Toronto Maple Leafs 2010/11
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The Rangers won tonight and the Leafs won't catch them. All Buffalo needs is 1 point or a Leafs loss or OT/SO loss and the Leafs are eliminated.
So for the Leafs to make the playoffs they have to win all 3 games in regulation or OT, winning in a Shoot Out is no good. Plus Buffalo must lose all their 3 games in regulation and Carolina must lose 2 out of their 3 games. We may see Ron Wilson pulling the goalie in OT to get the OT win. Pray for a miracle.
So for the Leafs to make the playoffs they have to win all 3 games in regulation or OT, winning in a Shoot Out is no good. Plus Buffalo must lose all their 3 games in regulation and Carolina must lose 2 out of their 3 games. We may see Ron Wilson pulling the goalie in OT to get the OT win. Pray for a miracle.
Please explain the difference in the way points are awarded for a game in OT vs. a shootout for your assertion to make sense.
who here thinks that it will still happen?
can the leafs put together 3 wins? probably.
can the Sabres lose all 3 games? sure.
will the 'Canes lose 2 of 3? perhaps.
and, the chance that all 3 of these events taking place this week? I'd say that is pretty close to no chance in hell.
can the leafs put together 3 wins? probably.
can the Sabres lose all 3 games? sure.
will the 'Canes lose 2 of 3? perhaps.
and, the chance that all 3 of these events taking place this week? I'd say that is pretty close to no chance in hell.
I think it comes down to the first tie breaker in the event that the 8th place teams are tied in points.
First tie breaker is the team that wins the most games in regulation time gets 8th place while the other team gets 9th place.
If it's not officially over with yet, the problem for the Leafs is they lose every tie breaker scenario because they don't have enough wins in regulation time compared with other relevant teams.
They would have to finish a point in front and avoid going to tie break situation. That's what I heard someone say on TheFan590 a week or so ago anyway.
The new tie breaker rule. If 2 teams are tied with the same amount of points, the first tie breaker rule is (ROW) and it goes to the team who has more regulation and overtime wins. Shootout wins get your team 2 points but regulation and OT wins are more valuable. They may as well change the rule and give 3 points for a regulation win and OT wins more important than SO wins.
To the Leafs...thanks for the ride boys, a young up-and-coming team, make a few additions in the off-season and you'll be good to go further and into the playoffs. \m/
It is over. Officially.
Room for optimism in the future of the Leafs.
This was not one of those late season surges you get when the pressure is off. This one was different. Most of these players will be back and many are just entering their prime. Looking ahead to next season at this time and I see the Leafs with a playoff spot already locked up, maybe as high as sixth.
The team still needs a top center and maybe one more top six forward. Also some tweaking on defence. Schenn must be re-signed, six or eight years would be nice.
Reimer has to be signed and Burke and Wilson will have to find out if they have found a number one goalie, plus they have to find a back up.
The Leafs should have some money to put into play next season ... between 10 - 15 mil.
Room for optimism in the future of the Leafs.
This was not one of those late season surges you get when the pressure is off. This one was different. Most of these players will be back and many are just entering their prime. Looking ahead to next season at this time and I see the Leafs with a playoff spot already locked up, maybe as high as sixth.
The team still needs a top center and maybe one more top six forward. Also some tweaking on defence. Schenn must be re-signed, six or eight years would be nice.
Reimer has to be signed and Burke and Wilson will have to find out if they have found a number one goalie, plus they have to find a back up.
The Leafs should have some money to put into play next season ... between 10 - 15 mil.
For you and the others (myself included) who feel they are going in the right direction, do you feel firing Wilson and/or Burke is justified or wise?
The 2006 draft was good to TMLs. (John Ferguson Jr.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_NHL_Entry_Draft
No. 5 - Phil Kessel (drafted by Boston)
No. 43 - Nikolai Kulemin
No. 99 - James Reimer
Only blip was No. 13 (Jiri Tlusty)=>(Philippe Paradis)=>(Bill Sweatt)=>Nothing(UFA)
Hobey Baker winner, Andy Miele is an undrafted unrestricted free agent.
71 points in 39 games.
Seems like the kind of player Burke would have an interest in since he's 20 million under cap right now for next year and could outbit others on a 3 year deal if he seems like someone who can help team out.
