It's been a coupla late nights but they've both been worth it. Last night I witnessed James Reimer providing solid NHL goaltending while backstopping the 600th career victory for Toronto Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson. Reimer stopped 36 shots while Clarke MacArthur scored two goals; Kessel and Gunnarsson rounded out the scoring.
There are four Leafs with winning records this year:
Colby Armstrong
James Reimer
Darryl Boyce
Joey Crabb
Have I left anyone out? The return of Armstrong and the promotion from the Marlies of the diligent trio of Reimer, Crabb and Boyce, has created a new chemistry on the Toronto Maple Leafs. The 6-5 shootout victory game against the St. Louis Blues on January 6th (I was very lucky to be at that game!) marked a resurgence in the Leafs offence, and combined with the 9-3 win the next night in Atlanta, moved the Leafs to the top of the class for 2011.
A statistician out there may want to look this up, however I believe the Maple Leafs are leading the league in 2011 for:
Wins
Goals For
Penalty Killing
If they are not at the top, they are very close in all 3 of those categories. Well done, Burkie and Wilson!
Next up: Thursday at Phoenix, 9pm Eastern, then home to host Calgary at the ACC, Saturday at 7pm.
Fixing Fix Our Forests
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The permitting reform bill that has made the most progress through Congress
is the Fix Our Forests Act, which I’ve written about here, here, and here.
And...
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