NHL 08: Restoring Glory - The Toronto Maple Leafs

[DeToxRox]

RULES
Skill Level: All Stare
Periods: 10 Minutes
Rosters: Game current (so I won't have opening night ones, no biggie though)

SLIDERSS

Sliders: Untouched besides maxed penalties

FORMAT

I'll play one game, sim two, and so forth.

[DeToxRox]

Maple Leafs News

- The Toronto Maple Leafs made a ground breaking deal today that has left fans and pundits alike scratching their heads. In a deal showcasing new GM Danny Wilson's philosophy of aggressive, hard hitting defense and gritty young forwards, the Leafs dealt team Captain Mats Sundin and Wade Belak to the LA Kings for Dustan Brown and Jack Johnson. Johnson is the centerpiece of the deal as he will be put in the Leafs opening night lineup alongside new captain Bryan McCabe.

[DeToxRox]

2007-08 Maple Leaf Lineup

Line 1: Tucker - Wellwood - Peca
Line 2: Blake - Antropov - Brown
Line 3: Bell - Steen - O'Neill
Line 4: Ponikarovsky - Satjan - Kilger

D 1: McCabe - Johnson
D 2: Kaberle - Kubina
D 3: Colaivoco - Gill

G 1: Toskala
G 2: Raycroft

[DeToxRox]

GAME 1: Ottawa @ Toronto

First Period

An up and down first period saw the top line of the Senators move all over the ice and manage the games first goal as Dany Heatly scored from Eaves and Meszaros at 8:13 to make it 1-0 Ottawa.

A Michael Peca penalty gave the Sens a great chance to score but Mark Bell stole an errant pass and broke in a lone on Ray Emery, sniping him top shelf glove side to tie it up on the SHG.

Following another Leafs penalty, the Sens PP continued to struggle, leading to an odd man break following Darcy Tuckers penalty completion. Ponikarovsky made the dish across to Nik Antropov who put it through Emery to make it 2-1 and thus finishing off the scoring for the first.

Second Period

Our boneheaded play costs us finally as Hal Gill goes off for roughing at the 8:45 mark. The Sens PP gets it down low and works their to perfection with great puck movement and lots of skating finally leading to Mike Fisher coming out of the corner and burying it top shelf blocker side on Toskala for the PP Goal. Assists to Eaves and Vermette.

We keep coming down the ice and getting shots on Emery but none in PSZ (Primary Shooting Zone) so we're settling for shots from the top of the cirlce out, something we must correct by getting the puck low and working from behind the net if we want to win this one.

Third Perod

Tied up to start the third the game kicked into absolute overdrive as 4:10 in Darcy Tucker scored on a quick wrister form Kubina and Toskala to give the Leafs a 3-2 lead. The potent Sens offense would jump right back though as 1:50 later Daniel Alfredsson tied it up from Corvo and Spezza on the Power Play.

A crazy bounce off of Jason Blakes skate right to the front of our net on a bad outlet pass led to Shean Donovan scoring from point blank range to make it 4-3 Sens. Two minutes later Oleg Saprykin would score, from Schubert and Donovan to make it 5-3.

The Leafs would cut the lead down to 5-4 with 5 minutes left on a beautiful outlet pass from Jack Johnson to Darcy Tucker who'd net his 2nd of the game but it was all for naught as Patrick Eaves scored the Empty Netter to ice it for the Sens as they skate away with a 6-4 win.

3 STARS

1st Star: Darcy Tucker (TOR) 2 G -1 A- 3 PT
2nd Star: Patrick Eaves (OTT) 1 G - 2 A - 3 PT
3rd Star: Jack Johnson (TOR) 0 G - 2 A - 2 PT

[DeToxRox]

GAME 2: Toronto @ Ottawa (SIM)

Pre-Game Notes: Andrew Raycroft gets the start as this is the second of a back to back set to open the season. All other lines stay the same sans Dustin Brown being promoted to the first PK unit.


FIRST PERIOD

No scoring

SECOND PERIO

OTT (1-0) O. Saprykin [McGrattan, Fisher]

THIRD PERIOD

TOR (1-1) A. Ponikarovsky [Kubina, O'Neill]
OTT (2-1) A. Vermette [Mcammond]
TOR (2-2) N. Antropov [Kubina, O'Neill]
OTT (3-2) C. Kelly [Meszaros]

[DeToxRox]

GAME 3: Montreal @ Toronto (SIM)

Pre-game Notes: Toskala is back in the lineup tonight and other then that we're rolling with our same lines for the time being. Let's hope our D steps up and our offense can get something going.

FIRST PERIOD

MON (1-0) A. Kovalev [Smolinski, Latendresse]

SECOND PERIOD

MON (2-0) A. Perezhogin [Plekanec, Latendresse]

THIRD PERIOD

TOR (2-1) J. Blake [Unassisted]
TOR (2-2) D. Brown [J. O'Neill]
TOR (3-2) A. Steen [N. Antropov, H. Gill]

FINAL SCORE
TOR 3 - MON 2

[Johnny93g]

Maple Leafs News

- The Toronto Maple Leafs made a ground breaking deal today that has left fans and pundits alike scratching their heads. In a deal showcasing new GM Danny Wilson's philosophy of aggressive, hard hitting defense and gritty young forwards, the Leafs dealt team Captain Mats Sundin and Wade Belak to the LA Kings for Dustan Brown and Jack Johnson. Johnson is the centerpiece of the deal as he will be put in the Leafs opening night lineup alongside new captain Bryan McCabe.

