TMLfans.ca Road Trip Auction

TMLfans.ca is pleased to announce its first road trips auction.

You will be bidding on a package that includes:
-One pair of U3 (upper level) tickets to the game at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators on Saturday, March 6. Game time is 7:00 pm Eastern.
-One night’s accommodation at the Westin Hotel in downtown Ottawa; standard room, 2 beds.

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Team Canada Predictions – TMLfans.ca Site Staff

Site staff at TMLfans.ca has offered their predictions for the selection of players for Team Canada’s 2010 Men’s Olympic hockey team.

The official announcement will be broadcast on TSN at 12noon Eastern.

Update 12:40PM ET: The official Olympic roster is provided, for comparison.

Rob Del Mundo	Darryl Lierman	Monika Moravan	Rick Couchman	TEAM CANADA
Goalies	Goalies	Goalies	Goalies	Goalies
Martin Brodeur	Martin Brodeur	Martin Brodeur	Martin Brodeur	Martin Brodeur
Roberto Luongo	Roberto Luongo	Roberto Luongo	Roberto Luongo	Roberto Luongo
Marc-Andre Fleury	Marc-Andre Fleury	Marc-Andre Fleury	Marc-Andre Fleury	Marc-Andre Fleury
Defence	Defence	Defence	Defence	Defence
Chris Pronger	Chris Pronger	Chris Pronger	Chris Pronger	Chris Pronger
Scott Niedermayer	Scott Niedermayer	Scott Niedermayer	Scott Niedermayer	Scott Niedermayer
Shea Weber	Shea Weber	Shea Weber	Shea Weber	Shea Weber
Dan Boyle	Dan Boyle	Dan Boyle	Dan Boyle	Dan Boyle
Duncan Keith	Duncan Keith	Duncan Keith	Duncan Keith	Duncan Keith
Jay Bouwmeester	Jay Bouwmeester	Jay Bouwmeester	Drew Doughty	Brent Seabrook
Drew Doughty	Mike Green	Mike Green	Mike Green	Drew Doughty
Forwards	Forwards	Forwards	Forwards	Forwards
Sidney Crosby	Sidney Crosby	Sidney Crosby	Sidney Crosby	Sidney Crosby
Rick Nash	Rick Nash	Rick Nash	Rick Nash	Rick Nash
Jarome Iginla	Jarome Iginla	Jarome Iginla	Jarome Iginla	Jarome Iginla
Ryan Getzlaf	Ryan Getzlaf	Ryan Getzlaf	Ryan Getzlaf	Ryan Getzlaf
Corey Perry	Corey Perry	Corey Perry	Corey Perry	Corey Perry
Joe Thornton	Joe Thornton	Joe Thornton	Joe Thornton	Joe Thornton
Dany Heatley	Dany Heatley	Brad Richards	Dany Heatley	Dany Heatley
Brenden Morrow	Patrick Marleau	Patrick Marleau	Brenden Morrow	Brenden Morrow
Eric Staal	Eric Staal	Patrice Bergeron	Eric Staal	Eric Staal
Jonathan Toews	Jonathan Toews	Jonathan Toews	Jonathan Toews	Jonathan Toews
Mike Richards	Mike Richards	Mike Richards	Mike Richards	Mike Richards
Shane Doan	Shane Doan	Steven Stamkos	Jeff Carter	Patrice Bergeron
Milan Lucic	Martin St. Louis	Martin St. Louis	Patrick Marleau	Patrick Marleau

Merry Christmas from TMLfans.ca

TMLfans.ca site staff wishes to extend best wishes to all our site visitors for a Merry Christmas.

Have a safe and happy holiday season.

Thanks for making this site your number one source for All the Leafs News. Best wishes in 2010.

Merry Christmas from TMLfans.ca

TMLfans.ca site staff wishes to extend best wishes to all our site visitors for a Merry Christmas.

Thanks for making this site your number one source for All the Leafs News.

Have a safe and happy holiday season.

Salary and roster data has been updated (finally!)

The team roster and salary cap information has now finally been updated.

The current salary cap and payroll commitments now reflect the “normal” roster after the St Louis trade (Steen and Colaiacovo for Stempniak) and Stralman’s transfer to the Marlies.