Another finalist in Hobey Baker award, Matt Frattin, is making his debut with Leafs tonight along with Joe Colborne.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ca...qM5iCFerAhQ5MnWCDUpvIKJN1ukEHjg?docId=6510579
71 points in 39 games.
Seems like the kind of player Burke would have an interest in since he's 20 million under cap right now for next year and could outbit others on a 3 year deal if he seems like someone who can help team out.
Another finalist in Hobey Baker award, Matt Frattin, is making his debut with Leafs tonight along with Joe Colborne.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ca...qM5iCFerAhQ5MnWCDUpvIKJN1ukEHjg?docId=6510579
Toronto Maple Leafs»
Why Leaf fans have 45 reasons to hope
Before the start of the season, in the dark ages before the arrival of James Reimer, we offered 44 reasons to hope that this might be a better, perhaps even a playoff, year for the Maple Leafs. One snippet of promise for every autumn since Toronto last won a Stanley Cup.
Perhaps our optimism got the better of us; through November we looked downright foolhardy. But an impressive second-half sprint by the Leafs has got us feeling, well, hopeful again.
So as the season comes to a close and we look ahead to the summer and the 2011-12 campaign, we present 45 reasons — another Cupless spring forced us to up the ante — to hope that better times are just around the corner for the Leafs. Rookie goalie James Reimer and his .922 save percentage gave Leafs fans a reason to smile during the second half of the season.
1. An 18-8-6 record, one of the NHL’s best, since the all-star break. A long enough run that it can’t be dismissed as meaningless.
2. James Reimer, and his .922 save percentage, was a revelation, both as an unflappable puckstopper and a decent human being. If Carey Price can get his mediocre team into the playoffs, maybe it could happen here.
3. Colby Armstrong, broken feet, broken hands and fuzzy vision, must surely have a healthier season ahead.
4. This is a team that, once it got its roster and goaltending settled, played with heart every night.
5. Another season has ticked off on Mike Komisarek’s monster contract with its $4.5 million annual cap hit. Just three more seasons remain.
6. The Leafs only have to pay Darcy Tucker a million a season—yes, that’s a million against the cap — for another three seasons.
7. Two, count ‘em, two, first round draft picks.
8. Team played under what was in essence playoff pressure down the stretch and got a taste of winning important games.
9. Brian Burke should have about $15 million or so to spend as he sees fit, even after signing James Reimer and other RFAs
10. Carl Gunnarsson got some serious minutes, in the high 20s down the stretch, and began playing the way everyone expected from him at the start the season.
11. After three minor heart procedures, surely Jonas Gustavsson can now focus on developing into an NHL goaltender without any worries about his ticker.
12. One of the youngest rosters in the NHL with an average age of 26 — and that’s with Jean-Sebastien Giguere in uniform.
13. Marlies coach Dallas Eakins continues to impress with his ability to have players NHL-ready when they arrive to help out.
14. Nazem Kadri cashed in his cockiness for work ethic and now looks like a legit NHLer.
15. Leafs finished high enough to ensure Boston won’t get a lottery pick with final first-round pick in Phil Kessel deal. Some of the hand-wringing can stop. It won’t but it can.
16. Nobody mentions Jeff Finger any more.
17. If there was an NHL award for new-found maturity, Mikhail Grabovski would win it. Maybe one of the Kostitsyns could present it.
18. At only 21, Luke Schenn has not only developed into a rock solid defenceman, he’s become an impressive leader.
19. Symbolic of the entire team’s relentlessness, Mike Brown can take a puck where it hurts and come back to play with the same gutsy determination.
20. Greg McKegg. The Leaf prospect picked 62nd overall in 2010 had 49 goals and 92 points in the OHL.
21. Burke isn’t satisfied with the team’s late surge and is determined to upgrade, especially his top line.
22. The Leafs turned the tables on two goalies — Tim Thomas and Ryan Miller — who always shut them down. They scored eight goals vs. Buffalo for two wins in February and nine on Boston, again winning twice.
23. We saw Phil Kessel smile one day while answering reporters’ questions. He’s learned to love the extra scrutiny he gets in this market. Okay, maybe not. But he’s adapting.
