Jason Blake excited to be joining the Toronto Maple Leafs
"He's one of the biggest and strongest guys in the league"
(CP) - Jason Blake was laying it on thick, but he could be forgiven.
After all, it was his first appearance in front of a media throng since snatching a US$20-million, five-year contract from Toronto Maple Leafs GM John Ferguson within hours of becoming a free agent on July 1. He wasn't about to badmouth anybody or anything.
The Leafs are a great team, he said Thursday, ignoring the fact they haven't made the playoffs since 2004.
Toronto is the centre of the hockey universe, he suggested, overlooking the reality that the Leafs haven't won the Stanley Cup since 1967. Read more