Overrated?PHOTO: mapleleafs.com In a recent and anonymous poll by Sports Illustrated, Dion Phaneuf was voted the most overrated player in the Nation Hockey League. The poll was anonymous and was taken by 161 NHL players. Here's how the top fifteen rounded out: Dion Phaneuf Alex Ovechkin Scott Gomez Roberto Luongo Dany Heatley Ilya Kovalchuk Vincent Lecavalier Jay Bouwmeester Ryan Kesler Mike Komisarek Chris Pronger Jerome Iginla Alexander Semin Olli Jokinen Ed Jovanovski Leafs General Manager B
Gustavsson celebrates his second shutout of the yearwith Nikolai Kulemin PHOTO: mapleleafs.com The Maple Leafs were host to the Buffalo Sabres tonight in an important game for both teams. Buffalo, who are struggling to keep their playoff hopes alive came out flat against the Maple Leafs. Nikolai Kulemin would open the scoring on the powerplay in the first period just over eight minutes into the game. Then, with just over two minutes left in the opening period, Mikhail Grabovski places a beautifu
Gunnarsson is getting a lot of looks from around the league.Could he be traded out of Toronto for an elite forward? PHOTO: mapleleafs.com Toronto is one of the best places to play hockey. If you're a professional hockey player, how could you not want to play in Toronto? The city is always in a buzz about the Maple Leafs, whether they're doing well or struggling. Although sometimes playing in Toronto may bring a lot of heckling and grief your way (see Andrew Raycroft, Brian McCabe and many others
Kessel scores on a penalty shot in the first periodPHOTO: mapleleafs.com Say what you want about Jonas Gustavsson... He's too awkward in net. He always lets in the easy goals. He's flopping around everywhere... At the end of the day all that matters is whether or not he gets the win and he's riding a three game winning streak. The most recent win being tonight's game against the Detroit Red Wings, one of the best teams in the league. The Leafs started off strong in the first period scoring three
In a late surge of votes Ottawa fans managed to stack the starting line-up with Senators players. Daniel Alfredsson, Jason Speeza, Milan Michalek and Erik Karlsson were all voted in as starters for the 2012 NHL All-Star Game. They even managed to out-vote Phil Kessel who led the race for the majority of the voting period. Had this not occurred, here's my take on how the all-star game player fantasy draft would have gone. Hosted by none other than... Darryl Sutter!
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Leafs win 4-0 but Dion Phaneuf leave the gameafter taking a puck to the face PHOTO: mapleleafs.com The Leafs climb back into a playoff spot with a convincing 4-0 win over the Winnipeg Jets. Winnipeg, who lost last night to Montreal, were no match for the Leafs. Jonas Gustavsson earned his first shutout since December 19, 2009. Gustavsson didn't have to make very many saves, but when he was called upon, he was perfect on all of the 24 shots the Jets put at Toronto's net. The biggest improvement a
