100 years ago, the Toronto Blueshirts played their first season. Like most new teams, it involved a fair amount of losing. The Blueshirts would go on to become extremely important, because an entire league was founded just to get away from them.
In books, it's Deceptions and Doublecross - the one book you really need to read before talking about where the Leafs came from.
The 1913-14 Stanley Cup Champion Toronto Blueshirts I don't think you can really understand where you are in the world without understanding where you've been, and the story of where Toronto...
The final installment of 1967ers look at the pre-NHL history of hockey in Toronto.
Eddie Livingstone finally loses his battle with the NHA but the drama doesn't end there.
History #20 - A "Temporary" New League is Born. More Toronto Maple Leafs' pre-history
Eddie Livingstone finally loses his team.
The 18th installment in this series on the pre-NHL history of hockey in Toronto. Eddie Livingstone is on his way to losing his spot in the new league.
The Toronto Blueshirts 1915-1916 season saw five Hall of Famers play for them and they still missed the playoffs
"History is written by the victors." - Winston Churchill (Not everything I write will come from Holzman and Nieforth's Deceptions and Doublecross: How the NHL Conquered Hockey - actually, quite...
