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Congrats to CTB for a commanding victory, top 5 in nearly every category is an impressive feat. For me giving up on Giroux and Bergeron after slow starts was a mistake I regretted a lot later on. With them I probably would've been battling for second place instead of third. At least I got the...

A win would indeed be needed here, or at least a point. The Leafs actually have a favorable schedule to close the season compared to their biggest rivals for the 2 wildcard spots. Tonight and Saturday make up for their last back-to-back whereas the opposition still has plenty of those left (Det...

I'd actually prefer the Leafs to spare some energy here, they have two absolutely huge games coming up vs. Tampa (tomorrow) and the Habs (Sat). Detroit with all their injuries will evidently fall out of playoff contention so losing points to them is better than losing them to the aforementioned...

I'm predicting a loss here, the Leafs are 0-4-0 against teams beginning with "C" and 9-0-0 against others  ??? Weird stats aside this should be a pretty close one, the Flames aren't as bad as their roster looks like. They haven't lost on regulation at home yet so let's hope the Leafs don't...

That sounds good, I bet they'll settle at slightly north of $3M per which is fair for both parties at this point. I also think Franson's contract will be done shortly afterwards. It will require some moves from the Leafs' side - moves which are pending on the cap hit of Kadri's (and Franson's)...

This. While Franson is a good player, the Leafs are not desperate in getting him signed. In these kinds of situations the player/agent trying to play hardball with the team usually ends up with the short stick (see Subban for example, who was reported to be looking for Doughty-like money and...

I'd say this is a win-win trade for both organizations. Reimer - while being spectacular at times this season - hasn't yet proven he can endure a full season as a bonafide #1 goalie. Thus, it would've been pointless for the Leafs to pursue any of the UFA backup goalies who can play ~20 games...

I have somewhat mixed feelings about this. On one hand Kipper would provide an experienced backup to Reimer for the playoffs but on the other hand the Leafs are not going to be contending this year so it's kinda pointless to trade for an aging goalie right now. I guess if the price was low (the...

Probably not, at least if we believe what Feaster said on NHL.com. It would seem that Iginla didn't want to sign an extension so the Flames were forced to deal him in order to get at least some sort of return. He had only 4 teams on his list and the Flames didn't want to move him to a Western...

Based on what happened on the ice the Leafs should've won this one but earlier in the season they won games they had no business winning so I guess it all evens up in the end. A 4-game losing streak looks bad on paper but the opposition (besides Winnipeg) hasn't exactly been easy either. With...

Komarov scored his first KHL goal of the season yesterday in his second game. Despite Leo's goal, Dynamo surprisingly lost 2-5 to Atlant. After the game Komarov was getting a lot of praise from Ovechkin. His aggressive and gritty play complements Ovy and B?ckstr?m nicely and gives them room to...

I'm for postponing, makes no sense to draft without certainty of there even being a season.

Being a Finn, I've been following Komarov rather closely for the past few years and I'm quite confident he's good enough to be a third-liner in the NHL as he's basically a Jarkko Ruutu with less diving antics and more willingness to go to the net. I'd for sure be excited to see how he does on...

Haha, nice analysis of the trade going on here :D Ovy obviously has tremendous potential but he hasn't shown much of it lately. The other two guys were in fact FA pickups from last week so from my POV it's essentially Ovy for Hall, Cammy and Desharnais. Earlier in the season there was no way I'd...

It's me - some of my picks turned out to be useless plugs and finding consistent scoring from free agency is not easy so I'll have to keep on trying. Until that happens you'll see me rotate ~1 player per night on average as there's no weekly limit for pick-ups in this league :D

Managed to find some time to be present at the draft although it was a bit painful on a smartphone. Quite happy with what I got - the only regret was not picking a 2nd starter goalie when they were still available. I'm stuck with Luongo and two backups although I feel Garon may steal the #1 in...

You can never be in too many pools. Joined with my standard team name "Frostburn" :)

Heh, just noticed I'll have to miss the draft for the very same reason Floyd spoke of although it's just the first anniversary for me and my GF ;D It's no problem though as I'll have a good list ready for the autopicker - will be interesting to see how that pans out.

I'm in, you can never have too many hockey pools :D