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Dave Feschuk: A Low Rent Damien Cox

PPP Jan 29 2013, 10:00a

Why does Dave Feschuk hate Dion Phaneuf? Is it really just that he's a bad quote?

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If that 2.86% holds true for the Leafs should they make the playoffs, then the futures market gave...

posted by PPP, Nov 19, 2009

If that 2.86% holds true for the Leafs should they make the playoffs, then the futures market gave Toronto a 58% chance of making the playoffs prior to the season and are still giving the Leafs a 28% chance of making the playoffs. (This implies that the Leafs are a .523 team, which is an overestimate.) This isn't a perfect futures market, and the people who set the lines hedge a bit so that they'll make money even if any unlikely outcome occurs (this hedge is known as the 'vig'.) If I remove the vig (as Tango suggests in the comments below), I get 39% and 17%, respectively. Are these gamblers nuts?! Didn't we just hear that the Leafs have a 1.7% chance of making the playoffs?

— Gabriel Desjardins, whose site Behind The Net Hockey should be a daily stop, takes a look at what the money men actually think about the Maple Leafs' chances of making the playoffs and the relative strength of the team. Aside from being another point refuting Feschuk's article it also shows that Burke wasn't the only one expecting a much better team than what has been shown. Edited because of an update

Leafs AbomiNation: The Review and Interview

PPP Sep 29 2009, 5:08p

An interview with Dave Feschuk and Michael Grange about their book Leafs AbomiNation, covering the Maple Leafs, and whether the Leafs will ever have the owner they deserve.

Blaming History Part 3 - Losing Gerry

1967ers Sep 22 2009, 4:00p

Why the Leafs letting Gerry Cheevers wasn't a monumental mistake

Blaming History Part 2 - Stafford and Pal Hal

1967ers Sep 20 2009, 2:00p

The second installment of a look at the themes covered in Leafs Abomination's first chapter.

Blaming History Part 1 - Conn Smythe

1967ers Sep 15 2009, 3:00p

An in-depth analysis of the themes of the first chapter of Leafs Abomination that should have been covered: First up - building the prototypical Maple Leafs team.

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We are an Abomination

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On the Septmeber 9th edition of The Director's Chair, heard on FAN 590, Doug Farraway was joined by Michael Grange of The Globe and Dave Feschuk of The Star to talk about their new Leafs book,...