With the 2010 Vancouver Olympics under way, the NHL has been brought to a halt. Having this break leaves no real Leaf talk to discuss. So we are going to talk about Team Canada and there quest for Gold in Vancouver.
Team Canada’s men’s hockey team has been struggling throughout the tournament and yesterday there struggles were shown, falling to the Americans 5-3 in the last preliminary game before the actually tournament is underway. With that lose Canada now has to take a long route to win Gold on home soil, having to now play 1 extra game than 4 of the competitors. Canada 4 years ago had the same struggles and finished in a terrible position after being favorite to win the tournament, Canada finished 7th place and there critics became there worst enemy. We as a nation hope they finish better than last time.
Team Canada’s women’s hockey has been nothing but perfect, blowing there opponents away 18-0, 10-1, and 13-1 giving them a by to the semi finals where they will match up against a not so strong Finland team. We’re looking forward to see Canada’s women team go for there 3rd straight Gold.
Hockey is Canada, and as a Canadian I am hoping to see them sweep the Gold medals just like in Salt Lake City in 2002 where men and women’s hockey took home Gold, both over the United States.
GO CANADA GO!
Monday, February 22, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
J.S Giguere. Leafs #1 Goalie?
It looks like the Leafs have found there new goaltender. J.S Giguere has now proved himself to be Toronto’s number one goalie. With a big shutout in his debut as a maple leaf, he followed it up with another shut out in his second game being Toronto’s first ever goalie to record back to back shutouts in his first two games.
His first game as a Maple Leaf came on Tuesday February 2, 2010 where he blanked the New Jersey Devils 3-0 and became just the second Leaf goalie to record a shutout is his first game, the other was long time leaf goalie Ed Belfour. In this game Giguere proved himself as a top goalie in the NHL and hoping to grab #1 spot from the young Jonas Gustavsson.
Last night Giguere proved himself again shutting out the hot Ottawa Senators 5-0 in a big provincial rivalry. Giguere stopped all 30 shots he faced and is now 2-0 in a Toronto jersey. After sitting out Friday’s devastating loss to the Devils being up 3-1 with 5 minutes left and losing 4-3 they needed a spark, and Giguere gave them that.
I think the leafs have finally found a goaltender they can rely on and yet the young Jonas Gustavsson sit back watch and learn from a past Stanly Cup winner. I think the young goalie can learn a lot from him, helping him develop his confidence back from playing in front of a terrible defensive team such as the Leafs.
His first game as a Maple Leaf came on Tuesday February 2, 2010 where he blanked the New Jersey Devils 3-0 and became just the second Leaf goalie to record a shutout is his first game, the other was long time leaf goalie Ed Belfour. In this game Giguere proved himself as a top goalie in the NHL and hoping to grab #1 spot from the young Jonas Gustavsson.
Last night Giguere proved himself again shutting out the hot Ottawa Senators 5-0 in a big provincial rivalry. Giguere stopped all 30 shots he faced and is now 2-0 in a Toronto jersey. After sitting out Friday’s devastating loss to the Devils being up 3-1 with 5 minutes left and losing 4-3 they needed a spark, and Giguere gave them that.
I think the leafs have finally found a goaltender they can rely on and yet the young Jonas Gustavsson sit back watch and learn from a past Stanly Cup winner. I think the young goalie can learn a lot from him, helping him develop his confidence back from playing in front of a terrible defensive team such as the Leafs.
Leafs 2009-2010 Overview
The Toronto Maple Leafs 2009-2010 season so far has been nothing but a struggle. They find themselves sitting out of a playoff spot for the 5th year in a row since the lock out season happened in 04/05 season.
In the off season preparing for the 2009 season the leafs added a number of players: Francois Beauchemin, Tyler Bozak, Garnet Exelby, Jonas Gustavsson, Christian Hanson, Phil Kessel, Mike Komisarek, Colton Orr, Wayne Primeau, Rickard Wallin, and Viktor Stalberg. In that they had to let go of some of the weaker ones that may have held them out of those playoffs spots over the years, the list includes: Boyd Devereaux, Martin Gerber, Ryan Hollweg, Curtis Joseph, Olaf Kolzig, Pavel Kubina, Brad May, Jaime Sifers, and Anton Stralman. As you can see in the list of players they got rid of, 3 of them were goaltenders.
With adding the likes of Phil Kessel and new and young goaltender Jonas Gustavsson, the leafs and leaf fans had high hopes for the 09/10 season. But 2 players can only do so much. The Toronto franchise found themselves losing 10 of there first 12 games and putting them dead last in the Eastern Conference. Toronto fans started to get restless and angry with there hockey club. The Leafs still have not figured out how and what they are doing wrong and still they find themselves sitting in dead last in the Eastern Conference with a record of 19-29-11 and 10 points out of a playoff spot.
With the likes of newly added players J.S Giguere and Dion Phaneuf, the leafs are looking for a late push for the playoffs.
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In the off season preparing for the 2009 season the leafs added a number of players: Francois Beauchemin, Tyler Bozak, Garnet Exelby, Jonas Gustavsson, Christian Hanson, Phil Kessel, Mike Komisarek, Colton Orr, Wayne Primeau, Rickard Wallin, and Viktor Stalberg. In that they had to let go of some of the weaker ones that may have held them out of those playoffs spots over the years, the list includes: Boyd Devereaux, Martin Gerber, Ryan Hollweg, Curtis Joseph, Olaf Kolzig, Pavel Kubina, Brad May, Jaime Sifers, and Anton Stralman. As you can see in the list of players they got rid of, 3 of them were goaltenders.
With adding the likes of Phil Kessel and new and young goaltender Jonas Gustavsson, the leafs and leaf fans had high hopes for the 09/10 season. But 2 players can only do so much. The Toronto franchise found themselves losing 10 of there first 12 games and putting them dead last in the Eastern Conference. Toronto fans started to get restless and angry with there hockey club. The Leafs still have not figured out how and what they are doing wrong and still they find themselves sitting in dead last in the Eastern Conference with a record of 19-29-11 and 10 points out of a playoff spot.
With the likes of newly added players J.S Giguere and Dion Phaneuf, the leafs are looking for a late push for the playoffs.
Keeping following for up-to-date Leafs talk every week
Monday, February 1, 2010
Leafs Trades
How about those new trades the leafs made. They got rid of some high salaries but lost the only offense they had?
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