:eek: :eek: :confused: :confused: :( :( :mad: :mad:

Should have altleast got hometown boy Mike Cammalleri

[DeToxRox]

GAME 4: Carolina @ Toronto

FIRST PERIOD

We put together our best period of the year as we jump out of the gates laying the wood on the Canes, especially their star Eric Staal. We control the puck all over the Canes zone resulting in a Mike Commodore penalty and on the ensuing PP Alexei Ponikarovsky nets a one time goal from O'Neill and Colaiacovo to make it 1-0.

The Leafs keep up as Tomas Kaberle scores on a beautiful rip from the point. Helpers from Kilger and Tucker help make it 2-0 Toronto. Jeff O'Neill would keep the momentum going as he nets his own goal from Colaiacovo and Toskala to make it 3-0.

Carolina would take some momentum back as Craig Adams scored near the end of the period but a fight between Jack Johnson and Mike Commodore, with Jackson winning got the Leafs fans back on their feet to close out the first.

SECOND PERIOD

The bruising play continues for the Leafs as every chance we get to lay the wood we do. One specific hit by McCabe leads to an odd man rush by Jack Johnson who takes it deep around the net and puts a perfect pass to Darcy Tucker who slides it past Cam Ward to make it 4-1. That is how the second period would finish out.

THIRD PERIOD

The third period showed as good as we can be, we can be equally as bad. A goal by Ponikarovsky made it 5-1 and then we shut down for five minutes which allowed goals from Whitney and Staal to make it 5-3. The Canes clawed back but with the goalie pulled Dustin Brown scored in the open net to make it 6-3 and put a bow on a good effort for our club.

FINAL SCORE
TOR 6 CAR 3

[DeToxRox]

:eek: :eek: :confused: :confused: :( :( :mad: :mad:

Should have altleast got hometown boy Mike Cammalleri

It shouldn't have been lost on you I did get two Americans ;) I mean, I wanna' build a winning team, so gotta start with the winning nations! (ZING)

[DeToxRox]

GAME FIVE: New York Islanders @ Toronto

FIRST PERIOD

NYI (1-0) M. Satan [Sillinger, Sim]

SECOND PERIOD

NYI (2-0) M. Comrie [Satan, Guerin]
NYI (3-0) M. Comrie [Satan, Sillinger]
NYI (4-0) S. Bates [Comrie, Guerin]
TOR (4-1) J. Blake [McCabe, Wellwood]

THIRD PERIOD

NYI (5-1) M. Comrie [Guerin]

FINAL SCORE
NYI 5 - TOR 1

[DeToxRox]

GAME FIVE: Pittsburgh @ Toronto

Pre-game notes: Toskala starts tonight even after a rough outing vs the Isles. We're facing the leagues top young team and we'll be on our heels if we can't come out with our A game. This is a game Wellwood needs because if his struggles continue a line demotion is in his future.

FIRST PERIOD

PIT (1-0) J. Ruutu [Sydor, Gonchar]
TOR (1-1) J. O'Neill [McCabe, Steen]

SECOND PERIOD

PIT (2-1) J. Staal [Gonchar, Malone]
PIT (3-1) J. Staal [Eaton, Armstrong]
TOR (3-2) J. Blake [Tucker, Wellwood]

THIRD PERIOD

No scoring

FINAL SCORE
PIT 3 - TOR 2

[Johnny93g]

It shouldn't have been lost on you I did get two Americans ;) I mean, I wanna' build a winning team, so gotta start with the winning nations! (ZING)

HAHA, i never even thought of that. You did pick up 2 players i like, so I'll give you points. Mats Sundin ended up retiring after season one in my game, so based on that, its a great trade. I think you should make Tucker the captain though.

[DeToxRox]

HAHA, i never even thought of that. You did pick up 2 players i like, so I'll give you points. Mats Sundin ended up retiring after season one in my game, so based on that, its a great trade. I think you should make Tucker the captain though.

I did. I forgot about Tucker when I was going to make a Captain so he has the C, McCabe the A and Antropov got the other A for total house cleanage

[DeToxRox]

GAME 6: Toronto @ Buffalo

First Period

We make our presence known early with physical play and puck possession, what we hope will be our staples as a team but Ryan Miller looks stellar early turning away all 15 shots he faces and we go to the break scoreless.

Second Period

A great PK from our boys and subsequent breakout leads Mark Bell in off the strong side and he rips a shot five hole on Ryan Miller to make it 1-0. Pavel Kubina with the helper. Just 11 seconds later Bell again finds the twine on a one timer from Colaiacovo and Steen to make it 2-0 and give us a hell of a lot of momentum. The period finishes out with Jack Johnson level Johcen Hecht with a hip check, sending him off the ice with the help of the trainer.

Third Period

Up 2-0, we don't let up off of the gas and thanks to great cycling of the puck down low Dustin Brown finds Pavel Kubina at the point for an open blast that beats Miller top shelf to make it 3-0. Kaberle also chimed in with an assist. Alexander Steen would score next on a great feed from Dustin Brown to make it 4-0. As Toskala battled for his first SO of the year Brian Campbell scored coming out of the corner to make it 4-1. Jeff O'Neill would get that goal back from Steen and Colaiacovo and then a nice one timer from Drew Stafford would give the Sabres the games final goal, but it's too little too late.

Final Score

TOR 5 - BUF 2

Three Stars

1st Star - Alexander Steen (TOR) 1 G, 2 A, 3 PT
2nd Star - Mark Bell (TOR) 2 G, 0 A, 2 PT
3rd Star - Pavel Kubina (TOR) 1 G, 1 A, 2 PT

[DeToxRox]

GAME 7: Toronto @ Florida SIM

Pre-game notes: We keep the lineup the same as we have two days between games so everyone ought to be rested.

