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.
A quick interview with Maple Leafs Director of Pro Scouting Steve Kasper
MLHS' Alec Brownscombe chatted with Maple Leafs Director of Pro Scouting Steve Kasper this afternoon. Topics covered include the process of pro scouting, the...
Saturday Morning Mashup: More unlikely Leaf fights
We've got a few more interviews and some actual relevant content coming next week, but it's Friday when I wrote this and Michael has...
An interview with Toronto Maple Leafs Director of Player Development Jim Hughes
MLHS' Alec Brownscombe caught up with Leafs Director of Player Development Jim Hughes this morning to talk about some of the younger Maple Leafs....
Morning Mashup: Fraser’s back and now we wait
As I'm sure you've heard by now, yesterday Mark Fraser came to terms with the Leafs just before his arbitration hearing for a sum...
An interview with Leafs VP of Hockey Operations Dave Poulin
MLHS' Alec Brownscombe chatted with Vice President of Hockey Operations and GM of the Toronto Marlies Dave Poulin earlier this afternoon. The conversation starts...
Questions for Poulin
The MLHS summertime interview series will continue with Vice President of Hockey Operations Dave Poulin on Monday afternoon. As always, I will incorporate a...
Paul Ranger Signs with the Leafs
The Maple Leafs have signed former Toronto Marlie and Tampa Bay Lightning defenceman Paul Ranger to a one-year, $1,000,000 NHL contract. With Paul Ranger added...
Best All Time Maple Leafs – By Nationality
Maple Leafs Hot Stove has been tasked with the challenge of submitting (for a blog series soon to be announced at a popular hockey...
An Interview with Greg Cronin on the Maple Leafs’ 4-1 collapse against the Boston...
MLHS' Alec Brownscombe chatted with assistant coach of the Leafs Greg Cronin over the phone this afternoon. Topics covered include the penalty kill, the...
Questions for Cronin
An MLHS staffer will be interviewing assistant coach of the Leafs Greg Cronin in the next few days. While we have a lineup of...
Wednesday Morning Mashup: Squeeze
By my estimation, the Leafs have 10 forwards, 4 defencemen and 2 goaltenders (after dropping the expected Marlies-bound players from their capgeek page) signed...
Leafs sign Jonathan Bernier to 2-year, $5.8 million deal (2.9m AAV)
Jonathan Bernier will earn $1,100,000 more than James Reimer next season despite being considerably less proven. We're almost in a position now where we're...
Clarkson and Bozak Spill Over Thread
LiveFyre is still about 1,000 comments behind on the last one.
To a certain extent, signing Clarkson to an insanely long contract is part and...
UFA Day Open Thread
Here we go.
David Clarkson.. Stephen Weiss.. talk of 6 million dollars a year.. Tyler Bozak and his ludicrous contract demands.. Someone hold me.
Realistically, the...
Pre-UFA Opens
If UFA Day is like Christmas, this July we might get the chance to unwrap a few gifts early. At least, hopefully they're gifts...
Bozak wants 8 years, 4.5+ million?; Agent Don Meehan believes MacArthur will test UFA
Bozak contract talks expected to resume today with Leafs. Proposal on the table believed to be 8 years at less than $5 mil per.—...
Frederik Gauthier, Leafs First Round Pick
The Leafs opted for size and two-way ability down the middle at 21st overall, drafting a 6'5, 214-pounder out of Quebec in Frederik Gauthier....
2013 Entry Draft Open Thread
The Leafs will welcome ~seven new prospects into the organization over the course of the afternoon and evening. If it's all they do, that's...
Pre-Draft Open Thread
The buzz as we approach the 3 p.m. draft is that Carolina's fifth overall pick is in play. Darren Dreger reports that the Maple...
2013 NHL Draft – Day 1
Plenty of chatter but no moves so far this weekend. Regardless of the amount of trade activity today, it will be a busier draft...
Recent MLHS articles
Sheldon Keefe on the eve of the 2024 playoffs: “We’re equipped...
Sheldon Keefe discussed William Nylander's status after he missed Friday's practice, starting the playoffs with Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner on separate lines, and...
