Some amusing statements in the article but in the interests of accuracy I quoted the part with an obvious factual error. It has been, as all hockey fans know, 44 years (not a mere 34).
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Some amusing statements in the article but in the interests of accuracy I quoted the part with an obvious factual error. It has been, as all hockey fans know, 44 years (not a mere 34).
Yea i caught that also, but i did not write the article and thought you would be smart enuf not to come here to point that out, but whats more amazing is you seem to post 99% of the time in the sports sections just to cause trouble after being warned and suspended multiple times. (dont you ever learn?) How hard is it to copy that part of the post and take it to the NHL anything goes thread or the Leafs bashing thread? This thread is off limits to your antics cairo yet you fail to be able to play by the rules. If you were new to merb and/or this thread or did not have a history of S**T Disturbing, then thats one thing, but we all know your motives here all too well. Please think before you post in here, and since you hate the Leafs, why post at all here? Nevermind, we all know the answer to that. 
Welcome Tim Connolly
Tim Connolly is ready for a change of scenery.
While the 30-year-old American centre has spent the majority of his career in Buffalo and put up his best seasons as a Sabre, Connolly often drew the ire of the fans for his inability to stay healthy.
Connolly was limited to an average of just over 40 games per season in the four years following the NHL lockout of 2004-05 due to a rash of injuries to his hip and back as well as a history of concussions.
However, Connolly has played a respectable 141 games in the past two seasons. A return to health is part of what made him an attractive off-season target for the Leafs and why he decided to head north.
"I think it's going to be good for me to have a fresh start," Connolly said. "I'm re-energized and a little more excited to play now."
If the scrutiny he faced from fans in Buffalo was ever a concern for the playmaking centre, he certainly isn't talking like a man afraid of the limelight.
"It doesn't get much better than Buffalo when you're in the U.S," Connolly said. "But Toronto is the New York Yankees of hockey."
As for the fans in Buffalo and the 'Tiny Tim' moniker they bestowed upon Connolly for his on-ice fragility, the new Leaf appears to be willing to forgive and forget.
"Everybody's entitled to their own opinion and it's not really an issue for me," he said after a practice session with his new teammates. "I had a great time there. Great fans, great city to play in, it's a great hockey city. We had a few great runs there to Conference Finals and came close, but overall I had a great time."
If Connolly can put together a healthy 2011-12 campaign, he could flourish on a young Leafs roster. Penciled in as the team's number one centre heading into the season, Connolly could see a big jump in his assist totals if he can find early chemistry with a certain young Leafs sniper.
"He's a shooter and I'm more of a passer, so if I'm playing with him, I'm just going to try to get him the puck in the shooting area," Connolly said of fellow former fifth-overall pick Phil Kessel. "He can score from anywhere."
As for entering a roster on which he is one of the oldest players, it doesn't seem to bother him one bit.
"They have a good young team, it's something that I was really looking forward to being a part of."
Tim Connolly is ready for a change of scenery.
While the 30-year-old American centre has spent the majority of his career in Buffalo and put up his best seasons as a Sabre, Connolly often drew the ire of the fans for his inability to stay healthy.
Connolly was limited to an average of just over 40 games per season in the four years following the NHL lockout of 2004-05 due to a rash of injuries to his hip and back as well as a history of concussions.
However, Connolly has played a respectable 141 games in the past two seasons. A return to health is part of what made him an attractive off-season target for the Leafs and why he decided to head north.
"I think it's going to be good for me to have a fresh start," Connolly said. "I'm re-energized and a little more excited to play now."
If the scrutiny he faced from fans in Buffalo was ever a concern for the playmaking centre, he certainly isn't talking like a man afraid of the limelight.
"It doesn't get much better than Buffalo when you're in the U.S," Connolly said. "But Toronto is the New York Yankees of hockey."
As for the fans in Buffalo and the 'Tiny Tim' moniker they bestowed upon Connolly for his on-ice fragility, the new Leaf appears to be willing to forgive and forget.
"Everybody's entitled to their own opinion and it's not really an issue for me," he said after a practice session with his new teammates. "I had a great time there. Great fans, great city to play in, it's a great hockey city. We had a few great runs there to Conference Finals and came close, but overall I had a great time."
If Connolly can put together a healthy 2011-12 campaign, he could flourish on a young Leafs roster. Penciled in as the team's number one centre heading into the season, Connolly could see a big jump in his assist totals if he can find early chemistry with a certain young Leafs sniper.
