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WEBCraig and the Core–4: Hmmm… TORONTO (Sep. 12) — I feel a gnawing sensation in my gut when I ponder Craig (Can’t–Smile) Berube spending a full National Hockey League season in charge of William Nylander, Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews, John Tavares and …
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WEBHoward Berger. Hockey/baseball reporter at THE FAN-590 for 23 years (1988-2011), and original from September 1992 launch of Canada’s first all-sports radio station. Covered Toronto Blue Jays 1992 and 1993 World Series victories. Started with Leafs full time in 1994. Enjoying life with my family (kids Shane and Lauren).
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WEBExpect the NHL to Pause Until 2022. TORONTO (Dec. 25) — It isn’t likely the merriest Christmas amid the tall thinkers in the National Hockey League, who are spending this holy day forming a rescue plan for the 2021–22 season. Despite vaccination that was hopeful of eradicating…. Read More.
After This Season, It’s Over - betweentheposts.ca
WEBSep 4, 2021 · After This Season, It’s Over. TORONTO (Sep. 3) — Whether you revere John Tavares, Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and William Nylander for their wondrous scoring exploits in the regular season — or detest them for repetitive deficiency in the Stanley Cup playoffs — this season will be the last for the talented nucleus of the Toronto Maple Leafs. ...
The Scoreboard Never Lies
WEBMay 14, 2022 · The Scoreboard Never Lies. TORONTO (May 13) — For those who contend that curses, ghosts, goblins and bad guys wearing striped jerseys account for the nearly two decades since the Toronto Maple Leafs last won a playoff round, allow me to get this maudlin reminder out of the way: Tonight marks the ninth anniversary of the Causeway Street Calamity, when Phil Kessel, Dion Phaneuf and Co., on May ...
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WEBHoward Berger. Hockey/baseball reporter at THE FAN-590 for 23 years (1988-2011), and original from September 1992 launch of Canada’s first all-sports radio station. Covered Toronto Blue Jays 1992 and 1993 World Series victories. Started with Leafs full time in 1994. Enjoying life with my family (kids Shane and Lauren).
Oh, How We Suffered… - betweentheposts.ca
WEBApr 30, 2023 · Oh, How We Suffered…. TORONTO (Apr. 30) — It was Stockholm Syndrome. There’s no other way to describe being a fan of the Maple Leafs during the Harold Ballard era. The jailbird–turned–owner held our city hostage for nearly two decades, beginning in 1972. Yet we stood by the old coot, trying so hard to believe.
For the Maple Leafs, it’s all the same
WEBMar 9, 2024 · The Maple Leafs have been blindly throwing darts at the goalie position throughout the Core–4 era. With predictable results. The blue line has been an utter wasteland with the Leafs for as long as most of us can remember. Not since 1973 — in season or during the summer — has a Toronto GM obtained or developed a …
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WEBAug 19, 2021 · This Leafs team reminds me a lot of the Washington Capitals in the early/mid 2000’s, shortly after drafting Ovi and Backstrom. They tried for years to win as a run and gun team, then tried to take those same players and have them learn to play defence, before finally succumbing to conventional wisdom and moving out offence for goaltending and defence.
Goaltending The Lone Mystery
WEBGoaltending The Lone Mystery. TORONTO (Sep. 15) — For the second time in six months, the Toronto Star has dipped into the Rogers Media empire for a sports columnist. Last March, it was Mike Wilner coming aboard to write about the Toronto Blue Jays.