On today's episode of ...

by James Mirtle on Nov 4, 2009 2:42 PM CST Comment 11 comments

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... As The Maple Leafs Turn:

John Mitchell appears to be pegged as the team's No. 1 centre for Friday night against Carolina
Coach Ron Wilson tries to find a way to generate some goal scoring
And did you know Phil Kessel is one of only five players to register 10 shots in a game this season?

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Living in Toronto is getting to you James. You are starting to report Leafs minutia as though it is as important as moderate to big news from other teams.

When was the last time you reported who the new #1 centre of another NHL team might be or that their coach was looking for scoring?

by PuckStopsHere on Nov 4, 2009 8:27 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

Considering that James is referring to the “latest episode” of the soap opera, I think he has a pretty healthy tongue-in-cheek attitude about the obsession over minutiae.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Nov 4, 2009 10:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

November 3, 2009

James notes that Steven Stamkos has supplanted Vincent Lecavalier as the #1 centre for the Lightning. That’s right: yesterday.

I've been looking at the sky

by Back In Black on Nov 4, 2009 10:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Well, I’m doing it as part of my job so… that has to count for something, no?

But, yes, there is more Leafs-related material here lately. That I won’t apologize for.

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by James Mirtle on Nov 4, 2009 10:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

WAH WAH WAH

In case you whiners hadn’t noticed, James mentioned that he has been covering the Leafs for the Globe and if you click the link you’ll see it goes to the article he wrote for the paper.

Honestly, people that complain about what’s written on a free site should think twice about posting inane comments.

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by PPP on Nov 5, 2009 9:29 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

And did you know Phil Kessel is one of only five players to register 10 shots in a game this season?

I’m going to guess Penner and Ovechkin are two of the others.

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by Derek Zona on Nov 4, 2009 9:12 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I’m going to guess you didn’t RTFA!

(Kidding.)

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by James Mirtle on Nov 4, 2009 9:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

“Against the Lightning, Kessel became only the fifth player to record 10 or more shots in a game this season, joining Alex Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin, Jeff Carter and Dustin Penner.”

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by James Mirtle on Nov 4, 2009 9:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Meanwhile, just like the Calgary Flames (and Abbotsford Heat), the Toronto Maple Leafs (and Toronto Raptors, not sure about the Marlies, but I’d assume so since they’re under the MLSE umbrella) got their H1N1 vaccinations before most children under 5, pregnant women, and people with respitory problems. Score another victory for preivelege!

Other Canadian sports teams that have jumped the queue include the Moncton Wildcats and Acadie-Bathurst Titan of the QMJHL.

Hockey blogging can't get any flatter.

by saskhab on Nov 5, 2009 7:24 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

To be fair, sports teams haven’t been the only ones in Canada using money to get access to the vaccine.

I've been looking at the sky

by Back In Black on Nov 5, 2009 9:11 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

The Wildcats also had to cancel two games (and perhaps a third) due to the H1N1 virus running through their dressing room.

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by kforbes on Nov 5, 2009 9:19 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

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