"He's a shooter and I'm more of a passer, so if I'm playing with him, I'm just going to try to get him the puck in the shooting area," Connolly said of fellow former fifth-overall pick Phil Kessel. "He can score from anywhere."
As for entering a roster on which he is one of the oldest players, it doesn't seem to bother him one bit.
"They have a good young team, it's something that I was really looking forward to being a part of."
Yea i caught that also, but i did not write the article and thought you would be smart enuf not to come here to point that out, but whats more amazing is you seem to post 99% of the time in the sports sections just to cause trouble after being warned and suspended multiple times. (dont you ever learn?) How hard is it to copy that part of the post and take it to the NHL anything goes thread or the Leafs bashing thread? This thread is off limits to your antics cairo yet you fail to be able to play by the rules. If you were new to merb and/or this thread or did not have a history of S**T Disturbing, then thats one thing, but we all know your motives here all too well. Please think before you post in here, and since you hate the Leafs, why post at all here? Nevermind, we all know the answer to that.
What in the name of the good Lord is shit disturbing about respectfully pointing out an obvious error? Actually it is YOUR paranoid response that is shaking up the feces!
Nice try, but we all know why you post here 'cairo'. Read the opening post, this is for Leafs fans and for positive posts about the Leafs. Highlighting "44" proves my point. again, nice try but we were not born yesterday. There is a pro canadiens thread for you to post in or the anything goes thread, And actually, there are a few other NHL thread's for, oh i dont know. , a place to actually discuss calmly about real nhl stuff, :thumb: do try it sometime! Please just move on, Thank You.
, a place to actually discuss calmly about real nhl stuff, :thumb: do try it sometime! Please just move on, Thank You.
Domi: The Next Generation
What was speculated by the media since the end of the 2010-11 Ontario Hockey League (OHL) season came to fruition Tuesday (Aug. 30), as the London Knights officially welcomed 16-year-old Max Domi to training camp.
Acquired through a trade with the Kingston Frontenacs, Domi — whose father Tie played 1,020 games in the NHL, registering over 3,000 penalty minutes — was exchanged Monday afternoon (Aug. 29) for three draft picks.
Playing centre for the Midget Don Mills Flyers last season, Max recorded 57 points, including 27 goals, in 30 contests. He is listed at 5-foot-8, 180 pounds and shoots left.
The Frontenacs, who chose Max eighth overall at the 2011 OHL Priority Draft, received a pair of 2012 OHL Priority Draft second round picks (one the Knights originally obtained from the Erie Otters) as well as the Knights’ second round selection in 2015.
In an interview with London Community News, Max hinted his talents on the ice differ from what his father is infamous for.
“Me and my dad both use our hands, but I use mine a little bit differently,” said the newest Knight, who was set to participate in his first day of training camp two hours following the press conference.
“I’m really excited. I’m just going to work hard, get to know everyone, and try to get comfortable as fast as I can,” he added.
At the late morning press conference, the team also unveiled its new third jersey for the 2011-12 season. Max became the first Knight to don the new jersey. He will wear No. 16.
Tie, one of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ most popular enforcers ever, attended the event at the John Labatt Centre but did not speak to the media.
http://www.londoncommunitynews.com/2011/08/knights-welcome-domi/
What was speculated by the media since the end of the 2010-11 Ontario Hockey League (OHL) season came to fruition Tuesday (Aug. 30), as the London Knights officially welcomed 16-year-old Max Domi to training camp.
Acquired through a trade with the Kingston Frontenacs, Domi — whose father Tie played 1,020 games in the NHL, registering over 3,000 penalty minutes — was exchanged Monday afternoon (Aug. 29) for three draft picks.
Playing centre for the Midget Don Mills Flyers last season, Max recorded 57 points, including 27 goals, in 30 contests. He is listed at 5-foot-8, 180 pounds and shoots left.
The Frontenacs, who chose Max eighth overall at the 2011 OHL Priority Draft, received a pair of 2012 OHL Priority Draft second round picks (one the Knights originally obtained from the Erie Otters) as well as the Knights’ second round selection in 2015.
In an interview with London Community News, Max hinted his talents on the ice differ from what his father is infamous for.
“Me and my dad both use our hands, but I use mine a little bit differently,” said the newest Knight, who was set to participate in his first day of training camp two hours following the press conference.
“I’m really excited. I’m just going to work hard, get to know everyone, and try to get comfortable as fast as I can,” he added.
