Ahead this week on the bicentennial edition of AFITC, we resume our focus on the NHL after the delightful two week distraction of the Olympic Games. Three Leaf games this past week, we’ll guide you through those results before breaking down the trades consummated by Brian Burke at the deadline. An injury update on Mikhail Grabovski follows in the Revolving Door.

Quick Hits concludes the Redline Report with news on some contract signings, suspensions and other notable trades from around the league. Those were hard to find! In On The Bubble, Listener Contributions come your way from Twitter and Email. It’s a week off for the Gong Banger this week as we make room for Michael Landsberg, the Host of Off the Record on TSN and the Host of Whistler Olympic Daytime on CTV.

Rigamarole wraps the show with a look at NHL participation in future Olympic Games and why hockey fans shouldn’t worry about missing the chance to see the best players in Sochi, Russia in 2014. How the hell did we last for two hundred shows without driving each other insane? Who knows, this could be the day. This is Episode 5.25 of AFITC.

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As the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games wind to a close, let’s call this the Gold Medal edition. Ahead this week on AFITC, we’ll guide you through the triumphs in both men’s and women’s hockey and what triumphs they were. Later in the Redline Report, we’ll look at other medal performances from Canadian athletes and there were certainly a lot of them.

Quick Hits will touch on a few NHL notes as we gear back up for the restart of the NHL schedule next week. On The Bubble features some tremendous Listener Contributions from both email and the twitter account and another Olympic themed Troubling Fact of the Week.

In rigamarole, we take one last retrospective look at all that was great about the last two weeks of Olympic competition in Vancouver. It became known as the slogan of the Olympics, of sportsmanship, of courage, of accomplishment, of passion. One last time, I believe, I believe, I believe. This is Episode 5.24 of AFITC.

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This week on AFITC, we shift gears from the NHL to the Olympics with the Vancouver 2010 Games well underway and into the second week of competition. We’ll take you through the progress of Team Canada on both the men’s and women’s side of hockey tournament to kick start the Redline Report. Later we’ll take a look at the pinnacles of Canadian achievement thus far with eight medals won. Quick Hits shifts back to the NHL with dubious news on a pair of Maple Leafs.

In On The Bubble, Listener Contributions come your way with some great Tweets and Emails. The Junior Hockey Report follows with news on the playoff run for the St. Michael’s Buzzers and later, the Gong Banger stops by to ring in an Olympic edition of the Troubling Fact of the Week.

To wrap the program, rigamarole explains that there are no longer just six countries capable of winning medals at the men’s Olympic Hockey Tournament. It just doesn’t feel like the Olympics without a Brian Williams time check so in that case we’re recording live at 2pm EST, that’s 11am Pacific and 3:30pm in Newfoundland. This is Episode 5.23 of AFITC.

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This week on AFITC, we shift gears from the NHL to the Olympics with the Vancouver 2010 Games well underway and into the second week of competition. We’ll take you through the progress of Team Canada on both the men’s and women’s side of hockey tournament to kick start the Redline Report. Later we’ll take a look at the pinnacles of Canadian achievement thus far with eight medals won. Quick Hits shifts back to the NHL with dubious news on a pair of Maple Leafs.

In On The Bubble, Listener Contributions come your way with some great Tweets and Emails. The Junior Hockey Report follows with news on the playoff run for the St. Michael’s Buzzers and later, the Gong Banger stops by to ring in an Olympic edition of the Troubling Fact of the Week.

To wrap the program, rigamarole explains that there are no longer just six countries capable of winning medals at the men’s Olympic Hockey Tournament. It just doesn’t feel like the Olympics without a Brian Williams time check so in that case we’re recording live at 2pm EST, that’s 11am Pacific and 3:30pm in Newfoundland. This is Episode 5.23 of AFITC.

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Ahead this week on AFITC, we take you through the final two Maple Leafs games before the Olympic break against the San Jose Sharks and the St. Louis Blues. A new player comes to the Leafs from the Calgary Flames, this time via waivers. We’ll tell you who it is during the Leafs Note portion of the Redline Report. Later, we wrap the Report with Quick Hits featuring more injury news from Montreal, two trades including one involving a former Maple Leaf and a demotion for a one time Maurice Richard Trophy winner.

On The Bubble brings Listener Contributions from Twitter and Email, the Junior Hockey Report which discusses the progress of the St. Michael’s Buzzers in the first round of the Central Canadian Hockey League playoffs and an Olympic edition of the Troubling Fact of the Week.

Finally, we conclude the show with rigamarole and take a look at what faces Team Canada’s men’s Olympic hockey team. I’m going to be sad when the Olympics are over, I might never hear the word consortium again. This is Episode 5.22 of AFITC.

