Toronto Maple Leafs
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Mats Sundin's orbital bone was fractured last night meaning he's out four to six weeks. Coming into this season, Sundin had two qualities going for him that were very rare in the Maple Leafs dressing room: he had a great deal of skill and he was healthy. That's right, he
The Leafs were a part of history last night when they went to the first shootout in National Hockey League history. We lost the shootout but salvaged a valuable point against a far superior division rival. For most of the game it looked like Ottawa had no interest in winning.
Tonight, all thirty teams in the NHL will see action. It's been sixteen long months since the Stanley Cup was won by the Tampa Bay Lightning. Sixteen long, tumultuous months of nothing. Looking back, it all seems so surreal. The players were locked out, there was a great deal of
The Game - The Toronto Star is throwing all their Leaf content on one handy dandy page this season. They're promising "game previews, stories, photos and more". Another consistently great Maple Leafs portal is TMLfans.ca. As with every season, I'll be including a Maple Leafs recap of every game
I like Steve Thomas as much as the next guy, but I really didn't want him to make this team. I wanted a youngster or two to rise to the challenge and force us to say farewell to 42 year old Stumpy. Thankfully for all Leafs fans, I got my
The best Toronto Maple Leafs Darryl SittlerDave KeonTed KennedyFrank MahovlichDoug Gilmour
I am not a rocket surgeon. I feel it's necessary to fully disclose this obvious fact at the beginning of this entry. On August 2nd, I published a Toronto Maple Leaf 2005 reality check. In this entry, I wrote the following: "It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to see we're
I'm thinking we might take it east on Bloor to Yonge and then south to Queen and then to Nathan Phillips Square for speeches and celebration. I'm still tweaking the exact route, but that's one of my ideas. I'll wear my Barilko #5, Ryan has his McCabe #24 and Steve
13 regular season Toronto Maple Leafs games will be airing on Leafs TV this year. Leafs TV, of course, is pay-tv, and that means coughing up extra coin to Rogers for the privilege. I pride myself in watching every Leafs game of the season, and without Leafs TV I'm guaranteed
The Toronto Maple Leafs signed Mariusz Czerkawski to a one-year deal yesterday. This is yet another gamble in an off season of gambles. The Polish Prince has scored before, but apparently he was a healthy scratch for many games in Sweden last year. Ouch. Czerkawski is here because he comes
For a period of time in the late 80s, Vincent Damphousse was the best Leaf on the ice. Other than the often injured Wendel Clark and the inconsistent Gary Leeman, he was the best Leaf this side of Eddie Olczyk. Against all odds, Vincent Damphousse was named the MVP of
On this date in 1951, Bill Barilko perished in a light plane crash while on a fishing trip to Northern Ontario. My tribute to Bill Barilko remains one of my most popular pages, no doubt due to Google searches on the subject. In March I interviewed Kevin Shea, author of
Highest numbers worn by a Toronto Maple Leaf #99 - Wilf Paiement#96 - Phil Housley#94 - Sergei Berezin#93 - Doug Gilmour & Alex Godynyuk#89 - Alex Mogilny
If you review the current roster of the Toronto Maple Leafs and count the total number of Stanley Cups won, you arrive at the loneliest number. One single Stanley Cup was been won, and that was Ed Belfour with the Stars. According to The Official torontomike.com Maple Leaf Countdown
As expected, the Toronto Maple Leafs signed Eric Lindros to a $1.55-million one year contract earlier today. I love this deal. I still can't believe how low the price tag is for a player who, when healthy, is one of the best in the league and only 32 years
When you've mismanaged yourself into a corner, you're forced to take a few gambles. Jason Allison is one such gamble. Although only 30 years old, Allison last played in 2002-2003 when a series of knocks to the noggin' put him on the sidelines. At one time, Allison was a premier
Since the Leafers made a huge splash in the free agent market yesterday signing Tie Domi, I deem this the perfect opportunity to revisit this moment, this moment and this moment. Hell, lets just revisit the entire "Tie and I" page.
Are you a Leafs fan? Are you in the mood for supreme disappointment? If you answered yes to these two questions, tab on over to this 2005 Transaction Log. Big names were signed today. Forsberg is with Philadelphia, Edmonton traded for Peca, the Islanders scored Satan, Vancouver held on to
Fellow Leaf fans, it's time for a reality check. With Mats Sundin, Ed Belfour and Bryan McCabe eating a good chunk of the salary cap, there's little coin left to add skill or even replace the skill we're losing. As of this moment, here are the players under contract with
This is going to be a busy week in the NHL. If you want one page you can visit for a good update on all the action, bookmark this 2005 Transaction Log from TSN. The Leafs are in desperate need of some skilled players, preferably under the age of 35.
Joe Nieuwendyk and Gary Roberts have signed with the Florida Panthers. The Maple Leafs lose a lot of grit and heart but get younger, which is a good thing. Without Nieuwendyk, Roberts, Owen Nolan and Alexander Mogilny in our lineup next season, it's going to be a very different team.
At yesterday's NHL draft, our Toronto Maple Leafs acquired Jeff O'Neill from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for a conditional draft pick and quickly signed him to a two-year, $3 million deal. The former 41 goal scoring O'Neill is my kind of player and he's a very welcome addition to
The Leafs will host the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday, October 5, the opening night of the 2005-06 season. In anticipation of this event, I'm bringing back my Maple Leaf Countdown Clock. Visit that link for real-time updates as to how much longer we'll have to wait for regular season Maple
Players with the best scoring seasons in Maple Leaf history Rick Vaive - 54Dave Andreychuk - 53Gary Leeman - 51Frank Mahovlich - 48Lanny McDonald - 47
It's official. The NHL is back and we survived to hear about it. Tomorrow at 16:00 EST, we'll learn who won the Sidney Crosby lottery. There's a 2.08% I'll be as happy as a pig in shit shortly thereafter.
