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The Toronto Maple Leafs will open the 2007-08 season on Wednesday, October 3 at home against the defending Eastern Conference champions the Ottawa Senators.

Other Leafs highlights include the annual Hall of Fame game on Sat. Nov. 10 - in which 2007 inductee Mark Messier and the New York Rangers visit Air Canada Centre - and Hockey Day In Canada on Sat. Feb. 9 when Toronto hosts the Detroit Red Wings in an afternoon matchup. Because of the NHL's unbalanced scheduling, the Northeast division teams will not play the Northwest division teams this season, eliminating the possibility of the traditional All-Canadian matchups on "Hockey Day".

In interconference games, the Leafs visit each team in the Pacific division once each, while hosting each team from the Central division (also once each).

Toronto's regular season ends on Saturday, April 5, 2008 in Montreal.

http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?service=page ... n=20072008

I absolutely hate the NHL's lack of creativity with the sched....why is it we always either open up against the Senaturds and Habs.....how about the Sabres, Pens, Rangers or Bruins.

I'd personally love a game with Buffalo....it helps they lost their two best players.....lol

...But thanks for the head up!

The consensus in the nhl seems to be that rivalries are good for business, which is why we won't see many teams from the west. I am getting a little tired of Ottawa on opening night myself.

This is turning into the Boredom of Ontario.

The-Insider wrote:The consensus in the nhl seems to be that rivalries are good for business, which is why we won't see many teams from the west. I am getting a little tired of Ottawa on opening night myself.

This is turning into the Boredom of Ontario.

The Leaf/Sens series was much more effective and interesting when the Leafs had a comparable and competitive roster with Ottawa.

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The Leaf/Sens series was much more effective and interesting when the Leafs had a comparable and competitive roster with Ottawa.

To be honest with, the leafs never did. The Sens just seemed to always fold in the playoffs.

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To be honest with, the leafs never did. The Sens just seemed to always fold in the playoffs.

Fold in the playoffs? That's not a general characteristic for a good, contending team. The Leafs may not have been comparable to Ottawa in terms of overall talent, but they were more of a competitive/well coached team. The Leafs were quite good a few years ago, especially in the 01-02, and 03-04 seasons. They never had that special "something" that could get them to the finals. They were close in 01-02, but lost a nail biter to the 'Canes.