Cue the trade rumours. Now that the Toronto Maple Leafs have re-signed defenceman John-Michael Liles to a fouryear contract worth US$15.5million, the obvious question becomes who gets moved out of here?
Their dentist had season tickets. They were two rows off the glass, down in the corner, and Mike Komisarek can still see them whenever he skates by, remembering what it was like to sit in those seats as a child, when the New York Islanders meant something.
Maybe it is because he was a top-10 draft pick on a team that tends to trade away its first-round selections, but there has always been a higher level of expectation with Nazem Kadri.
During times like these, when the forces of nature seem to be conspiring against him, James Reimer likes to thinks about his friend the farmer.
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Colby Armstrong was concussed in a game Saturday night but kept his symptoms a secret from the team until Monday afternoon, when he vomited, experienced blurred vision and provided an example of the challenges facing concussion awareness...
Patience has never really been Cody Franson's thing. He will admit that much.
Another injury to another Toronto Maple Leafs player was announced over the press box speakers as play began on Tuesday night, and while no details were offered for whatever was ailing Clarke MacArthur - other than the fact he was injured, and injured somewhere...