since no other member started anything here...imma do the honours by starting a thread dedicated to our beloved leafs...rumours is that jason allison "limped" his way to the dressing room leaving practise half way....hopefully he went over to get his skates done.....

with the addition of czewraksi our teams line ups full....
my starters prediction

o neil sundin czewarski
tucker allison antropov (this guys a dickhead)
stajan lindros ponikarovsky
wilm kilger domi


mccabe kaberle
klee khamnov
pilar berg(omg)

hopefully coliocavo can make it...also steen and wellwood might have a shot at makin the starters ...hopefully

The league is favored towards young, fast players. The Leafs are slow and old. I see the Raptors having a better record than them.

wanna make a bet that they'll make the playoffs???

^^ I would, but it would be a conflict of interest.

Actually, you know what? If the Leafs make the playoffs, I'll have a G Unit avatar for the duration of their playoff run.

ur on broo...u lil g unit hater...lollll....g-g-g-g-g-g-UNITTTTTTTTTTT

I know this is a leafs thread but I figured my post was not worthy of it's own thread.
CANUCKS RULE!!! Seriously, how do the new rule changes not help the canucks? I realize that the rules won't have as much of an impact as many people predict (they say they're going to cracj down on obstrustion every year) but I still think that the Canucks will be a great team next year.

they should be a good team but a lot of people are questioning their depth....their first line is crazy man...maybe the best in the league....but their second line isnt all that great...they will be a good team but i dont if they will be going deep into the playoffs.....ofcourse if the sedins improve more they'll be ok...also, cloutier is not the most consistent goalie....

I think the Senators are the deepest of the canadian teams. Pittsburgh will win the east though.

u think the pens will win the east!!!. lemieux gonna get injured for sure then u have recchi in there. but if they stay healthy then well..they still wont win the east. lol. i think the leafs are gonna exceed expectations. i mean come on ..they always do..i dont know why but i think sidney crosby wont be all that good. ovechkins gonna be sickkkkk..even with the caps

Remember:

Crosby and Lemieux are playing on different lines, they're both centres.

You're forgetting about Ziggy Palffy (besides Recchi), John LeClair, and Sergei Gonchar. I wouldn't be surprised if they take the East.

The Leafs are also a powerhouse this season as usual, hopefully they actually do well in the post-season with all the rest the oldies have had. Hope Thomas makes the cut!

The Pens will obviously be vasly improved, but I think they're aways away from winnign the East. I've never liked the Sens, but in my opinion, they're te favorites to win the East, especially with Heatly, who I think will return to form.

ur riight bro. how the hell did i forget palffy. hes pretty good. but if u think about it. leclair, lemeiux, recchi are all injury prone like crazy myan. and thats what their team depends on. gonchar is good but i think he got overpaid a bit. hes a good offensive minded d-man but he aint all that crazy on defence and defence is something that pens lack. they should be aight but certainly wont win the east.

i hate sens too much. i hope heatley gets injured or some s***.....all im waiting for is alferdson saying, "i guarantee all the ottawa fans that we will win the cup this year, fo sho" lol

I know most of us dont like Sens, but they are good and have no glaring weakness. They have 3 of the top 10-15 defencemen in the game today(Chara, Redden, Phillips), 4 all-star calibre forwards(Alfreddson, Heatley, Havlat, Spezza), and a veteran experienced goalie(Hasek). The only way I see them losing is if Hasek gets a serious injury after the trade deadline.

i like the sens except for hasek... he's just so old now, and i can see his groin injury only causing more trouble in the future

the leafs are gonna be crap, they're banking on lots of old men like they always do. they're gonna start off strong but their legs will be gone by the springtime, lindros will continue to have no heart and ed belfour will continue to be 500 years old, they still have him right?

^^ Yeah, sadly. Apparently the Leafs have a pattern: Make it to the playoffs, beat Sens, stop trying after.

Those are 2 words that don't belong together. I may be bias since I am a Habs fan, but how can anyone tell me this is one of the strongest teams in the East?

· Belfour is one save away from a major back injury.

· The defence corps is a mess.

· You have 2 centre's with very questionable health problems.

· Sundin is 2 years older.

Philly
Ottawa
Pitsburgh
Tampa Bay
Boston
Montreal
New Jersey
Atlanta

Are all better than Toronto........

you know what, lindros will be much healthier. you know what else, the leafs will NOT suck. u will see. they will pull a trade off like they always do. they will make it to the playoffs and after that...well..ill leave you this quote....



hopefully that doesnt happen this year man

So what happens if they don't? U have to rock a MURDA INC avater.

LOL ...come on brooooo..murder inc..aite fine. ill do it. ja and gotti tryin to be bad. ill do it ok. thats how much faith i have in my leafs. GO LEAFS GO

Peter Forsberg + Simon Gagne + Jeff Carter + Mike Richards + Keith Primeau = Championship

No one will beat the flyers, i've been waiting for a team this good for 12 years now

i hope flyers flop it man...i hate that team. the only 2 guyz i like on that team is gagne and primeau. carter still gotta prove himself.

