Joffrey Lupul at Maple Leafs

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Joffrey Douglas Sheldon Lupul is now playing for the Maple Leafs. You know, that Toronto team that keeps winning in an evil parallel universe..

According to James Mirtle writing in the Globe and Mail, Lupul exceeded expectations despite injury:

There were many pundits out there who saw Joffrey Lupul as merely an expensive salary dump when he landed in Toronto in February, a high-priced player coming off a terrible injury who the Toronto Maple Leafs took on as a way to land prospect defenceman Jake Gardiner. Twenty-five games into his tenure as a Leaf, however, Lupul has found a role, scoring eight goals and adding eight assists while playing on a line with Phil Kessel and Tyler Bozak.

Which may sound good, except that..

Those may not be $4.25-million worth of contributions, but on a team that struggled to score in the first half of the season (and lost a lot of games because of it), Lupul's presence has helped of late.

Indeed, Maple Leaf sucks. Here’s how Rick Mercer (CBC comic) introduces a new “Rogers innovation”:

Sources / More info: gm-lupul, wiki-lupul

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