We held a lead!

Reimer and McKegg are Panthers, and so is Jagr."What year is this?"

Dave Keon complains about too much hair on his statue and other cute things.

Do you run a hockey tournament? Consider adding a Leafs prospect; it’s what all the cool tournaments are doing this year.

You don’t just take a man’s number like that!

The Leafs continue a two-game homestand against Florida teams with a visit from an old friend.

Promoted to a top line, Connor Brown had a quietly good night.

And other interesting phrases from Mike Babcock.

Andreas Johnsson is just getting started in North America and the Toronto Marlies are the early beneficiary.

Plus CIS renamed, the Pride and les Canadiennes roll on, Kessel out of Four Nations Cup and Szabados cut from Peoria

or: seldo rants like an Oilers blogger over a failed website purchase

That Stamkos is pretty good for an old guy.

Will Steven Stamkos be a bolt from the blue?

The new face in the expected lines for tonight’s game is not all that new.

We should all follow his example.

The tournament is in Helsinki in early November.

ZSC set attendance records, but even Matthews could not make up for an early playoff exit.

Could it be youth, exuberance, and defensive leakiness?

It’s Florida week in Toronto. Ready for things to get crazy?

Matthews definitely won Halloween, just like how he wins most things.

The new Toronto Maple Leafs are nothing if not bold. They are also sometimes confusing.

After four different jerseys in six months, Kasimir Kaskisuo got the opening night start for the Solar Bears.

Five games, two angles.

Ken Bone, to be exact.

Kasperi Kapanen and Brendan Leipsic are blossoming as two of the AHL’s best players on a new-look, but still-dominant Toronto Marlies team.