From The Branches

As we all saw yesterday, Tyler Bozak was tweeting about the team's struggle to get out of New Jersey. I suppose he and the rest of the team can take solace in the fact that they're not the only people to ever be desperate to get

First off: my sincere condolences if you're reading this from your desk at your place of employment. We'll have some Leafs content today hopefully in an attempt to makeyour return to work bearable. If you're not working today feel free to share a link

On behalf of my brethren here at PPP, I hope you all have a very merry Christmas today. Not much new on the Leafs front at the moment, although there are plenty of fanposts and stories written over the past few days that are still ripe for discussion. Be sure

Yesterday, the Leafs held an outdoor practice at Trinity Bellwoods Park, and had a chance to answer a few more light-hearted questions. Mark Zwolinski, over at The Toronto Star, asked each Leaf what their best Christmas gift ever was, both given and received. Unfortunately, Colton Orr and Phil Kessel

Wilson Shrugs Off the Boos - James Mirtle at the Globe and Mail In his 17th season coaching in the NHL, Ron Wilson has pretty much seen it all. And the fact Leafs fans were again calling for him to be canned during last night's 6-3 loss to

"I don't know if we need to bring a cattle prod in here and poke everyone in the ribs before we go on the ice or what," MacArthur said. "Come out sleeping, down 2-0 – I mean, what are the odds of coming back in

Leafs in need of a transplant - Leafs Nation Almost thirty years ago, the Chicago Black Hawks (two words in those days) were ready to face-off against the about-to-explode Edmonton Oilers in the Campbell Conference Championship Series. The Hawks finished the season with 104 points. The Oilers had

After losing two of three on the road in Western Canada, the Leafs return home to Toronto for three of their next four games.  The Leafs continue to have issues pretty much everywhere, although the penalty kill has been improved the past week.  As Vintage Leaf Memories writes, an inability

Even though they have over $7 million invested in the position, the Leafs continue to have issues with their goaltending. James Reimer was recalled from the Toronto Marlies yesterday, as it appears Jean-Sebastien Giguere might have a serious problem with his groin and will miss some time. Giguere spoke

Well Leafs continued their rollercoaster run of late; 2 good games, followed by an absolute stinker or two. Our "2nd" line continues to put points up on the board like it's going out of style and boy do I ever thank them for that. Otherwise we&

So...hell yeah! Leafs come out flying and take down the Oilers 4-1 to even the season series. The big boys came to play in Edmonton with Kessel, Versteeg, Grabovski, and Phaneuf getting goals. If someone asked you who you'd like to score in a 4-1

The Buds are in Edmonton today as their annual Western Canada road trip kicks off. The last time we saw the Oilers, they were embarrassing Toronto on home ice: a 5-0 drubbing on December 2nd that wasn't the best Leafs hockey we've seen this season.

Let's see, what happened to me on Saturday. I slept in. Played some XBOX. Gorged myself on Shabu Shabu bacon pork. Find out the Leafs beat the Habs. And watched one of the greatest concerts in MSG history. That's right boys and girls, RAMMSTEIN! So yeah,

The Leafs were able to pull out 3 wins in possibly their toughest five game stretch of the season. Phil Kessel scored on a rebound and Tomas Kaberle was able to pot his first goal of the season last night in a big divisional match-up. Kris Versteeg added an

There has been a lot of talk about the current cold streak of Phil Kessel. Some are quick to criticize for his inability to score with regularity since October, while some are quick to defend the young forward who has proven to be a dangerous player on a weak team.

Yesterday on Puck Daddy Radio, special guest Jeff Marek was talking to Pizzo and Wyshynski about the Leafs' struggles and gave a very interesting take on the situation. He said that at even strength, it's the GM's team. He chose those players based on the

What do you say after a loss like that? The Leafs were embarrassed everywhere on the ice with the exception of about five minutes in the third period where Tyler Bozak and Mikhail Grabovski scored, and made it briefly look like we were headed for another comeback. Although on paper,

Say what you will about intangibles, but the past two games since Armstrong's return have shown some true grit and determination from the Leafs; led by Colby Armstrong. Since Tucker and Domi left, the Leafs have been without a skilled shit disturber that the people love dearly. But

There is no shortage of opinions stemming from last night's embarrassment of the mighty Capitals. I can only hope that the Leafs have saved some of their David vs. Goliath routine for the upcoming game against Pittsburgh, because I don't want to read this many game

25 games down. 56 games to go. It's going to take a lot of good speeches to get this team into the playoffs. Hopefully Nonis, Burke, and Wilson own a good thesaurus and have watched every sports movie ever, otherwise their speeches will become stale and lack their

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best. -Oscar Wilde I'm a competitive person. I like to win arguments. I like to win hockey games. I like to win video games, board games, and pretty much anything else you can think of. I think

Bruce Lee_Be Water My Friend (via sedonahealth9) Did you ever see Bruce Lee's final movie, Game of Death? The basic premise is that Lee's character is forced to fight his way to the top of a 5 story Pagoda to allow some mobsters to recover

Tonight the Leafs take on a young Edmonton Oilers team that has won two in a row. If the Leafs are going tostand much of a chance of making the playoffs, these are the kinds of games that they absolutely need to win. Of course, it's not impossible

The Leafs are a lot like a V-8 motor with a bad distributor; it's never firing on all cylinders. One night the PK will be great but the PP will have no legs. The next night Gustavsson will stand on his head, but the skaters can'

Let's get right to the heart of things shall we? Defensive Development - Jonathan Willis I wondered how long it took the average highly-touted defensive prospect to make the jump to being a top four defenceman, so I went back over the last 10 drafts to see. I