It's deadline day, and we have our first trade by Uncle Cliffy. Wade Belak has been traded to the Florida Panthers in exchange for a 5th round pick in 2008.  Belak was in his 7th season with the Leafs during which time he scored a whopping six goals.  Needless to

I don't care if we jumped into 12th place in the conference, it was worth it to lay a beating on the Senators.  I hate this team and I take great joy in their recent struggles. This was our Stanley Cup.  No, it's not quite as exciting, and there's no

I love beating the Sens, and I'm glad Mats Sundin is a part of tonight's onslaught.  It's 5-0 right now and Sundin got the opening goal. Mats has made his decision and I'm trying to move on, but an email I got from my brother earlier today has me bothered.

It's official.  Mats Sundin will not waive his no-trade clause.  Neither will Pavel Kubina, Darcy Tucker or Tomas Kaberle.  Bryan McCabe might, if it's to the right Eastern Conference team.  I'm guessing Uncle Cliffy will be doing a whole lot of nothing these next two days. I'm giving Sundin a

Yeah, we won, but this game wasn't significant because we took out the Thrashers.  This may have been Mats Sundin's last game as a Toronto Maple Leaf.  In 970 career games with the Maple Leafs, Sundin has 413 goals, 558 assists and 971 points. In Mats own words: No matter

I'm watching the tribute to Bob Gainey.  They're retiring his number in Montreal.  He played his entire career for the Montreal Canadiens, captaining that team for nine seasons and never missing the playoffs. I'm not suggesting Mats Sundin is Bob Gainey, Mats certainly doesn't have the Stanley Cup rings, but

Yes, I'm still watching.  I wouldn't want to miss Kubina's breakaway goal, would I? The trade deadline is Tuesday @ 3pm EST.  I'm going to be all over this sucker, updating this site regarding anything involving the Leafs.  Go Cliff Go! Current Record Last GamesSeason Leaders25-28-9 59 points 5th in Northeast5-1

You know it's one of those days when the clock approaches 7pm and you still haven't recapped last night's Leafs victory. The Dominic Moore - Chad Kilger - Boyd Devereaux line is kicking some serious ass lately.  On any other team that's a pretty decent fourth line.  On the Leafs

I live blogged this sucker.  It was a fun game, even if we did leap frog Tampa Bay in the standings.  That's okay, we'll reserve our losing for after the trade deadline. Go Leafs Go! Current Record Last GamesSeason Leaders24-27-9 57 points 5th in Northeast4-3 Win vs. Boston 5-4 Loss

As I wrote earlier, I'm going to attempt to root against my favourite hockey team for the first time in my life.  In this entry I'll provide updates throughout the night as I fight what seems natural.  It's 7:13pm... 7:17pm - The kids are sitting with me.  They're

It's Saturday, and other than a natural interest in how Jamario Moon will do in the slam dunk competition, I'll be watching the Leafs and Bruins tonight.  Although I've flirted with the idea these past few weeks, I've yet to actually root for a Leafs loss.  Like an innate reflex

Another good effort, another close game, another one-goal loss, another ideal outcome. Go Leafs Go! Current Record Last GamesSeason Leaders23-27-9 55 points 5th in Northeast5-4 Loss vs. New York Islanders 1-0 Loss vs. Buffalo 3-2 Win vs. DetroitM. Sundin - 59 N. Antropov - 43 J. Blake - 36

After the game, TSN hockey analyst Mike Milbury said it best.  The Leafs played hard, played well and lost.  That's the perfect game for this team at this time. I'm happy with the recent effort from this squad, but my greatest fear was that they'd go on a winning streak

"Three wins in four games have the Toronto Maple Leafs talking about the postseason again." That's the first line in today's Associated Press write up about our thrilling victory yesterday afternoon.  This is our worst dream realized.  The Leafs can't even lose properly. As a fan with decades of Leaf

Have you noticed the Leafs are now just winning the games we really, really want to win.  We're beating the Sens and Habs while rolling over and playing dead for teams like the Panthers.  That's perfect. If you watched, you'd have to admit this was a fun game.  Guys we

Mats Sundin is truly beloved by his teammates.  In a unified act of love the likes of which I've never seen before, Mats Sundin's teammates committed a sort of suicide.  You see, they intentionally embarrassed #13, attempting to make him so ashamed to wear the blue and white that he'd

I've mentioned in recent game recaps that I'm okay with losing these days.  Last night, that couldn't be further from the truth.  I wanted to beat the Sens as if it was game seven of the Stanley Cup final. I got my wish.  It was an entertaining game with hard

Do you know Robbie Earl?  What if I told you he was a NASCAR driver, would you doubt it?  To my ears, the name Robbie Earl says NASCAR, but he's actually a Toronto Maple Leafs prospect making his NHL debut tonight against the Sens. From Wikipedia: "Robert Wayne Earl (born

During the 3rd period of last night's game, my mom IM'd me to complain there was nothing on tv.  I told her I was watching the Leafs game.  Her response was "you still watch?" That's when I realized the Leafs are my favourite reality show.  Now that I've hit this

This might be the best time to be a Leafs fan.  Think about it.  If we win, yay!  If we lose, yay!  As these losses pile up, our odds of making the playoffs slip from 3% and Uncle Cliffy can do what he has to do. The Raptors lost as

Brian Burke is a smart guy.  Today he made the following statement. I am flattered by all this (attention in Toronto), because this is a great job you are talking about, if you are Catholic, this is the Vatican - Maple Leaf Gardens, the Air Canada Centre, the players in

You know things are bad when you're envious of the Washington Capitals.  They're only a point out of first heading into the all-star game, anchored by one of the best players in the game.  Alex Ovechkin scored both goals last night.  The SOB is good. The All-Star break is here,

The Uncle Cliffy II era is off to a roaring start as Vesa Toskala made the big save and Mats Sundin scored the big goal.  You've got to wonder where we'd be if Toskala hadn't missed a chunk of games with that groin injury.  We could be in 10th place

Earlier today, I wrote yet another anti-Peddie entry.  In that entry, I linked to Howard Berger's blog.  Felix clicked through and read Berger's latest entry which includes an intriguing discovery he just told me about. Beginning at the 4-minute, 43-second mark of the press conference, Peddie unmistakably begins mouthing along