Eat Sleep Leafs

Adios Amigos
Posted 6/24/2008 12:00:00 AM



Today the Leafs said adios to Kyle Wellwood and Andrew Raycroft, two revealing symbols of the Leafs misery the past couple seasons.

I've always felt  that Raycroft in particular got a rough shake of the dice in Toronto. Okay, so the 37-win season wasn't all it was cracked up to be, and he never stole games, and yeah he let in a bad goal once in a while. I get all that. And I am definitely not saying that he should've played more than Vesa Toskala this year, because that's well, insane. But the treatment of the Belleville native following his first season as a Leaf was despicable. That's not to say the trade for Toskala was ill-advised, because it wasn't. Razor was not a number one goalie, but then why bring him back? And why pretend you wanted to give him a legit shot at the starting job? There ...

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He's Packed His Bags, Is He Ready To Go?
Posted 6/21/2008 12:00:00 AM


Sundin to Montreal?

No problem. Let me say first that I understand the basis of the frustration of Leaf fans everywhere. The face of the franchise is going to the enemy near the top of his game. Enough said. But Mats is not to blame here. Over his illustrious career as a Leafs, Sundin has performed year in and year out and was rewarded with some rather large contracts. This fact has some suggesting that Mats owes it to the franchise to do what's best for the future of the club. Nonsense. Mats signed the contracts offered to him and delivered what was expected. Don't blame Mats for asking and receiving a no-movement clause; they gave it to him.

Did you want Mats back? Did it make sense to bring Mats back? No and no. Signing Sundin back to a club destined for a non-playoff destiny wouldn't be wise on ...

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Bloggin from the Draft...
Posted 6/19/2008 12:00:00 AM
***LIVE FROM OTTAWA***
 
*Not really live, but it sounds cool doesn't it.
 
Friday 2:50pm
 
Lotta talk today that the Kings are shopping their 2nd overall pick or potentially looking to add the #5 pick to their collection (LA also has the 28th pick).

One rumour had Mike Cammalleri and two 2nd round picks heading to New York for the 5th pick. The Isles could use the injection of offense, while the Kings would add potentially two rock-solid defensemen (Schenn, Pietrangelo, Bogosian or Doughty) to Jack Johnson and super-offensive studs like Kopitar and Frolov.
 
Caught up with JP Barry today, the agent for Mats Sundin and Evgeni Malkin among others, and he confirmed that Malkin's intent is to sign with Pittsburgh in the very near future. The comments come in connection with a Toronto Star story, that indicates a Russian league team's desire to offer Malkin an outrageous contract to play in his ...
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