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A bold statement to be sure, but a month ago I picked them to face the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Cup Final. San Jose is a team whose time has come, mostly because it has to. Several key members of the San Jose team will be entering free agency this offseason and are literally playing for their lives. Joe Pavelski, Patrick Marleau, Devin Setoguchi, Evgeni Nabokov, Rob Blake, Jed Ortmeyer, ...

This just in, Brian Burke has once again struck gold in net. The Leafs' general manager has reportedly signed free agent college star Ben Scrivens to a one year entry level deal. Scivens just finished his fourth season with the BigRed (Cornell University), compiling a 21-9-4 record and an impressive .934 save percentage. This signing adds to an already deep position for the Leafs and may give Burke even more leverage as he ...

So far this playoff season, there have really only been two relative disappointments and one of them occurred last night. At first glance, the 2010 NHL playoff bracket appeared to be a no brainier for people. Washington over the Habs in a relatively easy four, maybe five games. New Jersey over the Flyers in a hard fought, low scoring six game series. Buffalo over the offensively challenged Boston Bruins, who ...

It's a sad day for the LA Kings. Their first playoff birth since the 2001-2002 season ended last night at the hands of the Vancouver Canucks, but despite losing the series in six games, they put the the hockey world on notice—they'll be back! This year's playoffs have been one of the most entertaining I have witnessed in years; there have been 12 overtime games already, goals called back, fantastic saves ...

This years World Hockey Championships will take place primarily in Cologne Germany from May s7th to 23rd although there are also venues in Mannheim and Gelsenkirchen. This 2000 year old city is home to some of the worlds most popular events including the Cologne Carnival. Cologne boast a population of over one million residents but annually hosts in the neighborhood of around 110 million day guests. This years tournament will not likely ...

In a story that has received surprisingly little press, the Washington Capitals and the NHL may find themselves once again at the center of a drug controversy. Some of you may recall the original story from last May when former bodybuilder Richard Thomas was arrested for possession of a banned substance. The Polk County Sherriffs' Department seized more than $200,000 worth of illegal drugs and paraphernalia from Thomas' ...

The NHL postseason has been in full swing for a little under a week now and has been so far, completely unpredictable. With Colarado's win last night against the San Jose Sharks, the seventh and eighth place teams are a combined 8-4 and half of those wins have come in overtime. This years playoff has not been for the faint of heart. With seven games having already gone into overtime ...

In one of the most anticipated moves of the year, Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke has re-signed Jonas "The Monster" Gustavsson to a two year deal. The deal will pay Gustavsson in the area of $1.25 million a season and it is expected that the signing will be made official soon. Gustavsson is coming off of his first season as an NHL goalie. While he struggled out of the gate along with ...

This was a season that as you are all well aware, some some of worst, and some of the best of the Toronto Maple Leafs. From the puck drop of the opening face off, to the overtime goal that saw the Leafs win their final game of the season, we the fans have been both distraught and elated, sometimes both at the same time. As we sat and watched with our collective ...

The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated storied rivals the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night in overtime to finish the regular season in dramatic fashion. Of course, we as Leafs' fans would much rather have seen the Leafs defeat Les Canadiens in regulation to ensure that both teams shared the same regular season fate. As it is, the Leafs finished 14 points out of the playoffs—the most they have missed the playoffs by ...