Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Smile for the Camera Eddie
I think that Belfour wasn't refusing to put his hands behind his back for cuffing, he was trying to reach into his pocket to pull out a billion dollar check to offer as a bribe to get out the arrest.
By the way Eddie, nice shirt.
Where to begin….
As you all can tell, I've been slacking in posting blogs over the last week or so, been busy with other projects. I've also been ranting about the beloved Maple Leafs, and having trouble thinking of where to start with this team. Damn are they frustrating. They did make it interesting for us to watch, and did come through in the final game of the season. But in the end, they blew it. I'll spend the next couple weeks going through the roster, changes that should be made, what went wrong this year, etc. etc..Let's start off with the big JFJ. Sorry Johny boy, it's time for you to get fired. Actually, you shouldn't have been given an extension at the
beginning of the year after the team got off to a decent start. I'm still trying to figure out what positive moves this guy has made for the Leafs. Was it trading all world goalie prospect Raske for Raycroft? Trading Brandan Bell and a 2nd Round pick for 6 minute Yannick? Wait I got it, signing one of the most overrated players in the league to a 5 year contract worth $5.75 million a season. No that wasn't it, how
about Kubina at $5 million a year for 4 years?
I think the only good deals that Fergie has done in all the years he's been here was signing Kaberle at $4.25 and Tucker for $3. But I don't think he should get full credit for decent price they were signed at, the credit should go to Kaberle and Tucker for giving the Leafs a great hometown discount. Two good picks that I can give JFJ credit for are John Pohl and Chad Kilger. But the only problem is, if adding 2 3rd line players is his best move, you're not doing your job properly.
Now, if for some reason big Fergie still has his job heading into next season, can he fix this mess he created? I personally don't think so.
Sure the salary cap is suppose to be going up to around $48 million from the $44 million this year, but there is a lot of money tied up in a few players. There won't be a lot of room to bring in the players that could put this team as a contender for next year. There really isn't any young prospects that could set in and make a difference. I'm not very optimistic about positive change this summer. I think it's going to be a frustrating off-season, and the same can be said for the 2007-08 season.
Monday, April 02, 2007
Game 79 - Leafs 2 Rangers 7
1st Period Summary Toronto Power-Play Goal - Alexei Ponikarovsky (21), from Mats Sundin at 1:48.
NY Rangers Goal - Sean Avery (17), unassisted at 5:19.
NY Rangers Goal - Michael Nylander (25), from Brad Isbister and Jaromir Jagr at 9:14.
Toronto Goal - Boyd Devereaux (8), from Pavel Kubina and Tomas Kaberle at 16:35.
Penalties
0:48 NY Rangers Jaromir Jagr - 2 minutes for interference
11:54 Toronto Darcy Tucker - 2 minutes for roughing
14:33 Toronto Darcy Tucker - 5 minutes for fighting
14:33 NY Rangers Sean Avery - 5 minutes for fighting
18:16 Toronto Ian White - 2 minutes for slashing
2nd Period Summary
NY Rangers Goal - Ryan Callahan (4), from Jed Ortmeyer at 1:35.
NY Rangers Goal - Martin Straka (29), from Sean Avery and Brendan Shanahan at 4:42.
NY Rangers Goal - Sean Avery 2 (18), unassisted at 14:53.
Penalties
8:04 NY Rangers Colton Orr - 2 minutes for tripping
10:28 NY Rangers Jaromir Jagr - 2 minutes for holding
18:22 Toronto Alexei Ponikarovsky - 2 minutes for hooking
3rd Period Summary
NY Rangers Power-Play Goal - Michal Rozsival (10), from Michael Nylander and Jaromir Jagr at 6:49.
NY Rangers Goal - Jaromir Jagr (29), from Brad Isbister at 12:14.
Penalties
5:20 Toronto Matt Stajan - 2 minutes for holding
Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
Toronto 11 11 5 27
NY Rangers 12 6 7 25
Team Power Play
Toronto 1 of 3
NY Rangers 1 of 4
Toronto Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Jean-Sebastien Aubin 9 3 6 .667 35:18
Andrew Raycroft 16 4 12 .750 24:42
NY Rangers Goaltending
Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI
Henrik Lundqvist 27 2 25 .926 60:00
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