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JOE BOWEN'S GOALIE DESCRIPTIONS:  Joe Bowen is the play-by-play man who covers the Leafs on all non-CBC games, and just before the drop of the puck, he introduces the starting goalies, but does it with some creativity. This is a list of some of the ways he has described the goaltenders:  Diplomats of the Diamond Depots, Tailors of the Tangled Twine, Technicians of the Tangled Twine, Rancheros of the Rectangular Reservoirs, Rogues of the Roped Rotunda, Professors of the Polyester Pavilions, Architects of the Antiquated Attics, Wizards of the Woven Whirlpools, Buckeyes of the Braided Barns, Officers of the Oblong Onionbags, Protectors of the Piped Pavilions, Caretakers of the Corded Closets, Posse of the Polyester Pipes, Lords of the Laced Lounges, Plumbers of the Polypropylene Pipes, Bodyguards of the Braided Bullhouses, Rebels of the Rubber Recepticles, Knights of the Knotted Nets, Terrors of the Tangled Twine, Kings of the Corded Castles, Ringmasters of the Roped Restaurants, Hermits of the Hexagonal Hideouts, Captains of the Cable Cabanas, Nomads of the Knotted Nets, Contorsionists of the Corded Condos, Supervisors of the String Staterooms, Quarterbacks of the Corded Condiminiums, Sentinels of the Sub-Freezing Slush Sinks, Superheroes of the String Solariums, Protectors of the Parted Pipes, Deans of the Disk Dormatories, Taxi Drivers of the Twine Temples, Bastions of the Biscuit Baskets, Caretakers of the Corded Closets, Owners of the Oversized Onion Bags, Policemen of the Puck Precincts... (more to come!)

APR.24 - NO BRIAN BURKE:  Which means he WILL be coming to Toronto.  Usually people flat out lie to the media in situations like this, saying there's NO CHANCE of someone going to a certain team, only to have a press conference two weeks later saying they ARE going to that team.  The league is filled with obsessive liars so don't believe anything you hear on the sports news shows until there's an official announcement.  APR.11 - ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, AGAIN: So goes another year where we watch all the OTHER teams competing in the playoffs.  Yes, we're used to it, but this is the chance interim GM Cliff Fletcher has to strut his stuff.  This is the chance he's got to turn this franchise upside down.  Sure he's just in charge of the roster, but it's a great place to start.  Ownership will have to follow in his footsteps and prove that THEY ALSO want a winning team, and must shake up the management from the top level down.  Show the fans that you're going to stop spitting in their faces each year and finally put in some commitment to a quality product for once!  APR.4 - HAHA, 8 TO 2: But McCabe and Donovan dropped 'em!  Who cares about wins and losses anymore.  Wins just mean worse draft picks, so lets see the boys battle the rest of the year with the gloves off.  That's what this site is all about after all!  MAR.29 - ANOTHER WASTED YEAR:  Well, this site has said it all along (that the Leafs were making a futile attempt at the playoffs).  Now it's official.  The Leafs can no longer make the playoffs.  Big surprise.  One has to ask himself/herself... year after year filled with heartache and heartbreak, WHY do people continue to follow this team?  Upper management has proven time and time again that they DON'T CARE about the fans.  They've refused to put a competitive team on the ice for more than a couple years at a time, they continue to gouge the fans with high ticket prices, high beer prices, high merchandise prices to use their name, pay-TV to watch their games, etc, etc, etc.  WHY do people still flock to this organization like a bunch of cloned mutant sheep?  Now they're stuck down to *7th* pick in the draft, not to mention Sundin's refusal to be moved costed more HIGH draft picks in the future (and/or young talent).  So, get ready for more of the same next year Leaf Nation!  With the lack of draft picks for the future, and the no-trade clauses still in effect, things aren't going to be 'a changin much! 

MAR.23 - WALLPAPERS!  nfallsc has made up some great Leaf wallpapers that you can get here!  MAR.23 - WASTING ENERGY:  That's all the Leafs are doing, along with pushing them further down the draft pick list, by bothering to push for the playoffs right now.  They're not going to get in, especially with other teams above them making as valiant efforst as they are.  So why destroy your draft picks?  They're only pushing themselves further down the list, which is going to end up hurting them next year.  Toronto does this every year - well, in recent years at least . They play terrible hockey all season long, then play hard during the last month.  They do it NOT to get into the playoffs, but to try and TRICK the fans into thinking they're a half decent team after all, which keeps the pessimists at bay throughout the summer.  That's the only reason they're doing this - to make the Leaf Nation try and forget about how completely pathetic they were the rest of the year.  IT WON'T WORK!  The end-of-season stats are all that count, and no matter how hard they play right now, they can't erase the past.  Except for this past month they've been a terrible team.  So if they play good hockey for one month out of an eight month season, does that mean they were successful this year?  NO!  Oh by the way Toronto defeated Ottawa in Ottawa tonight, 5-4.  MAR.18 - THE FUNNY THING is that the goal Toskala let in tonight was the shutout breaker!  Don't we all wish we could get paid millions of dollars a year to NOT stop shots from 200 feet away...  Oh well, Leafs continued doing a good job at destroying their draft selections this year by winning again tonight, 3-1 against the Islanders...  MAR.17 - GM FLETCHER SCOUTING OHL:  I had the pleasure of meeting Leaf interim GM Cliff Fletcher yesterday afternoon as he visited the local OHL team's rink to do some scouting.  What you see on camera is what  you get - very nice and humble person.  'Would be great to see our OHL players graduate to the Leafs.  