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HEAD COACH
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Pat Quinn
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ROSTER
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C - Mats Sundin, Steve Sullivan, Alyn McCauley. LW -
Fredrik Modin, Steve Thomas, Todd Warriner, Derek King, Kris
King, Igor Korolev, Garry Valk, Ladislav Kohn, Lonny Bohonos. RW
- Sergei Berezin, Tie Domi, Mike Johnson, David Nemirovsky. D -
Bryan Berard, Sylvain Cote, Dimitri Yushkevich, Alexander
Karpovtsev, Jason Smith, Daniil Markov, Glen Featherstone, Tomas
Kaberle, Yanick Tremblay, Chris McAllister. G - Curtis Joseph,
Glenn Healy.
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INJURIES
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Alyn McCauley, c (concussion, indefinite); Fredrik
Modin, lw (collar bone, day-to-day); Alexander Karpovtsev, d
(foot contusion,, day-to-day).
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TRANSACTIONS
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NHL suspended Chris McAllister, d, two games.
Dallas Eakins, d, sent to St John's (AHL). Recalled Lonny
Bohonos, lw, from St. John's (AHL).
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GAME RESULTS
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02/24 Hurricanes T 2-2
02/25 at Islanders W 4-1
02/27 Panthers W 4-1
03/03 Devils L 5-2
03/04 at Blues W 4-0
03/06 at Senators L 3-1
03/08 at Rangers L 3-2
03/09 Lightning W 6-1
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STANDINGS
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Northeast Division GP W L T PTS GF GA
Ottawa 63 37 18 8 82 191 134
Toronto 64 35 24 5 75 203 187
Buffalo 64 29 22 13 71 170 143
Boston 63 27 26 10 64 163 148
Montreal 65 25 31 9 59 155 174
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TEAM NEWS
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by Jonah A. Sigel, Toronto Correspondent
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INTO THE FINAL TURN
After tonight's victory over Tampa Bay, the Leafs are left with
some 17 games to go. After a disappointing loss to the Sens, and
being robbed by the officials in NY, the Leafs got down to
business and pummeled the Bolts and ruined Wendel Clark's debut
at the ACC.
Once again the pundits were ready to pounce on the team had it
lost this game, it would have been the first time in a long while
since they had suffered three defeats in a row and to do so at
this juncture would have met with criticism to say the least.
The Leafs are still doing that which no one expected them to -
and which no one thought would last. They have sustained this
momentum all season, at least so far, and the fans have enjoyed
every moment. The team that could not find the net last season
is, and has been, near the top of the team goal scoring chart all
year. Defensemen who in the past seemed to be the cornerstone of
the rebuilding process, like Jason Smith, are seeing diminished
ice time for the simple reason that they are not able to carry
the play in the high tempo, Pat Quinn system.
As the deadline approaches, it should be interesting to see what
the Leafs do. To come this far and not help them out seems a
crime. However, the question remains a difficult one. If they
are to improve for this year, they are going to have to sacrifice
some youth. Teams out of the hunt are not going to be looking to
the Leafs for third or fourth liners in exchange for those
over-priced players who aren't performing. To get a Linden,
Rechhi, or Mironov, the Leafs are going to have to give up at
least one younger player/prospect/draft pick.
There lies the hardest point for team Maple Leaf. The club
clearly is deficient in certain areas, size for sure up-front and
perhaps in the back too. So ownership will be asked to swallow a
contract, it is unlikely that too many unrestricted free agents
or rent-a-players will be of much value to the Leafs. Dryden and
Co. seem to only want to sign these types before dealing for
them, so there will be more money and of course the youth. It
says here that if a mid-range player like a Warriner or either of
the Kings and or Sullivan plus one kid from the rock could land a
sizeable power forward or defender then the deal should be made.
Anything else, gulp, then it would be better to sit tight and go
with the guys that brought you there.
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