First Period

TOR (1-0) M. Stajan [McCabe, Kubina]
TOR (2-0) M. Bell [Steen, Kilger]

Second Period

FLA (2-1) N. Horton [Olesz, Weiss]
TOR (3-1) D. Brown [Colaiacovo]
TOR (4-1) N. Antropov [Kubina, Peca]

Third Period

FLA (4-2) R. Zednik [Jokinen]
FLA (4-3) O. Jokinen [Stumpel]

Final Score

TOR 4 -FLA 3

[DeToxRox]

GAME 8: Chicago @ Toronto

Pre-Game Notes: We let Raycroft start this game to give Toskala the day off to rest.

First Period

CHI (1-0) T. Ruutu [Vrbata, Williams]

Second Period

CHI (2-0) R. Vrbata [Ruutu, Lang]
CHI (3-0) R. Vrbata [Havlat, Seabrook]
TOR (3-1) M. Stajan [Colaiavoco, Tucker]

Third Period

TOR (3-2) T. Kaberle [Ponkarovsky, Wellwood]

Final Score

CHI 3 - TOR 2

[Travis]

Good stuff, I can't cheer for Toronto or Tucker, but will be following along ;) Was considering starting one up once the new rosters come out at the end of the month too, we'll see how motivated this gets me.

[duff88]

I never thought I'd see the day where the words Maple Leafs ang Glory were used in the same sentence... ;)

[DeToxRox]

Already seeing this will be challening. Dealing Sundin really hurt us offensivley but I love Brown and Johnson and they more then make up for it with how I like to play. That said, we will be lucky to be anything more then a 6th seed. Thankfully, I have a lot of cap room to work with so my goal is to add a superstar in FA.

[DeToxRox]

GAME 9: Atlanta @ Toronto

First Period

An up and down first three minutes saw a lot of action that was finally highlighted by the streaking Mark Bell score on Lethonen from O'Neill and Gill to give the Leafs a 1-0 lead. Later on the in the period however, Garnet Exelby would drive home a blast from the point for a PPG, tying it up at 1-1.

Just a few minutes later Jim Slater knotted the Thrashers second goal to give them a 2-1 lead before Dustin Brown tied it up at the 18:11 mark from Tucker and McCabe.

Second Period

The second period was relativley quiet as each team sured up defensivley, but Mike Peca managed to give Toronto the lead on a nice one timer from Ponikarovsky and Antropov at the 11:22 mark.

Third Period

The constant physical attack of the Leafs finally made it's mark on the Thrashers at they were beaten down to the point of no return. Jeff O'Neill would make it 4-2 at the 9:11 mark from Gill and then Peca took over scoring unassisted to make it 5-2, and then a minute later, on a feed from Tucker to give him the hat trick to make it 6-2. Jack Johnson also chimed in with a helper.

Dustin Brown would keep the pressure up to make it 7-2 with a SHG and running Lethonen to the showers in the process. Assists from Gill and Kaberle. Dupuis and Hossa would score junk goals to make it 7-4 but the game was well in hand by then.

FINAL SCORE

TOR 7 - ATL 4

Three Stars

1st Star: Mike Peca (TOR) 3 G, 0 A, 3 PT
2nd Star: Dustin Brown (TOR) 2 G, 0 A, 2 PT
3rd Star: Hal Gill (TOR) 0 G, 3 A, 3 PT

[DeToxRox]

GAME 10: Toronto @ Pittsburgh (SIM)

First Period

PIT (1-0) E. Malkin [Crosby, Whitney]
PIT (2-0) S. Crosby [Roberts, Orpik]

Second Period

No scoring

Third Period

TOR (2-1) C. Kilger [O'Neill, Stajan]
TOR (2-2) M. Bell [Ponikarovksy, Kaberle]
TOR (3-2) J. O'Neill [Steen, Kubina]
PIT (3-3) E. Malkin [Roberts]

Overtime

No Scoring

Shootout

PIT wins 1-0

Final Score

PIT 4 - TOR 3

[DeToxRox]

GAME 11: Toronto @ New York Rangers (SIM)

First Period

TOR (1-0) C. Kilger
TOR (2-0) M. Peca [Johnson, Brown]
NYR (2-1) J. Jagr [Drury]
NYR (2-2) P. Prucha [Gomez]

[B]Second Period

TOR (3-2) J. Blake [Tucker, McCabe]
NYR (3-3) P. Prucha [Straka]

Third Period

TOR (4-3) N. Antropov [Tucker, McCabe]

Final Score

TOR 4 - NYR 3

[DeToxRox]

I decided I'll sim 4 games for every 1 I play right now only because this first season is going to be a long one

[DeToxRox]

GAME 12: Washington @ Toronto (SIM)

First Period

TOR (1-0) M. Peca [Tucker, Blake]

Second Period

WAS (1-1) B. Gordon [Roenick, Semin]
WAS (2-1) M. Nylander [Clark, Pothier]
TOR (2-2) D. Brown [Colaiacovo]

Third Period

WAS (3-2) A. Ovechkin [Semin]
TOR (3-3) T. Kaberle

[B]Overtime

No scoring
WAS wins shootout

Final Score

WAS 4 - TOR 3

[DeToxRox]

GAME 13: Toronto @ New Jersey

First Period

TOR (1-0) D. Tucker [Peca, Blake]
NJ (1-1) B. Gionta [Elias, Vishnevski]
NJ (2-1) D. Zubrus [Elians, Brylin]

Second Period

TOR (2-2) J. O'Neill [Antropov, Wellwood]
NJ (3-2) B. Gionta [D. Zubrus]

Third Period

TOR (3-3) D. Brown [Gill, Kubina]

Overtime

TOR (4-3) J. Blake [Tucker]

Final Score

TOR 4 - NJ 3

[DeToxRox]