Lord knows the Leafs need an influx of talented young players right now.  MAR.13 - WE'RE BA-AACK:  After a bit of an extended leave due to a strange illness, we're back to rant on about these boys in blue.  WHY.  WHY TRY.  WHY delay the inevitable.  It's GOING to happen, a game is GOING to go by that puts them out of playoff contention, so WHY PLAY HARD NOW WHEN THEY'VE COASTED ALL YEAR!?  They've done this the last 2 or 3 years in a row now - play like CRAP for lack of a better word, then push hard in the last couple weeks as if they'll "TRICK" us into thinking all summer that they actually had a year.  C'Mon guys, you're not fooling ANYONE.  FEB.27 - LEAFS VS. LEAFS:  It'll be a strange one tonight as Toronto plays *against* Wade Belak and Chad Kilger, who were traded to the Florida Panthers yesterday.  It's sad to see Wade go, but no matter what team he plays for, he'll still be a fan favorite in Toronto.  Game time: 7:30pm/TSN.  FEB.26 - HAL GILL GONE:  To Pittsburg for a 2nd round & 5th round pick (wow!)  FEB.26 - KILGER GONE:  Chad Kilger has been dealt to Florida for a 3rd round pick.  At least Fletcher has got the team going (albeit slowly) in the right direction!  There's some pressure now on the Leaf scouting staff to make sure all this hasn't been in vain.  FEB.26 - BELAK GONE:  [talk about it here] Wade Belak has been traded to the Florida Panthers for a 5th round pick this year.  If there was one person this site did NOT want to see traded, it was Wade.  Granted, he didn't get much ice time, but now the Leafs have nobody protecting their smaller players.  Not to mention - you thought this team was boring to watch before?  At least Wade could make things exciting by taking on the other team's heavyweight.  Why even bother tuning in now?  Every rebuilding team needs to keep some heavyweights on, just for the excitement factor.  Sure this year is supposed to be a good draft year, but 5th round?  C'mon.  FEB.26 - TRADE DEADLINE:  It's going to be hard for Leaf GM Cliff Fletcher to do much.  You can't expect him to trade Pintos for Porches all day long, so unless there's another huge multi-player deal that he's been working on like he did during his first stint with the Leafs, Leaf Nation should expect much today.  FEB.25 - LEAFS.  SENATORS.  TONIGHT:  So Sundin decides to stick around.  But why?  Does he really think Toronto will re-sign him in the off-season to another multi-million dollar contract?  A team that should be going with youth and prospects instead of veteran high-paid superstars?  If he had decided to stay with the Leafs, and it was to be for another 3 or 4 years, things would be different.  But with his salary alone the team could afford a couple well paid young stars-to-be.  Maybe Sundin knows something Leaf Nation doesn't?  Maybe Mats is willing to stay on the team and take a severe salary cut? (as did Kariya when leaving his $7M contract in Anaheim behind for a $1M year on Colorado).  Now THAT would be even better for the team than deciding to move in exchange for Toronto getting draft picks and/or young talent.  If he indeed has decided to stay with the Leafs, for much less money, in order to be an on-ice and off-ice leader to that young talent, then he would definitely go down in Leaf history as the man that helped rebuilding the future.  Oh yah, Leafs/Sens game tonight - Sportsnet.  FEB.23 - LEAFS WIN OVER ATLANTA:  Toronto put down the Thrashers 3-1 tonight, in a game that was on the backburner to the real story.  Mats Sundin has been asked to waive his no-trade clause, which would enable the Leafs to get something strong in return, and help them build for the future.  If Sundin refuses to be traded, he could be lost to free-agency in the off-season and the Leafs would get nothing of value for him.  Mats has hinted that he will waive it, saying that no matter what he decides, he loves Toronto and loves the fans, and that he hopes people will respect whatever decision comes out of it.  FEB.23 - SUNDIN & MCCABE ON THE WAY OUT:  Neither Byran McCabe or Mats Sundin have been showing up to practice lately, starting rumors that both are on the trade block.  GM Fletcher has reportedly had meetings with Mats and asked him what teams he would possibly accept going to.  Sending out these two players would free up a considerable amount of cap space.  Of course, we're still stuck with Kubina's big fat multi-million dollar contract.  But instead of spending, the Leafs need to be developers - go after high draft picks.  What's needed is a star rookie to build around.  Surround him with other prospective youth and go from there.  It should be an interesting few days ahead!  FEB.19 - NO LONGER IN THE BASEMENT:  Wow the Leafs are on a tear, beating down Columbus tonight 3-1, and moving up fast in the standings.  Ok.. not fast.  But they're no longer in last place in the East which is something to bbe proud of.  Leaf Nation's proud moments have been far and few between, so we'll take it.  And yes, the trade deadline is still slowly (too slowly) approaching.  Hopefully Fletcher is willing to turn the team upside down and clean the slate.  Of course, if Sundin still refuses to be traded, he'll be causing the team a LOT of damage for the future.  And so far, he's still adamant on staying put.  There will be NO rebuilding process if he continues this attitude.  We all love Mats, and love what he's done for the team, and love his pride in the team, but this decision of his will really hinder future progress.  FEB.16 - VISORS STATS:  Want to see some interesting stats on percentages of players wearing visors?  FEB.16 - LEAFS WIN IN OT:  After slipping into LAST place in the conference, the Leafs have shown they still haven't lost their competitive edge as they downed Boston tonight 4-3 in overtime.  FEB.9 - WHOLE STOLE OUR LEAFS and replaced them with this team that's been winning games?  Back-to-back wins against the hot Habs, and *the* hottest team in the league (Detroit) might lead one to believe that aliens have invaded the bodies of the Leafs, replacing them with skilled hockey players.   Click here for previous news / updates.