http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?blogger_id=3Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:04:31 -0400 http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=16077 Boyle has NOT REFUSED to waive to go to all teams. Exchanged notes with a team that has interest and they were completely unaware of Boyle refusing to waive his NTC... Also Jason Smith may be closing in on a deal that would find him a Buffalo Sabre. Following this one as well as another Flyers rumour involving a d-man NOT named Boyle... That being said I continue to hear that Boyle is o Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:04:31 -0400Nhl blues Canadiens Maple Leafs Oilers Canucks Flyers Bruins panthers capitals Hurricanes flames avalanche oilers coyotes kings blackhawks blue jackets Sabres http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=16075 TORONTO (July 3) -- It isn't known whether 24-year-old Mikhail Grabovski was part of the compensation agreement between the Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens in the Mats Sundin sweepstakes, but neither does it matter anymore. Grabovski was rumored to be the player the Leafs would receive if the Habs had been able to sign Sundin before he became a free agent on Tuesday. That side-deal was consumma Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:46:31 -0400NHL Maple Leafs http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=16059 TORONTO (July 3) -- There's no sense in trying to figure out the motives and ponderings of Mats Sundin these days. Unlike 99% of the world's population, it's clear that money is neither a driving force, nor a deciding factor, in his late-career plans. Someone who knows Sundin estimated to me last winter that the veteran NHLer has more than $60 million in assets and investments, so what's another $ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:34:21 -0400Maple Leafs NHL http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=16019 TORONTO (July 1) -- Having signed a trio of players on the first day of free agency -- goalie Curtis Joseph, defenseman Jeff Finger and left-winger Niklas Hagman -- Maple Leafs' GM Cliff Fletcher tells me he is not finished bolstering his roster. "We'll be signing a defenseman from Europe that hasn't yet played in the NHL, and I'm still looking to hit a home run," Fletcher said in a brief phone ch Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:14:56 -0400Maple Leafs Stars Avalanche http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15967 TORONTO (June 30) -- Having as many as 10 roster positions to fill before the start of the regular season, Maple Leafs' general manager Cliff Fletcher will undoubtedly begin to reduce that number on the free agent market this week. The question is... with whom, and to what extent? Given that the club is in a restructuring mode, yet again, it is debatable whether Fletcher will be able to lure an Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:38:56 -0400Maple Leafs NHL http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15937 TORONTO (June 29) -- Maple Leafs' general manager Cliff Fletcher still has not received any first-hand update on whether Mats Sundin will play in the NHL next season. Fletcher said on Friday that he hoped to know what Sundin's intentions were by the end of the weekend, but that did not come to fruition. "I heard from another member of the media that [Sundin's] agent, J.P. Barry, had e-mailed so Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:46:30 -0400Canadiens Maple Leafs http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15924 TORONTO (June 28) – Though the parties involved are not able to comment, the Maple Leafs could be on the verge of bringing Curtis Joseph back to Toronto. Joseph – the best goalie the Leafs have had since their last Stanley Cup title in 1967 – is under contract to the Calgary Flames until Tuesday at noon, but a pair of independent sources have told me the Leafs are planning on making him an i Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:26:09 -0400Maple Leafs http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15915 TORONTO (June 27) -- The burgeoning quarrel between the Maple Leafs and Bryan McCabe will likely be settled before it escalates into a standoff, as the parties involved -- McCabe, agent Ian Pulver, and Leafs' GM Cliff Fletcher -- are reasonable, level-headed people. At the moment, however, it has become the sort of emotion-charged issue that is typical of anything Leafs related. The business natur Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:09:51 -0400Maple Leafs http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15898 COLLINGWOOD, Ont. (June 26) -- It was probably the most serene environment I've ever been in with Darcy Tucker. Rather than the cramped quarters of the dressing room -- quite often after a loss by the Maple Leafs -- this was virtual paradise... a landing that overlooked the 18th green here at the Georgian Bay Golf Club, with the blue waters of Georgian Bay in the background. Dressed in golf pants Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:52:07 -0400Maple Leafs http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15891 TORONTO (June 26) -- Pat Quinn was doing some reminiscing last night. I called the former Leafs' coach and general manager at his home in Vancouver, chiefly to talk about Darcy Tucker, the winger Quinn acquired from Tampa Bay in February, 2000. And, the big Irishman found it difficult to imagine Tucker in the jersey of a rival NHL club. "He's one guy I was really hoping would finish his career Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:40:41 -0400Lightning Maple Leafs