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 [email protected].
Leafs in the hunt for “Norwegian Hobbit”
After tonight's snoozer, let's move on to a bigger and better subject.
Some of you may have watched a surprising Norway side battle Switzerland to...
D-Day Wrap Up
Final Deadline Trades:
Alexei Ponikarovsky to Pittsburgh for Luca Caputi and Martin Skoula
Martin Skoula to New Jersey for a fifth round draft selection.
Lee Stempniak...
Burke on new acquistions
Prospect defenceman Keith Aulie:
"Aulie is a 6'6 defenceman playing for Abbotsford of the AHL. Our plans for Keith are for him to stay at...
The Poni Debate
On the heels of Saturday night's rumour from the Hockey Night in Canada Hot Stove panel that the dealing of pending free agents Matt...
Post-Game: Penalty Kill or Suicide?
Drop the penalty kill from the equation and the Leafs win this one 2-0; there's something, right?
Indeed, the storylines in Leafland will center...
GFWE Game #16 Predictions
You know the score: Predict the result and first scorer for tonight's divisional match-up in Buffalo, be sure it's right to win a ticket,...
The Blame Game
Submit your GFWE predictions here.
It—s no secret that the Leafs' biggest disappointment amid a conference-second-worst 15-20-9 first half of the schedule is a total...
MLHS Forums (Re) Launched
Some of you may have observed the emergence of a Forum link on our menu bar above; well, it's finally of some use.
After some...
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
To all in the MLHS and Barilkosphere community. Thanks for your continued support, and I look forward to what we can accomplish together in...
Game Thread – Leafs @ C-Bus
Also: Details and analysis of the Jiri Tlusty departure and Phillipe Paradis arrival can be found here and here. Be sure to check out...
We’re Back
Our sincerest apologies for complications of the last 24 hours in which we experienced an outage followed by a comments freeze. We should be...
Some Insight on a Nightmare Start
What follows is a transcript from a recent conversation with a source:
Alec: "The goaltending situation is a poison that negatively infiltrates a club...
Kessel Trade Wrap Up
An interesting question was brought up by Dave Hodge yesterday morning on TSN's The Reporters amid the Phil Kessel whirlwind that erupted over the...
Kessel Blockbuster: Initial Reaction
The infamous Brian Burke "stamp" that has become his signature since his times in Hartford, Vancouver and Anaheim arrived in Toronto yesterday in the...
Kessel Deal Done
TSN's Darren Dreger is reporting a trade between Brian Burke and Peter Chiarelli that will see Phil Kessel join the Maple Leafs as agreed...
A Kessel Rumour Round-Up
-The Leafs have to compensate for their lack of roster depth and the fact that Chiarelli is reticent to trade within the division by...
Toughness Not Always Measured by Stats
I read an article in the Toronto Star the other day, in which Damien Cox suggests that the Maple Leafs weren't as soft of...
Pics and Pieces from Lakeshore
Earlier today I was able to catch up with the Leafs at their new practise facility, a day before training camps officially open. I...
Gustavsson Monstrous in Rookie Tournament Opener
Jonas Gustavsson's unofficial debut performance is bound to generate some buzz after the Monster stopped 35 of 36 shots in backing the Maple Leafs'...
Is it Worth It? Let me work it
Amid speculation that Brian Burke is positioning himself to extend an offer sheet - perhaps to long-rumoured target, 22-year-old winger Phil Kessel - after...
Recent MLHS articles
Maple Leafs make trio of front-office hires, including new Director of...
The Maple Leafs continue to build out their new front office with the hiring of Dan Palango as Director of Amateur Scouting, Brad Rossen...
