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Keith Aulie Scouting Report

2008-09: Was selected to represent Canada at the 2009 World Junior Championships. Though he only recorded one assist, Aulie’s intimidating presence was felt throughout the six-game gold medal run. Aulie is also having his most prolific year in his fourth season with the WHL’s Brandon Wheat Kings, with numbers all career highs. He has also broken the 80 PIM mark for the third straight season. Aulie has been a force on the blueline for the playoff-bound Wheat Kings and his great size is coveted at all levels of hockey.

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Fredrik Sjostrom Scouting Report

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  • Has a terrific combination of speed and defensive instincts. Is willing to take a hit in order to make a play. Kills penalties very well and can line up on either side of center.

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News from leafsnews.com

There are a lot of new changes that will be coming in the new year for least news.com. We will be embarking on a large scale overhaul of the website. We’ll be changing platforms and moving to something that is more robust as well as user-friendly for all of our visitors by allowing us to incorporate video slideshows etc. into our news posts. We have selected a number of writers for leafsnews.com that will be writing regular contributions. As well, we’re moving servers to a new more robust hosting environment that will help render pages more quickly and improves the user experience for  every one of our regular visitors of leafsnews.com, as well as new visitors. As the traffic of the website has increased, the server has gotten dramatically slower. Also the site has bloomed to such a size (+10,000 pages)  this is also caused the site to become very slow.

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Why Brian Burke is a genius

Brian Burke, General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs

Brian Burke, General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs

By Dan O’Shea

@dkoshea_

I know this as fact because I am a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

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Nathan Horton to Leafs rumours

Nathan Horton is looking to move out of Florida despite recently signing a 6 year contract and Toronto is looking like they might want to accommodate the young forward. Horton has started off poorly in Florida and according to The4thPeriod:

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Toronto Maple Leafs vs Montreal Canadiens 7pm (CBC HD)

Toronto Maple Leafs vs Montreal Canadiens

Toronto Maple Leafs vs Montreal Canadiens

Two years ago, the Montreal Canadiens had the best record in the Eastern Conference. After things went south last season, they’ve got a revamped roster and a new coach in Jacques Martin.

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2009/2010 Power Rankings – ESPN

2009-2010 Power Rankings: Week 1
RK (PV) TEAM REC. COMMENT
1 Penguins 0-0-0 Hey, they’re the defending Stanley Cup champs. They get a free pass to the top of the rankings for at least a week.

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Buffalo 7, Toronto 6

Buffalo Sabres goaltender Patrick Lalime(notes) clears the puck away from Toronto Maple Leafs forward John Mitchell(notes) (39) as Sabres' Andrej Sekera(notes) (44) looks on during the second period of a preseason NHL hockey game in Toronto on Sunday,  Sept.  27, 2009.

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2010 Top 50 NHL prospects

Windsor's Taylor Hall is the consensus No. 1 for the 2010 NHL draft. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)Windsor’s Taylor Hall is the consensus No. 1 for the 2010 NHL draft. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)

Mark Seidel
2009-09-25 12:10:00

I have released North American Central Scouting’s newest rankings of the top 50 prospects for the 2010 NHL draft in June. There will be interesting battles at the top this year, namely the one between two players from the same Ontario League team who are vying for the distinction of No. 1 overall. There’s a vast mix of nationalities and a great variance in the types of players available, so hang on tight and pay close attention because it’s as wide open a draft as we have seen in the past decade.

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VIDEO: Niklas Hagman Goal vs Philadelphia Flyers – Sept. 19th

Niklas Hagman wowed the crowd at the Air Canada Centre with another highlight reel goal.

He sparked the home crowd with a series of dangles and toe-drags that reminded us why he is paid 4 million a season.

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Five years, $27 million for Phil Kessel

Five years, $27 million for Phil Kessel as he signs with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

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Kessel a Leaf

Sources tell TSN the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins have reached an agreement on a trade that will deliver Phil Kessel to the Leafs.

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Phil Kessel signs with Leafs

Phil Kessel

Phil Kessel

Five years, $27 million for Kessel. Toronto has given Boston two first round draft picks and a second round pick.

Kessel is regarded as an outstanding talent by many.

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Deal close between Kessel & Leafs

TORONTO (Sep. 13) — Though the parties involved are wisely and appropriately maintaining a code of virtual silence, it appears certain that the Phil Kessel-to-Toronto negotiations are heating by the moment. Sources confirm that at least a half-dozen NHL teams are interested in acquiring the Bruins’ restricted free agent, but Kessel is believed to strongly favour Toronto as a new destination, and the Leafs appear willing to offer what it will take — within reason — to trade for the scoring forward. The possibility of an offer-sheet still exists, though it would seem a waste of time for an opponent to go that route, as the Bruins have made it clear they will match any overture in order to retain Kessel’s trading rights. As such, a transaction between teams is almost certainly the way Kessel will change jerseys.

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Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule 2009-2010

We have posted an updated version of the the newly released NHL schedule for the Toronto Maple Leafs. No TV schedules as of yet, but we can expect those to be updated as they become available.

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