LGD – Game 43: Rangers @ Leafs – The Second Half
via NHL.com I thought about what picture to use for this post for a while. Maybe something from the Winter Classic? Maybe…
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Mats Sundin & Jeff O’Neill bet of the World Juniors
Oh baby! BREAKING: According to Jeff O’Neill, Mats Sundin is betting 1k on Team Sweden at the World Junior Hockey Championship.
What would you call elite?
On Friday Sportsnet’s Mark Spector wrote a column about the Bobby Ryan/Team USA comments that have sent the hockey world into a frenzy. In the third paragraph of the column Spector wrote this little gem; "P.K. Subban gives the puck away. Or Phil Kessel is not among hockey’s elite skaters. Or the Sedin twins…
Toronto’s first half analytical update
Well we’ve hit the midway point of the season. Technically, we’ve already finished Game 42, but there was a small turnaround between Games 41 and 42, and a nice clean day on the calendar for us this morning to fit in this little post breaking down the first half of the season for the Toronto…
The Steve Dangle Podcast – January 2, 2014 – Best Of Part 2
BEST-OF PART TWO!! Bask once again in the awesomeness that has been the Steve Dangle Podcast. If you like hockey, strippers, and crazy parties, then you’ve come to the right place (sort of)!
LFR7 – Game 42 – Win-ter Classic – Tor 3, Det 2 (S)
The Leafs win on the biggest stage they’ve ever been on. I approve.
Leafs postgame – Tyler Bozak: Master of the elements
Photo via Jeffler When James van Riemsdyk scored the 1-1 goal midway through the second period, a roar went up that had never quite been heard before at a hockey game. There were about 50 thousand Maple Leafs fans in attendance at Michigan Stadium, outdoors, untempered by obnoxious arena music or drowning goal horns. Playing…
Leafs trade John-Michael Liles for Tim Gleason
Dave Nonis just made the first trade of the New Year! It’s neither a Big Blockbuster nor a Big Disaster, so no problem on this being made right in the middle of the Winter Classic. Toronto sent John-Michael Liles and prospect defenceman Dennis Robertson to the Carolina Hurricanes for Tim Gleason. Gleason is a 31-year-old,…
LGD – Game 42: Leafs @ Red Wings – Let’s play outside
I grew up, and live in, Vancouver. For those of you unawares, Vancouver gets about two or three days of snow a year. We don’t have outdoor rinks, or ponds that freeze over. Robson Square downtown has an underground rink that’s an ideal spot for first dates, but there’s no hockey played. Essentially, I grew…