“Major Changes” – Dreger
Looks like last nights debacle collapse has been a catalyst as Darren Dreger of TSN reports that “Major Changes coming today for the Toronto Maple Leafs”. Dreger wonders if the Hiller extension could have something to do with it.
This much we know: The team is bad as it’s currently composed with just a few pieces [...]
Injuries Breed Opportunities
Injuries are a part of professional sports. Whether it is the Blue Jays and their seemingly endless string of pitcher injuries or the Raptors and Jose Calderon’s leg, all teams around each league have to deal with injuries to star players, role players or other integral pieces of the puzzles. Our own Maple Leafs have [...]
Boston Road Trip
I just rolled in a couple hours ago from my annual road trip to watch a Leafs game. This year’s destination was Boston. Phil Kessel’s homecoming. How could he not be at the top of his game for this tilt? Wait…. What?
Leafs/Habs Post-Game
In what can only be described as a textbook road game, Toronto feasted on a listless Canadiens squad and pulled out a very valuable shutout win against their long time rivals and their first against a North East division opponent in seven tries this season. Unexpected sources provided the offense with Colton Orr and Jeff Finger [...]
Baby Steps
Over the last 2 weeks or so, we’ve seen a Leafs team slowly, but surely, show us what they are capable of doing. This is a case of an overhauled defense core, struggling goaltending & penalty killing that has conspired to produce the start we’ve been witnessed to the past month. But there has been [...]
What Ails Them and Hope
There has been a lot of panic assessment going on this website, other websites and the mainstream media who cover this team. The type of delirium that goes on in this city with every high and low could easily provide enough material for a psychology dissertation. It’s a melee of opinions, doomsday proclamations, finger pointing [...]
The Kadri Konundrum
It seems to be a common theme in Toronto: A hot shot young player turns some heads in pre-season or is heralded by management as a saviour, and the fan base divides down the middle. Should he stay or should he go (back to junior)? From Luke Richardson, Jeff Ware, Nik Antropov and more recently, [...]
The Day Is Finally Here
July 1st. This day, to me, is like Christmas used to be when I was a kid. I look forward to it all year. How will the Leafs be reshaped? How will the balance of power in each conference shift as players defect from one team and join another? How will the GM’s managed to [...]
Worst Goaltending in Years
This season has brought a number of trials and tribulations to this version of the buds. A new coach, a new general manager, a proclamation of missing the playoffs and 10 rookies who have played at least 1 game, 6 who have played 20 or more and 4 who have played 65 or more. The [...]
Trade Deadline Not a Disappointment
There are many in Leaf Nation who are probably a little disappointed in the aftermath of the trade deadline given the moves the Leafs made.