If you exclude the two Saturday night games, this team has been competitive.  In fact, outside of Saturday night, we've either won in regulation or lost in a shootout.  Clearly this team takes weekends off with the rest of us. We almost won this thing in regulation, and in the

Sidney Crosby's timing is impeccable. He managed to score his 100th NHL goal, 200th assist and 300th career points against us last night.  His planning is meticulous, but of course, when you nail down that 100th goal and 200th assist, it's almost impossible not to secure that 300th point. Yesterday

I don't remember enjoying a 0-0 game quite as much as I enjoyed this one.  That third period, when the Rangers kept coming and coming and Tosky shut the door with a little help from the posts, was super fun.  We were out-shot 13-4 in that third period. It's safe

PR guys send me all the Bill Barilko-related news.  Here's something I just received. I was just browsing your blog and saw that you're a fan of Bill Barilko and wanted to let you know about a special charity auction we are holding that features the authentic 1951 Player of

I'm not a big Ryan Hollweg fan.  I'm okay with Matt Stajan being relegated to the press box, I'm just not a fan of Hollweg's undisciplined, dirty style that helped fuel the Blues' comeback this afternoon. The Leafs blew an early 3-0 lead, eventually losing 5-4 in a shootout.  Still,

Ladies and gentlemen, last night we were exposed.  We were exposed as the young, inexperienced, undisciplined team we are.  The victory over Detroit, as we suspected, was an aberration.  The egg we laid last night, as difficult as it was to watch, is more likely to become the norm this

Even though this team has been built to lose, I root for the blue and white.  It's in my blood.  When Nikolai Kulemin (nickname needed!) scored in the third, I cheered loudly.  I wanted the W. It's fun watching this team, because it's not the same old McCabe / Tucker / Sundin

Back in 1984, the movie 2010 was released.  It was a sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey and it was marketed with the tag line "The Year We Make Contact". I remember watching a Leafs game in 1984 when the camera closed in on a sign a fan had brought

Our Maple Leafs finished the pre-season 2-5-2, pretty much the winning percentage I've predicted for this team. With a few days before Thursday's season debut, it's time to focus on the positive.  I caught a few of the pre-season games and most of the highlights, and here are my thoughts.

It's nice to see Pension Plan Puppets, a fun little Leaf fan blog, enjoyed my Luke Schenn photoshoppery. I used that same picture again last week when I declared Luke Schenn was our Scott Stevens.  It took me five periods to realize how damn special this kid is.  He's already

I realize Luke Schenn's NHL career has just entered its fifth period of preseason play, but I've seen all I need to see. Luke Schenn is Scott Stevens.  And no, I'm never wrong about such things.

Prior to the start of the Terry Fox Run on Sunday, I spotted something in High Park I thought was extinct.  As it turns out, it's only endangered.  I saw a youngster wearing a #1 Raycroft Leafs shirt. I couldn't believe my eyes at first.  I did a double take

During the 1990-91 Toronto Maple Leafs season, I continued to wear my Leafs cap to Mr. Rocca's math class.  When your second leading scorer is Mike Krushelnyski with 39 points, you know it's a rough year.  That 1990-91 season was very rough indeed, and my classmates ridiculed me for continuing

In one horribly kept secret transaction, the Toronto Maple Leafs are sending Bryan McCabe and a draft pick to the Florida Panthers for defenceman Mike Van Ryn. As the Bryan McCabe era comes to a end, it's time to reflect upon #24 and what he meant to this city.  I

Do you remember Mats Sundin?  He was a nice Swedish fellow who wore #13 for the Toronto Maple Leafs the past 13 seasons.  He holds the franchise record for most goals and points and he's second in assists. Here we are, about to hit Labour Day weekend, and Mats is

It's July 22 and it's Mats Sundin, Mats Sundin, Mats Sundin, Mats Sundin, Mats Sundin, Mats Sundin, Mats Sundin. A Swedish newspaper reported he was set to sign with Vancouver, then his agent denied the claim.  Another Swedish newspaper conducted a poll asking fans where they think the free agent

The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired forward Ryan Hollweg from the New York Rangers for a 2009 fifth-round draft pick.  The 25-year-old has five goals and seven assists in 200 career NHL games, all with the Rangers.  New York will get Pittsburgh’s pick in next year’s draft, which we

The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired young forward Mikhail Grabovski from the Montreal Canadiens earlier today in exchange for a draft pick and a prospect.  That draft pick is a 2nd rounder in 2010 and that prospect is Greg Pateryn, a United States Hockey League defenceman we drafted in the 5th

Freddie P and I have agreed to disagree about many things, and one of those things is Mats Sundin.  Fred likes to diminish Mats' value in his blog.  As recently as this morning he went off on the absurd offer Vancouver reportedly made for Sundin's services.  This city, it seems,

I'm still getting over the big four year deal Cliff Fletcher gave The Finger and now I've logged on to learn we've handed out another big four year deal to yet another unproven player. No, this isn't as severe an overpayment as The Finger deal, but it's still more coin