October Summary

Eastern Conference Standings

1. Pittsburgh - 21 points
2. Carolina - 18 points
3. Ottawa - 17 points
4. Buffalo - 17 points
5. Toronto -16 points
6. Boston - 14 points
7. Florida - 14 points
8. Atlanta - 14 points

Western Conference

1. Colorado - 18 points
2. Dallas - 16 points
3. Chicago - 15 points
4. Calgary - 17 points
5. San Jose - 15 points
6. Anaheim - 14 points
7. Detroit - 14 points
8. Nashville - 13 points

Scoring Leaders

1. Martin St. Louis (TB) 7 - 16 - 23
2. Vincent Lecavailer (TB) 10 - 13 - 23
3. Sidney Crosby (PIT) 12 - 10 - 22
4. Jarome Iginla (CAL) 12 - 9- 21
5. Jason Spezza (OTT) 6 -13 -19

Toronto Leaders

Goals: Dustin Brown - 7
Assists: Darcy Tucker - 10
Points: Darcy Tucker - 14
PIM: Mark Bell - 35

[DeToxRox]

GAME 14: Toronto @ Montreal

The two win Canadiens play us remarkably tough and skate away with a 5-2 win for their third W of the season. I accidentally clicked out before getting the stats so I don't have a good write up for this one but we just got leveled.

[DeToxRox]

GAME 15: Toronto @ Ottawa

First Period

TOR (1-0) M. Peca [Tucker, Brown]
TOR (2-0) J. Johnson

[B]Second Period

TOR (3-0) J. Blake [Kubina, McCabe]

Third Perod

OTT (3-1) P. Eaves [Volchenkov, Corvo]
TOR (4-1) A. Steen [McCabe, Bell]
OTT (4-2) D. Heatley [Fisher, Alfredsson]
OTT (4-3) Alfredsson [Heatley, Spezza]

Final Score

TOR 4 - OTT 3

[DeToxRox]

GAME 16: Toronto @ Buffalo (SIM)

First Period

TOR (1-0) J. O'Neill [Steen]
TOR (2-0) M. Stajan [Kubina, Kaberle]
BUFF (2-1) Vanek [Kotalik, Roy]

Second Period

TOR (3-1) J. Blake

Third Period

BUF (3-2) J. Pominville [Spacek, Afinogenov]

Final Score

TOR 3- BUF 2

[DeToxRox]

GAME 17: NY Rangers @ Toronto (SIM)

First Period

TOR (1-0) C. Kilger [McCabe, Ponikarovsky]

Second Period

No scoring

Third Period

NYR (1-1) P. Prucha [Drury, Rozsival]
NYR (2-1) M. Straka [Drury, Malik]

Final Score
NYR 2 - TOR 1

[DeToxRox]

GAME 18: Montreal @ Toronto

First Period

No scoring

Second Period

No scoring

Third Period

TOR (1-0) K. Wellwood [McCabe]
TOR (2-0) D. Tucker [O'Neill, Gill]
MTL (2-1) A. Perezhogin [Murphy]
MTL (2-2) A. Perezhogin [Plekanec, Kovalev]
MTL (3-2) C. Higgins [Markov, Cullimore]
TOR (3-3) J. Blake [Wellwood, Tucker]

Overtime

TOR (4-3) A. Steen [Wellwood, Blake]

Final Score

TOR 4 - MTL 3

[DeToxRox]

GAME 19: Toronto @ Boston (SIM)

First Period

BOS (1-0) P. Schaffer [Chara, Ward]

Second Period

TOR (1-1) J. Blake
BOS (2-1) M. Sturm [Bochenski, Axelsson]

[B]Third Period

BOS (3-1) P. Kessel [Ward, Schaffer]

Final Score

BOS 3 - TOR 1

[Johnny93g]

How's Pogge doing with the Marlies? Are you looking at movine Raycroft?

[DeToxRox]

How's Pogge doing with the Marlies? Are you looking at movine Raycroft?

Pogge is doing okay, nothing spectacular.

As far as Raycroft, my hope it to deal him soon, along with Gill because Kronvall needs to see some time with the big club. It'll also open up more money for FA next year where there should be quite a few big names available.

Plus, I can accomplish all this while not really hurting our core because Gill is servicable at best and Toskala is definetly our #1.

[Johnny93g]

Pogge is doing okay, nothing spectacular.

As far as Raycroft, my hope it to deal him soon, along with Gill because Kronvall needs to see some time with the big club. It'll also open up more money for FA next year where there should be quite a few big names available.

Plus, I can accomplish all this while not really hurting our core because Gill is servicable at best and Toskala is definetly our #1.

Lets hope you are right about the big name Free agents. During my season, I had to replace Sundin's offense via trade, because the pickings were very slim in the open market.

[DeToxRox]

Trade

Toronto bolstered their weak crop of Centers today by trading Andrew Raycroft and Hal Gill to Tampa Bay for C Tim Taylor, G Johahn Holmqvist and a 2nd round pick. The deal opens up the way for young D Stefon Kronvall to see PT as well as clear some more cap space off of the books.

[DeToxRox]

GAME 20: Ottawa @ Toronto

First Period

Daniel Alfredsson puts on a show in the first period by netting a natural hat trick on us and giving the Sens a huge 3-0 lead until Ponikarovsky scored with 14 seconds left from Steen and Kronvall to give us some momentum heading into the break.

Second Period

Steen gives us another big point, this time scoring from Wellwood and Colaialcovo but Toskala gives it right back on a weak goal scored by Dany Heatley to send us to the final period down 4-2.

