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Links Panthers Win Draft Lottery Leafs to pick eighth. End of a Slow Bleed Leafs finish one of the worst defensive seasons in NHL history. Dave Nonis on Leafs Lunch Lots of not goodness. First Round is the Best Hockey of the Year Agree or disagree? Randy Carlyle End of

Let's see how this goes.

Pick two teams, one from each Conference, who you'll either be cheering for, or wouldn't mind to see the win the Cup. For me it's San Jose and Boston. San Jose because that team deserves a win as does Joe Thornton. Boston because I&

It's the last game of the Leafs' NHL season.

Helpful links to get you going as a new era dawns

There is really no excuse for winning the next two games.

Links Stick a Fork in Them They're done. Thoughts on Thoughts Please Leafs, get Evander Kane. How Coaches Emotionally Manipulate Their Players And how it changes in the playoffs.

The team hasn't been officially eliminated, but nothing short of a miracle is going to get them in.

Links Toughness vs. Skill Looking at style of defensemen and how they're valued. Should they Stay or Should they Go? Good ones stay. Bad ones go. Open Response to Steve Simmons That's a sweet t-shirt. David Clarkson: The Contract from Hell Truth. Steve Dangle Podcast Now

It's yet another near-elimination game, as the Leafs take on the Winnipeg Jets. The Hawks spared the Leafs some trouble by dispatching of Columbus in regular time with under 5 seconds to play, but Columbus, Toronto, and New Jersey are all dogging it out (and the Leafs have

Links (click them) He Fight. He (seldom) Scores. He Fight. He's a Drain on the Salary Cap. Yup, it's Clarkson. On Corsi% Rel, TOI, and Benoit Pouliot Kind of a good player. Real good. Ranking the Ten Most Likely First Round Matchups NYR-PHI gonna be good.

Well, not really "stand" so much as "skate around in the Leafs' zone."

Links Mythbusters: Kessel's Disappearance There isn't one. Steve Dangle on the Radio Steve gets belligerent. Does a Leafs Win Change Your Views on the Playoff Race? Nope.

Let's see if the Leafs can snap their skid against Calgary.

Links Heartless Where's all that supposed heart at? LFR7 - Game 76 I think Dangle is broken. Five Stages of TML Denial There aren't five stages of denial. Denial is one of the five stages of grief. Ok and then you have denial as one of

Links David Clarkson vs the Worst Contracts Clarkson wins. A Brief Defense of Dion Phaneuf Oh my word are the Leafs bad. What Does a Six Game Losing Streak Tell Us About the Leafs? They suck. The Maple Leafs Transition Game It sucks. MacIntyre Returns to the Marlies Not very

Yes, it's that time of year again.

Links for you

Because the blues are likely what we're going to be singing this evening.

Things are getting dicey in Leafsville

Leafs have to rally from loss to Canadiens as the Devils will be hungry for a win at home.

Links TML Under Pressure Vanilla Ice likely to rip them off. An Introduction to On-Ice Percentages Read this and get educated. LFR7 - Game 71 Dangle masturbates a Cartman doll or something. I dunno. The 20 Worst Games of James Reimer's Career :( Spencer Abbott Sets Marlies Single Season

Recaps Leafs Nation VLM Links Despite Forecasts of Doom, the Future is Very Bright for the Leafs This guy should be a comedian. ELO for Evaluating Players Pretty interesting first attempt at using ELO to look at NHLers. Familiar Position Nobody could have seen this coming for Lupul. Nobody. Three

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Recaps MLHS Leafs Nation Links Zone Entry Tracking: Leafs at Caps Leafs did well because the Caps aren't very good. Bolland Absence has made the Leafs Grow Quickly I have no idea what this means. The Ultimate Stat Lambert writes about the Ducks for charity. Steve Dangle Podcast