Posts About "Tim Connolly"
Is Tim Connolly the Answer for the Blackhawks?
January 17th, 2013 It was announced on Thursday that the Toronto Maple Leafs were set to waive center Tim Connolly after a disappointing single season with the storied franchise. After a solid but unspectacular career with the Buffalo Sabres, Connolly signed a substantial contract to join the Leafs, scoring 36 points on 13 goals and 23 assists in 70...
Tim Connolly Put On Waivers
January 17th, 2013 Fresh off the heals of forward Matthew Lombardi being traded to the Phoenix Coyotes, Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Dave Nonis continued to clean his hockey club of dead weight, electing to put underperforming forward Tim Connolly on waivers this afternoon. Former Maple Leaf GM Brian Burke signed Connolly, 31,...
Matthew Lombardi Traded To Phoenix
January 16th, 2013 Several sources, including TSN, are reporting that the Toronto Maple Leafs have moved tough-luck centre Matthew Lombardi to the Phoenix Coyotes. The deal will see the Maple Leafs get a fourth round draft pick in 2014 in return for Lombardi, which will turn into a third-rounder should Lombardi re-sign with Phoenix this summer. The...
Expectation: Nazem Kadri - Part II
November 27th, 2012 Expectation: Nazem Kadri is a three-part series. Part I is available here. Part III is available here. Nazem Kadri's medial collateral ligament sprain during the 2011 Maple Leaf training camp had given the organization an out. The injury meant Kadri couldn't start the season with the NHL club, regardless of his play. But the...
Toronto Maple Leafs: 5 Worst Player Contracts
October 30th, 2012 Contract issues can get any team into serious on-ice issues in the future. Have these five contracts done that to the Toronto Maple Leafs?
5 Maple Leafs Who Must Improve in 2012-13
September 8th, 2012 Let's face it, the Toronto Maple Leafs team as a whole need to be better. Coach Randy Carlyle may help in that regard. Hired in March, Carlyle took over a team that was 29-28-7, and managed only a 6-9-3 record. Ideally, the NHL and players' association will settle the collective bargaining issues and the coach will have a full training...
Top 20 Overpaid NHL Players
August 30th, 2012 *in no particular order, focusing on players making more than four million With the imminent lock-out looming, let's have a look at the most overpaid players in the National Hockey League (NHL) that could be victim of an amnesty buy-out should the new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) contain such a clause. The following players...
Is Brian Burke Working On A Blockbuster Deal?
August 25th, 2012 When the 2011-12 season ended Toronto Maple Leafs president and general manager Brian Burke quickly conducted an exit interview with the Toronto media. While many topics were discussed, what the fans and media were most interested in was what Burke had planned for the offseason. Burke made reference to the draft and how important...
Toronto Maple Leafs Could Benefit From Misleading 2013 Off-Season
August 16th, 2012 The expiring contracts of Joffrey Lupul, Clarke MacArthur and others have made the Toronto Maple Leafs' 2013 season look like a tough one, but it's not...
Toronto Maple Leafs' 2011-2012 Season in Review: The Surprises & Disappointments
April 18th, 2012 Follow @LukasHardonk // This is the third and final part of the three-part series titled "Toronto Maple Leafs' 2011-2012 Season in Review." In this edition we take a look at some of what surprised us and some of what let Leaf fans down over the course of the regular season, mostly in terms of players. To view all three parts...
Toronto: Where Do They Go From Here?
April 16th, 2012 It's guaranteed to be an interesting off season for the Toronto Maple Leafs. The daggers are out. LeafsNation is unhappy, and with good reason. Things looked so good, then turned so bad, and the Leafs failed to take the smallest of 'next steps' - moving from also-ran in the east to the top 8. This after Brian Burke was hired in...
Toronto Maple Leafs' 2011-2012 Season in Review
April 15th, 2012 The 2011-2012 regular season has finally come to a close and the playoffs have begun, which means it's now time to take a look back at the season that was and evaluate it from an entirely different standpoint. There may not have been a team that had a more disappointing season that the Toronto Maple Leafs. After a great start that...
Pressure Mounting on Leafs GM Brian Burke
April 10th, 2012 When you include the lockout, the Toronto Maple Leafs haven't been to the playoffs in eight seasons. Leafs General Manager Brian Burke was supposed to change all that when he took the reigns of the club four seasons ago, but so far it hasn't worked out. For the first time in his tenure, Burke is facing serious criticism and...
