Archive for March, 2008

Anyone Want to Play for Canucks?

 

The Vancouver Canucks going through players faster than Britney goes through laxatives. As if losing Krajicek, Ohlund, Raymond, and Morrison for the season wasn’t enough, now they have to play without the only guy that’s keeping them in the playoff hunt: Roberto Luongo.
As reported by the ubiquitous TSN:
“It had been expected that Luongo would […]

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Brokeback Bruin

Ya this is a couple of days late, but so what? The Boston Herald is reporting that the Bruins’ point leader Marc Savard is out with a broken back sustained from a hit he took at the hands of the Canadiens’ Steve Begin a last Thursday.
“… the cracked bone is called a transverse process, one […]

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Rumor of the Day

 
At the risk of being too Toronto all day, our RoTD comes from Leaf Land.
The Globe & Mail is speculating on what the team will do during the offseason. There are a few guys that cannot be moves (Kubina, McCabe, Tucker, and Kaberle), as well as Mark Bell and Andre Raycroft that each have a […]

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Devils are Keepers, Bank is Weeper

In a strange story reported by the Toronto Star, it seems as though a French bank accidentally transferred a wad of money to the Devils’ bank account. And they don’t want to give it back. The ensuing fiasco has gone to court.
French investment bank Société Générale is suing the Devils for more than $500,000 after […]

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Paul Maurice: Mea Culpa

Toronto coach Paul Maurice is taking the bullet for the Leafs’ failure to make the playoffs this season. Never mind that he was not given any talent, latitude for player changes, or even the ability to send certain players to the minors. Maurice’s job was impossible whether he arrived to the arena or not.
Reports the […]

Thursday, March 27th, 2008