Alec Brownscombe
Alec Brownscombe is the founder and editor of MapleLeafsHotStove.com, where he has written daily about the Leafs since September of 2008. He's published five magazines on the team entitled "The Maple Leafs Annual" with distribution in Chapters and newsstands across the country. He also co-hosted "The Battle of the Atlantic," a weekly show on TSN1200 that covered the Leafs and the NHL in-depth. Alec is a graduate of Trent University and Algonquin College with his diploma in Journalism. In 2014, he was awarded Canada's Best Hockey Blogger honours by Molson Canadian. You can contact him at alec.brownscombe@mapleleafshotstove.com.
The most dangerous act in the Sabres/Leafs brawl
Just before the game last night, the league announced that Phil Kessel was suspended for Tuesday's game and the two remaining preseason games against...
Preview and GDT: Preseason Game #6 – Senators at Maple Leafs (7 p.m., Leafs...
The Leafs will ice their top 6 forwards and what seems to be (as of today) their opening night defence group against a fairly...
Preview and GDT: Preseason Game #4 – Maple Leafs at Sabres (7 p.m., CBC)
The first Hockey Night in Canada of the season. Feels good man.
Here's the rundown of the storylines going into tonight's matchup vs. the Sabres:
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Preview and GDT: Preseason Game #3 – Maple Leafs at Senators (7:30 p.m., TSN)
Based on the personnel on offer, preseason could become at least a little more interesting tonight.
Randy Carlyle will be icing a few line combinations...
Leafs cut roster to 35: Blacker, Biggs assigned to Marlies
Jesse Blacker and Tyler Biggs will join Marlies training camp after getting released from the Leafs training camp roster today.
Tyler Biggs looked like a...
Preseason Post Game: Flyers 3 vs. Leafs 2 (SO)
The Leafs dropped a 4-3 shootout decision to the Philadelphia Flyers in a sloppy second game of preseason. Remarkably, Phil Kessel took 6 minutes...
Preseason Post Game: Leafs 4 vs. Flyers 3
The Leafs kicked off preseason with a 4-3 win over the Flyers.
Of course, you shouldn't read too far into game one of the preseason...
Franson wants 1 year, but the Leafs aren’t having it
An interesting development in the Cody Franson contract talks today, one that seems to explain the reported desire from Franson's camp to sign a...
Kadri’s in the house.. What now?
Training camp opens today (physicals/media day), and one half of the dark cloud lurking over this awesome time of year in Leafland has been...
Leafs re-sign Nazem Kadri: 2 years, $2.9 million per
About that catastrophic cap crunch. Bob McKenzie has confirmed Nick Kypreos' initial report of 2 years, $5.8 million (split like so: $2.7 million in...
Morning Mashup: Coach Stats vs. GM Stats
Now, before you bewail another "advanced stats debate," give this latest article by Anthony Petrielli some time of day. He's given us permission to...
Two Days Until Camp Opens…
I've become known as a bit of a Kadri sympathizer in comment section debates on the Nazem Kadri contract negotiation. I'll make this clear:...
Leafs invite winger Mason Raymond to camp
A testament both to a sinking cap ceiling and a fall in the player's stock, former 25 goal scorer in 2009-10 Mason Raymond went...
Updates in the Kadri and Franson Watch
Update: More reports of exorbitant long term contract demands from Kadri have been denied by Nazem himself on Twitter. Just as David Alter did,...
Cheers to 5 Years
Today, MLHS celebrates reaching the half-decade mark of existence. On this day 5 years ago, MLHS was a newborn blog adorned with a site...
Team Draft Rankings by Total GP (2005-2009)
The obvious follow up to the total points draft chart from yesterday is a look at the total games played and games played per...
Team Draft Rankings by Total Points (2005-2009)
After taking a look at the work of MLHS member "xxxnew" on 'point production by round' in the draft, a few of you expressed...
Morning Mashup: Naz Attack
Friend of site Nazem Kadri laid down a twitter diss yesterday, becoming, if I'm not forgetting something, the first Leaf player to directly call...
Rookie Tourney Roster, Marlies 2013-14 Schedule Announced
Headlined by first round draft selections Tyler Biggs (2011), Stuart Percy (2011), Morgan Rielly (2012) and Frederik Gauthier (2013), the Maple Leafs' 2013 prospect...
Kadri feeling distracted, Nonis confident Phaneuf is here to stay
Straight into the links..
Kadri's self belief is stalling negotiations
What a facepalm of a title that is from Simmons.
Kadri sounding increasingly impatient (The Star) & Contract...
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