Opinion

Welcome to this week's edition of Leafs Musings. If this article is anything like how the Toronto Maple Leafs play, you'll enjoy the first...

Brendan Shanahan has now hired and let go of Lamoriello and Mike Babcock in his time as Toronto Maple Leafs President. Let that sink in...

Nine games into the NHL season, the Toronto Maple Leafs find themselves near the top of the Atlantic Division standings. Sitting 3rd in the...

After a few weeks of rampant media speculation, Kyle Dubas said on Monday what he wouldn't say directly in his end-of-season media availability: Mike...

For a deal that ensured a legitimate superstar center is going to don a Leafs jersey for the next five and a half years,...

Another report has surfaced suggesting -- this time more directly -- that Lou Lamoriello's anti-bonus policy is stalling contract negotiations between the Maple Leafs and 2016 first overall...

Apparently everybody’s gone sad because Brendan Shanahan’s Leafs aren’t making the decisions we’d like to see. You know, the Leafs went and picked all those...

For the first time in a very long time, everything is coming up roses for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Back on May 8th, 2014 --...

Being a hardcore hockey fan in the cap era can do funny things to one’s head. For one, I haven’t once caught myself caring about the...

So, let's take Brendan Shanahan in 1987 in Piestany — whaling away on some Russian kid in the dark — and freeze him in...

So, back when Scotty Bowman was putting together his Russian 5 in Detroit, he needed a big, puck-moving defenceman. And he got one who...

So, Brendan Shanahan signs this high-end, goal-scoring, young Russian prospect. Intense kid. He’s got some speed and a nice shot, but mostly he’s a real...

So, want to see Shanahan’s secret list? The one that’s going to speed up the Leafs’ rebuild? Sure you do. It’s Brendan Shanahan’s list of his former European...

In which Brendan Shanahan listens to his Leaf gut So, Don Cherry trashed Brendan Shanahan after the 2014 draft, saying: “Brendan, I know you’re watching, President...

IN WHICH BRENDAN SHANAHAN REVERSES THE CURSE OF HAROLD BALLARD So, back when Brendan Shanahan hired Mark Hunter from London and Kyle Dubas from the...

So, a year ago, a Toronto sports reporter broke the story that Brendan Shanahan was only into “puck possession” because it was... trendy. Trendy. Maybe...

The common theme among the Toronto Maple Leafs' front office and coaching staff, when asked about young players making the team, is that they'll...

It takes about 30 seconds for an average Toronto reporter to throw a headlock opinion on a new draft pick, drag ‘em down into...

I never loved Phil Kessel—as a hockey player, that is. He didn’t play my style. His game wasn’t mine. Simple as that. I grew up...

There's so much that has to happen still before this management regime has earned my faith, but I thought Brendan Shanahan's press conference today...