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Hey, Burkie, Leave Them Kids Alone!

by on December 24, 2008- 7 Comments

Ed. Note: Lots of holiday reading going up today for you guys. Merry Christmas.

Here we are the Christmas break, and I’d like to take the time to look back at what we saw in September, what we expected by Christmas and what we envision for the future of the Blue and White.
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Looking Ahead: Free Agent Class Of 2009

by on December 10, 2008- 27 Comments

Trade talks are heating up, in the NHL rumour mills, and online forums.  To that end, I've compiled a list of notable free-agents to be, both UFA and RFA, across the league, who may be subject to trade.

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MLHS Roundtable Discussion #1!

by on November 5, 2008- 14 Comments

Sorry for the delay guys.  We greatly appreciate the flood of great questions and comments, and are sorry to say we couldn't get to them all. We've all been pretty busy lately for a variety of reasons, so without any further ado, let's get started on the 1st ever Maple Leafs HotStove Hockey Panel Discussion.

Forming our panel for this session is Alec Brownscombe of Hockeybuzz and MLHS godfather, Gus Katsaros of Mckeen's and MLHS fantasy expert, and myself, Alex Tran, an MLHS blogger.

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Grading Cliff Fletcher

by on September 10, 2008- 11 Comments

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Rebuild.

That was the game plan going in to the off-season after another abysmal season from our boys in Blue and White.

Given this arduous task was veteran GM Cliff Fletcher. I mean, it's not every day that MLSE realize their failure and place this kind of responsibility on their GM (or… is it?).

Fletcher got to work right away, trading a 3rd round selection in the 2008 draft for Jamal Mayers. While this received mixed reception, the presence of Mayers to the Leafs' now young line-up is going to add some leadership to a team sorely lacking it.

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