On Blue and White Tonight this evening Gord Stellick said something to the effect of “We can’t figure out how many games the Leafs have to win, they just have to win games. Whether it’s 11-2, or 9-4, or whatever, they have to win a lot of games.”
Month: March 2011
RIP Rick Martin
For the second time in as many years the Hall of Fame has been exposed for not honouring someone in time. This time the death obviously wasn’t expected, but that doesn’t make it any better. First, they ignored or avoided the opportunity to put Burns in during his lifetime. I really don’t pay attention to …
The Campaign to Fire Brian Burke: Deadline Day 2009
Two years ago was Burke’s first deadline day with the Leafs. He made a number of minor deals: traded Antropov for 2nd rounder (Kenny Ryan) and a 2010 conditional fourth rounder (the conditions were either not met or not exercised) traded Moore for a 2nd rounder (Jesse Blacker) claimed Eric Reitz off waivers the weird …
The Campaign to Fire Brian Burke: 2010 Trade Deadline
Around this time last year the Leafs traded Ponikarovsky for Luca Caputi and Martin Skoula then traded Skoula to Jersey for a fifth round pick (Sam Carrick) traded Joey McDonald for a seventh round pick this year traded a sixth round pick (Joe Rogalski) for Chris Peluso traded Stempniak for Matt Jones, a fourth round …
NHL Trade Deadline Day 2011!
So it was a less busy day this year, because of all the trades over the past week and a half. Here are my thoughts on them. Atlanta gets Dvorak and a 5th rounder, Florida gets Bergfors and Rissmiller: I can’t hate this enough for Atlanta. Bergfors was the key piece of the Kovalchuk deal …