At the late morning press conference, the team also unveiled its new third jersey for the 2011-12 season. Max became the first Knight to don the new jersey. He will wear No. 16.
Tie, one of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ most popular enforcers ever, attended the event at the John Labatt Centre but did not speak to the media.
http://www.londoncommunitynews.com/2011/08/knights-welcome-domi/
Leafs close to re-signing Luke Schenn
OSHAWA - There appears to be a light at the end of the tunnel in the Luke Schenn contract negotiations, and it’s not an opposing forward bearing down on the Maple Leafs defenceman.
An NHL source indicated on Tuesday that a new contract for Schenn “should be done by Friday.”
In other words, the expectation is Schenn will be at camp on the first day, when players undergo medicals.
Schenn’s agent, Don Meehan, and the Leafs have been negotiating on a new pact for several weeks. Two other young NHL defencemen, Drew Doughty of the Los Angeles Kings and Zach Bogosian of the Winnipeg Jets, also are without contracts as the start of training camp approaches.
OSHAWA - There appears to be a light at the end of the tunnel in the Luke Schenn contract negotiations, and it’s not an opposing forward bearing down on the Maple Leafs defenceman.
An NHL source indicated on Tuesday that a new contract for Schenn “should be done by Friday.”
In other words, the expectation is Schenn will be at camp on the first day, when players undergo medicals.
Schenn’s agent, Don Meehan, and the Leafs have been negotiating on a new pact for several weeks. Two other young NHL defencemen, Drew Doughty of the Los Angeles Kings and Zach Bogosian of the Winnipeg Jets, also are without contracts as the start of training camp approaches.
Now why would Montreal want one of the best young defensive dmen in all of hockey when they can have a broken down old dude like mArkov? Mini bob thinks just like a habs fan, only about the past and never about the future, thus 19 years and counting. :thumb:
Great call!! Even though the Leafs signed Big Luke for slightly cheaper.......well done, Burkie!
Korolev remembered as a man with a big heart
Igor Korolev was remembered as a leader and a man with “a big heart” on Sunday by those who played with and against him in the NHL.
What can I say? It’s a very tough day,” said Korolev’s close friend, Dmitry Mironov. Like Korolev, Mironov is an ex-Toronto Maple Leaf who grew up in Russia but they never played on the same team. They became friends when they both settled in Toronto as a result of their time with the Leafs.
“He had a big heart on the ice,” Mironov said. “We only played against each other but we were very good friends.”
Korolev died on Sept. 7, the day after his 41st birthday, when the charter jet carrying him and the rest of the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv hockey team crashed shortly after takeoff. Forty-four of the 45 people on the flight died as a result of the crash.
More than 300 people attended Korolev’s funeral in Toronto on Sunday. He was an assistant coach with Lokomotiv and is survived by his wife Vera and teenage daughters Kristina and Nastya.
Among the mourners were Leafs forward Nikolai Kulemin and Winnipeg Jets forward Nik Antropov. Korolev took both of them under his wing when they were rookies with the Maple Leafs and helped them make the adjustment to North America.
Also paying their respects were former NHLers Alexei Yashin, Ken Dryden, Tie Domi, Steve Thomas, Derek King, Dallas Eakins and Doug Gilmour. NHL executives Mike Murphy and Kris King, who played on the Leafs with Korolev, attended as well.
“When Russian kids came [to the NHL], he made them all feel comfortable,” said Domi, who played with Korolev on the Winnipeg Jets and the Leafs. “That was the leadership he showed.”
Igor Korolev was remembered as a leader and a man with “a big heart” on Sunday by those who played with and against him in the NHL.
What can I say? It’s a very tough day,” said Korolev’s close friend, Dmitry Mironov. Like Korolev, Mironov is an ex-Toronto Maple Leaf who grew up in Russia but they never played on the same team. They became friends when they both settled in Toronto as a result of their time with the Leafs.
“He had a big heart on the ice,” Mironov said. “We only played against each other but we were very good friends.”
Korolev died on Sept. 7, the day after his 41st birthday, when the charter jet carrying him and the rest of the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv hockey team crashed shortly after takeoff. Forty-four of the 45 people on the flight died as a result of the crash.
More than 300 people attended Korolev’s funeral in Toronto on Sunday. He was an assistant coach with Lokomotiv and is survived by his wife Vera and teenage daughters Kristina and Nastya.
