What is going on in Calgary? Why the sudden love affair with all the Toronto Leafs Cast-offs?

After the dust settled from the NHL’s latest installment of the ‘Trade Deadline’, and after the vultures stopped picking apart what was left of the withering Maple Leafs carcass, one couldn’t …Read the full article on Bleacher Report…

The Toronto faithful haven’t had much to cheer about for 20 or so years now, and the hatred has grown in their hearts for divisional arch rivals such as Montreal, Buffalo, and Ottawa…Read the full article on Bleacher Report…

from Lance Hornby of the Toronto Sun, For a tantalizing 24 hours, Brian Burke had the valued card that he had so badly wanted to play in the months counting down to Wednesday’s NHL trade deadline. Tomas Kaberle and agent Rick Curran put themselves in the big game, letting it be known they’d relent and waive his no-trade clause, pending Burke’s exploratory talks with three select clubs. But Burke either could not make something happen with such a limited field or had too little time, and the day ended with Kaberle aboard the flight to Boston with the rest of the Leafs for Thursday’s game.

This is probably about when people started to realize they had something special with this Flyers bunch.

Ponikarovsky is a Penguin, Stempniak is a Coyote, and the Toronto Maple Leafs are overwhelmingly Brian Burke’s.As of the trade deadline, 70% of the current Toronto Maple Leafs roster has been acquired by Burke. That’s a huge amount of turnover in about 18 months. To put it in perspective, after five years on the job, JFJ was responsible for acquiring 60% of the Leafs roster.

Ponikarovsky is a Penguin, Stempniak is a Coyote, and the Toronto Maple Leafs are overwhelmingly Brian Burke’s.As of the trade deadline, 70% of the current Toronto Maple Leafs roster has been acquired by Burke. That’s a huge amount of turnover in about 18 months. To put it in perspective, after five years on the job, JFJ was responsible for acquiring 60% of the Leafs roster

This is Borje Salming, the Toronto Maple Leafs Hall of Fame defenseman. He may not have been the greatest player of all time, but his legacy suggests he was arguably the most important.

Despite a last minute flurry of rumors and reports to the contrary, Tomas Kaberle remains a Toronto Maple Leaf, at least until the end of the playoffs.  While there were rumors circling about Philly, Boston, Washington and even Vancouver potentially being interested, in the end, it was clear Burke simply wasn’t offered what he was

Tomas Kablerle was willing to waive his no-trade clause, but GM Brian Burke couldn’t find a deal he liked enough to send the defenseman packing before the trade deadline.