In a move that threw many people off today, the Toronto Maple Leafs have announced that the team has signed defenceman John-Michael Liles to a 4 year extension, at 15.5 million total, with a cap hit of 3.875 million a year. Personally, I’ve been crossing my fingers for a long term extension since the start [...]

It is now mid January, which is around the time that trade talks tend to heat up on a Brian Burke run team. After all, he likes making his biggest splashes early, as evidenced by the acquisition of Joffrey Lupul and Jake Gardiner last year, and Dion Phaneuf, Keith Aulie, and Fredrik Sjostrom the year [...]