24. Josh Nicholls, a very late pick at 182 in 2010, had a whopping 34 goals and 53 assists with Saskatoon, leapfrogging his way up the depth chart.
25. Nikolai Kulemin is getting more and more at ease with the culture and the language.
26. Burke may have actually cured the “blue and white” disease. But you can be sure he’ll be waiting with booster shots at training camp.
27. Keith Aulie can’t really touch the boards on both sides of the ice at the same time, it just seems that way. And with that wingspan, he’ll be tangling up opposition forwards for years to come.
28. The Leafs may have their puck-moving defenceman of the future in Jesse Blacker, a 2009 draft pick who had a breakthrough year with the Owen Sound Attack with 10 goals and 44 assists.
29. To a man, the Leafs believe they’ve learned their lesson and won’t have another pitiful early season month like November.
30. Does anybody really miss Kris Versteeg, François Beauchemin, Matt Stajan, Ian White, Jason Blake, Vesa Toskala, Niklas Hagman, Tomas Kaberle and other ghosts exorcised by Burke? Okay maybe Kaberle. But just a little.
31. Maybe Ron Wilson can coach. His barking about keeping two hands on the stick helped make Toronto one of league’s least penalized teams. An anticipated extension this summer will mean further organizational stability.
32. Joe Colborne. Prospect acquired in Kaberle trade looks like he can play. Jake Gardiner, grabbed in the Beauchemin deal, looks like a keeper too.
33. That C is looking better and better on Dion Phaneuf’s sweater. His slapshot has even started to hit the net once in a while.
34. The Leafs showed they were mentally strong enough to win tight games with a 20-6-11 record in one-goal games.
35. The inspiring story of prospect Matt Frattin. Stripped of his scholarship at North Dakota over issues with alcohol, he cleaned up his act, took out a loan and returned to graduate and rejoin his teammates. He had 36 goals — tops in the D1 — in 43 games this season.
36. Jean-Sebastien Giguere’s $6 million cap hit comes off the books this season.
37. Divisional excellence. The Leafs had a winning record against every team in the Northeast and an overall 13-8-2 record in their division, heading into Saturday’s game.
38. Joffrey Lupul, who initially looked like strictly a salary dump out of Anaheim in Beauchemin deal, shows he can play. He believes we’ve only seen the beginning of what he can contribute.
39. Power play wasn’t worst in the league (though it looked it some nights). Moved from dead last overall to 21st. Penalty kill leaped all the way up to 27th.
40. No losing streak of more than three games since November.
41. Ben Scrivens, yet another highly regarded young prospect in the Leafs’ system.
42. Jerry D’Amigo. The speedster turned it on with 28 points in 21 games when sent from the Marlies to Kitchener of the OHL.
43. No waffling. Players learned that when they win, Torontonians actually get behind them. They say they draw inspiration and motivation from that. So winning is symbiotic.
44. Burke doesn’t want a playoff spot. He wants a parade.
45. Because hope springs eternal in Leafs Nation.
Why Leaf fans have 45 reasons to hope
Before the start of the season, in the dark ages before the arrival of James Reimer, we offered 44 reasons to hope that this might be a better, perhaps even a playoff, year for the Maple Leafs. One snippet of promise for every autumn since Toronto last won a Stanley Cup.
Perhaps our optimism got the better of us; through November we looked downright foolhardy. But an impressive second-half sprint by the Leafs has got us feeling, well, hopeful again.
So as the season comes to a close and we look ahead to the summer and the 2011-12 campaign, we present 45 reasons — another Cupless spring forced us to up the ante — to hope that better times are just around the corner for the Leafs. Rookie goalie James Reimer and his .922 save percentage gave Leafs fans a reason to smile during the second half of the season.
1. An 18-8-6 record, one of the NHL’s best, since the all-star break. A long enough run that it can’t be dismissed as meaningless.
2. James Reimer, and his .922 save percentage, was a revelation, both as an unflappable puckstopper and a decent human being. If Carey Price can get his mediocre team into the playoffs, maybe it could happen here.
3. Colby Armstrong, broken feet, broken hands and fuzzy vision, must surely have a healthier season ahead.
4. This is a team that, once it got its roster and goaltending settled, played with heart every night.
5. Another season has ticked off on Mike Komisarek’s monster contract with its $4.5 million annual cap hit. Just three more seasons remain.
