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Let’s sort it out

After doing battle for the third time this season on Wednesday night, the Leafs and Jets split from their marriage in the standings once...

Morning Mashup: Salivating over Getzlaf

Something many of us have learned about Brian Burke during his in Toronto is that he's extremely patient. The Kaberle, Kessel, and Beauchemin deals...

Morning Mashup: Trade him, He’ll never make it!

One positive that came out of Thursday night's frustrating loss to the Hurricanes was another goal for Nazem Kadri. That's a total of three...

GDT: Leafs at Hurricanes (7 p.m., Leafs TV)

James Reimer and the Toronto Maple Leafs look to bounce back tonight in Carolina. After allowing 3 goals on just 8 shots in Tuesday night's...

Morning Mashup: Leafs still holding on

Without sounding too grim regarding the Leafs playoff outlook, it's basically undeniable that the club has reached the coin-flip territory that many of us...

Morning Mashup: Give Gardiner a rest

It's important to keep in mind that, as a rookie fresh out of college, the extent of Gardiner's seasonal workload was 41 games -...

Leaf Report: 6/10/11 to 23/12/11

The Toronto Maple Leafs have gone through a rollercoaster almost halfway into the 2011-12 season. Though December's tough scheduled slowed them some, the team...

Game in 10: Game 35, Leafs vs. Islanders

Generating some offense early was the key for the Toronto Maple Leafs, as it was the lead they established so quickly that kept them...

Festivus Airing of Grievances

In honour of Festivus, it is time to lay some overly harsh criticism on the beloved Maple Leafs with the Airing of Grievances. "I...

Reimer to start against Bruins

From Jonas Siegel at TSN1050: Confirmed: Reimer starts. This is the news we've waited on for what seems like forever. Reimer has been out of the...

Burke sees the big picture

It's been no secret to a lot of Leafs followers, and hockey fans in general, that with a changing NHL comes a change in...

Morning Mashup: Bobby Ryan rumors in high gear

Unless you've been locked in a closet for the past few days, chances are you've managed to come across some Bobby Ryan trade talk...

The Walking Wounded: MacArthur and Grabovski

Ever since it was pointed out that there is quite the resemblance between Hershel from The Walking Dead and Brian Burke, I've been trying...

Another Season, Another Year of Struggles for the Bottom Six

We're now 18 games into the 2011-12 season. Though the Leafs have hit a bit of a rough patch in the last few weeks,...

Leafs talking with Marty Turco

From Mike Brophy at Sportsnet: The Toronto Maple Leafs have made contact with veteran goalie Marty Turco. He has been working out with the Soo...

Reimer in a blur

Dave Feschuk of the Toronto Star released an interesting article on Wednesday night pertaining to the Leafs' James Reimer, and some worries his mother...

Where’s Reimer?

Where's Reimer? Can you find him? I know the Maple Leafs sure wish they could, as they have "no idea" when he'll be back. ...

Even Better Than The Real Thing?

Andy Arias, better known as @rallycap_andy in the Twitter-verse, is a self-proclaimed "mahoosive sports tweeter and jersey enthusiast/snob." He agreed to share some tips...

Morning Mashup: This Schenn situation is getting painful

In what's been a dream season so far for the Maple Leafs, defenceman Luke Schenn is currently going through the most nightmare-ish period of...

Noon Mashup: Reimer-less Leafs to christen newish MSG

Happy Lunch Hour! The Leafs find themselves in New York City this evening to take on the Rangers and open the renovated Madison Square Garden....

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