Third Period

We come out blazing in the third but we end up down on a 5-3 PK when we get a huge boost. A turnover from Ottawa in their own end leads to a Jack Johnson blast for the SHG and cuts out defecit to 4-3. Then, 59 seconds later, Darcy Tucker scores another SHG to tie it up at 4. Sadly, a turnover in our own end leads to an unassisted Chris Phillips goal to seal it for the Sens 5-4. Near the end of the game we also lose Darcy Tucker to an injury from receiving a hip check. No prognosis yet.

Final Score

OTT 5 - TOR 4

Three Stars

1st star: Daniel Alfredsson (OTT) 3 G, 1 A, 4 PT
2nd star: Ray Emery (OTT) 61 saves
3rd star: Dany Heatley (OTT) 1 G, 2 A, 3 PT

[Travis]

Trade

Toronto bolstered their weak crop of Centers today by trading Andrew Raycroft and Hal Gill to Tampa Bay for C Tim Taylor, G Johahn Holmqvist and a 2nd round pick. The deal opens up the way for young D Stefon Kronvall to see PT as well as clear some more cap space off of the books.

Hey hey whoa. This is a Maple Leafs dynasty is it not? How are you going to explain them suddenly being cap smart and responsible? What happened to realism and house rules to keep it that way? ;)

[Johnny93g]

Trade

Toronto bolstered their weak crop of Centers today by trading Andrew Raycroft and Hal Gill to Tampa Bay for C Tim Taylor, G Johahn Holmqvist and a 2nd round pick. The deal opens up the way for young D Stefon Kronvall to see PT as well as clear some more cap space off of the books.

What's Holmqvist's rating? On the surface, looks like a solid trade. Taylor can play on the 3rd or 4th, less salary on the books. Nice trade.

[DeToxRox]

What's Holmqvist's rating? On the surface, looks like a solid trade. Taylor can play on the 3rd or 4th, less salary on the books. Nice trade.

Holmqvist is a 77. He'll see some time but Raycroft made about 3x more then him.

[DeToxRox]

Injury News

Darcy Tucker strained his groin vs Ottawa and will be out until the end of November leaving us with a big hole at LW. We decide to shake up all our lines as a result ..

LINE 1: Peca - Wellwood - Brown
LINE 2: Blake - Antropov - O'Neill
LINE 3: Bell - Taylor - Steen
LINE 4: Ponkarovsky - Stajan - Kilger

[DeToxRox]

GAME 21: Boston @ Toronto (SIM)

First Period

BOS (1-0) P. Bergeron (Wideman, Bochenskvi)

Second Period

BOS (2-0) M. Savard (Chara, Alberts)
TOR (2-1) D. Brown
TOR (2-2) T. Taylor [Peca, Kaberle]

[B]Third Period

BOS (3-2) C. Kobasew
BOS (4-2) P. Kessel [Bergeron, Sturm]
BOS (5-2) M. Sturm [Murray, Bochenski]
TOR (5-3) M. Bell [A. Steen, K. Wellwood]
TOR (5-4) A. Steen [B. McCabe]

[B]Final Score

BOS 5 - TOR 4

[DeToxRox]

GAME 22: Toronto @ Dallas
TOR 3 - DAL 5
TOR Goals: Ponkiarovsky, Kaberle, McCabe

GAME 23: Toronto @ Pheonix
TOR 2 - PHX 4
TOR Goals: Bell, Ponkiarovsky

(Darcy Tucker is back earlier then expected so he is in for our next game. We go back to our normal lines)

GAME 24: Montreal @ Toronto
MON 5 - TOR 4 (OT)
TOR Goals: Kubina, Stajan, Bell, Brown

[DeToxRox]

NHL News

Dallas deals Mattias Norstrom to Florida for Stephen Weiss

[DeToxRox]

Toronto @ Atlanta

First Period

The Leafs come out hot, looking to end their 5 game losing streak as quick goals by Antropov (Johnson, Kubina) and Blake (Peca) make it 2-0. Bobby Holik would cut the deficit to 2-1 before Toronto was again on the attack with Bell (Taylor, Colaiacovo) and Steen (Ponikarovsky, Stajan) making it 4-1 going into the second stanza.

Second Period

Ilya Kovalchuk would score a snipers goal to make it 4-2 before Dustin Brown got dirty in front tipping in a Jack Johnson blast to make it 5-2 as we headed into the second.

Third Period

The fans got their moneys worth in the third as within the span on two minutes there were three fights. Bryan McCabe and Andy Sutton would be round one. Jack Johnson and Garnett Exelby would be round two and the main event was a battle between captains as Darcy Tucker and Bobby Holik went to town. Sadly this gave the Thrashers momentum and three unanswered goals from Krog, Hossa and Kovalchuck sent us into OT.

Overtime

Each team had chances but the extra frame ended 5-5 so we went into a shootout where Kovalchuck scored a highlight reel backhand goal to give the Thrahsers a 1-0 win in the shootout and a 6-5 win in the game.

Final Score

ATL 6 - TOR 5

Three Stars

1st Star: Ilya Kovalchuck (ATL) 2 G, 1 A, 3 PT
2nd Star; Bobby Holik (ATL) 1 G, 2 A, 3 PT
3rd Star: Marian Hossa (ATL) 1 G, 1 A, 2 PT

[DeToxRox]

November Summary

Eastern Conference

1. Carolina - 34
2. Ottawa - 33
3. Philadelphia - 32
4. Boston - 32
5. Pittsburgh - 32
6. Washington - 30
7. New Jersey - 30
8. Buffalo - 28
13. Toronto - 24

Western Conference

1. Colorado - 34
2. Detroit - 33
3. Dallas - 32
4. Minnesota - 34
5. Edmonton - 29
6. Los Angeles - 29
7. Anaheim - 28
8. St. Louis - 27

