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The great stretch drive of 1980
Fans of both the Toronto Maple Leafs and Edmonton Oilers are better off living in the past. Nobody knows that better than me, who was a fan of the Oilers during their dynasty of the 1980s and before that, a fan of the Leafs during their last dynasty way back in the '60s. "My" team has won the...
Rangers Pregame: Scouting the Leafs
Let's take a look at tonight's opponent, the Toronto Maple Leafs: Toronto Maple Leafs Head Coach: Ron Wilson 2008-09 Record: 34-35-13 (did not make playoffs) Last Season vs. Rangers: 3-1 Stars: <!-- BEGIN WIDGET --> Vesa Toskala #35 / Goalie / Toronto Maple...
How to Make Friends And Influence People: Pocklington-style
Peter Pocklington, Edmonton’s favourite member of the Oilers organization during its dynasty years, is in trouble again, and Dan Barnes was nice enough to tell the rest of us about it:The 66-year-old, who now lives in Indian Wells, Calif., is involved in a messy dispute over a golf equipment...
Dan Barnes: My Favorite Columnist
I'm a young guy; I only turned 23 a little earlier this month. The Oilers teams that I get all nostalgiac about never featured Wayne Gretzky. I've watched plenty of video, and because of my Finnish heritage I've got a soft spot for Jari Kurri, Esa Tikkanen and Reijo Ruotsaleinen, but I never saw...
LHinks: Injuries, arrest, rookies and a mensch
The tools here border on dangerous for the untrained blogger (i.e. me). I was doing maintenance and reposted the Islanders of Yesteryear FanPosts as main thread stories in their own section, so I could add video and more easily archive them. Took them off the front page, but if you saw them in RSS...
Stanley Cup Name Trivia
It is often assumed, and rightly so, that to get one's name on the Stanley Cup, one must have to work at it.In some instances, certain players have had to work at it harder than others.As traditions and requirements for eligibility have changed over the years, there have been some odd additions and...
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