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  • Luke Schenn Staying

    The Toronto Maple Leafs announced today that rookie Luke Schenn will be staying with the big club. In my opinion, Schenn has been the best defenceman on the team so far this season. This is not an insult to veterans Tomas Kaberle and Pavel Kubina , but rather a compliment to the 18-year old rookie. Schenn has been playing a ton of hockey. He's averaging over 21 minutes of ice time per game (2nd amongst NHL rookies). He's been rock solid in the defensive end, especially in the corners and...

  • Leafs Win Season Opener

    What just happened? I was not expecting the Leafs to come out on top tonight against the defending Stanley Cup champs . I thought that the new-look Leafs might look like deer in the headlights against the high-powered Wings, but they looked pretty solid and definitely not overmatched. They rarely got caught running around in their own end. They capitalized on their chances. They didn't even collapse in the third period. They looked nothing like last season's team. But of course, this was...

  • Decisions on Defence

    What to do with the Leafs' defence corps? 10 guys and only 7 spots. Here are my two cents: Kaberle and Kubina are clearly the top 2. After that, everything else is up in the air. There are 8 guys (Schenn, Colaiacovo, Finger, Frogren, Stralman, Van Ryn, White, Kronwall) vying for the remaining 4 spots in the lineup, and 1 additional spot as the 7th defenceman. Before training camp, most people would have figured that the defence would look like this: Kaberle Kubina Colaiacovo Finger Frogren Stralman...