Game Coverage

FREE AT LAST! FREE AT LAST! At least, not tonight. Hilariously, on Twitter Archimedies has seen people asking if Kessel will be playing tonight. For now we'll have to live with the guys after the jump. The Leafs' top four defencemen will be in the lineup tonight

Well la-dee-da. The worst team that the Leafs iced their weakest team but it was strong enough to capitalise on a five minute major with three powerplay goals. Pittsburgh carried a 2-0 lead into the second period, but right wing Craig Adams was penalized five minutes for

This is the overflow!

Mario keeps Sidney warm After the Penguins won the Stanley Cup last summer I made the seemingly insane argument that a Leafs' win had been the catalyst for their success. In retrospect, that was bang on. Tonight Crosby won't even be gracious enough to welcome the Leafs

The goalies that shut out the Philadelphia Flyers last night will get a chance to continue their shutout streak against the other half of Pennsylvannia's hockey duo. Jason Allison is back in the lineup and Matt Stajan is making his first appearance of the exhibition season as the

Well, my name is known all over the world By all the foxy ladies and the pretty girls. I'm goin' down in history As the baddest 7th overall pick in history. If you didn't get excited by Nazem Kadri's first goal in a

Oh yeah, light up that cigarette because that game was goooood. How good? Let me count the ways: 1. Leafs rack up the shutout 2. Nazem Kadri gets his first goal at the kind of NHL level 3. The penalty kill was perfect 4. Ponikarovsky and Kulemin woke up in

Grabovski says: dreenk cup of most delicious red pineapple joos and see me make goals

Stempniak got the game started by pouncing on a rebound before Kadri combined with Hagman for a real beauty. Ondrus had a pretty terrible fight and Luke Schenn showed Carcillo what happens when a deity gets upset with the common man. It was so flood but it sure floored the

The Flyers are resting their best fighter out of fear of Luke Schenn. Last night was a great game thread. People could come in after the game (me) and read exactly what was happening and follow the game vicariously through everyone's Bozak and Stalberg love. So this is

Puck Drop: 7pm Game Thread Drop: 6:45pm Broadcast: LeafsTV - Canada, NHL Network - USA This is why I love the pre-season. There are games almost every night and new players to evaluate. Last night's game is still a blur, mostly because that's all that we

The Toronto Maple Leafs fell to the Boston Bruins in the Coca-Cola "Zero Fans" First Game 3-2. The Leafs' goals were scored by Brian Burke's twin college signings Tyler Bozak on a gorgeous shorthanded rush and Viktor Stalberg on the powerplay. Unfortunately, the

It's here. After being off for approximately ten months following their elimination from playoff contention in November according to Howard "Meister" Berger the Leafs are back in action tonight. This is your game day open thread and since they were huge last year I'm

Sweet Jesus. Hockey is finally back. Finally the focus can move back to the ice as the Leafs host the Bruins in the now annual Coca-Cola "Zero Fans" First Game. Yes, I got that correct. Some people want to have you believe that this is some massive

I missed the game because the NFL IS BACK! and thank God for small miracles because this game was, by all accounts, brutal. However, some hardy souls managed to take the game in and have provided recaps from opposite sides of the aisle. First up, Bell via Garrett Bauman of

Last night some of the Baby Leafs took on the Baby Penguins at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium. The Penguins ran out 4-1 winners over a Leafs team that looked for the most part listless and disinterested. Thank God it was the kids I guess. The consensus last night amongst

Defense rocks, goals suck, yada yada yada...

We went from "I CAN'T WAIT" to "please, make it stop..." Colton Orr and a fistfull of dollars.  That's been your Leafs Free Agency day so far.

For the love of Peter, Paul and Mary, what is going on with the Kubina deal!?!?!?!?

Kubina to ATL for who?  Cammalleri offered a deal by Toronto?  Burke in Sweden working on Gustavsson? Things are happening... The word of the day is truculence.

Gomez to Montreal, Heatley to a private island for the next James Bond movie, the Sedins stay put in Vancouver because they didn't want to move their bicycles. What will happen next? Who will be moved? Who will sign someone terrible? Who will sign someone awesome? Who underpays?

Actually, don't make it personal - that would be awful.

...because there's a draft in here!  Overflow of the opening thread.  Keep yammering on gang.  Things are shaking down as projected, but there's still time to make things interesting.

We're finally here.  Draft day.  How will things shake down?  What are the odds the Leafs draft twice in the first round?  Will this team look anything at all like it did 24 hours ago?  Where will Tavares land?  Do we need to take up a collection for

Get ready for it, there's more than one Staal in this game and it isn't pond hockey at the Staal's house. Did you know that Jordan Staal and Eric Staal are brothers? Did you know that as brothers they grew up together and share