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Links Jonathan Bernier and the Bumpy Road to the Promised Land Is there a parade planned along that road? LFR7 - Game 62 Dangle says it was off the wall. Leafs Prospect Update Kids playing hockey. Carton Ashton Scores Hattrick in Marlies Victory Not good enough for the Leafs.

There's about one hundred hours between now and the trade deadline, but the season is officially open as Big Name Ryan Miller and Little Name Steve Ott head to St. Louis in exchange for Halak, Stewart, and some futures (reaction posts are in the links). Girardi extended, which

Recaps The Leafs Nation Vintage Leaf Memories Links Which Players are Expected to Try Hard in Practice? Answer: Not the good ones. Remember when Phil Kessel was Sluggish? You mean Wednesday? Should the Toronto Maple Leafs Trade Dave Bolland? Yes. When a Team Sucks, It's Never the Fans&

TSN is all over trade talk these days.

Links Let's Talk About David Bolland Let's talk about how David Bolland's worth to the Leafs is greatly exaggerated. What Lies Around the Corner for the Leafs? The Islanders. Your Prospects Aren't That Good Dawg Lambert writes the article I requested. Leafs

Dave Nonis says big moves are unlikely to happen before the deadline.

Links SDP Canada wins gold edition. Will Phil Kessel be a Clutch Performer for the Leafs? There is no such thing as clutch. Leafs in Sochi Final Report WHY NO MEDALS??

The matchups are set, and this weekend Canada and Sweden will play for gold. After the US-Canada matchup, which looked and felt like a gold medal game, I'm already starting to itch for some NHL hockey. Sadly, there's only one game scheduled for Tuesday, and

You suck. Your country sucks. Your country's hockey team sucks. Links Know Who I Like is this Phil Kessel Kid Lambert loves Kessel and donations. Don't be a dick, make a donation and get your own post. Three Keys for Canada, US in Olympic Semi-Final

It's all-Olympic today.

Today is Day 2 of the Olympic Men's Hockey medal round. Both Team Canada and Team USA play at the same time today in what is easily the largest foul-up yet at the problem plagued Sochi Olympics. If some Russian scheduler and his entire family aren'

Yeah, people are going a little crazy over the Olympics, these days.

Some Olympic fare for your morning consumption.

Good morning! Did you get up at 7 AM on a Saturday to watch the US play Russia? Good decision. If you missed Canada's game against Austria yesterday, this gif sums it up nicely: Holy crap Sidney Crosby is good at hockey. US v. Russia presents the first

JVR and Kessel are playing against Chara and Hossa right now. Phil Kessel and JVR each have an assist and a couple great shots, and it's clear that "Olympic sized ice" is not incompatible with hits or scoring chances. Canada will be on ice at noon,

Links Olympics and Team Canada and yada yada yada. Boring. Oh and Brennan made the AHL All-Star Game.

There is some really good stuff on tap today, so get your reading helmets on.

Links Ten Reasons Why the Leafs Just Might be Contenders in the Eastern Conference All 10 are names of shitty Eastern Conference teams like Ottawa and Buffalo. The Steve Dangle Podcast He talks about hockey and stuff. LFR7 Game 60 Dangle also comes in video form. Sochi Refresher All you

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Recaps MLHS VLM Links Mike and Bridgette Smiths' Olympic Helmets These look great. Marlies Win Physical School Day Game Gotta love a game with multiple fights in front of thousands of school children. Maybe it is a Turd Burger After All The Sabres didn't wear their shitty

Trade talk heating up.

How many minutes with the worst players on our team end up playing?

Things to read while you pass away the time

It's a great day to hate a Manning

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