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Ahead this week on AFITC, the Maple Leafs have looked renewed and reenergized since the trades that shocked the Leafs Nation last week with two wins in three games this past week. We’ll take you through the details of two games against the New Jersey Devils as well as a meeting with the Ottawa Senators to begin the Redline Report. The Revolving Door brings bad news on Olympic dreams for a pair of injured Leafs.

We finish with Quick Hits featuring news on Mike Cammalleri, the blockbuster Ilya Kovalchuk trade and a minor transaction between the Wings and Flyers. On The Bubble brings contributions from Listener Email and the Twitter account along with another edition of the Junior Hockey Report with news on the last three St. Michael’s Buzzers regular season games and of course the Gong Banger in the Troubling Fact of the Week.

Finally to wrap the show, rigamarole takes a look at the recently improved play of Luke Schenn. The Olympics begin in less than a week, I’m feeling very Olympic today, how ‘bout you? This is Episode 5.21 of AFITC.

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This week on AFITC, a cataclysmic shift in the bedrock of Leafs Nation as Brian Burke says goodbye to six roster players while bringing in four new faces including big names Dion Phaneuf and JS Giguere in two separate transactions. Good deals? Where does it leave the Leafs and will it usher in a new more successful era? We`ll opine to kick start the Redline Report before taking you through losses to the LA Kings, New Jersey Devils and Vancouver Canucks last week.

Injury updates on a pair of players follow in the Revolving Door. Quick Hits features news on Anaheim Ducks netminder Jonas Hiller. On The Bubble brings some good Tweets for the Twitter account, the Junior Hockey Report and another Troubling Fact of the Week with more drama in Montreal.

Rigamarole wraps the show with a look at the Maple Leafs’ proficiency in a very dubious area of their game.

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In the wake of the major roster overhaul of the Toronto Maple Leafs that took place earlier this afternoon, we have decided to postpone Episode 5.20 of the program until Monday night.

In two separate transactions, the Maple Leafs brought in four new players while saying goodbye to six players from the current roster. In one trade, goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere was acquired from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Vesa Toskala and Jason Blake. In a second trade, defenseman Dion Phaneuf, forward Fredrik Sjostrom and prospect defenseman Keith Aulie were acquired from the Calgary Flames in exchange for Matt Stajan, Ian White, Niklas Hagman and Jamal Mayers.

As a podcast, our medium’s strength is not in the breaking of the news – major news networks obviously hold an edge on us in that department – but in the accuracy of the information we present and the strength of our opinions once all of the chips have fallen into place. Having planned to record the show at 11am on Sunday morning, it would have been counterproductive to proceed while so much was still uncertain.

As a result, we will record Episode 5.20 late on Monday night for release on Tuesday morning with full details on both transactions as well as our opinions on who won the respective deals, what drove them and where it leaves the Maple Leafs going forward. Until then, we welcome and encourage your opinions on these two blockbuster deals!

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Ahead this week on AFITC, if there were any further questions remaining as to whether the Maple Leafs might jump back into the playoff race one more time, they were answered quite clearly with a paltry one and four road trip. We’ll take you through those games to begin the Redline Report followed by a spin through the Revolving Door. Can fortunes be looked at as any brighter for this time next year? We’ll opine on that as well.

Quick Hits featuring Mike Peca, Georges Laraque, Eric Staal and Alex Ovechkin. On The Bubble delivers Listener Email, a brief addition of the Junior Hockey Report and a video clue for the Troubling Fact of the Week.

Rigamarole wraps the show with a look at the potential for not one but two active trading days this year and the chips that the Maple Leafs have to play with. All that and more right on Episode 5.19 of AFITC.

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Coming up this week on AFITC, three games last week for the Toronto Maple Leafs and only one victory, albeit a very convincing one over the Philadelphia Flyers. We’ll revisit each game to kick start the Redline Report. Are the Olympics saving Ron Wilson’s job? We’ll tell you what Brian Burke had to say regarding his coach’s future before spinning through the Revolving Door with another injury update.

Quick Hits takes a look at a big loss for the surging Anaheim Ducks and what could turn out to be a loss for Team Finland, along with a staggering night of netminding in a game last week between the New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils. On the Bubble brings more Listener Contributions, the Junior Hockey Report and an absolutely staggering Troubling Fact of the Week.

Rigamarole wraps the show as we weigh in on the Alex Burrows Stephan Auger saga that broke early last week. With still much uncertainty as to what was actually said in that infamous conversation between Burrows and Auger during the pregame skate, it would be nice for them to finally clear the air. They must have missed that day in grade one when you learned it’s not nice to keep secrets from the rest of the class. This is Episode 5.18 of AFITC.

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