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As James Mirtle reports, James Reimer, Luke Schenn, and Dion Phaneuf will all be playing for Team Canada in the upcoming World Championship in Slovakia. Clarke MacArthur may also join the team but is described in the article as a "bubble candidate". Mike Brown and Mike Komisarek will

Whatever I could say, Mike at Vintage Leaf Memories has already said it better. 10 Reasons Why Leaf Fans Can Feel Either Encouraged or Discouraged Heading Into Next Season 1. The team, as currently configured, has become a team that is hard to play against.  There are very few teams

The 2010-2011 Toronto Maple Leafs season came to a disappointing end last night. A 4-1 loss, even in a game with nothing on the line, is not the best way to end the year. But for a team that worked and fought so hard to climb back into

Tonight's game in Toronto will see two new additions to the organization make their NHL debuts. Joe Colborne, 21, will be skating on the first line with Phil Kessel and Joffrey Lupul, while Matt Frattin, 23, plays with Tyler Bozak and Nazem Kadri. Keep in mind that this

The time has come to do two things: first, Leafs fans will start thinking about the playoff-bound team(s) to which they will grudgingly loan their mercenary support. A Montreal-Boston series would be a win-win situation in my view, with the Habs either being knocked out of

Sorry for the delay this morning folks. I think we're all still half asleep from the snoozer played in Newark last night. The good news is that Phil Kessel popped home his 31st goal of the season and set a new personal high for points in a season

Welp, the Leafs have been officially, mathematically, for realsies eliminated from playoff contention. Prepare yourselves for the certain influx of "Leafs suck, have always sucked, and you're a sucker for liking them" articles from members of the MSM. You've been forewarned.  The following article

Over the last 10 games, the Leafs have been one of the hottest teams in the league. Unfortunately so have the three teams the Leafs have been chasing in the East. Over the last 10 games, the Leafs are 7-3-0 good for 14 points, and have moved up

Wrestlemania 27 last night, in my opinion, gets a 5 out of 10. It had such promise and ultimately failed to deliver. Most surprising moment of the night? Snooki doing backflips like an accomplished gymnast. Most disappointing moment of the night? A 30 minute snoozefest between Jerry Lawler and Michael

Phil Kessel and the rest of the Toronto Maple Leafs blew through Canada's capital last night, taking two points from last place and sometimes rival Ottawa Senators. Kessel potted his 30th goal of the season, making it three consecutive years he has reached that milestone. But in the

March was quite the month for the Toronto Maple Leafs. A 9-4-1 record saw the Buds grab 19 of a possible 30 points, moving securely into the tenth spot in the Eastern Conference. The Leafs finish their season over the next eight days, including a trip to Ottawa

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 the

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 Mirtle

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

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

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