TheStar.com - Sports - Leafs get boost with Blake

TheStar.com - Sports - Leafs get boost with Blake: "The thing coach Paul Maurice used to hate about new Leaf Jason Blake is what he loves most about him now.

'What I like about Jason is that I really didn't like him,' said Maurice. 'I didn't like coaching against him. I didn't like how hard he competed. He's a guy that you're cursing.'

Now, thanks to a five-year, $20 million (all figures U.S.) free-agent contract signed last night, Blake is a Leaf, not a New York Islander. Maurice believes fans at the Air Canada Centre will be singing his praises instead of hurling insults."

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