Scoring Leaders

1. Brian Rolston (MIN) 18 + 23 = 41
2. Daniel Alfredsson (OTT) 18 + 21 = 39
3. Pavel Demtria (MIN) 11 + 26 = 37
4. Marian Gaborik (MIN) 18 + 19 = 37
5. Vincent Lecavalier (TB) 16 + 21 = 37

Toronto Leaders

Goals: Dustin Brown (10)
Assists: Kubina (14)
Points: Blake (20)
PIM: Bell (81)

[DeToxRox]

GAME 26: Pittsburgh @ Toronto
PIT 3 - TOR 1
TOR Goals: Ponkarsky

GAME 27: Nashville @ Toronto
TOR 3 - NSH 2
TOR Goals: Kubina, Bell, McCabe

GAME 28: Toronto @ NY Rangers
TOR 5 - NYR 3
TOR Goals: Steen, Colaiacovo, O'Neill, Tucker, Peca

GAME 29: Boston @ Toronto
TOR 3 - BOS 1
TOR Goals: Wellwood, Steen, Colaiacovo

GAME 30: Tampa Bay @ Toronto
TOR 3 - TB 2 (OT)
TOR Goals: Steen, Kaberle, Antropov

[DeToxRox]

GAME 31: Toronto @ Atlanta

Go read Game 25 .. it's the same f'ing scenario. We go up 3-0, let them come back, and the third period turns into one big offensive cluster f with Atlanta coming out on top 8-6 on the heels of a goal and 4 assists from Holik and 3 goals and 1 assist from Hossa. Worst part is Kovalchuck didn't play.

[DeToxRox]

GAME 32: Toronto @ Montreal
MON 4 - TOR 3 (OT)
TOR Goals: Kaberle, Tucker, Peca

GAME 33: Toronto @ Carolina
TOR 5 - CAR 2
TOR Goals: Clicked out before I saw

GAME 34: Toronto @ Tampa Bay
TB 3 - TOR 2 (OT)
TOR Goals: Blake, Bell

GAME 35: Toronto @ Florida
TOR 4 - FLA 2
TOR Goals: Tucker (3), Wellwood

GAME 36: Toronto @ NY Islanders
TOR 5 - NYI 4
TOR Goals: Blake, Brown, Tucker, O'Neill, Stajan

[DeToxRox]

Toronto News

We get a message from Vesa Toskala saying he wants out of Toronto for no apparent reason. Unfortunatley for him he won't get his way and he'll stay between the pipes for us until a deal can be made.

[DeToxRox]

GAME 32: Toronto @ Philadelphia

This was another case of me forgetting to get the stats before I advanced but it didn't matter. We lose 5-2 and were never really in the game. All I do recall is Danny Briere was in on about four of their goals and we had no answer for him at all.

[DeToxRox]

GAME 33: NY Rangers @ Toronto
NYR 4 - TOR 3
TOR Goals: Tucker, O'Neill, Wellwood

[DeToxRox]

December Summary

Eastern Conference

1. Ottawa - 55
2. Pittsburgh - 54
3. Carolina - 49
4. New Jersey - 47
5. Boston - 44
6. Buffalo - 44
7. Atlanta - 44
8. Washington - 43
10. Toronto - 40

Western Conference

1. Colorado - 56
2. Dallas - 46
3. Detroit - 45
4. Edmonton - 52
5. Minnesota - 46
6. Los Angeles - 43
7. Anaheim - 40
8. San Jose - 37

Scoring Leaders

1. Daniel Alfredsson (OTT) 28 + 34 = 62
2. Dany Heatley (OTT) 30 + 28 = 58
3. Pavel Demitra (MIN) 17 + 40 = 57
4. Brian Rolston (MIN) 26 + 31 = 57
5. Marian Gaborik (MIN) 26 + 31 = 57

Toronto Leaders

Goals: Dustin Brown (13)
Assists: Pavel Kubina (23)
Points: Darcy Tucker (33)
PIMS: Mark Bell (128)

[DeToxRox]

GAME 34: Tampa Bay @ Toronto
TOR 3 - TB 1
TOR Goals: Blake (2), Tucker

GAME 35: Toronto @ Pittsburgh
TOR 3 - PIT 2
TOR Goals: Antropov, Blake, Steen

GAME 36: Philadelphia @ Toronto
TOR 4 - PHI 1
TOR Goals: O'Neill, Blake, Tucker (2)

GAME 37: Toronto @ Anaheim
TOR 2 - ANA 1
TOR Goals: O'Neill, Bell

GAME 38: Toronto @ Los Angeles
TOR 4 - LA 2
TOR Goals: Peca, Brown, Blake, Taylor
Note: Sundin scored both LA Goals

[DeToxRox]

So idiotically I went to the next game and hit sim until this day .. sadly I was a week off so I just simmed four more games on accident.

[DeToxRox]

GAME 39: Toronto @ San Jose
SJ 3 - TOR 2

GAME 40: Carolina @ Toronto
TOR 4 - CAR 3

GAME 41: Toronto @ Boston
TOR 3 - BOS 0

GAME 42: Ottawa @ Toronto
TOR 5 - OTT 4

[DeToxRox]

Toronto @ New Jersey

First Period

We go to the sin bin four times and NJ manages to capitalize on two of those with goals from Elias and Gionta to make it 2-0. We manage to make a dent in the lead with a goal from Nik Antropov but momentum is on the Devs side.

Second Period

Mark Bell scores us a SHG to tie it up but a turnover in our own end leads to a Sergi Brylin goal and a 3-2 Devils lead. Gionta would score his second of the night moments late on a nice feed from Elias to make it 4-2 going into the third.

Third Period

We amp up our pressure in the third but to no avail as Marty Brodeur stands on his head to preserve a 4-2 Devils win.