After accounting for the players currently on the IR and called up, it seems as though the Leafs are running with a 22-man roster, which means that Burke has left himself a free roster spot to showcase an extra Marlie (as he is currently doing) or perhaps to ensure that he has the available roster spot in case a player of interest is placed on waivers by another team.

I should point out that the cap totals reflect the players currently on the roster, but do not reflect the exact, actual team cap situation. For instance, there will be some additional cap cost associated with the days that Steen and Colaiacovo were on the Leafs roster, and a corresponding cap reduction to Stempniak’s cap hit for the days when he was on the Blues’ roster. Similarly, various players have been on the IR — with Marlies called up to replace them — which affects the actual cap situation. Further, there have been several roster moves (Tlusty and Stralman to the Marlies, etc.) which are accounted on a daily basis and aren’t reflected here.

The bottom line: the cap hit and cap space shown should be treated only as a very rough approximation.

The Leafs Active Roster has also been updated to reflect the approximate current roster, but the line combinations should be taken with a grain of salt. As we’ve seen, coach Ron Wilson doesn’t hesitate to shuffle the deck both in practice and during the games, so it’s almost impossible to present anything that’s completely accurate (or at least we’d need someone updating it full time, which isn’t currently the case).

At present my schedule doesn’t allow me to maintain a completely current, daily update of the data, but it is my hope that I’ll be able to make monthly updates to both posts. Please bear that in mind when reviewing them. I’ll include a “last updated” line to let you know when the last update was made. I expect to do the next update sometime in early-to-mid January. Thanks for your understanding.

TMLfans.ca unveils several new home page features for Leaf fans

Regular visitors may have noticed a few exciting new additions this weekend (and a minor glitch that we’re working on).

We have now added a new subsection to the Leafs News area where you can find player salary and cap information for the Leafs’ current Active Roster, as well as the expected line-up for the team’s next game.

The Active Roster is currently only a rough estimate of the line-up the coach Ron Wilson will employ next season, but as we get into training camp it should be quite a bit more accurate and will be updated on a near-daily basis during the season itself and should be very accurate.

The Leafs’ current salary and cap commitments are based on the most recent media reports available for the team’s contract signings, supplemented by data garnered from several excellent sources of such information. We can’t vouch for it being perfectly accurate (since that information is often confidential and available only to the NHL Central Registry, the NHLPA, and the teams), but in almost all cases it should be very close to the correct values.

The table displays the cap value of each player on the team, based on playing 82 games. It does not adjust this figure to reflect any injuries or suspensions to players, nor will the figures for team totals be adjusted for call-up or other daily accounting procedures related to player movement. It is simply intended to give a good overall idea of the team’s cap situation.

Hovering your mouse over a player’s name will expand the row to show the player’s actual salary in addition to his cap value. The salary includes a player’s signing bonus (if any) but does not include any performance bonuses he might be eligible to receive.

Another new addition is the “Special Features” links added to the right-hand column (about midway down the side) of every page. This will show two main categories — Leafs roster players and prospects — which turn into drop-down lists showing links to any news or articles that relate to that player, as well as to a special “Player Profile.” The Player Profile is a sort of “scouting report” assembled based on the feedback received from our forum members. We’ll be adding a new Player Profile every few days between now and training camp and should have the complete Leafs active roster profiled by the time the season starts.

Each Player Profile will also have links to pictures or YouTube clips of note, as well as a recap of the player’s statistical history (thanks to the nifty tool provided by the excellent folks at Hockey DB). It will also have a link to the forum discussion thread where you can add you opinions, or point us to some new clips or pictures you think should be added to the player’s profile. In future, if you’re looking for news on your favourite player, you’ll know where to go first.

The minor glitch is the disappearance of the nice, tabbed box in the upper left of the home page. The actual content is there, but it’s now displayed down the length of the column instead of in the attractive tabbed box. We’ll try to sort out what happened and fix it as soon as possible.

If you have any comments, suggestions or requests, don’t hesitate to comment.

EDIT: As a follow up, we have now (we hope) resolved the minor glitch and the tabbed box for the Daily Round-Up should be back in action. The odd IE7 issue with displaying the buttons on the Active Roster and Salary entry remains a complete and utter mystery.

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