Remember Grabs?  Mikhail Grabovski was that speedy little centre we plucked out of Montreal, but you're forgiven if you forgot about him.  He hadn't scored in a while, but he notched his first OT goal last night to help the Leafs secure two points against the lowly Islanders. We have

Curtis Joseph reached quite the milestone last night.  He's the sixth goalie in league history to allow 2,500 goals.  Congratulations, Cujo! In other news, Jason Spezza was caught cheating.  Dude was using an illegal stick.  The Sens have to cheat to win, spread the news. Current Record Last GamesSeason

I was at this game, and I can tell you the Oiler fans were as loud, if not louder than the Leaf fans.  It's only the second Oilers visit to the ACC since the lockout, and I think every transplanted Edmontonian in the city made it out last night. The

I admit it.  I'm wrong about a couple of things. Firstly, this is not the worst Leafs team in the history of the franchise.  The Maple Leafs are 5-0-3 in their last eight, which won't get them into the playoffs, but will likely take them out of the John Tavares

It's all making sense now.  I was baffled when the Toronto Maple Leafs picked up Martin Gerber, but I see now there's a method of Brian Burke's madness. Take a look at the custom crest they have Martin Gerber wearing here in Toronto.

During his first trade deadline day as Leafs GM, Brian Burke made two trades.  That's it.  And he traded the two guys we all knew were being moved.  And both Nik Antropov and Moore scored us a combined two second round draft picks and one conditional pick.  That's it. Oh

The Toronto Maple Leafs have dealt centre Dominic Moore to the Buffalo Sabres for a second round draft pick. Dominic Moore was a pleasant surprise for the blue and white, claimed off waivers from the Minnesota Wild just over a year ago.  He's got 12 goals and 29 assists in

Nik "Bane of my Existance" Antropov has been traded to the New York Rangers for a 2nd round pick and a conditional pick. Admittedly, Antropov had a pretty decent season last year, but he's still my appointed whipping boy in the absence of Aki Berg.  The native of Kazakhstan played

The Leafs have made their second move of the day, picking up defenseman Erik Reitz off waivers from the New York Rangers. I had to Google this guy to find out who the hell he is.  Reitz has two points in 42 games with the Rangers and Minnesota Wild this

The Toronto Maple Leafs have picked up Martin Gerber off re-entery waivers from the Ottawa Senators. Rumours on the Internets have Vesa Toskala getting shut down so he can have surgery.  Even without Tosky, I don't see the need to add Gerber for the remainder of the season.  Can't Cujo

It's deadline day.  Moore and Antropov are as good as gone.  Does Burke have anything else up his sleeve?  Stay tuned, it should be an interesting day for Leaf fans. If you thought this instalment of the Maple Leafs would never make the record book, you were wrong.  We just

The NHL trade deadline is tomorrow at 3pm.  Rest assured, the entire staff at Toronto Mike is ready at the helm to report and comment on any trade involving the Toronto Maple Leafs. I'll be surprised if Nik Antropov, Alexei Ponikarovsky and Dominic Moore aren't moved by Brian Burke tomorrow.

Is it that time already?  Time for the annual Maple Leafs surge?  I remember this tease happens at this time every season.  At least I've noticed it since the lockout. These four wins in a row put us within seven points of Buffalo for the eighth and final playoff spot.

I wrote about Learn to Play Hockey with the Swansea Hockey Association before. My son wrapped up his second and final year in the program this morning and we got some great news.  My boy will be one of the Timbits playing during the first intermission of next Saturday's Maple

I'm glad to see Tim Stapleton scoring the shootout winner last night.  At Marlies games I've attended, he's always been a standout. That's three wins in a row.  Does this make Brian Burke a seller next week?  Are we going to make another run at 9th? Current Record Last GamesSeason

It seems we've finally found a team we can beat. Tosky, or Tosk as Ron Wilson calls him, has been sharp since coming back.  He’s turned aside 102 of 107 shots during the three games since and the Leafs have earned five of a possible six points. Current Record

Mark Bell is now a New York Ranger.  The Rangers just picked up the Marlies forward off re-entry waivers. Mark Bell came over with Vesa Toskala back in June 2007.  Later that summer, while at a BBQ, my brother Ryan told me Mark Bell could score 40 goals.  I almost

I wrote about following Brian Burke on Twitter about a month ago.  It was clearly a parody account and not the real Brian Burke, and it was pretty damn funny. It seems David Shoalts of the Globe and Mail has picked up on the story. Someone signed up with Twitter

The Leafs took 3 of 4 points this weekend, with Tosky making 39 saves yesterday in New York. It doesn't look like we'll be able to catch the Islanders for last place overall.  The Islanders have 42 points, 14 points less than the Leafs.  Still, a man can dream... Current

Let it be written that Mats returned to Toronto as a visitor and scored the shootout winner for Vancouver. I didn't see the game, but it sounds like the response was generally positive and only a few booed #13.  I was happy to hear that. Current Record Last GamesSeason Leaders21-26-12

Mats is visiting tomorrow.  I'm torn. Well over 300 entries on this blog contain the word Sundin.  He was the best player on our beloved Leafs since the 1994/1995 season.  He was quiet, private, classy and, we thought, loyal.  Then, Mats sold us out, signing with the Canucks in

Future Leaf Rick Nash scored late in the first, set up Kristian Huselius’ tying goal in the third and then fired home the shootout winner as the Blue Jackets beat Pogge and the Leafs. Justin Pogge made back-to-back starts for first time in his career, and he played much better