6. The Leafs only have to pay Darcy Tucker a million a season—yes, that’s a million against the cap — for another three seasons.
7. Two, count ‘em, two, first round draft picks.
8. Team played under what was in essence playoff pressure down the stretch and got a taste of winning important games.
9. Brian Burke should have about $15 million or so to spend as he sees fit, even after signing James Reimer and other RFAs
10. Carl Gunnarsson got some serious minutes, in the high 20s down the stretch, and began playing the way everyone expected from him at the start the season.
11. After three minor heart procedures, surely Jonas Gustavsson can now focus on developing into an NHL goaltender without any worries about his ticker.
12. One of the youngest rosters in the NHL with an average age of 26 — and that’s with Jean-Sebastien Giguere in uniform.
13. Marlies coach Dallas Eakins continues to impress with his ability to have players NHL-ready when they arrive to help out.
14. Nazem Kadri cashed in his cockiness for work ethic and now looks like a legit NHLer.
15. Leafs finished high enough to ensure Boston won’t get a lottery pick with final first-round pick in Phil Kessel deal. Some of the hand-wringing can stop. It won’t but it can.
16. Nobody mentions Jeff Finger any more.
17. If there was an NHL award for new-found maturity, Mikhail Grabovski would win it. Maybe one of the Kostitsyns could present it.
18. At only 21, Luke Schenn has not only developed into a rock solid defenceman, he’s become an impressive leader.
19. Symbolic of the entire team’s relentlessness, Mike Brown can take a puck where it hurts and come back to play with the same gutsy determination.
20. Greg McKegg. The Leaf prospect picked 62nd overall in 2010 had 49 goals and 92 points in the OHL.
21. Burke isn’t satisfied with the team’s late surge and is determined to upgrade, especially his top line.
22. The Leafs turned the tables on two goalies — Tim Thomas and Ryan Miller — who always shut them down. They scored eight goals vs. Buffalo for two wins in February and nine on Boston, again winning twice.
23. We saw Phil Kessel smile one day while answering reporters’ questions. He’s learned to love the extra scrutiny he gets in this market. Okay, maybe not. But he’s adapting.
24. Josh Nicholls, a very late pick at 182 in 2010, had a whopping 34 goals and 53 assists with Saskatoon, leapfrogging his way up the depth chart.
25. Nikolai Kulemin is getting more and more at ease with the culture and the language.
26. Burke may have actually cured the “blue and white” disease. But you can be sure he’ll be waiting with booster shots at training camp.
27. Keith Aulie can’t really touch the boards on both sides of the ice at the same time, it just seems that way. And with that wingspan, he’ll be tangling up opposition forwards for years to come.
28. The Leafs may have their puck-moving defenceman of the future in Jesse Blacker, a 2009 draft pick who had a breakthrough year with the Owen Sound Attack with 10 goals and 44 assists.
29. To a man, the Leafs believe they’ve learned their lesson and won’t have another pitiful early season month like November.
30. Does anybody really miss Kris Versteeg, François Beauchemin, Matt Stajan, Ian White, Jason Blake, Vesa Toskala, Niklas Hagman, Tomas Kaberle and other ghosts exorcised by Burke? Okay maybe Kaberle. But just a little.
31. Maybe Ron Wilson can coach. His barking about keeping two hands on the stick helped make Toronto one of league’s least penalized teams. An anticipated extension this summer will mean further organizational stability.
32. Joe Colborne. Prospect acquired in Kaberle trade looks like he can play. Jake Gardiner, grabbed in the Beauchemin deal, looks like a keeper too.
33. That C is looking better and better on Dion Phaneuf’s sweater. His slapshot has even started to hit the net once in a while.
34. The Leafs showed they were mentally strong enough to win tight games with a 20-6-11 record in one-goal games.
35. The inspiring story of prospect Matt Frattin. Stripped of his scholarship at North Dakota over issues with alcohol, he cleaned up his act, took out a loan and returned to graduate and rejoin his teammates. He had 36 goals — tops in the D1 — in 43 games this season.
36. Jean-Sebastien Giguere’s $6 million cap hit comes off the books this season.
37. Divisional excellence. The Leafs had a winning record against every team in the Northeast and an overall 13-8-2 record in their division, heading into Saturday’s game.
