Jonas Gustavsson’s Fantasy Impact

If you frequent this website or follow my analysis on DobberHockey and Twitter, the announcement that Jonas Gustavsson has signed with Toronto comes as absolutely no surprise. Even though I had personally been leaning towards Dallas as his final destination, you had to be living under a rock to not know Toronto was a great fit for him.   The are [...]

A Blind Step Over the Edge

From the mountains of Denver to the sunny beaches of San Jose, then from the sweltering southern humidity of Dallas to the media frenzy and tradition of Toronto, Jonas Gustavsson has experienced a multitude of different hockey cultures in just over one week. Along with his agent Joe Resnick, The Monster slung himself around North America looking for answers, insight and a high comfort level along his path to choosing an NHL suitor. He was treated like royalty in all four [...]

The Fantasy Impact of Francois Allaire

Some very interesting goalie news broke today when Francois Allaire, who has been with the Anaheim Ducks organization for the last 13 seasons, was hired as the new goaltending consultant for the Toronto Maple Leafs. They also announced that Corey Hirsch will still remain as the (a?) goaltending coach. For a lack of a better metaphor, Allaire was to Patrick Roy what Merlin was to King Arthur. He [...]

Parody Goalies on Twitter? Lame.

Yep. Fake pro goalie accounts on Twitter. We figured a few had to exist and sure enough, we found some. And you would think one or two of them might be REMOTELY funny and include some decent satire for your enjoyment, right? Boy, were we disappointed. What could have been pretty hilarious turned out to be quite lame.  Instead of getting a few laughs, we were left [...]

Trade Deadline Day!

4:18p … OLAF KOLZIG is traded to Toronto in part of a package deal with Tampa Bay. Olaf Kolzig is reunited with Ron Wilson, former Washington Capitals coach. Not sure what is up with this one but it’s obviously a depth move for the Leafs. ———————————————————————————————————- 3:33p … KEVIN LALANDE has been traded to Columbus for a 4th [...]