torontosun.com - 11/11/2008
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Maple Leafs head coach Ron Wilson said suspending a player for hitting from behind is all well and good, but he believes the punishment should go beyond a mere player suspension.
deuceofdavenport.com - 11/10/2008
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We're not gonna lie. It's been a shitty
couple of weeks for the Maple Leafs' Mike Van...
Ryn. First he was helped through some glass on October 23rd. Relive the good times! Van Ryn was probably thinking it couldn't get much worse than that. Wrong. The Habs' Tom Kostopoulous was jealous of ...
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Mike Van Ryn Can't Win For Trying
globesports.com - 11/10/2008
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globesports.com —
The value of a second NHL team in
Toronto would range between $400-million and $600-million, and Maple...
Leaf Sports and Entertainment would be entitled to a one-time territorial payment of up to $250-million for allowing the relocation of an existing ...
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Second Toronto team would be a fat cat
wwweyesontheprize.blogspot.com - 11/13/2008
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With my move to Sports Blog Nation about
10 days away, I figured it a good time...
to bundle all these hunnies together for a final Habs Girls post. I doubt they'll let me get away with it over there as they have a semi PG outlook for the kiddies. I remember when I was 12, and seeing pictures ...
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Habs Inside/Out —
• Kostopoulos is contrite but Wilson isn't buying it
• And neither is François Gagnon
• Eric Engels sends this interesting photo sequence (see below) he found on Habfans. com It seems to support TK's case.
• Sergei K unloads on former friend Grabovski
• Canadiens suffer through video session
• Canadiens slip to fourth in ESPN power rankings
NHL Morning Papers (Tuesday Edition): Granato calls out Arnason, Hossa’s first game against Penguins and Lupul demoted to 4th line in Philadelphia
IllegalCurve.com —
... on the blue line after he took a terrible hit from Tom Kostopoulos on Saturday. Leafs coach Ron Wilson suggests that teams start to become responsible for their players’ actions. ...
Pass or Fail: Make teams with suspended players go shorthanded
Puck Daddy —
... If it's the team, then you have precedent in the $250,000 fine the Vancouver Canucks paid when Todd Bertuzzi went nuts-o. Toronto Maple Leafs Coach Ron Wilson lost defenseman Mike Van Ryn for a month after Montreal Canadiens forward Tom Kostopoulos checked him from behind on Saturday night. Kostopoulos was suspended for three games, but Wilson believes that a team must pay the price along with a suspended player. His solution, to the Toronto Sun: Take away a player from the lineup while that player is ...
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