38. Joffrey Lupul, who initially looked like strictly a salary dump out of Anaheim in Beauchemin deal, shows he can play. He believes we’ve only seen the beginning of what he can contribute.
39. Power play wasn’t worst in the league (though it looked it some nights). Moved from dead last overall to 21st. Penalty kill leaped all the way up to 27th.
40. No losing streak of more than three games since November.
41. Ben Scrivens, yet another highly regarded young prospect in the Leafs’ system.
42. Jerry D’Amigo. The speedster turned it on with 28 points in 21 games when sent from the Marlies to Kitchener of the OHL.
43. No waffling. Players learned that when they win, Torontonians actually get behind them. They say they draw inspiration and motivation from that. So winning is symbiotic.
44. Burke doesn’t want a playoff spot. He wants a parade.
45. Because hope springs eternal in Leafs Nation.
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It's easy to look back now and say there are positives, after all the season is over.
It does hinge on Reimer though, if he's the real deal, then the leafs can look forward to more success, but it really doesn't matter who they sign or don't sign, unless whoever is in net can get the job done.
I have nothing against Reimer mind you, I'm just not ready to put my faith in the leafs just yet until we can determine if he's here to stay.
It does hinge on Reimer though, if he's the real deal, then the leafs can look forward to more success, but it really doesn't matter who they sign or don't sign, unless whoever is in net can get the job done.
I have nothing against Reimer mind you, I'm just not ready to put my faith in the leafs just yet until we can determine if he's here to stay.
Rimer has proven himself, BUT, Lets see what he does when he loses 3,4,5 in a row. He has a great demeanor, the leafs never lost more than 2 in a row when Rimer was called up a played regular.
Did you come up with that list all on your own, or maybe get a little help from your friends Paul Hunter & Kevin McGran ?Toronto Maple Leafs»
Why Leaf fans have 45 reasons to hope
Before the start of the season, in the dark ages before the arrival of James Reimer, we offered 44 reasons to hope that this might be a better, perhaps even a playoff, year for the Maple Leafs. One snippet of promise for every autumn since Toronto last won a Stanley Cup.
Perhaps our optimism got the better of us; through November we looked downright foolhardy. But an impressive second-half sprint by the Leafs has got us feeling, well, hopeful again.
So as the season comes to a close and we look ahead to the summer and the 2011-12 campaign, we present 45 reasons — another Cupless spring forced us to up the ante — to hope that better times are just around the corner for the Leafs. Rookie goalie James Reimer and his .922 save percentage gave Leafs fans a reason to smile during the second half of the season.
1. An 18-8-6 record, one of the NHL’s best, since the all-star break. A long enough run that it can’t be dismissed as meaningless.
2. James Reimer, and his .922 save percentage, was a revelation, both as an unflappable puckstopper and a decent human being. If Carey Price can get his mediocre team into the playoffs, maybe it could happen here.
3. Colby Armstrong, broken feet, broken hands and fuzzy vision, must surely have a healthier season ahead.
4. This is a team that, once it got its roster and goaltending settled, played with heart every night.
5. Another season has ticked off on Mike Komisarek’s monster contract with its $4.5 million annual cap hit. Just three more seasons remain.
6. The Leafs only have to pay Darcy Tucker a million a season—yes, that’s a million against the cap — for another three seasons.
7. Two, count ‘em, two, first round draft picks.
8. Team played under what was in essence playoff pressure down the stretch and got a taste of winning important games.
9. Brian Burke should have about $15 million or so to spend as he sees fit, even after signing James Reimer and other RFAs
10. Carl Gunnarsson got some serious minutes, in the high 20s down the stretch, and began playing the way everyone expected from him at the start the season.
11. After three minor heart procedures, surely Jonas Gustavsson can now focus on developing into an NHL goaltender without any worries about his ticker.
12. One of the youngest rosters in the NHL with an average age of 26 — and that’s with Jean-Sebastien Giguere in uniform.
13. Marlies coach Dallas Eakins continues to impress with his ability to have players NHL-ready when they arrive to help out.
