Posts About "Paul Ranger"
Assessing the Maple Leafs UFA's
May 14th, 2014 Safe to say that the Toronto Maple Leafs fell short of expectations, internal or perceived, by missing the playoffs this season. And in losing 12 of 14 to crash out of the playoffs, there naturally have been questions about the makeup of the team. For the 2014/15 season, the Toronto Maple Leafs already have $48.7 million committed to...
Video Room: Analyzing Alex Killorn's Hit on Paul Ranger
March 20th, 2014 The talk surrounding hockey safety will be at the forefront again - at least for a couple of days - after the game between Tampa Bay and Toronto saw Paul Ranger taken off the ice on a stretcher. The injury was suffered after a questionable hit by Lightning forward Alex Killorn with 4.1 seconds left in the first period. Now, the...
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,...
Franson's Holdout Opens The Door For Morgan Rielly
September 16th, 2013 Few players can bring all of the positives to a hockey team like Cody Franson. The 6"5 defender is a strong net-front presence, and can generate offensive at even strength or on the power-play. His 29 points in 45 games was first amongst Leafs defenceman last year, and matched his career points high, albeit in 35 less games. From that...
Pre-Season 2013: Leafs vs Flyers
September 15th, 2013 The Maple Leafs came out flying and defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 Sunday night at the Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario. Though the Flyers were the designated home team, the venue was packed with legions of Leafs Nation faithful. Morgan Reilly made a strong impression in tonight's game, drawing 2nd star honours while...
Toronto Maple Leafs Preseason Focus: Defense
September 9th, 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...
Hockey News: The Tale of Paul Ranger; Olympic Team Snubs
July 26th, 2013 You know we're in the dog days of summer when the Maple Leafs signing Paul Ranger is considered breaking news. Speaking of Toronto, what's the deal with Nazem Kadri's contract status? Oh, this must be the problem. The Leafs were busy negotiating a contract extension with GM Dave Nonis. Meanwhile, the Blues seem to be...
