Burns? - NHL denies deal in place to move Coyotes if lease agreement falls through
Of course, we can't expect the NHL to say anything else, but I actually believe the NHL on this one.
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No…no awards should be renamed. They’re all fine as is.
Burns should be honoured by being fast tracked to the HoF so he can get in while he’s still alive.
And I agree with this agreement.
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)
Let me also be in agreeance with agreeing with the agreement.
leaf fan stuck in ottawa, a localized black hole that will suck everything in that area to oblivion.
Well, I don’t know if I can agree with that…
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)
I predicted Irwin
Would be with the big club and you heartless basterds laughed amd mocked me.
Also, leave the names of trophies the way they are and change the divisions and conferences back to what they were. NORRIS babay!!
by Johnny Bower's Pokecheck on Mar 30, 2010 7:15 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
I predicted Irwin would be with the big club and you heartless basterds laughed amd mocked me.
What are you talking about?
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Maybe for the odd game, but if his skills are where people say they are, then leaving him up for any real time could set him back a ways.
The selling point might not have been immediate PT, so much as PT being available earlier in the course of his development than it would have been otherwise.
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I think we’re now in the Adams.
However, there are two new divisions that need names. Ideas?
Leaf, the universe and everything.
Scotty Bowman is the only one I can think of at the moment that might be worthy.
October 25, 1966. Thank you Lord Kelvin
by Chuck Diesel on Mar 30, 2010 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions
In honor of Philthy Phil hitting the 30 goal mark… HACKEY NIGHT is back!
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completely biased opinion, hehe, but I have shirts that are years and years old printed with the same ink on the same kind of shirt and they still look great. I take care of them though, I wash inside out and don’t leave them in the dryer for ungodly amounts of time
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Just like Phil: they are awesome. Seems like everytime I wear it, he scores.
by Leaf in Habland on Mar 30, 2010 8:26 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
It was a solid investment!
Brain: The irony of it all, Pinky. Years of trying to take over the world, and all I had to do was say "truculence".
Follow me I'm Boring!
by blindfolded tank driver on Mar 30, 2010 8:37 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Still great after a bunch of washes. I wear it to the bar all the time and get laughs and some serious props from strangers. Then again I live in T.O.
Warning: May not have same results if you live in Ottawa, Montreal or Boston.
Leafs Nation: A drinking team with a hockey problem.
by nhlcheapshot on Mar 30, 2010 8:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Actually, it goes over quite well in Ottawa too. Thankfully, the pockets of Leafs fans are still pretty numerous. My brother and I both got alot of props for them from strangers as well, especially at and after the March 6th game here.
by BetterThanBester on Mar 30, 2010 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
The shirts, just like the designs, are solid.
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
I have to take care of it because I’m starting to get slight yellowing from sweat, but that’s just because I got a light colored shirt.
Other than that, kickass.
Article1: "I WANT HER TO BE A PRINCESS! THIS MAKES HER LOOK LIKE A SLUT!"
I’ve washed my Hackey Night shirt about five times and it still looks brand new. A good tip for shirts you want to keep for a while: wash them inside out and air dry them.
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Dubious use of the word
Dubious. What was dubious about the record the Leafs and Pens set?
Nice to see someone properly explain regression in the comments there, too.
by Leaf in Habland on Mar 30, 2010 8:38 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Dubious because the OTL/SOL point has had the unintended effect of changing the way that teams approach the game so that they are playing for more and more overtime.
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That’s a good explanation but it does not appear in the post. It is true that the Internet is an on-going conversation, but sometimes the writers make leaps without warning about take-off.
by Leaf in Habland on Mar 30, 2010 10:15 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Here’s more on the impact of OTL/SOL towards the last quarter of the season.
And I agree, one thing MLHS does terribly is that they almost refuse to link to other blogs.
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And I agree, one thing MLHS does terribly is that they almost refuse to link to other blogs.
I hate that shit.
Join me on the Hockey Blog Adventure! (or Twitter.) GO BRUINS! (and Wild!)
by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 30, 2010 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, it’s frustrating as hell especially when you can see that they are either building on something you know they read or their piece would be vastly improved with it.
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And that’s still not an appropriate use of the word. A dubious record is one that is doubtful, as in, is it really a record? Tainted might be a better word for that situation.
by Leaf in Habland on Mar 30, 2010 10:33 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
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by seankelly on Mar 30, 2010 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
rec’ed for proper reference of TPB
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
Albert Einstein
by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Mar 30, 2010 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions
he’s interviewed in Capitalism a love story. Who knew he was an economist
October 25, 1966. Thank you Lord Kelvin
by Chuck Diesel on Mar 30, 2010 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Dubious can be defined as unsettled or unsure about something. In that respect, Karina is stating she’s not sure how she feels about the record set in this circumstance.
on a related note; who cares?
I have nothing interesting to say.
by blurr1974 on Mar 30, 2010 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Words are important.
Karina took it from the original article. I wasn’t criticizing her use of it so much as the place it has in the original post.
Are we unsure a record was set? Or that it should be a record?
by Leaf in Habland on Mar 30, 2010 11:02 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
of doubtful quality or propriety; questionable
It’s a shitty record to have set hence dubious.
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Ok I can get behind this reading of it. There is probably a better word though.
Done with this now. Sorry for the digression.
by Leaf in Habland on Mar 30, 2010 11:19 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
heh
No problem.
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And I think OTL/SOL is basically a coin flip so the Leafs aren’t just regressing to the mean they are headed towards the other unsustainable extreme.
The Oilers are a good example of how success in the SO is unsustainable. They basically sustained a playoff push much later than they should have two years ago based on an obscene SO record and then last year they fell off of a cliff.
