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2011-12 Season in Review: Goalies
2011-12 Season in Review: Top 6 Forwards | Bottom 6 Forwards | Defence | Goalies
A new year, same as the old one. Goaltending has...
CBA Scenarios for the Chronic Rosterbator
It—s 46 days until the draft, 55 until Free Agency, but it—s also 131 days from the expiration of the CBA.
What a terrible summer...
2011-12 Season in Review: Defencemen
Last week's review focused on the Leafs' top 6 forwards, while the week before that saw us take a peek at the bottom 6's...
Planning Beyond Next Season
We're ecstatic to welcome Jon Steitzer to the MLHS blogging team. He formerly blogged at Bloguin's Leafs site Puckin' Eh and now runs his...
Would Roberto Luongo want to join the Leafs?
Amid all the speculation surrounding Roberto Luongo that's starting to snowball, and will continue to do so in the coming weeks, it seems as...
2011-12 Season in Review: Top 6 Forwards
Last week we reviewed the bottom 6 forwards for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2011-12. There were some good observations, but let's be honest:...
2011-12 Season in Review: Bottom 6 Forwards
Another year, another disappointing season for the Toronto Maple Leafs. A fantastic start was soured completely by a late season collapse from top to...
Leafs or Oilers?
For the early part of the season, when the Leafs were still planted in the playoff picture and the Oilers began to return to...
Plenty of blame to go around for Maple Leafs
While Brian Burke deserves much of the blame for the recent woes of the Toronto Maple Leafs, it—s also fair to point out that...
Grabovski’s Cap Hit and the Stats Surrounding It
When Grabovski got his new 5 year, $5.5 million per year contract, it was met with mixed reviews. You'd be hard pressed to find...
How good is Phil Kessel?
Ever hear someone say that in hockey, the best way to really see the separation between good and great is to see the game...
Season not a total waste for young Leafs
Being a Leafs fan is never easy (being a fan born in the early 80s is even worse). Oh, we have had a few...
Now I’m a Fool
It's that rock-bottom point in the season when you officially quit, give up. The playoff talk is ramping up and now I'm looking at...
Noon Mashup: Responding to the “Trade Kessel” lunacy
Yesterday, the always attention-seeking Damien Cox published his weekly feature with the Star. To summarize, he stated that Phil Kessel should be traded while...
GDT: Leafs at Penguins (TSN)
Tonight the Lupul-less Leafs lock up with the Penguins for the fourth time this season. It's a national broadcast on TSN and will also...
Lupul likely out for remainder of season
From TSN.ca:
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Joffrey Lupul will be sidelined for three to four weeks with a separated shoulder.
Lupul suffered the injury after taking a check...
Grabovski re-signs for five years
From the Leafs official PR account:
#Leafs announce forward Mikhail Grabovski has agreed to terms on a five-year contract extension.
Elliotte Friedman reports 5.5 million per...
Brian Burke confused me on March 3rd
The Legion of Blog posts a weekly piece attempting to decipher what Don Cherry says on Saturday night's Coach's Corner segment. We're all aware...
League Laughingstock
The Leafs are truly a hilarious team to follow right now. A couple weeks ago it was frustrating to watch them drop some games,...
MLHS Trade Deadline Live Blog II
We're rolling over into our second thread for Trade Deadline updates. Here are some of the rumblings from earlier, and all new developments will...
Recent MLHS articles
Game Review: Maple Leafs struggle to solve John Gibson, run out...
On the one hand, the Maple Leafs were swept by Detroit in the season series tonight, and that will cost them in the standings...
