Fallen Leafs
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I call this one, ‘The “Psst, your team isn’t making the playoffs”’.
Unfortunately, this isn’t a rare piece.
Yet, he sits alone with only a crack of a smile on his face.
Bitter sweet.
HBO was so enamored with its groundbreaking experiment with the NHL and vice versa, it seems certain the relationship will continue with a follow-up next season.
Don’t worry, because it has to work out,” HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg told ESPN.com on Friday.
The reaction to “24/7 Penguins/Capitals: Road to the Winter Classic” — the four-part series that provided viewers an unprecedented view of the two clubs leading up to the outdoor game at Heinz Field on Jan. 1 — was so positive, Greenburg said the network couldn’t walk away from the project.
Anyone more eager to see their team in the Winter Classic?
As cool as it would be for the Toronto Maple Leafs to play in the Winter Classic, I rather not watch Brian Burke and Ron Wilson both looking at the NHL standings, shaking their heads and crying non-stop for the entire series.
After a solid playing career, (Gerry) Meehan became general manager of the Buffalo Sabres and selected Pierre Turgeon with the first overall pick in the 1987 entry draft, instead of highly touted prospect Brendan Shanahan. Meehan said that choosing between the playmaking Turgeon and the power forward from Mimico was “the toughest decision I ever made in my life… I think we made the right choice, but I can’t be sure.”“Growing up in Toronto and being a big Maple Leafs fan, I hated the Buffalo Sabres,” Shanahan later told Meehan, as the crowd chuckled. “You made the right pick.” (via Inside Toronto)
