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Puck Headlines: Disgraced ex-agent/hockey ‘god’ opens Web site (Yahoo! Sports)

November 30th, 2008, Comments Off

Here are your Weekend Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest…

Leafs Recall Sifers From Marlies

November 30th, 2008, Comments Off

As the Maple Leafs get set to begin a three-game road trip in Los Angeles on Monday (10:30 p.m., Leafs TV, Leafs TV Interactive, AM640) the team announced on Sunday that Jaime Sifers has been recalled from the Toronto Marlies.

Moore, Antropov give Burke and Maple Leafs 4-2 win (AP)

November 30th, 2008, Comments Off

Whatever message new general manager Brian Burke gave to the Toronto Maple Leafs, it surely got through. One of Burke’s first acts as team president and GM was to address the players before Saturday night’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers. The theme of his message was that everyone should relax. The Maple Leafs did and responded with one of their strongest efforts of the season, topping the…

Maple Leafs Welcome Burke With Win

November 29th, 2008, Comments Off

Brian Burke looked out onto the Air Canada Centre ice and saw that it was good.
Yes, the buildup has been THAT big.
The Maple Leafs won…

Burke says Sundin unlikely to return to Leafs (AP)

November 29th, 2008, Comments Off

If Mats Sundin decides to resume his NHL career, he will likely do it with a team other than the Toronto Maple Leafs. New Leafs general manager Brian Burke said Saturday that he spoke with Sundin recently and came away thinking that the former Toronto captain wanted to join a Stanley Cup contender. “I don’t think we fit the profile he is looking for,” Burke said after officially joining the Leafs…

Brian Burke joins Maple Leafs front office (AP)

November 29th, 2008, Comments Off

Brian Burke took over as president and general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. “You’re talking about the Vatican if you’re Catholic, you’re talking the center of the hockey universe, you’re talking about one of the most important jobs in hockey running the Toronto Maple Leafs,” Burke said at a news conference.