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Morning Mashup: This is an Oil Kings blog
Okay, it won—t be so much an Oil Kings blog as it is a celebration of one particular Oil King. Curtis Lazar. This probably...
Thursday Hockey Links
There isn't much to talk about that hasn't already been covered in the past couple days regarding the Leafs. But there are some good...
Kulemin off to Russia, Allaire done in Toronto
Everyone saw this one coming from a mile away, but we'll take hockey news where we can get it: Nik Kulemin is officially heading...
Morning Mashup: Other Fan Solutions to the Lockout
It—s the last week before we officially enter the realm of lockout hockey. There is of course a chance things could be resolved before...
Leafs hit the ice
Hockey is in the air. Players around the NHL have finally started to take to the ice for scrimmages and practices, despite the whole...
Morning Mashup: This Post Isn’t Clutch
The downside of long weekends is I forget that I—m supposed to write the Morning Mashup post for Monday. It took me until halfway...
What to Expect from James van Riemsdyk
In a Leaf era fraught with frustration and mistrust, nobody brought forth these feelings in fans more than Luke Schenn over the past couple...
How Do You Like Them Apples?
Here—s the shake. It—s the end of August, it—s been a couple of months since we—ve seen an NHL game played, and four months...
This is nowhere
Another round of CBA talks, and another week void of good NHL news in terms of trades, signings, or anything of the sort.
We're now...
Tracking Penalties
I plead guilty to writing far too many CBA posts in the past few weeks. This week I—m happily returning to a Leafs topic...
What to Expect from Jay McClement
When Brian Burke took over the GM job in Toronto, there was nothing but talk about building from the net out. A defence first...
Mock CBA with J. Reinhold
Heading into a season with the potential for a lockout, it seems like mock trade proposals and mock line combinations are less relevant than...
What would a luxury tax mean for the Leafs?
With NHLPA representatives set to make their counter-proposal to the NHL today, a lot of talk in the last 24 hours has centered...
Morning Mashup: Who Benefits from a Lockout?
So the possibility of a lockout certainly seems more like a real possibility now than maybe it did a couple of weeks ago, but...
Morning Mashup: Goalies, Tourneys, and Alumni
It—s another slow weekend in Leafs land. Maybe not as slow as last week, as the Friday signing of Morgan Rielly is actual, factual...
Goals for Randy
Over the past week I have been hard at work on a piece that examines what needs to be done to transform the Leafs...
It—s Not All Bad
It seems that a large percentage of Leafs Nation is completely convinced that the team they saw in February and March of the 2011-12...
Mashup: Thoughts on a Player’s Perspective
Saturday morning, CBC Sports ran an opinion piece on the CBA written by an anonymous player. The article is incredibly honest, and brings to...
More contract craziness
Get ready to hear about nothing but Shea Weber for the next six days. And rightfully so. After inking what will be the biggest...
NHL lockout imminent? No. We all just need more meds
Editor's Note: We're pleased to welcome Ian Dudgeon to the MLHS blogging team. Ian was one of the co-founders of McKeen's Hockey.com. He's been...
Recent MLHS articles
Game Review: Nylander returns with a bang, Maple Leafs take care...
Some nights, all you can do is take care of business against the opponent put in front of you.
The Maple Leafs did just...
