Game Coverage

The Leafs play the Hurricanes for the last time this season. The Canes have actually played a pretty significant part in the Leafs' season thus far. In the first matchup of the year they ruined my visit with a 7-1 shellacking of the buds. It highlighted many of

As I write this the other games are going as badly as they possibly could for the Leafs. Boston has won, Florida is about to win, Atlanta is winning, and Washington won. About the only good thing is that Buffalo is winning and if they can hold on they'

Tonight the Leafs' renew acquaintances with the Capitals light one Alex Ponikarovsky (shoulder) and heavy one Wade Belak. With Belak in the lineup the team goes from supersoft to only soft. Tonight, Belak has a job to do and Eminger has a duty as a player that laid a

Ok, so let's recap the year thus far before the Leafs play their final game prior to the all-star break. I, along with a big chunk of fans, am excited by the summer additions and predict that a team that has missed the playoffs by 2 points

The first game of the post-JFJ era goes at home against the Capitals in the first half of a home-and-home, back-to-back set. It's tough to cheer against the Leafs but two losses in these games (regulation ones please!) could be the final nails

Well, thankfull that streak is over. The Leafs stretched their winning streak to three games with a 4-2 win over the Sabres before falling 3-2 against the Devils. Despite the three wins the Leafs remain entrenched in 28th place in the NHL. Thankfully the teams around them in

Luckily for the Leafs, others team in the Stamkos Sweepstakes won last night so the two game winning streak has not moved the Leafs out of 28th. Tonight they host the Buffalo Sabres who had lost 10 games in a row (5 via OT/SO) before absolutely destroying Atlanta. This

Man, the Leafs can't do anything right. They go on a great run that sets them up for a push for a good playoff spot and then McCabe and Toskala get hurt and the team goes in the tank. Fans suffered through the losing streak but finally came

I think I have finally cracked the Make-A-Wish mystery. It wasn't compromising photos of JFJ, Paul Maurice, or Dick Peddie that kept him in the lineup! It was a McDonald's contest. This picture was dropped into my e-mail with the accompanying text: Ever

The Leafs return home from their disastrous three game West Coast road trip and host the Carolina Hurricanes tonight. For those with a masochistic bend, the game is on Sportsnet Ontario in the Leafs' region at 7:30PM. I could throw up some stats but all that they would

Generally the fellows manning the television cameras on Leafs' broadcasts have an unhealthy obsession with showing a scowling JFJ. Unfortunately, for comedy's sake, all he ever does is scowl. However, lately the television cameras have started to focus on Maurice after any of a series of Leaf

So the Leafs are in Anaheim for the first time since 2003. If you haven't had a chance check out tonight's 5 Questions with Finny. MF37 at Bitter Leaf Fan is among the raft of Leaf fans that receive MLSE's Insider E-mails. The

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

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

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

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

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