Mr. Raycroft, you were impressive last night.  I'm not your biggest fan, and I've been publicly rooting for Mr. Toskala to prove his worth and assume the role of #1 goalie, but I've got to call a spade a spade.  You were great and earned the shutout on hostile ice.

I may not like the Ottawa Senators, but I'm accepting of the fact they're a far superior hockey team right now.  Last night's game was a mis-match.  A talented team took it to us and made us look like an AHL squad.  It's painful to watch, but it's important we

In his column for The Sporting News, Ken Campbell suggests the Sens pursue Mats Sundin.  His points are valid.  Sundin is having a great year, is a better gamble for the Sens than Forsberg and the Leafs could use some young talent from the Sens war chest as we rebuild.

The trouble with being mediocre is the fact you don't blow chunks every night and every other game or so you actually pull off an exciting win.  This Leafs team is just like our teams from the past couple of seasons.  We'll get blown out one night, lose a tight

Let's do a little compare and contrast...  I have a television on each floor of my home, but only one of them is hooked up to a digital terminal.  I watched the Leafs and Devils on a television that didn't have digital cable, and with five minutes remaining in the

This anonymous note came through my contact form late last night.  "Can't wait for your TML update tomorrow. Absolute SHIT in all respects, pardon my lingo. Go Raptors Go".  That about sums it up. It was humiliating.  If our job was to make the Capitals look good, we succeeded, as

Pssst, can you keep a secret?  The Leafs are desperately trying to move defencemen Pavel Kubina, Bryan McCabe and Hal Gil.  Shocking, isn't it? I can hear you laughing right now because McCabe is making $7.15 million to go along with a no-movement clause, Kubina's pulling down $4.25

It's possible we caught both the Pens and Rangers flat-footed these past two games, but it's also possible we're witnessing the benefit of having defensive liability Bryan McCabe out of the lineup.  Our D has looked great, Vesa Toskala has asserted himself as our #1 and we've enjoyed two efficient

He may not be John Tavares, but unlike John Taveres, Jiri Tlusty is a Toronto Maple Leaf in the here and now and last night the teenager scored a pair in his NHL debut.  I won't blow your mind with how his stats will look when he finishes his twenty

Jiri Tlusty, the only teenager in the Maple Leafs farm system, will make his NHL debut tonight against the Penguins.  He was selected in the first round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft and, other than Justin Pogge, is the only half-decent prospect we have.  This fact leads to a

I'm actually relieved we salvaged a point at home against the worst team in the conference.  That fact tells you all you need to know about this edition of our Toronto Maple Leafs. We're not very good. In our division, we're only ahead of the Sabres who have played three

Brace yourselves fellow Leafs fans, there's word at this hour that Darcy Tucker will be sidelined for an undetermined period of time with a knee injury.  In typical Maple Leaf fashion, that's all the information we have right now.  We don't know when Tucker hurt the knee, whether it's the

Well, whattyaknow?  Another two goal lead blown by our Leafers.  This is a nasty habit. I had to attend a banquet (more on that later) and left this game when we were up 2-1.  I've read about the 3rd period collapse, however, and I'm actually glad I didn't have to

Nik Antropov, All-Star?!?!?  If he keeps playing like this, it's entirely possible he's playing in Atlanta.  I despised this guy's crap effort for years and so far this young season he's totally impressive.  Prior to scoring the winning goal last night, he made a strong move to the net and

A Facebook friend just joined a group called "John Tavares must play for the Leafs".  I'm watching the Leafs right now, currently tied at 2 with the Panthers, and of all the ridiculous Facebook groups I think this may be the most ludicrous. It's not that I wouldn't like John

After the Leafs blew a two goal lead in the third period against the Sabres on Monday night, I thought we should track the points we blew so we had a number to point to when we end up missing the playoffs by a point or two.  Mississauga Mike agrees,

I should keep track of points this team blows.  I'll bet we can point to this bucket of missed opportunities at the end of the year when we finish 9th, a point or two out of 8th. Last night we had this game.  I was digging the effort after two

I write a great deal about my team, and not all of it is hero worship.  In fact, I pride myself on being a realist.  I root heavily for one team, but I don't wear blinders. Those who have read my Maple Leafs rants and recaps will have noticed the

How many of these are there going to be this season.  This was a game I thought we should have won.  We were up 3-1 in the second when some guy named Sidney Crosby woke up and scored his first two goals of the season, including the winner with 4:

After getting hammered by Carolina on Tuesday night, I was interested to see how the Leafs would rebound against the Islanders.  Wouldn't you know it, we put a hurtin' on New York behind solid goaltending from Andrew Raycroft, Matt Stajan's four point night and Mats Sundin's assault on the Leafs

Mats Sundin just scored in a wonderful hockey game our Leafs are dominating.  It was his 917th point and 390th goal, becoming the all-time Maple Leafs leader in both categories. I'm loving the fact it's now 7-1, but I'm especially pleased with how things unfolded for Sundin to set both

First the good news. Mats Sundin assisted on Bryan McCabe's goal last night to earn his 916th point with the Maple Leafs and moved into a tie with Darryl Sittler for the club record.  As I type, Mats Sundin and Darryl Sittler have the exact same number of goals, assists

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced today that forward Jason Blake is battling a rare form of leukemia.  This news just hit me like a ton of bricks. On the surface, this seems very scary, but as you read on it appears to be highly treatable and will not affect his

That was fun.  All three games have been entertaining so far this season, but last night's effort against the Habs finally gave us the result we were waiting for.  Vesa Toskala made game-saving stops down the stretch, carrying us into overtime where Tomas Kaberle hit paydirt. In Look at the