Among the mourners were Leafs forward Nikolai Kulemin and Winnipeg Jets forward Nik Antropov. Korolev took both of them under his wing when they were rookies with the Maple Leafs and helped them make the adjustment to North America.
Also paying their respects were former NHLers Alexei Yashin, Ken Dryden, Tie Domi, Steve Thomas, Derek King, Dallas Eakins and Doug Gilmour. NHL executives Mike Murphy and Kris King, who played on the Leafs with Korolev, attended as well.
“When Russian kids came [to the NHL], he made them all feel comfortable,” said Domi, who played with Korolev on the Winnipeg Jets and the Leafs. “That was the leadership he showed.”
Leafs unveil third jersey for 2011-12 season
This was right up there with where the 2012 Winter Classic and entry draft are going to be held (Philadelphia and Pittsburgh) as the worst kept secrets in hockey.
But the Toronto Maple Leafs finally officially unveiled the third jersey they'll wear 14 times this season, beginning with opening night against the Montreal Canadiens on Oct. 6.
According to the team's website, the jersey "is an identical throwback to the 1967 to 1970 time period in team history." The design was leaked online back on Sept. 17 when they showed up at the Buffalo Sabres store a few weeks early.
Former Leafs Darryl Sittler and Wendel Clark joined current Leafs Luke Schenn and Colby Armstrong in showing off the new threads at the team's sports bar, Real Sports, next to the Air Canada Centre this afternoon.
Jerseys featuring the names Crabb, Zigomanis and many others are now available exclusively at the team store.
Here are the games (nine home and five on the road) they'll be wearing the jersey this season:
Oct. 6 vs. Montreal
Oct. 29 vs. Pittsburgh
Nov. 5 vs. Boston
Nov. 12 vs. Ottawa
Nov. 19 vs. Washington
Dec. 3 at Boston
Dec. 5 at N.Y. Rangers
Dec. 17 vs. Vancouver
Jan. 7 vs. Detroit
Jan. 13 at Buffalo
Feb. 4 at Ottawa
Feb. 29 at Chicago
March 24 vs. N.Y. Rangers
March 31 vs. Buffalo
The good news is that the Leafs are likely set to make a bundle on these things, and what NHL team needs money more than Toronto?
Maybe it'll go to that $20-million revenue sharing cheque they seem to be on the hook for every year.
Here are the highlights of the new outfit as provided by the team today:
"A solid, snow white, wool-felt, 11-point Maple Leaf crest similar to the Maple Leaf on the Canadian Flag as the country celebrated its centennial year in 1967, felt fabric numbers and lettering, one set of thin-wide-thin stripes adorning the waist and both elbows, no shoulder patches, and a six-eyelet lace at the front of the neck. Pants adorned with a new white vertical stripe along the sides will also be worn by the hockey club for games in which the third sweater will be used."
This was right up there with where the 2012 Winter Classic and entry draft are going to be held (Philadelphia and Pittsburgh) as the worst kept secrets in hockey.
But the Toronto Maple Leafs finally officially unveiled the third jersey they'll wear 14 times this season, beginning with opening night against the Montreal Canadiens on Oct. 6.
According to the team's website, the jersey "is an identical throwback to the 1967 to 1970 time period in team history." The design was leaked online back on Sept. 17 when they showed up at the Buffalo Sabres store a few weeks early.
Former Leafs Darryl Sittler and Wendel Clark joined current Leafs Luke Schenn and Colby Armstrong in showing off the new threads at the team's sports bar, Real Sports, next to the Air Canada Centre this afternoon.
Jerseys featuring the names Crabb, Zigomanis and many others are now available exclusively at the team store.
Here are the games (nine home and five on the road) they'll be wearing the jersey this season:
Oct. 6 vs. Montreal
Oct. 29 vs. Pittsburgh
Nov. 5 vs. Boston
Nov. 12 vs. Ottawa
Nov. 19 vs. Washington
Dec. 3 at Boston
Dec. 5 at N.Y. Rangers
Dec. 17 vs. Vancouver
Jan. 7 vs. Detroit
Jan. 13 at Buffalo
Feb. 4 at Ottawa
Feb. 29 at Chicago
March 24 vs. N.Y. Rangers
March 31 vs. Buffalo
The good news is that the Leafs are likely set to make a bundle on these things, and what NHL team needs money more than Toronto?
Maybe it'll go to that $20-million revenue sharing cheque they seem to be on the hook for every year.
