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Maple Leafs Panel: Was Joffrey Lupul Suspended Too Long?
To go along with questions concerning Frazer McLaren, Colton Orr and Mike Komisarek, the panel asks this week: was Joffrey Lupul suspended too long?
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How The Enforcer Is Ruining The Game
It’s one of the most debated topics in hockey, and it gets arguably the most heated. No, it’s not team Ovi, or team Sid. It’s whether fighting belongs in the...
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Is It Time To Demote Colton Orr?
When former president and general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Brian Burke, sent Colton Orr down to play in the AHL with the Toronto Marlies last season he did...
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Top 30 Best Hockey Fights (Picks 16-30)
Fighting has long been a part of hockey’s culture and it continues to set the game apart from other professional sports. While new research into CTE has opened up the...
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Maple Leafs Panel: Recent Success, Fourth Line & Reimer No. 1?
Maple Leafs Panel is a weekly feature that is published every Monday here on The Hockey Writers. It is a feature where THW Toronto Maple Leafs correspondents Lukas Hardonk, Mark Ascione and Alex Mamalis answer three questions...
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Burke, Maple Leafs Change Approach to Building Lineup
Follow @LukasHardonk A new era of hockey in Toronto may be just over the hump. When the Toronto Maple Leafs placed Colton Orr, a fourth-liner known more for his fists...
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Vlasic Represents an Interesting Pickle for Sharks
That’s one crunchy pickle™! In the Silicon Valley, Vlasic means much more than cucumbers soaking in a brine of distilled vinegar and corn syrup. It’s also the last name of...
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The Morning After: Bruins return to form, crush streaking Maple Leafs
For now, all seems right with the Boston Bruins. The components that were deemed missing and the efforts that were lacking when the team started the season all showed up at once on Thursday night when the Bruins beat the red-hot Toronto Maple Leafs, 6-2.
The game was all Boston, really. The team showed a full-60 minute effort, had success on the power-play and big games for many role players who had seemed be complacent to start the season. Maybe it was Shawn Thornton’s spirited bout early in the first period with Colton Orr that set the tone or perhaps the Bruins first power-play goal of the night that built the B’s confidence back up. Whatever it was, worked.
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Injury Bug Biting the Maple Leafs Hard to Kick Off Season
In the world of sports, the best team always has to go through the worry of being stripped apart by various forces, but one stands out above the others:...
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Maple Leafs Bottom 6-Pack: Revisited
As training camps opened yesterday, it’s time to measure the speculation of my article projecting the Maple Leaf ‘bottom-6’ against what Brian Burke has done over the summer. As last...
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Projecting the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 2011-2012 Forward Group
There are thousands of questions that surround the Toronto Maple Leafs entering the 2011-2012 regular season, many of which revolve around the forwards
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2011 Toronto Maple Leafs Off-Season Guide
For the next four months, this will be your home to everything concerning the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 2011 off-season. New content regarding the 2011 draft, free agency and trade options...