From The Branches

Last night the Leafs got it done by repeatedly coming back against the Boston Bruins to force OT and later a shootout where Nazem Kadri did what he does best, besting Tim Thomas with a sick shootout move. This moves the Leafs up to 82 points on the season with

I've created The Monster, cause nobody wants to see Jonas no more They want Reimer, Giggy's chopped liver Well if you want .500, this is what I'll give ya A little bit of "D" mixed with some "SKATE QUICKA!" OK,

Did someone forget to wind the Deathclock? I noticed it didn't move at all after last night. What's that? The Leafs beat the Sabres? BOOYAH!! Animal House: Germans Bombed Pearl Harbor (via CQblogger) Who You Gonna Call? Grabbo. - Vintage Leaf Memories It’s funny, when

You'd think that there would be an air of greater disappointment and frustration amongst the fans of a team that is set to miss the playoffs for a sixth straight year, but it's really not the case. Quite the contrary, in fact. We have young netminders

Good fight. Embarrassing at first, but an impressive surge at the end got the crowd involved and made a name for themselves. Ultimate the belt wasn't to be theirs, but at least people know they're now a legitimate gamer. Leafs Left Licking Their Wounds - James

While they haven't been officially eliminated, it looks like the end of the Leafs' push for the eighth and final playoff seed.  Toronto's loss combined with Buffalo's shut out of New Jersey puts the Leafs back seven points with six games to play.

Both the Buffalo Sabres and the Carolina Hurricanes won last night, reclaiming ground lost to the Leafs the day before. On top of that, the Leafs are in Detroit to face one of the favorites for the Stanley Cup. Probably the toughest aspect of the current playoff push is that

Kulemin, Leafs Scratch Out Victory in Denver - Jonas Siegel "Little bit late I think," said Kulemin, with a chuckle. Not their prettiest effort to be sure, the Leafs scratched and clawed their way to victory past an energetic Colorado bunch, winning the second game of a three-game

With the Leafs on the road out West and having a couple days off, news on the subject of this team has slowed down considerably. The only article today from our usual lineup for mainstream media writers about the Leafs comes from Jonas Siegel, as he writes about how J.

I don't think James Reimer has ever stopped smiling. This kid is amazing. More links after the jump. Leafs Links Reimer Backstops Leafs to 3-0 Win Over Wild Not too shabby. Mike Van Ryn Talks about Hit that Caused Him to Retire And how he's using

From a Jonas Siegel story: "You look at that hit," said Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf. "it’s exactly what we’re saying has got to come out of the game. That’s the kind of hit that you don’t like to see. It was direct to

I'm not writing off the Leafs' playoff hopes, but uh, well, they don't look so good. It's also true that this isn't exactly a new development, and that our odds of making the post-season have been rather slim since the beginning

The Leafs dominated their Northeast rivals from Boston last night, including a three goal second period that put the game out of reach for the Bruins. It won't get the Leafs into the playoffs, but any win over a divisional opponent is extra nice. Tomas Kaberle had a

"Shame on me for playing a Stanley Cup winner, a Conn Smythe Trophy winner who's, up until he got injured, our No. 1 goalie," he said. "I haven't seen Reims score a goal yet or lead a 2-on-1 rush and the timing was

One night the Leafs seem like a team hellbent on making the playoffs. They go into Raleigh and hand the home team a 3-1 loss. The next night, they lay their biggest stinker of the year in a 4-0 loss to the Rochester Americans in a span where every game

Pretty tired today, so I'm just going to skip the foreplay and get right to the links. Jeff Blair's article in the Globe and Mail kicks things off with an interesting side story about Reimer: The way the story goes, Reimer heard through the "grapevine&

Reimer Story is Far From Finished - Jeff Blair from the Globe and Mail There is reason to worry about James Reimer only if you buy into the notion that he is little more than lightning in a bottle, destined to be another manifestation of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ chronic

A few of our regular writers are wondering if James Reimer isn't getting a bit worn out playing every game, particularly after last night's unfortunate showing. Of course, defensive breakdowns were probably the biggest issue against the Lighting, and I don't think anyone really

Playoff Pressure Intensifies on Upstart Leafs - James Mirtle at the Globe and Mail You won’t get very far in the Toronto Maple Leafs dressing room these days without hearing the phrase "our playoffs" in relation to the tail end of the regular season. And after Saturday’

Some of the sweetest mornings come right after a Leaf win. You stretch out on the couch, and get so lazy that you wind up watching entire half hour highlight shows five times in a row just because you know that you won't get tired of seeing your

Tonight might be the biggest game of the season for the Toronto Maple Leafs. It's pretty simple: beating the Sabres at the ACC means the Leafs stay in the playoff race, while losing will likely mean the end. Let's hope the Leafs are ready to play

Your usual FTB writers are off gallivanting around the countryside (or whatever it is they do when not being forced to do PPP's slave labor) and so it comes down to me. I don't have any of your links so post them in the comments and

Today's links may be a bit bare-boned in terms of Leafs content, so if you've got anything you'd like added, toss it in the comments, and I'll add it later on this morning. Of course, that isn't to say that

Well last night saw the Leafs give a lackluster effort in a must win game, something that's become all too common for the Toronto Maple Leafs since the lockout. They way in which they are able to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory is mind boggling both

James Mirtle? Win. Mikhail Grabovski? Win. Grabbo love? Win. Insanity quotes? Win. Exhibit A: There, for the past six years, he has had a large tattoo that depicts himself as a young hockey player in full equipment with a woman’s face looking over him. It’s not something he