MAPLE LEAFS RUMORS & GOSSIP
Mike Augello: Leafs Check Two Off The Free Agent List
The Maple Leafs knocked two names off their list of 22 free agents on Thursday, with the signings of enforcer Colton Orr and minor league goaltender Drew MacIntyre.
The 31 year old Orr was slated to be an unrestricted free agent with the expiration of his four year deal, but became a fixture as a role player and a leader in the dressing room under Randy Carlyle, leading the club...
TOO SOON
Chicago brand's 'Hawks shirt in poor taste?
Welp, it’s pretty clear that some idiots in Chicago didn’t learn anything from the backlash that Toronto Maple Leafs fan received for bringing a “Toronto Stronger” sign to a game during the opening round of the playoffs. Chicago-based clothing company Cubby Tees is now producing and selling “Chicago Stronger” t-shirts for dumb, insensitive Blackhawks fans who have trouble...
Leafs extend Colton Orr
Somewhere, Don Cherry must be smiling, because the Canadian Press reports that once-deemed-to-be-redundant (by Ron Wilson) Maple Leafs enforcer Colton Orr inked a two-year extension with Toronto:
Colton Orr signed a new two-year, $1.85 million deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday.
The 2012-13 season marked the final year of a four-year deal Orr signed with the Leafs...
Toronto signs Colton Orr to 2-year extension
The Toronto Maple Leafs signed tough guy Colton Orr to a two-year contract extension Thursday.
The 31-year-old Orr had a goal and three assists in 44 regular-season games this season and led the NHL in penalty minutes with 155. He played in all seven of Toronto's playoff games, putting up 18 penalty minutes.
The Leafs also signed goalie Drew MacIntyre to a one-year, two-way...
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Toronto Signs Drew MacIntyre To One-Year Deal by Steven Ellis
The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed pending UFA Drew MacIntyre to a one year contract. MacIntyre played in 21 games for the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League this season posting a record of 13-5-3. Prior to coming back to the AHL, he played two games with Prague Lev this season in the KHL, compiling [...]
Mike Augello: KHL Konfusion With Komarov; Eakins Exodus, Ralph Not Returning
We may have not heard the last of Leo Komarov.
The 26 year old winger took to Twitter on Monday and confirmed the rumors that he would be returning to Moscow Dynamo, who he had spent four seasons with before signing a one year deal with the Leafs in May, 2012.
âThank you Leafs organization, fans and all my comrades in Toronto for the opportunity you gave me. I have my...
Mike Augello: Eakins To Edmonton Could Increase Chances Of Leafs â Oilers Deal
The Maple Leafs organization is losing one of their most valuable assets, as a press conference in Edmonton on Monday will announce that Toronto Marlies coach Dallas Eakins will be named the head coach of the Oilers, replacing the recently deposed Ralph Krueger.
Eakins has been with the Toronto organization since 2005, serving as an assistant coach with the Marlies and Leafs...
A Good Time To Trade Phil Kessel
from Dave Feschuk of the Toronto Star,
... making big changes to the Toronto roster, with the NHL salary cap shrinking from around $70 million (all figures U.S.) to about $64 million, will require bold vision and savvy manoeuvring that many fans might consider sacrilege.
Example: There’d be no better time to trade Kessel, considering his excellent run of play as the league’s...
Toronto’s Ben Scrivens: shallower nets, hybrid icing may have unintended consequences
Update: Wrong blog, oh well, interesting discussion anyway.
One does not necessarily think, "Well, hey, the competition committee decided to actually tweak some rules...I'll go talk to Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Ben Scrivens!" but the Toronto Star's Kevin McGran did just that, and he received some particularly nuanced observations and opinions regarding the...
Toronto Maple Leafs: Nonis wants to upgrade
By Tony Ambrogio (@SNTonyAmbrogio)
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A couple of observations from the Maple Leafs locker clean out:
*The sting of the Game 7 loss to Boston is still fresh.
*The Leafs won’t overspend to keep unrestricted free agent Tyler Bozak.
*GM Dave Nonis expects to make his team better through trades, and not via free agency.
Nonis may have said it best on Thursday...
FOR PARTS ONLY
Man breaks TV watching Maple Leafs, selling it
This was posted online at Kijiji, which is basically the ebay classifieds, shortly after the Toronto Maple Leafs blew a 4-1 lead and lost in overtime in game seven to the Boston Bruins. The description is hysterical and I wish there was video of the TV being broken which looks like it was beaten repeatedly with either fists or a bat. [@JimmyTraina]
THE AWFUL TRUTH
Toronto Sun rips Maple Leafs for Game 7 loss
The thrill of victory is great, but the agony of defeat always makes for better and juicier headlines. Take the Toronto Sun for instance and their reaction to the hometown Maple Leafs blowing a 4-1 3rd Period lead in Game 7 against the Boston Bruins, losing 5-4 in overtime. "The Choke's On Us" might be a little harsh considering Toronto did fight back from a 3-1...
Toronto Sun Cover Proclaims ‘The Choke’s on Us’ After Maple Leafs Blow Three-Goal Lead Against Bruins (Photo)
The Toronto Maple Leafs looked assured of advancing to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs after taking a three-goal lead against the Bruins in the third period of Monday’s Game 7. Somehow, they didn’t.
The city’s first playoff team in nine years is instead heading home after losing 5-4 to the Bruins in overtime, thanks to four unanswered Boston goals. Maple Leafs...
WAG STAREDOWN
Cuthbert, Reimer's wife exchange looks?
In Season 2 of the action series 24, Elisha Cuthbert's character, Kim Bauer, inexplicably won a staredown with a mountain lion. And so a fellow hockey WAG was no issue on Wednesday night in Toronto. In Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals between the Maple Leafs and Bruins, Cuthbert's fiancé, Dion Phaneuf, committed a silly pinch leading to a game-winning goal...
GOTTA GLOVE IT
AHL goalie makes amazing save
We take you to the AHL where the Toronto Marlies took on the Rochester Americans in Game 1 of their playoff series. The game was tied at three a piece in the second period when Zemgus Girgensons of the Americans looked to take the lead, but Marlies’ goaltender Drew MacIntyre wasn’t about to let that happen. MacIntyre went behind-the-back with his glove for one of the best saves...
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