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21 games. 27 points. Need to bank those points. Recaps Leafs Nation MLHS Links Who Might Represent the Leafs in the Sochi Olympics Kessel, JVR, Bozak, Orr, McLaren..... This Can't be Right Oh yes it can be. Everything You Know is Wrong DGB says you guys are stupid.

A bevy of good links for you today.

Leafs Links Leafs Acquire Peter Holland Kids got some good AHL numbers. Ben Scrivens Succeeding in LA? And how. Assessing the Maple Leafs, 20 Games In.... VLM gives a grade. Ranking the Goalie Goals I like Theordore's for being backhand.

Some weekend links, as the Leafs set up for the second half of their back-to-back against Buffalo. Vintage Leaf Memories - Michael Langlois: We knew Buffalo would be ready, eh? VLM recaps last night's game. Tapped In: Anaheim Ducks' Nick Bonino has championship pedigree - Tapped In

Brendan Shanahan called things about right.

The Leafs are likely to be down another center when they face Buffalo on Friday.

In Elliott Friedman's latest 30 Thoughts, number 23 is about Bobby Ryan and the new style he's playing in Ottawa. Also included in this insight into Randy Carlyle's coaching systems: Senators head coach Paul MacLean wants his forwards to engage opponents who go to

Plenty of tidbits for your consideration this morning.

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A reading from the Book of Wendel. 17:1 In the beginning Wendel created the heaven and the earth. 17:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of Wendel moved upon the face of the waters.

The Leafs signed a center, but it's hard to see how he'll resolve the team's issues at center.

Leafs Links DGB on the Hockee Night Podcast They're our buds. Give a listen. When They Were Kids Seriously, were there any NHLers who didn't play at The Brick tournament in PeeWees? Can Size Get You an NHLer? Not really. Maple Leafs Prospect Update Find out

Leafs Links Leafs Lose Bolland for a Long Time A convenient excuse for the inevitable collapse. Why the Leafs Need Dion Phaneuf Because he's their best defenseman. Leafs Sleepwalk Thru Vancouver Is Vancouver was them sleeping, CGY and WPG were them getting ready for bed. LFR7 Game 15

After the embarrassment that was Ray Emery's "fight" against Braden Holtby, the NHL may be able to deliver whatever supplemental discipline they like, based on Emery's "Leaving the Crease" penalty.

Leafs Links Tricks and Treats Talking Leafs. $7M for Phaneuf a Fair Deal I fully agree. LFR7 - Game 14 Gonna be honest with you, I've never watched a single one and the screencap of this one solidifies my decision. Coaches and GM on the Hot Seat Come for

The Leafs went on a road trip and pulled out back-to-back wins, thanks to the strength of skill forwards and goaltending.

Leafs Links SHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT It's good to shoot the puck a lot on the powerplay. That's it because of the late game start.

Last time the Leafs and the Oilers played each other, it was an 11-goal gong show. Sam Gagner has been cleared to play, the Leafs haven't made any mention of whether Reimer or Bernier will start. The game starts at 9 PM EST tonight. Dump some links

Leafs Links Bozak Out at Least 7-10 Days This is not necessarily a bad thing. About Colton Orr's Corsi The Pens w/o 87 or 71 kind of really suck. LFR7 - Game 12 - Leafs Bingo Dangle doing Dangle things. The One Player the Leafs Can Least Afford

So lately the conversation has been about the Leafs unsustainable shooting and how it's likely to come crashing back to Earth. I see a lot of team year-to-year comparisons, but none looking at the trees in that forest and how they perform. What I did was

Tim Leiweke will have the Air Canada Center hang a Bon Jovi banner next to the Toronto Maple Leafs greats. Oh, by the way, do you know who's the former CEO of a company responsible for promoting Bon Jovi? Yeah, it's Tim Leiweke.

So not only did Phil Kessel score a hattrick last night, but he did it in front of 20 children cancer patients that he himself paid for to see the game in a suite at the ACC. As @Disastromic said: Kessel brought kids with cancer to see the game and

John-Micahel Liles is at the center of Leafs-related debate.

Since I normally don't do these anymore, I don't keep up with the rss feed.  That said, I do have one good link for you today. Latest losses expose Leafs possession problems Good stuff from Mirtle as always Find any other good Leafs links? Throw '

I had a very specific point I wanted to make about how Reimer covers the puck, but now I can't find the necessary image. Everyone suffers. The Leafs play the Blackhawks tonight! Your links: Maxim Lapierre Suspended Five Games For Hit On Dan Boyle - St. Louis Game Time