Game Coverage

First off, remember the Festivus contest. Enter early and enter often. There are four entries thus far so your chances of being chosen for the voting is great. Maybe the winning streak dulled some of the rage but the Leafs have been providing a lot of ammunition over the past

The Leafs went into the Christmas break on the back of a good win over the Florida Panthers. Pavel Kubina picked up the winner in overtime with a blast from the point that beat Tomas Vokoun. It brought the Leafs post-regulation record to 2-7. After Christmas the Leafs not only

First off, remember the Festivus contest. Enter early and enter often. Tonight the Leafs play the Florida Panthers in the second half of their Snowbird tour. Going to this Christmas break fixture was a highlight of my last trip to Miami since I got to see the Leafs win and

Prior to the Leafs' game in Montreal HF10 wrote this ridiculous screed about MLSE only donating a signed picture of Joey Graham to a charity. Forget for a second that Joey Graham is a future NBA superstar and that that picture will be worth some serious coin in the

After this nightmare of a finish against the Hurricanes the Leafs continue their 7 game trek with a matchup against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Leafs smoked the Lightning 6-1 in Toronto but the Lightning magically morph into a strong hockey team when they are at home and can hide

Wow, so after two periods this post was going to be about how Vesa Toskala has given the Leafs the ability to steal games once again and I was going to make fun of Habs fans again for thinking that their team is good and that their goalie has never

All you need to know about this game: 1. Bryan McCabe apparently looks like Make-A-Wish Wozniewski since God accidentally smote him in response to my prayers. 1. McCabe, who was finally playing like a defenceman, will be replaced by Anton Stralman. 1. Anton will be paired with Andy Wozniewski. This

Well, I finally made it back to Toronto after the biggest storm since 1945 or some such insanity. Unfortunately, the entire trip, while enjoyable for all save the time during which the Leafs and Liverpool made me question why I love sports, was not a long nightmare. It must have

The Atlanta Thrasher's slogan for the playoffs last year was 'Believe in Blueland' and ironically tonight it was the opposition that had belief in...blue...land. Well, you get the idea. VeTo shut the door on the Thrashers and the big line of Antro-Sundin-Poni lit Letitin

Leafs, listen up. I know how these rivalry games usually turn out but that sure as hell won't fly Saturday night because I am making the trek to the Bell Centre. Not only am I risking getting stuck because of the end of the world storm that is

I have to post two game day threads today because I am making the pilgrimage to Montreal to see the game this weekend and I am not sure if I'll have access to the internet or not so better safe than sorry. The table of stats will feature

Well, that was as good as a response to Saturday's lacklustre effort as could have been expected. The Leafs were strong on special teams with Gill as the PK workhorse as they held the Lightning scoreless with the man advantage while the score was still knotted at zeros.

The Lightning roll into town for a rare Monday night game for the buds as they look to rebound from pissing away a perfectly good chance to increase their winning streak to five games with a lacklustre performance against the Bruins. I am still upset with my choice of Ghandi

Well, apparently Ghandi, while able to drive the British out of India, cannot inspire a group of professional hockey players to work hard enough to break the most passive of passive traps. As much as I hate watching the Leafs play the Bruins (they are the only team on my

Ugh. Another Leafs-Bruins matchup. While Damien Cox might love the idea of playing everyone in your division 54 times I like to spice things up once in a while with at least one game against every other team in the NHL. I guess that makes me dimwitted. Considering the usual

Don't look now but the Maple Leafs' juggernaut rolls into the Big Apple tonight on the back of some consistently solid and often spectacular goaltending and three great pre-game harangues. After taking the reins myself to get the win streak started I have farmed out the motivational

Toskala better be careful playing so well. The Leafs are going to expect him to do it every night and they'll be back to the Pat Quinn run and gun, defence optional days in no time. Actually, it only took two huge saves last night for the Leafs

Breaking News! This excerpt from an article outlining why the Leafs are playing well is hilarious. LESS WOZ: Kubina isn't returning to watch from the bench. He was averaging more than 24 minutes before getting hurt and it likely won't take him long to get into

Last season the Leafs were plagued by a dearth of timely saves. Time and time again a weak goal would come at the worst time possible. Whether the Leafs were pressing for the equalizer, had just pulled even, or were pressing. In the Leafs' last two games Vesa Toskala

The Leafs' host the Penguins tonight. I went to the open practice and if that was any indication of how they practice it's no wonder the defence can become so shambolic at the drop of a hat. It was interesting to see about 8,000 people at

Break up the Leafs because it's just not fair to the rest of the league. They should have left this juggernaut sleeping but they poked the beast one too many times. After reading a barnburner of a pre-game speech the Leafs showed that they are not, at the

The Leafs' Jekyll and Hyde season continued Tuesday night as they once again snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Actually, considering that the Leafs do not really feature a refined Dr. Jekyll-like game nor do they ever exhibit the Mr. Hyde-like tendency to violence a more apt comparison

What was the extent of my developing shock as the game continued? After spending a day trying to keep 8 kids from either killing themselves or each other I completely forgot that they were all in bed a scant 50 feet away as I celebrated Darcy Tucker's powerplay

Hooray! The Leafs get to play host to the regular season juggernaut that is the ottawa senators. What a great way to end a losing streak. Of course the team will come out flying and give 110% because why would they do otherwise? Here are some predictions for the game:

Thanks to my brilliant foresight I was at a relative's house for dinner last night. By the team the wonderful meal had ended and I made it back to my apartment the Leafs had pulled back within one and were headed to the third period. Unfortunately, getting home