Ian White

Quick Hits:

-Salary is $513,000
-Drafted with Toronto's 6th round choice, 191st overall, in 2002
-5'10 185lbs
-Born in Steinbach, MB, Canada on 04 Jun '84
-Has been named to the 2002-03 CHL Second All-Star Team (Canadian Major Junior), and WHL East First All-Star Team, and 2001-02 WHL East Second All-Star Team, he also won the 2001-02 WHL Brad Hornung Trophy (Most Sportsmanlike Player)
-08-May-07: Re-signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs to a three-year contract extension

STATS
GP G A PTS +/- PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG GTG PIM SH PCT
44 2 9 11 -7 0 1 0 0 1 0 26 60 3.3

Hal Gill

Quick Hits:

-Salary is $2,050,000
-Drafted with Boston's 8th round choice, 207th overall, in 1993
-Was aquired by the Leafs as an unrestricted free agent July 1, 2006.
-6'7 250lbs
-Born in Concord, MA, United States on 06 Apr '75
-01-Jul-06: Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Toronto Maple Leafs to a three-year contract.
-Led the team in Plus Minus last year with a +11
-Played for Lukko Rauma(Finnish League) during the lockout

STATS
GP G A PTS +/- PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG GTG PIM SH PCT
15 1 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 14 7.1


Hal Gill last year was refered as the whipping boy of the Toronto fans. People called for his head everyone wanted him out. Its amazing how many people didnt like but take or leave it hes great player for the buck. He in my mind was one of the best pickups by JFJ. He is a big defenceman who is very hard to play against if your battling with him. He has had a tremendous start to the season and led the team in +/- last year and already is a plus 5 to start this year. Although Gill is not quick on his skates and does not have a great offensive ability. I like Gill and I think he is one of the most underapreciated guys on the team.

TSN/Sportsnet Career potential: Top Six Defenceman

Player Profiles

Finnaly i'm continuing my player profiles for the Leafs today. With that I am also going to do OHL,WHL,QMJHL,AHL, and ECHL players throught the year it will take a while but it will be interesting no doubt. I will make seperate blogs to link for each league and link them to this one. Also a side note I will not be posting between Saturday and Monday.

Recap: Tor at Buf

The Leafs honestly were very lucky that Briere and Drury were not on the Sabres anymore because they coughed up the puck and gave open looked so many times i'm suprised the Leafs came that close to winning. The bad play really showed itself in the 3rd period when they coughed up four goals to Buffalo but Toronto answered back and Kilger scored two goals to keep it tied. The most dissapointing thing was with 3 second left in OT, McCabe accidently puts it into his own net when he was trying to clear. The best players on the ice had to be Antropov,Kilger,Stajan,Steen and Gamache. Gamache has been excellent this year since his call up its amazing hes had 4 points in 3 games why didn't the keep him out of training camp instead of Newbury people this guy is amazing. Antropov its amazing I never though I would say Antropov and Leads the Leafs in Goals and the League in +/- its amzing this guy deserves his dues and is finnaly starting to hit his true potential. Raycroft did not play a horrible game and was really let down by his defence, but at the same time don't be suprised if mister Toskala plays thursday. And oh ya the leafs lost 5-4 in overtime sad to see it but atleast theres a point out of it.

Around the World of Sports

The Sens winning streak was ended this week from the hands of the Canes, Cammaleri and Heatley are tied for the lead in Goals with 6 but Sundin and Antropov are tyed in the lead for Plus/Minus with 7. Niklas Backstrom-can he be Stopped, with a 4-0 record and 2 shutouts and a stunning GAA of 1.00 and only has given up 1 goal this year 5 on 5 and thats not all his backup cant be beat either Josh Harding is 1-0 with a shutout keeping the Wild with a undeafted record. While Kevin Weeks has the same amount of wins as Brodeur and Don Waddel is not guarenting the playoffs currently with the Thrashers the only team in the NHL without a point. My Baseball picks are doing well the Rockies are up 3-0 in the series to the D-Backs while the Tribe are neck to neck with the BoSox. Whats up with this Steinbrenner threatens Torre and then steps down, its a sad day when you know George Steinbrenner is not at the head of the yankees to threaten people,meh I can still watch Seinfeld re-runs(George is getting angry). And the Blue Jays hire Gary Denbo....................................it must be a temporary fill their wating to give it to Jason Phillips or Joe Torre :). Staying on hockewy topics future Toronto Maple Leaf John Tavares is off to stellar star with the Generals with 22 Points in 8 Games in his latest game he notched a hat trick with 5 points while projected number 1 pick for this years draft Steve Stamkos has 9 points in 8 games with the Sting. Moving from future Leaf Prospects to current Dale Mitchell has 5 points in 8 games with the Generals . I got to see the Bellville Bulls play the Petes it was a good game, watch out for Belesky on the Bulls and Trevor Cann on the Petes both really impressed me. More sports ummmm Wendeys kicked for a million the guy missed every kick, man thats gotta suck but he didnt put a lot of power and accuracy into the kick. Alright Everyone enjoy our next segment of around the world of sports next Monday.