14. Nazem Kadri cashed in his cockiness for work ethic and now looks like a legit NHLer.
15. Leafs finished high enough to ensure Boston won’t get a lottery pick with final first-round pick in Phil Kessel deal. Some of the hand-wringing can stop. It won’t but it can.
16. Nobody mentions Jeff Finger any more.
17. If there was an NHL award for new-found maturity, Mikhail Grabovski would win it. Maybe one of the Kostitsyns could present it.
18. At only 21, Luke Schenn has not only developed into a rock solid defenceman, he’s become an impressive leader.
19. Symbolic of the entire team’s relentlessness, Mike Brown can take a puck where it hurts and come back to play with the same gutsy determination.
20. Greg McKegg. The Leaf prospect picked 62nd overall in 2010 had 49 goals and 92 points in the OHL.
21. Burke isn’t satisfied with the team’s late surge and is determined to upgrade, especially his top line.
22. The Leafs turned the tables on two goalies — Tim Thomas and Ryan Miller — who always shut them down. They scored eight goals vs. Buffalo for two wins in February and nine on Boston, again winning twice.
23. We saw Phil Kessel smile one day while answering reporters’ questions. He’s learned to love the extra scrutiny he gets in this market. Okay, maybe not. But he’s adapting.
24. Josh Nicholls, a very late pick at 182 in 2010, had a whopping 34 goals and 53 assists with Saskatoon, leapfrogging his way up the depth chart.
25. Nikolai Kulemin is getting more and more at ease with the culture and the language.
26. Burke may have actually cured the “blue and white” disease. But you can be sure he’ll be waiting with booster shots at training camp.
27. Keith Aulie can’t really touch the boards on both sides of the ice at the same time, it just seems that way. And with that wingspan, he’ll be tangling up opposition forwards for years to come.
28. The Leafs may have their puck-moving defenceman of the future in Jesse Blacker, a 2009 draft pick who had a breakthrough year with the Owen Sound Attack with 10 goals and 44 assists.
29. To a man, the Leafs believe they’ve learned their lesson and won’t have another pitiful early season month like November.
30. Does anybody really miss Kris Versteeg, François Beauchemin, Matt Stajan, Ian White, Jason Blake, Vesa Toskala, Niklas Hagman, Tomas Kaberle and other ghosts exorcised by Burke? Okay maybe Kaberle. But just a little.
31. Maybe Ron Wilson can coach. His barking about keeping two hands on the stick helped make Toronto one of league’s least penalized teams. An anticipated extension this summer will mean further organizational stability.
32. Joe Colborne. Prospect acquired in Kaberle trade looks like he can play. Jake Gardiner, grabbed in the Beauchemin deal, looks like a keeper too.
33. That C is looking better and better on Dion Phaneuf’s sweater. His slapshot has even started to hit the net once in a while.
34. The Leafs showed they were mentally strong enough to win tight games with a 20-6-11 record in one-goal games.
35. The inspiring story of prospect Matt Frattin. Stripped of his scholarship at North Dakota over issues with alcohol, he cleaned up his act, took out a loan and returned to graduate and rejoin his teammates. He had 36 goals — tops in the D1 — in 43 games this season.
36. Jean-Sebastien Giguere’s $6 million cap hit comes off the books this season.
37. Divisional excellence. The Leafs had a winning record against every team in the Northeast and an overall 13-8-2 record in their division, heading into Saturday’s game.
38. Joffrey Lupul, who initially looked like strictly a salary dump out of Anaheim in Beauchemin deal, shows he can play. He believes we’ve only seen the beginning of what he can contribute.
39. Power play wasn’t worst in the league (though it looked it some nights). Moved from dead last overall to 21st. Penalty kill leaped all the way up to 27th.
40. No losing streak of more than three games since November.
41. Ben Scrivens, yet another highly regarded young prospect in the Leafs’ system.
42. Jerry D’Amigo. The speedster turned it on with 28 points in 21 games when sent from the Marlies to Kitchener of the OHL.
43. No waffling. Players learned that when they win, Torontonians actually get behind them. They say they draw inspiration and motivation from that. So winning is symbiotic.
44. Burke doesn’t want a playoff spot. He wants a parade.
45. Because hope springs eternal in Leafs Nation.
http://www.thestar.com/sports/hocke...971953--why-leaf-fans-have-45-reasons-to-hope
