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Maple Leafs NewsMaple Leafs Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)The Maple Leafs vow it will be different this time. Off to another fast start (3-0-1) after missing the playoffs the season before, the young roster has to realize that no team can take its foot off the gas in October. Following a 4-0-1 start in 2010-11, that's exactly what happened. Toronto ended the year 33-34-10, and only a late season surge made the standings respectable. Toronto watched the playoffs from the sidelines a sixth straight year. "The main thing we learned was the old saying that it's not a sprint, it's a marathon," defenseman Luke Schenn said. "You lose a couple after (going 4-0), and everyone kind of comes down on you. You can't go on the big losing streaks, early, middle or end of the season. "We surprised a lot of people at the start, and that's the... Jones' OT goal lifts Avs over Maple Leafs 3-2 (AP)Jean-Sebastien Giguere returned to Toronto and outdueled the young goalie who took his job with the Maple Leafs. Giguere made 27 saves, and David Jones scored 1:11 into overtime to give the Colorado Avalanche a 3-2 victory over the Maple Leafs on Monday night. The veteran goalie has gotten off to a good start with the Avalanche, winning both of his starts.
Puck Previews: Giguere visits Leafs; Bradley says sorry to Semin (Yahoo! Sports)Back by popular demand, here are your Puck Previews: Spotlighting the key games in NHL action, news and views as well as general frivolity. Make sure to stop back here for the nightly Three Stars when the games are finished. … Continue reading →
Kessel gets recognized for hot start (The Canadian Press)TORONTO - If Phil Kessel keeps this up, he won't be able to stay out of the spotlight.
Fantasy Hockey: Addressing your early season needs (Yahoo! Sports)Dobber checks in every Monday to force-feed you the latest fantasy hockey trends. The founder of DobberHockey.com and a columnist for The Hockey News website, he long ago immersed himself into this rollercoaster world and is unable to escape. It's … Continue reading →
What We Learned: The Ryan Nugent-Hopkins propaganda machine (Yahoo! Sports)Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about … Continue reading →
Flames flickering in too many departments (The Calgary Herald)Barely one week in and already there is good news for the Calgary Flames.
Phil Kessel’s blazing start for the Maple Leafs: Trick or treat? (Yahoo! Sports)The NHL offensive leader board currently has Phil Kessel tied with John Tavares of the New York Islanders and David Legwand of the Nashville Predators with eight points, and tied with Tavares and James Neal of the Pittsburgh Penguins with … Continue reading →
Leafs blow past Flames (The Calgary Herald)Hands in his pockets, a steaming Brent Sutter paced the depths of the Air Canada Centre Saturday night waiting for his post-game scrum with the media.
Saturday’s Three Stars: Tavares tricks Rangers; Kessel stays hot (Yahoo! Sports)No. 1 Star: John Tavares, New York Islanders Tavares recorded his second consecutive 4-point night, with this one including his third career hat trick as the Islanders downed the New York Rangers 4-2. Tavares has five goals and three assists … Continue reading →
Kessel scores twice, adds assist for Maple Leafs (AP)Phil Kessel has five goals in his last two games. He has a simple explanation. "They're just going in," the Toronto forward said. "I have some great linemates and they gave me the puck and we're just clicking." On Saturday, Kessel had two goals and an assist and the Leafs overcame an early two-goal deficit to extend their season-opening winning streak to three games,...
Kessel gives Leafs 3-2 win over Calgary (The Canadian Press)TORONTO - The Maple Leafs hardly looked like a team who hadn’t played in a week coming into their game against Calgary.
Puck Headlines: Richards in Philly; Asham apologizes to Beagle (Yahoo! Sports)Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • Now you can own "actual game-used melted ice from the 2010-2011 … Continue reading →
NHL realignment: There's no simple solution (Yahoo! Sports)You can't please everyone when you start moving teams around and tinkering with the NHL schedule.
Flames look for spark against Habs, Leafs (The Calgary Herald)Alex Tanguay and Jarome Iginla need not fire up their laptops and lurk on fan chat rooms to detect the level of alarm back home over the Calgary Flames’ lacklustre start to the NHL season.
Puck Headlines: Realignment scenarios, debates; Penner back (Yahoo! Sports)Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • The Vancouver Canucks' Celebratory Whiskey Cupboard. Also a safe place to … Continue reading →
Will Canadians tolerate Don Cherry’s attack on their own? (Yahoo! Sports)As a 20-something Canadian West Coaster, I have little reason to be a Don Cherry fan. Fellow citizens claim he was once a bastion of hockey wisdom, but for most of my adult life, he's been rambling semi-coherently, prattling on … Continue reading →
Is there still ample hate on Dany Heatley Hate Day in Ottawa? (Yahoo! Sports)On Tuesday night, Dany Heatley makes his second visit to Ottawa since his 2009 trade demand, and subsequent wielding of his no-trade clause, made him the most hated man in the NHL for Senators faithful. According to Wayne Scanlan of … Continue reading →
Time for Heatley haters to move on (The Ottawa Citizen)He’s baaaaaack. How nice of Dany Heatley to return to town with the Minnesota Wild and help the Ottawa Senators kick off their 20th season on Tuesday night.
What We Learned: Stop jumping to gullible conclusions about NHL (Yahoo! Sports)Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about … Continue reading →
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