Now that the NHL Trade Deadline has come and passed, all 30 NHL teams have their rosters set heading into the final 20 game stretch and the playoffs. Here is who I think winners and losers are based on the roster they will finish the season and enter the playoffs with.
When the Los Angeles Kings signed Philadelphia Flyers scout and former General Manager of the San Jose Sharks, Dean Lombardi to be their President and GM on April 21st, 2006, they got one of the best talent evaluators in all of hockey.
“I don’t think I’m a backup goalie,” he said. “I obviously want to play a lot, and I know how good I can play. But like I said earlier, there are lots of things you can’t control in this league. I just do whatever I have to do here to help the team make the playoffs.
The Toronto Maple Leafs made a second trade Sunday afternoon, this time they sent Vesa Toskala to the Anaheim Ducks along with Jason Blake for JS Giguere.
The future is now for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Jonas Gustavsson.
On Friday, head coach Ron Wilson anointed the 25-year-old the team’s top goaltender and vowed to get him into as many games as possible until the season ends.
With another hard-earned lead squandered, the Leafs fell in Atlanta last night in what was a very win-able game against a resilient Thrashers squad that found a way to capitalize on late-game Leaf errors.
With their destiny in their own hands the Atlanta Thrashers took the ice last night against the Toronto Maple Leafs to try to regain some position in the Eastern Conference standings.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have placed John Mitchell and Vesa Toskala on the IR, they have also recalled Joey MacDonald, placed Jay Rosehill on waivers and are expected to recall Christian Hanson from the Marlies.
In an attempt to grant Scott Gordon his wish, the Islanders have a must win game tonight in Toronto.
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