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Cox: Leafs blueprint for victory
Brian Burke's plan finally came together Saturday night, with Phil Kessel on the scoresheet and a Monster in net.
Sportsnet record for Kessel’s debut
truthandrumours.net — Phil Kessel’s first game with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday produced a mega audience for Rogers... Sportsnet Ontario. With Kessel, acquired from Boston Bruins in the off-season, in the Leaf lineup, the network drew 845,000 viewers for the Tampa ... (more) Sportsnet record for Kessel’s debut
Sunday Maple Leafs Wrap Up
Sunday Maple Leafs Wrap Up
torontosportsmedia.com — toronto maple leafs Sunday Maple Leafs Wrap Up Quick tour around on the night after a huge... win vs the beast, Detroit Red Wings. “I see people who I have always admired for their work within and on behalf of the union, good people who have worked ... (more) Sunday Maple Leafs Wrap Up
George Malik Is A Whiner
George Malik Is A Whiner
pensionplanpuppets.com — More photos » by NATHAN DENETTE - AP ZOMBIE KESSEL WANTS GOOOOOOOOOOOALS Browse more photos » Editor's... Note: To get a sense of ... (more) George Malik Is A Whiner
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Good Leafs Or Bad Wings?
KK Hockey — ... a distant dream, it was suggested that it would be impossible to evaluate the Toronto team and individual players until top-flight goaltending was supplied by somebody, and that it was a little early to describe the Kessel-for-two-first-rounders deal as a disaster until he at least played a game. Today, the Leafs, after beating awful Carolina and the Wings on back-to-back nights, look like a club that at least has a chance to vie for a playoff berth. read on

Red Wings-Maple Leafs wrap-up: Wings lose while following familiar script
Snapshots — ... elements, Hockey Hall of Fame weekend distraction and Jason Williams' broken ankle/leg included, and because the Maple Leafs will probably be golfing in April, the Wings also managed to help Jonas "The Monster" Gustavsson win what was probably his most meaningful game of the regular season...and you can add in the, "Wings prove likely candidates for imminent demise" to the equation in the self-proclaimed Centre of the Hockey Universe, as suggested by the Toronto Star's Damien Cox: November 8, Toronto Star : I t's hard to say which club caused the old eyebrow to raise more in ...

A Jump to the Left, a Step to the Right
Pension Plan Puppets — ... Damien Cox continues to confound me with quotes from him like the Leafs being "a club that at least has a chance to vie for a playoff berth." ...

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