Making the Most of February
The month’s half over, and after Monday’s game, the season is a third over. The Leafs are sitting three games over .500, holding 6th...
Morning Mashup: Pondering the Big Questions
On Wednesday, Wade Arnott, Phil Kessel’s agent, indicated his client’s apparent desire to spend the rest of career playing hockey for the Toronto Maple...
Morning Mashup: Off Day Draft Analysis
When the Leafs get a couple of days off, bloggers have a little bit of extra time to take a wider look at things....
Accepting the fact that the Leafs will always have an enforcer
It’s painful for me to admit, but as much I will continue to bitch about how useless Colton Orr, Mike Brown, and (presumably) Frazer...
Carlyle’s disciplined style key to Leafs success
At the start of this season, noise was made that the current Leafs roster would be ill-equipped to serve under Randy Carlyle’s tough-nosed, nasty,...
Rooting Against the Underdog
One of the more positive stories in Leafland a week ago was Mike Kostka earning a spot on the Leafs blue line coming out...
Whyfall-owup
Brian Burke held his final press conference as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs' organization at noon Saturday, the hosting of which is...
Brian Burke Press Conference
Watch the full press conference after the jump.
Part 1
Part 2
The Big Goodbye: An Alternative Perspective
“He had a good dream. It's the only dream you can have - to come out number-one man. He fought it out here, and...
Can’t Fully Judge Brian Burke Yet
When the NHL finally decided to have a season last week, many Leafs fans knew Brian Burke was on thin ice. There was a...
Whyfall
This feels like writing a eulogy. I hate it.
You win. Let’s start with that concession, up front. A straightforward address to every fan who...
Brian Burke Fired: Initial Thoughts
By Alec Brownscombe & Declan Kerin
Shocking, is the only way to put it.
No, this wasn’t a move that was waiting in the wings. Last...
Don’t punish yourself
With the NHL lockout behind us and anticipation building ahead of a season that will start next week, a lot of the discussion surrounding...
Locked out Leafs made good strides, bad decisions
The NHL lockout has ended, rejoice! After a long-fought battle between the players’ union and the NHL owners, fans will finally see a season....
You watch, you learn… and have fun.
The plan? First make peace with the fact that the NHL latest work stoppage will become a reality. Check. Watch as much non-NHL hockey...
Expansion could increase talent pool
In case you haven't noticed, there is a lockout going on. As the league continued to chop of more bits from the 2012-13 NHL...
Confidence, thy name is Vladimirovich
Nikolai Kulemin, 2011-12: 70 games, 7 goals, 21 assists — 28 points. Numbers far below his NHL caliber.
"If you have no confidence in self,...
Neither Side is Ready to Make a Deal
So this week is do or die time for the 82 game season. Odds are we will see one last save face meeting between...
NHLFU
"In communications, familiarity breeds apathy." - William Bernbach
This isn't strictly speaking 'communications,' but Bernbach's quote certainly applies to the 2012-2013 (God, I hope it...
Locked Out Lupul
Recently Joffrey Lupul wrote an opinion piece over at AskMen.ca. And while I am disappointed I visited a site that looks to be a...
Recent MLHS articles
Oliver Ekman-Larsson can play almost anywhere on the Leafs’ blue line,...
Oliver Ekman-Larsson's individual season was one of the Maple Leafs’ more positive stories in a mostly miserable 2025-26 campaign.
At 34, he produced eight goals...
