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Are We Buyers or Sellers?
By Peter Morrow at 27 December, 2009, 5:38 pm
With pending unrestricted free agency and restricted free agency for a lot of this edition of the Maple Leafs, you have to wonder whether Brian Burke is going to be a buyer or seller in the latter portion of the season.
While the Leafs have shown some good signs that they’re coming together as a team, [...]
Gustavsson’s Heart Woes Behind Him, For Good
By Peter Morrow at 7 December, 2009, 3:06 pm
Leafs Nation collectively held their breaths when it was learned that our rookie goaltender, Jonas Gustavsson, would need a second procedure done to fix a heart problem.
To be as basic as I can, Gustavsson needed surgery done to kill off a problem that was causing an elevated heart rate. Essentially, there were cells which were [...]
Why Blaming the Fans for Losing is a Bogus Criticism
By Peter Morrow at 23 November, 2009, 1:14 pm
Damien Cox wrote in his column this past week, “No franchise in the NHL, it seems, struggles more with maintaining a level of decent consistency than the Leafs. Is it because their fans are so easily satisfied?”
To answer your question, Damien, no. No, it is not the fans.
Essentially, Damien is trying to correlate losing with [...]
Make Your Own Howard Berger Article!
By Peter Morrow at 19 November, 2009, 12:05 am
Down Goes Brown was saying on twitter the other day that he thinks Berger’s articles are autogenerated. While I certainly don’t have the coding expertise to create an autogenerator, we can still have a little fun guessing what his article template is. Maybe this is what it looks like:
Title of Article: Leafs _____ Starting to [...]
Impediments to Playoff Hopes Continue to Mount
By Peter Morrow at 15 November, 2009, 6:47 pm
While they went through October with virtually no injury problems, the Maple Leafs are beginning to feel the injury bug. The loss of Mike Komisarek has shown what kind of a defense we have without him. While I’m not sure how many of us knew quite what to make of Komisarek’s start, by removing him [...]
