general borschevsky
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When I was a kid, I delivered the newspaper to Rick Vaive, though it never occurred to me that it was a "job". I met Nikolai Borschevsky once in 1996. I got his autograph and asked him if he was still playing. He looked at me like I was crazy and then he said "yes". Then I looked at him like he was crazy. He actually won the Russian scoring title with Spartak in 96-97. Who knew?
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Van Ryn back in tonight?
Also, when do we get to see Ian White at forward?
Wilson, of course, doesn't have to worry about the wrath of the fans because management did such a great job selling the idea of a long, slow rebuild. Maurice's smile grew a little tighter.
"I wish for Ron the very best," he said. "Good luck to him. You can build as long as you want there."
We have to win this game. We just have to. I won't be able to stand Paul Maurice's smug, snarky, smirky, dry, dry - sand in the desert dry - humour if we don't.
Stralman Sent Down
Welcome to the Big Show, Jamie Sifers.
Christmas Contest: Live From Leaf Nation, It's Saturday Night!
by general borschevsky on Dec 13, 2008 5:59 PM EST
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This is going to feel like a long weekend, but not in a good way. I'm very happy with the way the Leafs played last night in Buffalo, and while I don't normally want them to play on back-to-back nights with travel, there's an aching desire to see them play tonight that won't be fulfilled. Except that it's not an aching desire, it's the natural order of things and the unpleasantness that I'm feeling is that order being disrupted. A Saturday night in December without the Maple Leafs is like Christmas without Santa. Like Halloween without candy. Like Wheel of Fortune without Vanna. It's like, what's the point? I waited all week for this. I had plans! I was going to watch hockey. And not just any hockey - not 2 boring conference rivals with marquee players battling for playoff positions - heck no, I was going to watch the Leafs! That's what I do every Saturday night in the winter. Those are my plans and I can't change them now.
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Forward Alexei Ponikarovsky missed Monday’s practice.
"I was going to tell you we traded him and you guys would go running," Wilson told a clutch of reporters. "But his wife had a baby at 3 a.m. last night. So, obviously, I excused him and congratulated him and he’ll be in the lineup tomorrow."
Was it a boy or a girl?
"He had a boy," Wilson said. "He named him Ron."
It's a Poni-boy! Congratulations to Alexei Ponikarovsky, and to, uh, Coach Ron Wilson, I guess. Good call, Alexei.
Kaberle = Superstar
by general borschevsky on Oct 30, 2008 1:06 PM EDT
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Editor's Note: The General takes a look at the Leafs' forgotten superstar in a great fanpost.
Congratulations to the Toronto Maple Leafs for their 6-5 shoot-out victory last night over the Devils. Congratulations to Toskala for the win and for killing the Cujo-switch experiment. Congratulations to Niklas Hagman for the beautiful, memorable winner, and getting a laugh from Marty too. And congratulations to Wilson and the entire team for showing that hustle and perserverance really do pay off.
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Kaberle = Superstar
by general borschevsky on Oct 30, 2008 11:19 AM EDT
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Congratulations to the Toronto Maple Leafs for their 6-5 shoot-out victory last night over the Devils. Congratulations to Toskala for the win and for killing the Cujo-switch experiment. Congratulations to Niklas Hagman for the beautiful, memorable winner, and getting a laugh from Marty too. And congratulations to Wilson and the entire team for showing that hustle and perserverance really do pay off.
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You're all clear kid! Now let's blow this thing and go home!
Did anybody in Vancouver get a similar letter?
by general borschevsky on Sep 25, 2008 11:30 AM EDT
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An open letter from Mats Sundin to the city of Toronto, and to the fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs, for whom he cares so deeply:
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Sundin Coming Home?
This is good. Really good.
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