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Training Camp Preview (Pt. 1)
 Posted 9/5/2010 10:22:00 PM
Hope is never in short supply at training camp.
After a long and arduous summer of preparation, reflection and change, the possibilities feel endless for all thirty NHL teams.
For the Leafs this season—as was the case last season and the four before that—that hope begins with a dream of playoffs.
Brian Burke enters his second full season as general manager of Big Blue and after a 29th place showing last season, the blinding glare of the spotlight only brightens further on that infamous disheveled tie . In the first of a two-part training camp preview, we take a look at a few stories to keep your eyes on at training camp 2010/2011.
Stories to Watch
Kaberle Returns
After another summer on the block, Tomas Kaberle returns to Toronto for yet another season, possibly his last in a blue and white sweater with his contract set to expire at the end of the year. Rumours of disconnect with ...
Leafs Trickling Into Toronto
Posted 9/2/2010 3:03:00 PM
TORONTO - Training camp is still about two weeks away but Leaf players are slowly making their way back to Toronto.
Dion Phaneuf, Phil Kessel, and Mike Komisarek joined a group of about twenty Leaf and Leaf hopefuls at the Mastercard Centre Thursday morning as the team gets set to begin the 2010/2011 season on September 17th.
Tyler Bozak was among those skating informally with teammates and the second-year centre wasn't shy to profess his desire to be the number one centre in Toronto this season.
"That's my goal coming in," Bozak said. "You want to be the best you can be at every level so my goal is to have that position."
Bozak certainly impressed as a rookie last season. The 24-year-old totaled 27 points in thirty-seven games and appeared comfortable in a front-line role with 30-goal man, Phil Kessel.
Meanwhile, a Leaf last season but still unsigned as of Thursday, 17-year NHL veteran Wayne Primeau was ...
Who's The Starter in Goal?
Posted 8/6/2010 2:03:00 PM
Jonas Gustavsson or J.S. Giguere?
The starter lacing up the new blue and whites remains a mystery as the days count down to opening night on October 7th against the Montreal Canadiens.
Will it be the up and coming Swede or the former Cup champ? Each has his fair share to prove.
The way people talk about the guy, you’d think J.S. Giguere was fifty years old and light years away from his best playing days in the NHL. Except he’s 33 and posted stellar numbers just two years ago with the Ducks. Hardly a peep is made about Miikka Kiprusoff’s age as his game declines and he’s actually a full six months older than his former Western Conference foe. Still the chatter is out there and the challenge for Giguere will be to hush it into nothing more than a peep.
The Montreal native saw his numbers jump across the board when ...
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