Final Score

NJ 4 - TOR 2

[DeToxRox]

GAME 44: Washington @ Toronto
WAS 3 - TOR 2 (OT)
TOR Goals: Wellwood, Peca

GAME 45: Toronto @ Washington
TOR 4 - WAS 3 (OT)
TOR Goals: Wellwood (2), Brown, Steen

[DeToxRox]

2007-08 All Star Game
West 4 - East 2
Bryan McCabe is our only player on the East. He finished with an assist.

[DeToxRox]

GAME 46: St. Louis @ Toronto
TOR 4 - STL 2
TOR Goals: Tucker, Blake, Bell, O'Neill

GAME 47: Toronto @ Carolina
TOR 4 - CAR 3
TOR Goals: Bell, Brown (2), Antropov

GAME 48: Ottawa @ Toronto
TOR 4 - OTT 2
TOR Goals: Tucker, Wellwood, Antropov, Blake

[DeToxRox]

January Summary

Eastern Conference

1. Ottawa - 81
2. Pittsburgh - 75
3. Carolina - 62
4. Philadelphia - 66
5. Toronto - 65
6. New Jersey - 64
7. Boston - 61
8. Atlanta - 56

Western Conference

1. Edmonton - 69
2. Detroit - 62
3. Los Angeles - 61
4. Colorado - 69
5. Minnesota - 68
6. Dallas - 59
7. San Jose - 54
8. Calgary - 54

Scoring Leaders

1. Marian Gaborik (MIN) 37 + 45 = 82
2. Brian Rolston (MIN) 34 + 45 = 79
3. Daniel Alfredsson (OTT) 37 + 40 = 77
4. Pavel Demitra (MIN) 24 + 53 = 77
5. Dany Heatley (OTT) 37 + 38 = 76

Toronto Leaders

Goals: Jason Blake (22)
Assists: Bryan McCabe (34)
Points: Jason Blake (51)
PIM: Mark Bell (179)

NOTE: I seem to have simmed a few more games then I thought on accident as we've played 56 games. Must've been a brain fart.

[DeToxRox]

Florida @ Toronto

Another game with lots of scoring and once again we come out on the losing end as Toskala plays a very weak game in net. We were coming from behind all night before we finally tied it with a McCabe PPG with 2:35 left. Sadly, we'd give out the GWG to Olsez with 45 seconds left to let Florida escape with a 5-4 win.

[DeToxRox]

Toronto @ Montreal
TOR 4 - MTL 3 (SO)
TOR Goals: Kubina, Stajan, O'Neill

Detroit @ Toronto
DET 3 - TOR 1
TOR Goal: Kaberle

Toronto @ Buffalo
TOR 4 - BUF 3 (SO)
TOR Goals: Tucker (2), Blake

NY Islanders @ Toronto
NYI 4 - TOR 2
TOR Goals: Kubina, Peca

Boston @ Toronto
BOS 1 - TOR 6
TOR Goals: O'Neill, Brown, Taylor, Steen, Ponkiarovsky, Bell

[DeToxRox]

The regular season was taking far too long and being that I am sick I played well into the night before deciding to sim until the playoffs so a year end/pre playoff update is coming

[DeToxRox]

2007 - 08 NHL Playoffs

Eastern Conference

#1 Pittsburgh vs #8 Carolina
#2 Ottawa vs #7 Boston

#3 Washington vs #6 New Jersey
#4 Philadelphia vs #5 Toronto

Western Conference

#1 Detroit vs #8 Vancouver
#2 Colorado vs #7 San Jose

#3 Los Angeles vs #6 Edmonton
#4 Minnesota vs #5 Calgary

For the playoffs I'll play 1, sim 2.

[DeToxRox]

2007-08 Regular Season Scoring Leaders

#1. Marian Gaborik (MIN) 58 + 69 = 127
#2. Dany Heatley (OTT) 51 + 69 = 120
#3. Pavel Demitra (MIN) 41 + 78 = 119
#4. Sidney Crosby (PIT) 45 + 69 = 114
#5. Daniel Alfredsson (OTT) 52 + 62 = 114

Toronto Leaders

Goals: Jason Blake (30)
Assists: Bryan McCabe (46)
Points: Jason Blake (68)
PIMs: Mark Bell (238)

[Travis]

::fingers crossed for the Oilers::

[DeToxRox]

Toronto News

Going into game one we have Holmqvist in net as Toskala is currently out with a groin problem and it's questionable when he will be able to return. We take a gamble and promote Justin Pogge to backup netminder. Also out is Pavel Kubina who is indefinitie with a shoulder injury but he could be back at some point this series. In his place is Walsner.

[DeToxRox]

Game 1: Toronto @ Philadelphia

First Period

Each team came out banging in the first period showcasing what playoff hockey is all about. The goalies, Biron and Holmqvist both stood on their heads making numerous outrageous saves to keep the game at 0-0 as the first period came to a close.

Second Period

The second period was the same as the first as each team got shot after shot but couldn't put it past either 'tender. Finally, exactly 10 minutes in to the period Kyle Wellwood hit an outlet pass to Darcy Tucker who got it over to a struggling Mike Peca. Peca put it between the defensemens legs and went around for a breakaway where he buried it backhand top shelf to make it 1-0. That is how the second would end.

Third Period

The Flyers amped up the pressure but the entire club was equal to the task. Finally, after controlling the puck for an extended time in the Flyers end Jeff O'Neill put a shot on net. The rebound kicked out to a waiting Nik Antropov at the backdoor to make it 2-0 Leafs. With 45 seconds to go and Jack Johnson in the box, the Flyers with the 6 on 4 advantage would score a goal as Briere tallied the PP marker to make it 2-1. Thankfully Kyle Wellwood would put one in the empty net to make it 3-1 and give the Leafs a 1-0 lead.

