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The Leafs and the Big, Bad Bear
Is Toronto for real? For once, yeah, they are. If you happen to disagree with this sentence you must be from Montreal or Boston. The thing is that the Northeast division...
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Brian Burke is Suing the Internet
Former Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke is suing the internet! Well maybe not the internet but he is suing a series of anonymous internet posters for spreading rumours and lies about...
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Worlds Apart: Changes Since the Leafs Last Made the Playoffs
Rejoice, Leafs Nation, your Toronto Maple Leafs have earned their ticket to Lord Stanley’s Spring Fling. It has been a long wait for Leafs fans, who have waited patiently through over-hyped...
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Stop Whinin’! Bring on More Outdoor Games!
Shut up! Just shut the hell up! I want to vomit with the amount of complaining and moaning that so called die-hard fans are spewing out over the announcement of possibly...
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How Many is too Many NHL Outdoor Games?
Apparently the tagline “Winter has arrived” does not exclusively apply to the new season of Game of Thrones. The NHL has apparently adopted it as their mentality as well. After recently...
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Wings, Maple Leafs and a look back at the Best Jerseys in Winter Classic History
The Winter Classic, and the outdoor game in general, has been one of the best modern innovations in hockey history for various reasons. The exposure drawn from the event has been...
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Jason Pominville to Minnesota, and Marian Gaborik to Columbus Highlight Trade Deadline
It took until after 2:30 pm but the two biggest trades of the NHL’s trade deadline have finally been made. We take a look at those trades, plus other noteworthy transactions...
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Trade Deadline Shopping Lists: Eastern Conference
Its less than one week to the NHL trade deadline, and we’ve already seen our first deals of the season with the Pittsburgh Penguins going hog wild and adding Brenden Morrow...
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Ending the Drought: A Canadian Cup Champ (East)
The Cupless streak for Canadian franchises has effected them all in individual fashions. However, as a general rule it has affected the East moreso than the West. Yesterday I looked at...
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Essential Hockey: The Toronto Maple Leafs After Burke
Hey, should the fans in Toronto be excited right now? Yeah, hell yeah! It’s time to get excited because the team is not only on an impressive run, boasting a record...
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I Swear Gaa!: Biting Has No Place in the NHL
Victory wasn’t the only thing the Toronto Maple Leafs tasted when they visited the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. A momentous win for the Leafs and their organisation was directly shrouded by...
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Jack’d off on Kessel Haters
Dear Hockey Community, I have noticed a lot of people beating on Kessel’s nuts – err, nut, or whatever he has left down there after his courageous and successful battle...
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Leafs Future Banking on Kadri-Frattin Combo?
Is the chemistry between Nazem Kadri and Matt Frattin for real? Leafs fans would like to think so. Toronto has had many issues with its young players and developing talent properly...
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Outrageous NHL Ticket Prices
The other day I went to a hockey game that featured the Montreal Canadiens vs. the Winnipeg Jets at the Bell Center. It was really exciting with back and forth action...
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Fantasy Focus: Phil Kessel’s Slow Start
The NHL season is still very young, but Phil Kessel’s stat line of just two assists and zero goals through the first five games of the season is concerning to some...
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Brian Burke’s Legacy: Leafs paying big money on Failed Acquisitions
As we’ve all heard by now, Brian Burke was recently fired by the Toronto Maple Leafs. Yesterday, new General Manager Dave Nonis, and head coach Randy Carlyle finalized the Maple Leafs...
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Yes They Can! The Big Mick Previews the Northeast Division
So, there’s this bizarre division in the NHL containing three Original Six franchises, an Olympic Silver Medal and Vezina winning goaltender, and the team that inhabits Canada’s capitol city. It’s called...
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Conference Call: East Versus West NHL Games That Will Be Missed
It was clear that in order to make a compressed 48 game NHL season work this year league organizers were going to be in tough. Their solution was simple: no games...
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“The Big Mick” on the Five NHL Teams We Feel Bad For
Editor’s Note: LastWordOnSports is pleased to have Russell “Big Mick” McKenzie join the team. The Big Mick brings years of writing, and more importantly many thousands of hours of watching hockey,...
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Pre Season NHL Shocker: Leafs Fire Brian Burke as GM!
In a shocking move the Toronto Maple Leafs have fired GM Brian Burke, this according to Bob McKenzie at TSN. After missing the playoffs in all four years of his tenure,...