Here are the highlights of the new outfit as provided by the team today:
"A solid, snow white, wool-felt, 11-point Maple Leaf crest similar to the Maple Leaf on the Canadian Flag as the country celebrated its centennial year in 1967, felt fabric numbers and lettering, one set of thin-wide-thin stripes adorning the waist and both elbows, no shoulder patches, and a six-eyelet lace at the front of the neck. Pants adorned with a new white vertical stripe along the sides will also be worn by the hockey club for games in which the third sweater will be used."
To the Montreal Canadiens.....THANK YOU!
TORONTO - Not long ago, Mikhail Grabovski being face first in the ice in Ottawa would not have had such a happy ending for him or the Maple Leafs.
Grabovski either wouldn’t have returned from being laid out by Chris Neil or come back with a recklessness that might have put himself or the team in trouble — forget about capping his short-handed goal by setting up Clarke MacArthur’s insurance tally.
But Grabovski has gone from boy to man since his first year in Toronto, on the ice as the team’s durable two-way centre/pre-season alternate captain and more worldly at large as a new father and acclimatized Torontonian.
“Growing in my head,” is how he humorously put it on Wednesday, handling a full media scrum that might have intimidated him in the past. “I’m 27 now. This is my third or fourth year. I have a great line (with Nikolai Kulemin and MacArthur) and the coach gives me ice time. It’s so much better that the coach believes in you. He gives me a chance to play and I work hard.”
Under Ron Wilson, the Belarusian noted his ice time has gone from 59 games and 16:47 minutes a night a year ago to 81 games and 19 minutes per game last season. He leads the in scoring Leafs this pre-season with six points and in the absence of the injury-bugged line of Joffrey Lupul, Tim Connolly and Phil Kessel, is centring the undisputed top unit on the team.
With MacArthur and fellow-Russian speaker Nikolai Kulemin (this Beatle fan calls them Mac n’ The USSR) Grabovski has been able to show all facets of his game.
“I think he has been comfortable after he got through the first year,” said Wilson, referring to then-GM Cliff Fletcher acquiring Grabovski from Montreal.
“His English is a lot better than he lets on. His girlfriend (Kate) is Canadian, he has one child (Lily) and one on the way, so he’s basically going to be Canadian. You can see that in his play. You knock him down, he gets back up. He gets a bad cut, he goes in and comes back out as quickly as possible.
“That’s why I say he’s the toughest guy on our team. You can’t hurt him, he’s like a Weeble.” (Which wobble but don’t fall down, if recollections of our childhood toy collection are correct.)
Grabovski came to the Leafs as a hot-head, running afoul of fans and teammates in Montreal when he pouted after being made a healthy scratch. The petulance was not forgotten by some Habs who targeted him as a Leaf, in particular countryman Sergei Kostitsyn.
He shoved an official during one exchange with Kostitsyn, received a three-game suspension and angered his new team for getting into a public altercation with fans during the Vancouver Olympics. But since the start of 2010-11, Grabovski has been a model citizen.
“When I started (the NHL) was different for me,” Grabovski said. “But now I have some experience. (Now) you feel different on the ice, you feel the puck, you feel the ice, you feel the partners.
“I think we have a great team this year, lots of guys from last year on the same lines. If we play the way we did at the end of last year, we can make success this year. Personally I feel great, ready for a new season.”
If Grabovski has a wild streak now, it’s manifested itself in his going to the net, which the goal-starved Leafs welcome.
“He does all that little detail work,” Wilson added. “The only thing he has to get better on is faceoffs and he works on that and watches a lot of video.
“I’ve got used to him, and now you have two new assistants (Greg Cronin and Scott Gordon). They haven’t seen him play much and now it’s, ‘Oh, this guy’s a pretty good player’. And the kind of player that coaches appreciate.”
That Grabovski still had his head on straight after Neil nailed him underlined what Wilson meant.
“That’s why I have an ‘A’ on him some nights, as a reward for how professional he has been. You don’t have to say anything, it’s in the way he approaches practices and a game. He works as hard if not harder than anyone else. He’s had issues in particular with one team and he’s got over that now. He realizes how important he is to our team, that it’s important he be on the ice.”
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/28/the-evolution-of-grabovski
TORONTO - Not long ago, Mikhail Grabovski being face first in the ice in Ottawa would not have had such a happy ending for him or the Maple Leafs.
Grabovski either wouldn’t have returned from being laid out by Chris Neil or come back with a recklessness that might have put himself or the team in trouble — forget about capping his short-handed goal by setting up Clarke MacArthur’s insurance tally.