In case you didn't notice, the whole league is 2 years older. Sundin doesn't exactly get a head start ...

Toronto still has an impressive squad, and yes they're still stacked with vets that can produce.

Our team is pretty much useless


and for the record Murda Inc over g-not anyday(That order of protection must be helping 5-0)

ok...wasnt 50 the one who got jumped by ja and his boys but was able to walk away with ja's chain?? ja and gotti asked a new york drug dealer to get 50 murdered LOL. if murder inc got the balls why not deal with 50 themselves??..what police protection are u talkin about? the thing that fat joe said??

our team aint useless..we're gonna be aight this season bro

I don't think the leafs will be as bad as some people think they will, but they aren't going to be great. Jason Allison and Eric Lindros are not very safe pickups, they are both past their primes and have a history of injuries. I say they make it to the playoffs and lose in the first round. Hopefully to the flyers

^^ When's the last time the Leafs beat the Flyers in a playoff series?

*hears crickets in the background*

Anyone remember that time when Jeremy Roenick ended the Leafs season with one swing of that stick? Replace JR with Peter Forsberg, and you have Toronto's exit strategy.

Philly is a dangerous team but as always, I question their goaltending. Itss a huge ????, not to mention their defense is very slow and with the new rules, this could be a problem. I love big defencement too, but when you have like 5 of them, teams are going to look to exploit that. I still think the Senators are the team to beat in the East, the two Pennsylvania teams battling for 2,3. Tamps is done, cinderella story is over. I see them making the playoffs, but maybe as 6 or 7 seed.

No the order of protection he filed on irv gotti after getting stabbed by black child.


Lindross is a huge flop. Plus whos really a star on this team Sundin? please. Belfour just keeps getting older.

People still watch hockey?

^^ Suprisingly. Thing is, I wouldn't, but it's against the law for me to be a Canadian sports fan and not watch hockey.

Yeah. I know exactly what you're talking about. Sometimes when the Leafs play the same time as the Raps, and I'm watching the raps in the basement and my dad going nuts with the leafs in the livingroom, to him, it's like I'm committing a crime downstairs or something.

when both the leafs and raps on at the same time i keep switching between channels. also depends on who's winning. if raps winning i'll watch them but normally i end up watching leafs because raps are pathetic to watch.

^^ And watching Eddie Belfour isn't?

Belfour is pretty good man. Flyers are the only team that kick his ass but otherwise he's pretty good for his age.

a very interesting rumor....

LOL...look who we land. STEVE "STUMPY" THOMAS..way to go by signing a grandfather. Let's see if he lasts 3 games without getting injured.

Can anyone tell me what the first game of the TSN double header on opneing night is?

umm... he hasn't been signed, quite the opposite. He was cut from making the team just recently.

OTTAWA SENATORS VS. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS @ 7:30 P.M




im sorry i messed up with the Steve Thomas thingy. My prof. said he got signed. What a dumbass

sorry ass sens just beat my maple leafs. Good game though. Shootouts was a blowout for the leafs. Leafs showed a lotta heart without Sundin. Lindros, Allison had a great game too. Hopefully Sundin's allright...

Antropov should be traded. I dunno why he got signed. He clearly sucks. He kept passin the puck to the senators instead of his own damn teammates. I hope Alfredson gets injured or something. I hate that guy. He was a Leaf killer today.

Reports say Sundin will be fine. Anyone see the Canucks game? Naslund lit it up with two beauty goals, and aside from a late PP goal, they dominated the (obviously weak) Coyotes. Was anyone else watching the games totally tired of hearing athe announcers tell us "that never would have happened in the old NHL"? got old real fast. I thought the game was faster, but it will take time to really take effect. I also liked how they were calling the dives. At least 2 in each of the games I watched.

we lost to sens last night bcuz of gay ass heatly!

heatley told belfour that he could either let the goal in, or they'd have to test drive his new sportscar

Low, very low. I for one dont find the humour.

No, he's out four to six weeks with a broken orbital bone, kind of like JJ's.

Saw Sundin's broken eye on the front page of the Star's sports section. Why again aren't visors mandatory? At least get some Horace Grant goggles, dumbass.

Even after he got hit previous to this one (a short while after Berard lost his eye), Sundin took off his temp visor as soon as his eye healed. I'm sure he'll wear a temp visor again, he's hated the shield ever since leaving the Nordiques way back when.

we lose again. Leafs are getting serious and will surely take the next team with ease. They dunno how to play without Sundin now but they gonna be fine. Go Steen Go. Go Wellwood GO


Get rid of Berggg

this has been a rough start proving how balanced all the teams are in the NHL ... i been to both of the leafs home games and came back depressed so i am going to stay away from the acc for a few weeks and hope watchin on tv turns the luck around lol

Raps might end up with a better record than the Leafs afterall.