The Toronto Maple Leafs

	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS
1.Buff*	82	53	22	7	113
2.NJ*	82	49	24	9	107
3.Atl*	82	43	28	11	97
4.Ott	82	48	25	9	105
5.Pitts	82	47	24	11	105
6.NYR	82	42	30	10	94
7.TB	82	44	33	5	93
8. NYI	82	40	30	12	92
9. Tor	82	40	31	11	91
10.Mon	82	42	34	6	90
11.Car	82	40	34	8	88
12.Flor	82	35	31	16	86
13.Bos	82	35	41	6	76
14.Wash	82	28	40	14	70
15.Phi	82	22	48	12	56

• Main
• Box Scores
• Game Highlights and NHL Clips
• Injury Notes
• Player Salaries
• Depth Chart
• Prospect News
• Rumours
• Transactions

NHL NFL MLB NBA NCAA Football NCAA Basketball

What are the Leafs chances of making the playoffs after the trade deadline?

We're in for sure

Will be close

Not a chance

• Smile for the Camera Eddie
• Where to begin….
• Game 79 - Leafs 2 Rangers 7
• Game 77 - Leafs 2 Thrashers 3 (OT)
• He is funny…
• Another Must Win
• Game 74 - Leafs 4 Sabres 5
• Kaberle to Return Tonight
• Belak Seeks Revenge
• Game 73 - Leafs 2 Devils 1
• Kaberle Returning?
• Game 72 - Leafs 2 Canadiens 3 (SO)
• Game 71 - Leafs 1 Capitals 5
• And the All-Time Maple Leaf Wins Leader Could Be….
• Game 70 - Leafs 3 Lightning 2

• April 2007
• March 2007
• February 2007
• January 2007
• December 2006
• November 2006
• October 2006
• September 2006

RSS 1.0 RSS 2.0 Atom

This page has been viewed 93608 times

Friday, October 20, 2006

Ondrus Back in Lineup

Ben Ondrus will be making his first start of the season tonight against the Columbus Blue Jackets. He'll be playing on the 4th line with Bates Battaglia and John Pohl. Ondrus won't step in and start scoring goals, but he does provide the team with some grit and hustle, which will be needed after the way the Leafs played the Avs on Wednesday.

Alexei Ponikarovsky is back on the top line with Sundin and Wellwood. Darcy Tucker will be skating with Peca and Kilger. I wouldn't be surprised to see Maurice alter the lines during the game if they are having trouble scoring on the Blue Jackets.

Jay Harrison will be a healthy scratch with Wade Belak dropping back to the point. Belak will be paired with Brendan Bell as the third defensive pairing.

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Not Much Effort Against the Avs

The Leafs came out of the gates quickly, but that didn't last long. They were dumping the puck in, getting to the puck in the corners, and generating some chances. Bates Battaglia scored his second goal of the season after some nice hustle and fore-checking by Wade Belak (didn't envision myself ever saying that). I noticed that they were dumping the puck in lightly, not hard enough for the goalie to play it behind the net. This worked well at least 3 times in the first 5 minutes, after that, their whole game fell apart. I can't remember them dumping the puck in this way at all last year. they would fire it in as hard as they could, the goalie would stop it, then start the break. It's just another sign of how Paul Maurice's philosophy differs from former head coach Pat Quinn.

So for the remaining 55 minutes, the Leafs didn't generate much. They did not show much energy or desire. No player stood out in my mind as having a really good game. Hal (the 6 foot 7 pylon) Gill, showed once again that he's still having trouble with the new NHL. He was caught flat footed again, watched his man skate by him, actually recovered in time, but forgot to look for the puck or tie up his man's stick. We'll save the Bryan McCabe rant for another day, but I will say that he really needs to start playing better to earn some of that giant contract he was given.