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From the moment that Tim Connolly was signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs it was clear that it was a high-risk, high-reward move. Connolly has (had?) the potential to help address a couple of Toronto's biggest shortcomings: Penalty Kill Over the past three seasons, the Sabres have averaged

Phil Kessel has spent another summer having his game examined from a number of angles. Is he scoring a lot of 'clutch' points? Phil Kessel may not dig the team out of deep holes but if he is involved in a goal then there's a good

Training camp is upon us, the pre-season is starts on Monday, and the regular season in a mere three weeks. On opening night, the Leafs face the Habs in their first game of a season which hopefully takes them back to the playoffs for the first time in 8 years.

Just a short day after receiving a qualifying offer Luca Caputi is officially still a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs. His salary last year was $585K in the NHL and $55K in the AHL. I am not quite sure how they managed to sign him to a deal worth

It's that time of year again: Hall of Fame Inductees Day. The day where anyone with the barest connection to the Leafs' will have their accomplishments derided because the Hall is so Toronto-centric. Proof of that particular slur is that there are so many Leafs in the

Want to be an armchair GM? Of course you do. We've got picks #25 and either #29 or #30 and we've got  a list of kids to think about. Follow me over the jump and let's set the stage. Currently Chicago is on the

I'm bored so we're bringing back the Question of the Day. On the slate for today: how many goals will Kessel bury this season? Consider his goal drought last year. Fluke? Consider he'll be playing a full season with Kulemin and Bozak who should

With the discussion yesterday about the Leafs not signing 2008 Draft pick Joel Champagne, a question was asked about the number of the players who have re-entered the draft and been drafted again.  Well I like a challenge, so with the help of PPP user and hot chick extraordinaire Fergus30,

A lot of digital ink has been spilled trying to look at who the Toronto Maple Leafs could bring into the forward ranks to help bolster the offence and shield some of the younger forwards from the tough minutes. Maxim Afinogenov has been held up as the kind of forward

The 2010 Empty Arenas Tour makes its first northern stop at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. On Monday's puckcast with Hockee Night I learned that Newark is part of the area that gave birth to the term "benny" which is apparently what the people

"30 Thoughts" by the CBC's Elliotte Friedman is a blog post I genuinely look forward to on a weekly basis, much like Big Daddy Drew's Dick Joke Jambaroo. Friedman is a respectable and credible source, and in this week's column he writes:

Shortly after Buffalo scored its third power play goal on Friday night - on its third power play opportunity, no less - I said to myself, "This is the worst penalty-killing team I've ever seen." Now, that might just be hyperbole.  While the Leafs appear to

The other day we looked at Canada's defence to try to figure out who would be sporting the Maple Leaf in Vancouver. But what about the Leafs' defenders? Should any of them start booking their flights to the West Coast? The snap reaction will be to look

Maybe the deepest position for Team Canada, what five cent(re/er)s do you take to Vancouver this year? Invitees include guys like Vincent Lecavalier and Eric Staal who haven't impressed this season but ignore players like Steven Stamkos (30pts in 30GP). In my mind there are

Yesterday we had a lively 700 comment discussion on the finer points of Jeff Schultz's advanced plus minus statistics. Today we can all argue about shot quality in a rousing discussion of who Team Canada's goalie should be. Of course Canada will bring three of these

The question is simple; who are your seven guys to play defense for Team Canada at the Olympics? The defenders invited to the Canada camp are: Francois Beauchemin, Jay Bouwmeester, Dan Boyle, Brent Burns, Drew Doughty, Mike Green, Dan Hamhuis, Duncan Keith, Scott Niedermayer, Dion Phaneuf, Chris Pronger, Robyn Regehr,

To paraphrase Jerry Seinfeld: what's the deal with Jeff Finger? He's been a healthy scratch six games in a row and in those six games the Leafs defense has started to gel. There's a lot of Garnet Exelby hate around these parts but lately

It's painfully obvious that the Leafs need a better option to pass to Phil Kessel than Matt Stajan. They also probably need a better winger than Jason Blake on that line but that's a Question of the Day for another day. Today's question: what

Welcome to another installment of "Be a GM/Coach" where you faithful, huddled, unwashed masses, get to have your say.  Sure, professional Coaches and GMs have a wealth of experience and education to draw upon.  Of course they have contacts who know the ins and outs of the

Get on the horn!  Sound the alarm!  Gather the board members and lead the charge, that is, if you're the right person for the job.  It's time for another installment of: "Take a Seat in the Armchair" Are you handsome enough to do this

Author's note - Testing out a new feature today where I float an issue surrounding the Leafs in particular, or the league in general, and invite you to have your say.  If you're eloquent enough, maybe you'll convince the rest of us to side

There seems to be quite a bit of mirth, shock, and despair at the report that Daniel Sedin and his twin brother Henrik Sedin are looking for matching 12-year $63M contracts. I've tried to spread the gospel of James Mirtle's definitive post looking at the fact

The hockey wings of the SB Nation Megaverse are running a mock draft. Three picks are being made a day, with the master list running through James Mirtle's From the Rink. He'll update the list each day with the next picks and links to each blog&

Here at SBNation we're doing a 2009 NHL mock draft, and since we've been voting on players to put on the draft board it's time to finalize things up a little bit. : Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson (3.73) Brayden Schenn (3.65) Jared Cowen (3.60)

In preparation for the NHL Draft, we're going to run down the top 15 players as ranked by the ISS and have our users vote for how good they think each player will become to help us prepare our draft board. It's not often that real