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The Battle Of…?

by Paul on 11/17/07 at 03:52 PM ET
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from the Toronto Star,

They are the games that get fans talking. The ones circled on the calendar as soon as the schedule comes out. The game that proves your team is – once and for all – better than your team’s bitter rival, until at least the two meet again.

Like when the Leafs face the Ottawa Senators in the Battle of Ontario or when Calgary faces their provincial rivals in Edmonton.

If you could pit one rivalry against another, which one would come out on top?

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Leafs Still Believe

by Paul on 11/17/07 at 11:40 AM ET
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from the Toronto Star,

Yes, the Maple Leafs have lost their last three games.

Yes, the players acknowledge the quotient of fans abandoning all hope is growing exponentially with every loss.

No, the team is not giving up.

“You fight through the adversity you face,” said an impassioned Leafs head coach Paul Maurice.

“You’re going to have to believe during those times when nobody else will, when (critics) will look at the last two months and tie them into the last 41 years and say: `Well, things haven’t changed.’

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How Bad Is It

by Paul on 11/14/07 at 10:15 PM ET
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from Tim Wharnsby of the Globe and Mail,

But the real-life Toronto NHL team has had more strange twists and turns this season than any Hollywood film — all before the 20-game mark, which the Leafs will hit when they visit the Boston Bruins tonight.

“My favourite movie is Shawshank Redemption,” Leafs forward Darcy Tucker said. “It’s a movie about an innocent man sent to prison. He has to crawl out, for the lack of a better [phrase], a tunnel of [expletive] in order to free himself. Maybe we have to go through something similar to become a better team.”

The strange but true happenings with the Leafs in the past six months are Harold Ballard-esque, and the eccentric former owner passed away more than 17 years ago.

read on

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Bad Decision Jiri

by Paul on 11/14/07 at 10:59 AM ET
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Jiri Tlusty made a bad decision, deciding to send some “racy” pics to a girl he met online.  Canucks & Beyond has the write-up and yes, we did see the pics last week and no, they won’t be posted on KK.

What he did was make a mistake in judgment and we will not add fuel to the fire on this topic.  So the email requests for the pics can stop now.

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Report- NHL Looking At Leafs/Rangers Pre-Game Incident

by Paul on 11/12/07 at 10:44 PM ET
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from CBC,

The NHL is investigating an on-ice incident involving abrasive New York Rangers forward Sean Avery, according to the Canadian Press.

Avery, 27, shoved Jason Blake and got into a heated exchange with Darcy Tucker during the pre-game warmup prior to Saturday’s 3-2 shootout victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Air Canada Centre.

“He has no sense of class,” Tucker told reporters following Monday’s skate.

Avery allegedly irked Tucker by saying something inappropriate to Blake, who revealed Oct. 8 that he is suffering from a rare but treatable form of leukemia (chronic myelogenous).

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added 6:30am on 11/13/07, from the Globe and Mail,

The agent for New York Rangers forward Sean Avery was steaming mad that a radio report yesterday suggested that taunts made by his client during the pregame skate on Saturday evening were directed toward Toronto Maple Leafs winger Jason Blake, who is battling against cancer.

The FAN 590 in Toronto reported that an unnamed Rangers player said Avery ignited a scuffle with Leafs forward Darcy Tucker because of insensitive remarks.

Although Avery did not publicly comment yesterday on the radio station’s accusation, behind closed doors he and other Rangers said the remarks made by Avery were directed at Tucker and his family.

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added 7:01am on 11/13/07, from Larry Brooks of the NY Post,

Sean Avery is preparing to file a libel charge against a Toronto radio personality who reported yesterday that Saturday’s pregame skirmish between the Rangers’ winger and the Maple Leafs’ Darcy Tucker was incited by Avery referring to Jason Blake’s cancer condition, The Post has learned.

Advised by his attorney to decline public comment, Avery has privately denied the charge as broadcast by Howard Berger over The Fan 590.

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Keep Your Head Up Sean

by Paul on 11/12/07 at 11:15 AM ET
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from the Toronto Sun,

Citing Avery’s pre-game tomfoolery Saturday night as yet another example of why the instigator rule should be scuttled, Belak warns that the New York Rangers agitator is going to pay the price for his antics.

“He’s pissing guys off,” Belak said yesterday. “He’ll bring harm to himself and not too many guys around the league are going to be sad to see it.

“If he keeps this up, someone is going to kill him. One day he’s going to say something the wrong way and he’ll be clubbed.

“And I’m not saying it will be by me, either.”

read on

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Kubina Out With MCL Injury

by Paul on 11/11/07 at 05:45 PM ET
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from the CP via TSN,

Defenceman Pavel Kubina has been knocked out of the Toronto Maple Leafs lineup indefinitely with a medial collateral ligament injury to his right knee.

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Pre-Game Scuffle

by Paul on 11/10/07 at 11:15 PM ET
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via Steve Zipaty at On the Rangers Beat,

During warmups, a helmetless Darcy Tucker and Sean Avery renewed acquaintances—-with words and shoves—-at the red line near the boards.

Avery yapped, Tucker took exception, they separated, then came together again as players from both sides gathered around and eventually, Avery skated away.

Tucker was just interviewed during the first period intermission and called Avery one of the classless players in the league.  Tucker and Avery did have a fight in the 1st period and Tucker was asked if it was over between Avery and himself.  Tucker said it is never over…

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Leafs & Canadiens Headed In Different Directions

by Paul on 11/10/07 at 02:28 AM ET
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from David Shoalts of the Globe and Mail,

But if the past is similar, the future looks entirely different for the two men and their teams, the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs.

“They both have mediocre current situations,” said one NHL executive, who wished to remain anonymous.

“But Ferguson put the Leafs in a situation where they have a terrible future and Gainey put the Canadiens in a situation where they have a great future.”

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Two Key Leafs Return

by Paul on 11/08/07 at 06:06 PM ET
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from the CP via TSN,

The Toronto Maple Leafs will have two more familiar faces back in the lineup when they travel to Buffalo to play the Sabres on Friday night.

Forward Darcy Tucker and defenceman Bryan McCabe are each ready to return from injury.

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