Posts About "Frazer McLaren"
Fighting: What is it Good For Absolutely Nothing
January 2nd, 2015 Oh the old debate about fighting. Enforcers install fear into your opponents, but having more skilled all-around players on all four lines makes you a much more talented team. The debate is endless and what doesn’t seem to help the cause for either side of the coin this season is that the fighting numbers don’t really seem to favour...
Toronto Maple Leafs Salary Cap Struggle
September 25th, 2013 With the season now less than a week away, and the Leafs basically at the cap ceiling (and without Franson) I thought it'd be a good time to explore some of the options that Nonis has, or to simply attempt to make things easier for all you readers out there who are confused by the dollars and cents of it all. Hopefully by the end of it,...
Toronto Maple Leafs Preseason Focus: Offense
September 11th, 2013 In late June, I did a three-part series on the state of the Toronto Maple Leafs roster. Going off of the team on paper only, I examined the strengths and weaknesses, and gave a separate letter grade to goaltending, defense and offense at the time. Now that it is September, it is time to revisit this and see if the moves done this past...
Toronto Maple Leafs Offseason Focus: Offense
June 28th, 2013 This is the third of a three-part feature on the Toronto Maple Leafs 2013 June roster at all three positions: goaltending, defense, and forwards. It will look in-depth at their current cap situation, considering who to let walk and who to sign, as well as possible trades that management might want to consider. It will give each current...
Maple Leafs Free Agents: Who Stays and Who Goes? (Part 1)
April 13th, 2013 The Toronto Maple Leafs will have some tough decisions to make on free agents this summer. With so many major contracts expiring, not everyone can to stay.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?
Fighting in Hockey - A Fan's Struggle
March 11th, 2013 Twenty-six seconds into a game between Ottawa and Toronto, a hockey fight occurred (warning, this video may disturb some viewers). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7k1S2juFDw I've been watching hockey for close to 40 years. Growing up, players like Terry O'Reilly and Hammer Schultz were as well known as Guy Lafleur and Marcel...
Maple Leafs Panel: Playoff Chances, Trade Deadline and Mike Brown
March 11th, 2013 Maple Leafs Panel is a weekly feature that is published every Monday throughout the season here at The Hockey Writers. It’s a feature where THW Editor Lukas Hardonk as well as THW Toronto Maple Leafs correspondents Mark Ascione and Stephen Stoneman answer three questions that...
How The Enforcer Is Ruining The Game
March 9th, 2013 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 game. There is no question it belongs in the game solely based on the fact that it has existed for so long. Does it belong in the game now in the way it is being used is a...
