NHL

Another Leafs’ Season Comes to an End…

March 29, 2012

I’m pretty sure that I can just go back to last year and copy the same post… or the year before that.. or even the year before that… It’s not that the Leafs’ season has come to an end… but their playoff hopes certainly have.  (OK, let’s be honest… any chance of the Toronto Maple [...]

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Bring the Cup Home to Canada!

May 29, 2011

Well we now know who is heading to Vancouver for Wednesday’s game!  After the Boston Bruins defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning Friday night 1-0 to clinch the series in seven games, the stage is set to finally bring the Stanley Cup back to its rightful home… Canada! It’s been far too long.  As my Canadiens [...]

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Stanley Cup Playoffs Start… Sans Maple Leafs

April 16, 2011

It’s the time of year again!  Stanley Cup playoff time!  And once again, I am going to have to enjoy the annual ritual without my beloved Toronto Maple Leafs in the running.  I know… I know…   how long has it been since they’ve even made the playoffs?  I’m too lazy to go look it up, [...]

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All I Want For Christmas Is… A Stanley Cup for The Leafs

December 24, 2010

Dear Santa, Of everything on my list, I realize that this may be the one thing that you can not deliver.  The holy grail of Christmas wishes… But Santa… please…  1967 is a long time.  I’m a patient man, but that’s even before my time.  I continue to say “This is our year”… and I [...]

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It’s Playoff Time!

April 14, 2010

I’ve been so hung-up the last few days about my car woes that I completely forgot that the last few NHL playoff slots were finally filled and the playoffs start tonight!  As I scan through the list, I can’t help but notice that my Maple Leafs appear to be absent.  AGAIN!?  Geeze, and here I [...]

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Maple Leafs.. Welcome to the Basement

October 15, 2009

Is there anything more heart-wrenching that getting your hopes up for your favourite hockey team, only to be let down yet again!?  OK, sure.. there are a hell of a lot of worse things than that… but for us Leafs, the proverbial kick in the balls year after year doesn’t get any easier.  This year, we’re [...]

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Finally! We’ve got a Series…

June 10, 2009

I know that it’s been a “home victory” series, but I still wasn’t feeling too confident about last night’s game between the Penguins and the Red Wings. Sure, Game 6 might have been in Pittsburg, but after demolishing the Penguins 5-0 only 3 nights earlier, I figured that Detroit probably carried enough momentum to finish [...]

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