I understood signing Cujo to a nice and tidy one year deal for $700,000 but I don't get why Cliff Fletcher just signed defenceman Jeff Finger to a four-year deal worth $3.5 million a season. Don't know much about The Finger?  You're not alone, this is from TSN.

The other day I asked why the hell not Cujo?  Somebody has to back up Vesa Toskala next season, and I figured it may as well be Cujo who would sign for one year and wouldn't break the bank. Clearly MLSE is still reading this blog because this afternoon goaltender

It looks like Andrew Raycroft has played his last game as a Toronto Maple Leaf.  So has Scott Clemmensen.  That leaves Vesa Toskala as the only goaltender in the organization with NHL experience. We're all still hoping Justin Pogge will become a bonafide NHL goalie, but it looks like he'll

Bryan McCabe was great on the powerplay during the first half of the 2005 season.  His play during that period earned him a spot on the 2006 Olympic team, made him a Norris trophy candidate and had many Leafs fans touting him as the next Al MacInnis or Scott Niedermayer.

Let's see.  My name is Mike, I discovered the Toronto Maple Leafs in the very early 80s and by the time Wendel was leading us to a first round sweep of the Blackhawks in 1986, I was infatuated.  I survived the Ballard years, was rewarded with a competitive team in

When you wear your favourite team's jersey with the name and number of a current player on the back, you risk seeing that player traded, signed elsewhere, or worse, bought out.  My brother Steve owns a Darcy Tucker #16 Leafs jersey.  Darcy Tucker has been bought out by the Toronto

The Toronto Maple Leafs placed Kyle Wellwood and Andrew Raycroft on waivers today.  One of these moves was a no-brainer and the other is a little surprising but probably a good thing.  Let's start with the no-brainer. Two years ago tomorrow, I wrote about the trading of Tuukka Rask for

It can't all be about 1993.  Sure, Cito's back managing the Jays and Cliff is back managing the Leafs but at some point we have to move on.  Part of the future will be Luke Schenn, drafted last night by the Maple Leafs. Most of you probably don't know much

What a day!  The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired the #5 pick overall in a trade with the New York Islanders and we've drafted defenseman Luke Schenn. From Wikipedia: Schenn started his career with the Kelowna Rockets in 2005–06. He was Kelowna's first pick in the 2004 WHL Bantam

Am I living in the bizarro world?  This is turning out to be one heck of a strange sports news day in Toronto. First Cito returns, sending us straight back to the glory days in the early 90s, and now comes word from the Maple Leafs that the Montreal Canadiens

Uncle Cliffy has pulled of a trade on the eve of the 2008 NHL draft.  We've given up a third round pick to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Jamal Mayers, a 33-year old who scored 12 goals and added 15 assists with 91 penalty minutes in 80 games

With no newcomers eligible this year, the Hockey Hall of Fame could induct some previously overlooked players tomorrow.  There are a couple of former Maple Leafs that should be considered. Doug Gilmour owned this city for a few years in the early 90s.  I had to have a #93 jersey,

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Jason Blake won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey tonight at the NHL Awards. The Blakester was diagnosed with leukemia prior to the season, but he didn't miss a single game. This is a big win for my beloved franchise.

Does anyone else out there find it strange that our General Manager is going to work for the Anaheim Ducks next season?  I might be wrong, but I believe this is first time an NHL GM has actually overseen another franchise. Brian Burke, we'll see you here next summer.  Uncle

There was a Seinfeld episode with that phrase, cheering for laundry, used by Jerry to describe what people were really doing when they cheered their favourite sports team. They were cheering for the jerseys.  For all of my life, I've been cheering for the blue and white uniform donned by

We interrupt our regularly scheduled blogging with some big news from our beloved Toronto Maple Leafs.  The Leafs have fired head coach Paul Maurice. Maurice spent two seasons behind the bench of the Maple Leafs, posting a record of 76-66-22. The Leafs missed the playoffs both seasons. The overhaul is

And so ends another season of recapping every Leafs game, something I've been doing now for five seasons.  During the lockout I even recapped every St. Johns game.  In five years I believe this is the only eastern time game I didn't peek at or check the score once until

The cover story of the new issue of Maclean's magazine is titled "Why the Leafs Stink".  I've probably written dozens of articles on that very subject, so I read with great interest.  You can too, because I've reproduced the entire article below. It would be comforting to believe that the

Crap, I wanted the Sens to miss the playoffs.  All Ottawa has to do now to secure a playoff berth is to get at least one point from its final regular-season game tonight at Scotiabank Place against the Boston Bruins. If they lose in regulation to the Bruins, they can

I chose the Jays game tonight over the Leafs game, but I flipped over every so often hoping for a Sens loss.  Once things got out of hand, I stopped flipping over. Reading the AP summary of the game I caught a picture of an "Upset Fan" wearing a bag

After dodgeball, I watched the Jays game but turned to the Leaf game after the final out.  That was just in time to watch Alexander Steen score the go-ahead marker with eight minutes to play in a game that meant nothing to us but everything to Buffalo. The Sabres came

I promise I'll be brief, but something has been eating at me all day and I need to get it off my chest.  Why did Vesa Toskala start his 30th game in a row last night? Think about it, the Leafs are playing for honour now, having been mathematically eliminated

It's been a while since games at this point in the season meant butkis.  I guess anytime you get to knock Montreal down a peg it's a good thing. Remember earlier in the season when it looked like Ottawa might set a record for most wins?  They got off to

This is the first time since the 1926-28 seasons the Leafs have gone three years without a playoff appearance.  Throw in the lockout season, and we haven't been to the big show in four years.  Here's my recap of our last playoff game.  I opened that entry with "I am