I don't like the new Leafs' coach already:

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Luke Schenn, 18, signed his three-year entry level contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday. The Saskatoon native is currently living in a hotel -- all by himself -- in the big city.

Leafs head coach Ron Wilson was asked how he thought the kid would cope with the perils of urban life. "He's not going to be allowed to read a newspaper, or watch a TV," Wilson said. "I think he prefers watching Green Acres anyway, because of where he's actually from. We'll make sure he gets plenty of DVDs of Green Acres and maybe The Beverly Hillbillies, and shows like that, and he'll be fine."

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Ron Wilson sounds as if he's actually quite the dork.

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Originally posted by al-Qa'bong:
Hmmm, Ron Wilson might be just another narrow-minded bigoted Ontarian

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Toronto should be fun to follow this year, as we'll see a bunch of young guys develop, i.e. Nikolai Kulemin, Luke Schenn, Mikhail Grabovski, et cetera; some will succeed and some will fail.

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Toronto should be fun to follow this year, as we'll see a bunch of young guys develop, i.e. Nikolai Kulemin, Luke Schenn, Mikhail Grabovski, et cetera;

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Heavy on the "et cetera." I didn't know who I was cheering for most of the time tonight, which is really strange.

I could still gripe about Alexei Pokahontowski, tonight. How could the Leafs have kept this hack throughout their rebuilding process? While he's big, he's also slow, takes needless penalties, and is usually a step behind every play.

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I can see that.
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You deleted a reference to your grand-pere, a former Habs player and coach of the Rhode Island Reds. Who is this guy?

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Originally posted by al-Qa'bong:

You deleted a reference to your grand-pere, a former Habs player and coach of the Rhode Island Reds. Who is this guy?

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Well I'm glad you asked. He was one of the two principals described in ]this news piece[/URL] And he wasn't from Wawa, Ontario. I can say for sure that he had a mean streak. His brother Louis was actually a better overall player, and bigger. But grand had something about him the big team needed at the time. And that was protection on the ice for Joliat, Morenz, and Vezina when visiting Bean Town.

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I'd tip my hat if I were wearing one.

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Originally posted by al-Qa'bong:
Wow. You're descended from the only player to have ever been kicked out of the NHL, and a guy tough enough to take over the captaincy from the infamous Sprague Cleghorn.

I'd tip my hat if I were wearing one.

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The Canadiens improved in 3 positions; Alex Tanguay over Michael Ryder, Robert Lang over Brian Smolinski, and the addition of George Laraque to the 4th line. These are massive improvements.

Additionally, as one of the youngest teams in the league, all of their young guys should be better, Sergei and Andrei Kostitsyn, Guillaume Latendresse (he lost 10lbs and practiced skating everyday), Josh Gorges... oh and Roman Hamrlik seems to have caught fire this year.

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