Last year the Leafs balked at the price, this year, they should balk at it twice.

Right-hand defenceman vs. fourth line booster

Martin Marincin and Tanner MacMaster made their Marlies season debut Tuesday night.

All the big deals happened on the last two days before the deadline. How smart were those big moves in hindsight?

Is there anything that can suck the fun out of hockey more than contract negotiations during the cap era?

After a close win last night against the Senators, the Leafs now prepare for a six game road trip.

The Leafs looked great, then bad, then bad some more, then great again, then bad again, and somehow they won.

Four months later, the Maple Leafs finally get a rematch against the Ottawa Senators.

Continue playing up!

On the heels of the Matthews contract, the Star ran a story with some pretty hot quotes from Mitch Marner’s agent. Then it got interesting.

But it’s not a discount.

I’m sure this will be one of my most beloved articles.

Other stories this week: the Beanpot and the NWHL All-Star Game

The easy one is done. Now, the difficult contract.

The deal is for five years.

It’s trade season, but is playing in this market a good idea? Let’s look back with hindsight goggles to find out how smart last year’s deals look now.

He hits, he scores, and maybe Jake Muzzin gets Randy Carlyle fired!

What I want...

He hit the net!

Randy Carlyle has come back to his favourite arena.

Coming off a loss that would have got the coach of many a team fired, the Ducks roll into town to face the former purveyors of Randy-puck.

Mac’s first ever hat trick came at the perfect time.

The Marlies picked up two wins in a row against the Rocket.

Also, there’s a game today? Who authorized that?

Laurence Gilman acquires yet another guy from the Utica Comets.