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So the other day I was having a brief conversation about second generation athletes and it started getting the wheels turning a bit. Basically, I was wondering how many players there are out there in the NHL who: A) are pretty good second-generation players B) their father was a pretty good...

FIFA officials arrested in Switzerland I'm not much of a soccer guy but this story is, in the words of Donkey Kong, bananas. Last night Swiss police, apparently acting on behalf of the US Justice department, arrested multiple FIFA officials and there are more charges against various sports...

So, in my on-going attempt to throw the occasional thread out there to jump start some discussion Canada's recent domination at the world cup and Oympics got me thinking about just how big the talent differential seems to be between Canada and the world right now. In fact, it's kind of taken...

So something I've thought about recently is the extent to which we weigh the prestige of awards in the NHL and specifically about the Hart vs. the Lindsay. Growing up, the Hart was always the big deal. The Lindsay, or I guess Pearson to avoid any anachronism, was sort of like "hey cute, the...

http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/12405801/erik-cole-dallas-stars-traded-detroit-red-wings Couple of prospects and a second for Cole and a 3rd.

http://panthers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=755328 So there you go. Roughly what Winnik went for.

Former Leaf and '72 Summit Series player JP Parise died of cancer at the age of 73. http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/12136633/jp-parise-ex-minnesota-north-stars-standout-dies-73

Here's the 2014-2015 Schedule: Schedule Here's the Roster: Roster If anyone's curious as to what happened this off-season with the Raptors: Kyle Lowry re-signed for 4 years/48 million dollars. They drafted someone in the first round who may or may not exist. They traded John Salmons for...

I'm not sure how familiar the rest of you are with Bill Simmons annual "trade value" columns concerning the NBA but basically it boils down to him ranking the top 50 players in the NBA based on their perceived trade value around the league. Here's the most recent one...

The Leafs are the World's 26th most valuable sports franchise according to Forbes in their just released list of the 50 most valuable sports franchises. http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mli45ejlgl/26-toronto-maple-leafs/ They're the only hockey team on the list.  Real Madrid, Barcelona and...

I know it seems like I post something like this every two years but this report in Business Week is just...I mean, the cost of each event is roughly 5 times what the Chinese government spent in '08. A 31 mile stretch of road is going to cost as much as the Vancouver games themselves...

A class action lawsuit was filed today on behalf of former players. It seems to pretty closely mirror the suit ex-NFL players filed that was recently settled. Among the plaintiffs are three former Leafs: Gary Leeman, Rick Vaive and Robert Manno...

I don't think this strays too far into the no-politics rule as I think the controversy surrounding the upcoming Olympics are going to be unavoidable in the run-up to the games but Brian Burke, who's still in charge of Team USA for the games had some compelling things to say on the matter that...

So one of the things that's come up a lot this offseason is the issue of contract term and, in particular, what sort of term various players "deserve" based on the level of their play. This was probably best seen in the reactions to the Clarkson deal(too long! He's not that good!) and the rumour...

So, right now, it seems like a lot of the talk about the Leafs and where they need to improve themselves going forward is up front and, ignoring the issue of a top line center for a second, it seems like people are mainly happy with the top 4 wingers that are still around but the issue is really...

So, in light of today's news, I started thinking about the off-season as a whole and what, if anything, we should take away from the decisions Nonis has made. So, if you'll give me a little bit of rope in terms of rumour vs. fact, here's some of the things that we might assume: -Nonis was not...

For a 2nd and 2 4ths, I think.

Apologies if this is considered redundant but I thought a running draft thread for non-Maple Leafs news would be worth while. To start it off, say what you will about his stewardship of the league but I love Bettman leaning into those boos.

Why Can't Canada Win the Stanley Cup Worth a read I thought. Silver put it at 97.5% that a Canadian team should have won one by now.

And I'm unhappy about it. Seriously. What does Jay McClement have to do? Score 30 goals? Anyways, Bergeron, Datsyuk and Toews http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=670684&navid=nhl:topheads