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Who Cares
Jun 10th
With Patrick Kane scoring the goal that nobody saw without the aid of video replay, 93.34% of the NHL media wrote their reports celebrating the victory of the Chicago Blackhawks as the 2010 Stanley Cup Champions. As for the other 6.66%, half of it were the Flyers media, obviously mopey over their cinderella team’s loss in one of the most confusing plays in hockey history. The other half? Yep, none other than Toronto. The article that most of our writers have been waiting years to write has finally arrived, that being that the Toronto Maple Leafs now have the longest Stanley Cup drought in NHL history.
Personally, I’ve never cared much for championship droughts, period, in any league. It’s a stretch grasp to pick on teams and their fanbases, to me. But considering we won’t hear the end of this until the Leafs win a cup (2246 is the latest projection), it might as well be addressed now. So here’s what I’m going to go through with this article.
I’m going to go through who exactly are the people doing the mocking. I’m going to go through how this drought looks in comparison to other teams. I’m going to go through a theory that states we might not actually be the team with the longest drought in the NHL, why people should embrace it rather than counter argue it, and more importantly, why we typically shouldn’t care. Lets get started.
Nikolai Kulemin is an Urban Legend
Jun 7th
Over the past few months, Leafs Nation has become obsessed with an exciting 23 year old gent who honed his skills with Metallurg Magnitogorsk until 2 years ago. Now the longest serving leaf forward (and they say the roster hasn’t been blown up), Nikolai Kulemin has come off of a year that has left many people excited. But now they’re worried.
Kulemin’s contract expires at the end of the year, making him a restricted free agent. And a lot of people are worried. July 1st is in 3 weeks, meaning he’s close to be able to look at offer sheets, the Kontinental Hockey League, and arbitration. So everybody’s in a rush to sign him. But the thing is, for how much? And are the Leafs as rushed?
Well, the general consensus around the fanbase is they’d be content with anywhere between 2.25-3 million dependant on the length of his contract (less years = less money). Kulemin’s agents like that last number, and have been using it in negotiations. Of course, Burke isnt a fan of it, meaning negotiations have been rather slow, with nothing really being done on the matter in a few weeks.
So I figure I’ll play arbitrator. We’ll take a lot of factors throughout the league, and figure out what his worth is. And it may surprise a lot of you.
Carlton The Bear “I Am Not A Rental Mascot”
Nov 27th
TORONTO — Details are flowing out rather quickly in the past few hours regarding the total breakdown in the Toronto Maple Leafs organization.
Reports are stating that the Leafs were very close to shipping off Carlton the Bear to the Edmonton Oilers for Andrew Cogliano, Sam Gagner, and a 1st round pick. Sadly, as of 11:50 AM EST, the deal is off.
The Toronto Maple Leafs mascot, making funny poses for the reporters during the media scrum for lower profile Leafs organization members at the Mastercard Centre for Hockey Excellence, didn’t look like a man who wanted to be traded, said his nose interpretor Mikka Hennestrom.
“He says, he never believe in rental mascot to begin with”, Hennestrom began, watching Carlton’s nose patterns furiously. “He think if you want to mascot for team, one that want to go to Stanley Cup or at least in playoff, you have to be there from the start.”
Appalled by the attempt, Carlton has finish his contract up and go from there. More >
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