Final Score

TOR 3 - PHI 1
TOR leads the series 1-0

Three Stars

1st Star: Martin Brion (PHI) 44 SV's
2nd Star: Johan Holmqvist (TOR) 30 SV's
3rd Star: Mike Peca (TOR) 1 G, 1 A, 2 PT

[DeToxRox]

Game 2: Toronto @ Philadelphia
PHI 5 - TOR 4
TOR Goals: Taylor, Steen, Blake, Stajan
Series tied at 1-1

Before game three we get word Toskala is ready to play so we insert him between the pipes at home. Furthermore we get word Kubina is ready to go as well, giving us our full compliment of players.

Game 3: Philadelphia @ Toronto
PHI 3 -TOR 2
TOR Goals: Brown, Kaberle
PHI leads the series 2-1

[DeToxRox]

Game 4: Philadelphia @ Toronto

First Period

Things look bleak early as the Flyers score two goals in 56 seconds as Briere and Gagne light the lamp. A timeout is called to gather the troops and they respond. The fourth line comes out and immediatley make an impact grinding and pounding on the Flyers. The pressure causes a turnover which Kaberle in turn rips from the point. Steen sitting in front tips it home to make it 2-1.

A minute later Tim Taylor comes onto the ice and gets a pass from Antropov. Taylor splits the Flyers D and buries it five hole on Biron to tie it at 2. The assault would continue as Darcy Tucker and Matt Stajan would both score before the period ended to make it 4-2 Leafs heading into the break.

Second Period

The Flyers would come out both guns blazing in the second leading to a Ben Eager goal to make it 4-3, but once again the Leafs wouldn't be detered as Jeff O'Neill would score on a one timer from Ponikarovsky, and then Dustin Brown would light the lamp with a beautiful snipe over Biron's blocker shoulder to make it 6-3, and in turn sending Biron to the showers.

Third Period

Toronto would play D the rest of the way and only allow a goal with 42 seconds left to Kapanen to make it 6-4 but at that point the game was long over as Toronto evens the series at 2-2.

Final Score

TOR 6 - PHI 4
Series tied at two

[DeToxRox]

Game 5: Toronto @ Philadelphia
PHI 5 - TOR 3
TOR Goals: Tucker, Antropov, O'Neill
PHI leads the series 3-2

Game 6: Philadelphia @ Toronto
TOR 5 - PHI 2
TOR Goals: Tucker, Kaberle, Brown, Kubina, Stajan
Series tied at 3

[DeToxRox]

Game 7: Toronto @ Philadelphia

First Period

The Leafs jump out to a quick two goal lead thanks to a Kaberle rip form the point and then Peca picking up garbage and banging home the rebound. Thanks were looking great until the buzzer sounded because the magic of the first period would be lost the rest of the game.

Second Period

The only goal of the second period was a Simon Gagne breakaway where he buried it five hole on Toskala. The rest of the period the teams played even up but momentum was definetly catch up with the Flyers.

Third Period

Daniel Briere would score 2:28 into the third from a one time feed by Gagne to make it 2-2. Then a Jeff Carter rebound goal made it 3-2 and the Flyer fans were rocking. A weak goal from behind the net by Gagne made it 4-2 with 4 minutes left and the Leafs looked done. Darcy Tucker would score with 48 seconds left to make it 4-3 and then the Leafs would get a PP to end the last 30 seconds but Jason Blake drilled the post with 7 seconds left and the game ended wth a Flyers 4-3 win.

Final Score
PHI 4 - TOR 3
PHI wins the series 4-3

[DeToxRox]

2007 - 08 NHL Playoffs

Eastern Conference

#1 Pittsburgh vs #8 Carolina
Carolina wins 4 - 1

#2 Ottawa vs #7 Boston
Ottawa wins 4 - 2


#3 Washington vs #6 New Jersey
New Jersey wins 4 - 0

#4 Philadelphia vs #5 Toronto
Philadelphia wins 4 - 3

Carolina vs Ottawa
Carolina wins 4 -1

Philadelphia vs New Jersey
Philadelphia wins 4-0

Eastern Conference Finals
Philadelphia vs Carolina
Philadelphia wins 4-0

Western Conference

#1 Detroit vs #8 Vancouver
Vancouver wins 4 - 2

#2 Colorado vs #7 San Jose
Colorado wins 4 - 2

#3 Los Angeles vs #6 Edmonton
Los Angeles wins 4 - 0

#4 Minnesota vs #5 Calgary
Calgary wins 4 - 0

Colorado vs Vancouver
Vancouver wins 4 - 1

Calgary vs Los Angeles
Calgary wins 4 - 2

Western Conference Finals
Vancouver vs Calgary
Vancouver wins 4 - 2

Stanley Cup Finals
Philadelphia vs Vancouver
Philadelphia wins 4 - 3

[DeToxRox]

2007 - 08 Awards

Stanley Cup: Philadelphia Flyers
Presidents Trophy: Pittsburgh Penguins
Art Ross: Marian Gaborik, Minnesota Wild
Hart Memorial: Marian Gaborik, Minnesota Wild
James Norris: Alexi Zhitnik, Atlanta Thrashers
Lady Byng: Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings
Calder: Rob Schremp, Edmonton Oilers
Conn Smythe: Daniel Briere, Philadelphia Flyers
Veznia Mikka Kiprusoff, Calgary Flames
William Jennings:Mikka Kiprusoff, Calgary Flames
Bill Masterson: Maxim Afinogenov, Buffalo Sabres
Jack Adams: Michel Therrien, Pittsburgh Penguins
Frank Selke: Ruslan Fedotenko, New York Islanders
Lester B. Person: Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins
Maurice Richard: Marian Gaborik, Minnesota Wild