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The issue is not that it is unsustainable but that it is unpredictable.
by Leaf in Habland on Mar 30, 2010 10:10 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Not necessarily. If you can’t predict it, then you can’t say whether it is unsustainable or not.
Sorry I’m so picky today but sometimes the little inaccuracies pile up and my annoyance needs to be let loose.
by Leaf in Habland on Mar 30, 2010 11:04 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
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Logically
If it was “unpredictable” the variance would be much higher than it is.
It isn’t an “unpredictable” situation… high win percentages season to season in the SO are fairly unsustainable, if you ignore the impacts of a few individual contributors.
"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 Mar 30, 2010 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
I mean it is unpredictable in terms of an individual team. Overall records are going to be even, but some teams will do better than others. Which teams and when is relatively unpredictable.
by Leaf in Habland on Mar 30, 2010 11:21 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Yes
In that sense it is unpredictable. In the sense of that team maintaining either extreme it is unsustainable.
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see:
Lee Stempniak
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
Albert Einstein
by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Mar 30, 2010 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
that picture is priceless!!
...Being surrounded by Sens and Habs fans makes me lose faith in humanity...
Agree
Excellent picture of Phaneuf.
by general borschevsky on Mar 30, 2010 9:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Nike Ad!
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Mar 30, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
agreed
goose bump inducing…
I have nothing interesting to say.
by blurr1974 on Mar 30, 2010 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions
love the video, great spinoff
There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"
by Matt_Roberts on Mar 30, 2010 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Especially for Leaf fans
Wendel Killer Joseph
by MapleLeafMole on Mar 30, 2010 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Great photo Blurr.
My wife gave me a framed copy of that print when we bought our house.
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
i can only assume
it holds a spot of honor in a centralized location for all to see?
I have nothing interesting to say.
by blurr1974 on Mar 30, 2010 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Upstairs hallway, next to the bathroom. So, uh, maybe?
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
Sweet, a toolbox!
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 30, 2010 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
I gave my wife a toolbox when she got her first apartment. Didn’t go over so well.
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
haha!
my wife always makes fun of me because on our first “date” i told her i would take her somewhere nice. we went to a local pub, ordered wings and there was a leafs game on the big screens.
we now refer to that date as foreshadowing.
Wow! I haven’t the faintest, how I would feel if I was there
Wendel Killer Joseph
by MapleLeafMole on Mar 30, 2010 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Kadri named OHL Player of the week
http://www.ontariohockeyleague.com/nazem-kadri-br-london-knights-p141743
Pumps out more male with one thrust of the pelvis than the United States postal service over the last 146 years.
Probably not a big deal to lead the OHL in scoring and be player of the week during the playoffs. I think we’re getting our hopes up for nothing.
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Other than a passing comment from eyebleaf Nigel Cadbury Nazem Kadri was never mentioned on PPP during the SBN mock draft last year. How good could he be?
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
Exactly. Did you see the way HFBoards went crazy and how pissed off everyone was when the Leafs drafted him? You gotta know he is gonna be a stinker
Fairweather fans can go to hell
To be fair to the folks on HFBoards, it’s difficult to access draft reports on a Leapster.
I am the truculence that flaps in the night!
by Jo4nny on Mar 30, 2010 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
Glove-tap to Down Goes Brown, his fake Brian Burke twitter feed has added the Leapfrog diss to my insult vernacular.
I am the truculence that flaps in the night!
Wait, that was fake?
- yours truly, David Shoalts.
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)
i don’t know how, but before Kadri was drafted, eyebleaf somehow managed to convince me that Nazem was a good pick.
generally speaking, my opinions are usually counter-intuitive.
I have nothing interesting to say.
by blurr1974 on Mar 30, 2010 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions
I think lots of folks presume the Leafs would grab MSP, who fell to the Oilers.
Kadri has certainly looked impressive the back-half of the season and into the playoffs. Hopefully he can turn into something special for the Leafs.
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
Player of the week + leading the OHL in playoff scoring = Kadri the Calder Trophy winner – 2010-2011!
(You know what? That was fun)
Wendel Killer Joseph
by MapleLeafMole on Mar 30, 2010 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions
I think we’re getting our hopes up for nothing.
Leaf fans would NEVER do this!
Leafs Nation: A drinking team with a hockey problem.
by nhlcheapshot on Mar 30, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Letang gets a Matt Stajan-esque contract
http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=316025
Do they have the same agent?
Leafs Nation: A drinking team with a hockey problem.
Is anyone else confused?
Shoalts wrote a rather “glass half full” article about the Leafs latest streak. Notably, he said:
Of that 8-2 run that ended against the Penguins, six wins were in overtime or by shootout, a good sign that the Leafs are learning what it takes to win in the NHL.
That’s not really what I thought all the OT/SO wins meant, but sure?
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Mar 30, 2010 12:31 PM EDT reply actions
Better to just ignore him. He’s not very good. Half the time, I don’t think he really knows what he’s saying either. He just kinda goes with the flow of what’s popular and assimilates some other peoples’ original ideas into his own.
Wendel Killer Joseph
by MapleLeafMole on Mar 30, 2010 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions
The Leafs are learning what it takes to win in the NHL: play without Vesa Toskala
by Leaf in Habland on Mar 30, 2010 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions
DGB's got a new post
Why are you still reading this?
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The new Leaf uniforms are likely to be unveiled in the summer, probably on a date when, it’s expected, Dion Phaneuf will be named the club’s next captain
Fairweather fans can go to hell
linkage? Is that from Cox’s article?
"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky
by Karina on Mar 30, 2010 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions
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