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My Take On The Leafs Season 2: Part 2                                                                 11/3/08

Hello and welcome to this ramble on the leafs on this Monday November 3^rd 2008 edition of my take on the leafs. As I stated in my last blog entry this blog is now Giant Bomb exclusive, the reasoning behind this was because I felt I had to censor what I could say on this blogs previous home from all of last season, Game Spot. So with out further ado let the bitching begin!

The leafs really have done quite well for the past few games, going into the Home in Home series against the Carolina Hurricanes the leafs had won 4 out of 5 games, which is a pretty good record! That is in fact playoff worthy that would set the leafs up for a (rough math here, so please excuse any mistakes) 97.6 points! Will the leafs actually make the playoffs? Doubtful. Because, the leafs have very inconsistent and young players. However, the leafs prospects are actually starting to step up! John Mitchell is playing amazingly, in fact he’s I’d say gained his confidence at the NHL level, he started out rather slowly but now he’s got 5 points in 3 games, or something similar, he’s actually a good player for the leafs to have because he does EVERYTHING!

Now I’m going to really bitch here, so please excuse any really long rambles in this section of my blog… Mike Van Ryn, people were complaining that we gave up too much to get him; I believe it was McCabe (who has only played ONE game this season!) and a 2^nd round draft selection. And Van Ryn’s numbers this season have actually been spectacular considering the leafs are in a rebuilding year, and he’s actually playing BETTER then our SUPERSTAR defenceman Thomas Kaberle! Not only is Van Ryn a + but he has 2 more points in 1 less game then Kaberle! And Kaberle is a – rating this season! So you be the judge, who’s the better player? And this you might find interesting Van Ryn is making a lot less money then Kaberle is as well! Seriously he’s a lot fucking better then what we gave up to get him! Also the numbers to get a player post 1^st round into the NHL are something like only 5% so, really it’s better to get a player that can help in the short and the long term, and Van Ryn is definitely that. In fact I bet that in a few years if the leafs do decide to trade him for a younger player we’ll be getting a lot in return or at the very least a fair value trade!

Also I would like to retract my previous statement about Stamkos, he has been playing a lot better as of late his points and stats are as follows: 2 goals, 2 assists, 10 games played, 4 points, +/- of –1 and 6 penalty minutes. Stamkos still needs to crash the net more but he has also gained a little bit of confidence I’d say. Though it’s still too early to honestly judge his NHL playing career as it’s only 10 games old.

Rumor Mill:

Well, I thought I’d add this, though I do not condone making my own rumors I do enjoy going onto sports sites such as yahoo.ca etc to find out the latest rumors going about in the NHL rumor mill and there has been one that has sparked my interest (I found this one out from LeafsFanInOttawa on youtube.com in this rumor the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens are both going after Ilya Kolvalchuck, will this trade actually come to fruition? Or is this just a trade that gets thrown out there and leads nowhere? Either way it is interesting to speculate

And continuing with the rumors, Mats Sundin seems to be in talks with the Vancouver Canucks… So it looks like the Canuckleheads have found a replacement for Markus Naslund!

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