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I started this blog six years ago - March 26, 2006. The Leafs were floundering as an organization, they were out of the playoffs, the GM...

So I took a shot at Michael Grange's trade deadline entry earlier today. Here’s the trade deadline story as I would have filed it. ...

A few weeks back I was on the phone with a sports reporter talking about the MLG Time Capsule. Rather unexpectedly, he asked me the followin...

I don’t often agree with Leafs GM Brian Burke. I find his stance on head shots deplorable, the majority of his UFA signings questionable, an...

The Toronto Maple Leafs traded 24 year old Kris Versteeg to the Philadelphia Flyers for a 1st and a 3rd round draft pick in 2011. I don’t li...

Three quick thoughts about the Toronto Maple Leafs acquiring Joffrey Lupul: Burke's trades continue to come as complete surprises; The k...

Colby Armstrong yaps. He agitates. Some claim he's a hitter, but he's just 6th among forwards on his own team in hits per game. He ...

As a kid, three things terrified me more than any other: quicksand, Bigfoot from the Six Million Dollar Man, and bottomless pits. When Catwo...

The Leafs don’t have a lot of prospects in the system. Trading away eight of your 10 first round draft picks in a decade can sneak up on yo...

“If you want to take the bows when the team is winning, then you better take the heat when it’s not winning. It is ultimately my responsibil...

Most people pegged the Leafs to be 12th in the East and they're certainly playing down to expectations. That said, the two biggest and m...

I'm not smart enough to know if Ron Wilson is the "problem" in Leaf land. Actually, I'm not sure that there is a so-called...

When Cliff Fletcher first joined the Leafs (Gah, nearly 20 years ago!) he often spoke about evaluating a team's performance every 10 gam...

As the Leafs get ready to start their 2010-11 season at home against the dreaded Montreal Canadiens, the team has more question marks than F...

The Vancouver Canucks cut put centre Brendan Morrison on waivers today. As the 29th best team in the NHL last season, the Leafs have a ver...

Long serving Toronto Maple Leaf Tomas Kaberle's no-trade clause has an interesting wrinkle - it includes a short window each summer wher...

Darryl Sittler, Rick Vaive, Wendel Clark, Doug Gilmour, Mats Sundin and Dion Phaneuf. One of these things is not like the other. On Monday, ...

According to TSN , at least two teams have expressed an interest in acquiring Toronto Maple Leaf Tomas Kaberle and upwards of five teams may...