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Week 5 Post

Since my last post much has happened in the NHL and especially in the Toronto Maple Leafs Organization. The Leafs suffered a heartbreaking overtime loss to the Colorado Avalanche Monday night, however despite here loss the leafs came back from a 2-0 defecate to tie the game and force it into overtime. Leafs sniper Phil Kessel is names NHL player of the week with his league leading 7 points, Phil is off to a great look to him to lead the Leafs in the playoffs this year.   

Tonight is going to be another story as the Leafs take on the newly added Winnipeg Jets who currently have a 1-3-0 record, this is the first of four meetings between the two Canadian teams.  Other headlining news is that New Jersey’s superstar goalie Martin Brodeur will be out longer than expected. The veteran goalie was hurt in his previous game against the L.A Kings and has missed 2 games so far and will probably be out for more than a week. Important news coming out of Pittsburgh, defensemen Chris Letang is going to be suspended for 2 games for his vicious boarding hit to the Jets forward Alex Burmistrov . 

Mr. Letang will also have to dish out $ 37, 837.84 in salary for his actions. News out of Vancouver, the had a ceremonial honouring fallen player Rick Rypien , who battled depression for many years and committed suicide this summer. Many of his teammates had nothing but good things to say about the fallen player he would stick up for anyone and wore his heart on his sleeve.  

Leafs Get On a Great Start

It has been a great kick off for the Leafs this season opening up with a great 2-0 record! They have gotten off too great start with wins over rivals Montreal and the Ottawa Senators. Both games were close however with the new additions to the Leafs you could tell they are a much stronger team then last year and a new force to reckon with this upcoming year! James Reimer played phenomenal in both of the games, continuing from his great performance last year and showing all the fans and the NHL that he is here to stay. Captain Dion also had a great two games registering a goal and a assist showing with he is the Leafs Leader! Looking forward to there upcoming game this Saturday night against the Calgary Flames! Hopefully they can continue their luck and go on a 3-0 to start this 2011-2012 season. Leafs Sniper Clarke MacArthur will be back in the lineup after being suspended for 3 games and fined $35,135.14 by Senior VP of Players Safety Brandon Shanahan.   However on a positive note newly acquired Leafs Defensemen Cody Franson will be making his blue a white debut Saturday against the flames. The 6’5 defensemen knows how critical this will be to his career and will defiantly be giving it his all so he doesn’t have to be sent back to the Marlies. Keep an eye out for leafs goal scorer Phil Kessel to be making headlines with a 3 goal game against the Ottawa Senators he has shown that he is looking for the back of the net and will continue to be a big impact for the Leafs. And keep your head up PHANEUF IS COMING    

SEASON OPENER

As most o f us know the new NHL season will be starting tomorrow night with a bang! Philadelphia will be taking on the Boston Bruins, Montreal will be taking on the Toronto Maple leafs and Pittsburgh will be taking on last year’s cup finalist the Vancouver Canucks. What a great way to start off the new NHL season, however many players will be suspended due to Mr. Shanahan’s current heavy fist on league rules and hit’s to the head. Mr. Shanahan is taking a lot of heat from the players and media. However he is simply just looking out for the best interest and health of the league and the players that play in it. I think there is a method behind his madness, Mr. Shanahan is trying to show from the get go that the league will not be tolerating anymore hits to the head. So by him throwing out hefty fines ( Up to $35,000 usd) he is showing the players in the league from the start to scare them and hopefully influence them in watching the way that they hit. More good news coming from the Toronto Maple Leafs way, they have acquired center men David Steckel from the New Jersey Devils. This is a great acquisition as the leafs are lacking in the faceoff’s being won and Mr. Steckel was leading the league last year with a 62.3 percent  faceoff winning percentage. Another great story is that when the Anaheim Ducks  went to play a exhibition game against Finland’s Helsinki Jokerit, there two Finish players Saku Koivu and Teamu Selanne both received standing ovations from their home teams.