But Grabovski has gone from boy to man since his first year in Toronto, on the ice as the team’s durable two-way centre/pre-season alternate captain and more worldly at large as a new father and acclimatized Torontonian.
“Growing in my head,” is how he humorously put it on Wednesday, handling a full media scrum that might have intimidated him in the past. “I’m 27 now. This is my third or fourth year. I have a great line (with Nikolai Kulemin and MacArthur) and the coach gives me ice time. It’s so much better that the coach believes in you. He gives me a chance to play and I work hard.”
Under Ron Wilson, the Belarusian noted his ice time has gone from 59 games and 16:47 minutes a night a year ago to 81 games and 19 minutes per game last season. He leads the in scoring Leafs this pre-season with six points and in the absence of the injury-bugged line of Joffrey Lupul, Tim Connolly and Phil Kessel, is centring the undisputed top unit on the team.
With MacArthur and fellow-Russian speaker Nikolai Kulemin (this Beatle fan calls them Mac n’ The USSR) Grabovski has been able to show all facets of his game.
“I think he has been comfortable after he got through the first year,” said Wilson, referring to then-GM Cliff Fletcher acquiring Grabovski from Montreal.
“His English is a lot better than he lets on. His girlfriend (Kate) is Canadian, he has one child (Lily) and one on the way, so he’s basically going to be Canadian. You can see that in his play. You knock him down, he gets back up. He gets a bad cut, he goes in and comes back out as quickly as possible.
“That’s why I say he’s the toughest guy on our team. You can’t hurt him, he’s like a Weeble.” (Which wobble but don’t fall down, if recollections of our childhood toy collection are correct.)
Grabovski came to the Leafs as a hot-head, running afoul of fans and teammates in Montreal when he pouted after being made a healthy scratch. The petulance was not forgotten by some Habs who targeted him as a Leaf, in particular countryman Sergei Kostitsyn.
He shoved an official during one exchange with Kostitsyn, received a three-game suspension and angered his new team for getting into a public altercation with fans during the Vancouver Olympics. But since the start of 2010-11, Grabovski has been a model citizen.
“When I started (the NHL) was different for me,” Grabovski said. “But now I have some experience. (Now) you feel different on the ice, you feel the puck, you feel the ice, you feel the partners.
“I think we have a great team this year, lots of guys from last year on the same lines. If we play the way we did at the end of last year, we can make success this year. Personally I feel great, ready for a new season.”
If Grabovski has a wild streak now, it’s manifested itself in his going to the net, which the goal-starved Leafs welcome.
“He does all that little detail work,” Wilson added. “The only thing he has to get better on is faceoffs and he works on that and watches a lot of video.
“I’ve got used to him, and now you have two new assistants (Greg Cronin and Scott Gordon). They haven’t seen him play much and now it’s, ‘Oh, this guy’s a pretty good player’. And the kind of player that coaches appreciate.”
That Grabovski still had his head on straight after Neil nailed him underlined what Wilson meant.
“That’s why I have an ‘A’ on him some nights, as a reward for how professional he has been. You don’t have to say anything, it’s in the way he approaches practices and a game. He works as hard if not harder than anyone else. He’s had issues in particular with one team and he’s got over that now. He realizes how important he is to our team, that it’s important he be on the ice.”
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/28/the-evolution-of-grabovski
Leaf Clarke MacArthur to miss 3 games due to suspension
Maple Leafs winger Clarke MacArthur will sit out Saturday’s pre-season finale and two regular season games for a hit on Detroit’s Justin Abdelkader.
MacArthur leveled Abdelkader, who didn’t have the puck, at the end of Friday night’s game in Detroit. No penalty was assessed on the play. But after a hearing early Saturday, NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan ruled that MacArthur’s hit was an illegal blow to the head.
The suspension will cost MacArthur $35,135.14 U.S. based on his average salary, according to the league.
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Maple Leafs winger Clarke MacArthur will sit out Saturday’s pre-season finale and two regular season games for a hit on Detroit’s Justin Abdelkader.
MacArthur leveled Abdelkader, who didn’t have the puck, at the end of Friday night’s game in Detroit. No penalty was assessed on the play. But after a hearing early Saturday, NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan ruled that MacArthur’s hit was an illegal blow to the head.
The suspension will cost MacArthur $35,135.14 U.S. based on his average salary, according to the league.
[video=youtube;4pxiPspNCCg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pxiPspNCCg&feature=player_embedded[/video]
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