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Toronto to finish 5th in the division?
By William Favaro at 17 August, 2009, 6:51 pm
By beefing up his fourth line and defense core GM Brian Burke addressed his major concern about the Leafs and their lack of toughness. Burke also took a leap on Swedish goaltender Jonas Gustavsson in a hope he is able to be just as good in the NHL as in Sweden.
Burke, however, failed to [...]
What was Kaberle’s value?
By William Favaro at 16 August, 2009, 12:24 am
After planning to write on this subject I found an article that tackled exactly what I planned to tackle. So I thought: why bother writing it at all? Instead, I’ll give you theirs. You’ll enjoy it more anyway.
Toronto Maple Leafs General Manager Brian Burke didn’t do what almost every media outlet expected him to do, [...]
The Detroit Model Won’t Work
By William Favaro at 11 August, 2009, 5:56 pm
“We like the core of our team and we’ve basically married them. We’ve signed them to long-term deals, are paying them lots of money and they’re the guys that have to drive the bus.”
– Detroit coach Mike Babcock
Management is on a path of another 40 years without a Stanley Cup, and the Detroit Red Wings [...]
Leafs may sign Joey MacDonald; Speculation
By William Favaro at 9 August, 2009, 5:17 pm
TSN is reporting that one-time Halifax Mooseheads goaltender Joey MacDonald will sign with the Toronto Maple Leafs this week.
Click here to view his stats at hockeydb.com.
Joey MacDonald, a Halifax native, started 49 games last season for the New York Islanders in relief of injured Rick Dipietro. In that time he recorded a .901 save [...]
No Interest In Zherdev
By William Favaro at 8 August, 2009, 2:28 pm
USA Today’s Kevin Allen is reporting that Toronto GM Brian Burke has told him that he has “no interest in signing Zherdev”.
I suspect this isn’t a surprise to anyone by now. It was nice to think about the Leafs signing an impact forward for nothing, but deep down we all knew that Nik wouldn’t [...]
