Pat Quinn has been fired as head coach of our Toronto Maple Leafs. He went 300-222-52 with 26 shootout and overtime losses as Leafs coach, twice leading Toronto to the Eastern Conference final, losing to Buffalo in 1998-99 and Carolina 2001-02. I sincerely believe every head coach has an expiration
Last night, we drafted our 2006 NHL playoff pool. There were lots of laughs, hot pizza and a wallop of good ol' hockey talk. Everyone's teams can seen at http://www.torontomike.com/2006hockeypool.html where I'll be updating the scores each day. I went heavy on Stars.
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. Quick note of possible interest for you. I was watching CSI:NY tonight and Pearl Jam's "World Wide Suicide" was played over a scene of CSI's digging up the end zone
Part of the pain that comes with being a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs is the overwhelming sense that MLSE is completely dysfunctional. There's a GM, a coach who was GM, a president, a chairman, board members, Bell Globemedia, the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and more. It's a complete
Yesterday, while playing frisbee with a couple of people approximately eight years my junior, I made the following comment. "In the immortal words of Corey Hart, we must never surrender!" Not only was this reference completely lost on them, but they had absolutely no idea who Corey Hart was. This
Scott Brazil was 50. He was an Emmy-winning producer-director whose television shows included "The Shield" and "Hill Street Blues."
A couple of poolies just dropped out, meaning we have a couple of spots to fill for tonight's 2006 NHL Playoff pool draft. If you live in the GTA, it's not to late to join. Contact me and I'll give you the address of the place we're all meeting tonight
Well folks, this here is our last Leafs recap for the season. Mats Sundin continued his late season excellence with another four points giving him 78 points for the season, his highest total since 2002. Don't forget, the dude missed a dozen games with that eye injury he suffered in
I mentioned I was putting together a wedding playlist for my brother's wedding next month. I wanted 100 songs that were decent, wouldn't offend and had an appropriate theme for such an occasion. This wasn't as easy as it sounds, and to make things a little trickier, I capped the
After weeks of voting, 2,200 residents have chosen to adopt the name The Beach over The Beaches. The final score was 58% to 42% in favour of the singular title. Personally, I don't have a preference. I've always known it as The Beaches but I can easily adapt. Even
Late next month, my little brother Stephen is getting married. I have been given the most important role in any celebration. I'm in charge of the music. I am responsible for putting together a wedding playlist that will not offend those with more MOR tastes but retains a certain element
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. The Leafs have fallen - but this time of year they should be blooming as in the past years. Changes have to be made -so long Belfour, Domi, Allison, Berg, Khavanov.
Every Monday I shuffle my entire MP3 collection in iTunes and list the first ten songs that play. Here are the ten tunes I heard today with a personal story about one of them. One - U2Don't Go Off Wandering - Limp BizkitCommotion - Creedence Clearwater RevivalFaith Collapsing - MinistryThe
I received the following message from the grinch moments ago. The grinch is in Texas but I don't know what email addy he's checking so I'm replying to him here..hey mike just checking in but could not remember the site where I can get to yahoo im. hope all
I received the following message via my contact form earlier today. There was no reply-to address, so I'm replying here.Hi Mike. I am researching the 1890's hockey Cups and had to ask since I see your interest in hockey. I have 3 Boon's that played for the Montreal Crystals
I just submitted a tune for SLS15 consideration. I submitted "Lonely Day" from System of a Down. I love the band and it's a nice enough song, but I submit it for SLS15 under protest. Too much Daron and not enough Serj!
In hindsight, the Leafs finished exactly where they deserved to finish. Hindsight, of course, is 20/20. What about foresight? Did I have the foresight to see the writing on the wall last summer? I wrote the following entry last August, just prior to the signing of Eric Lindros. The
Yesterday I wrote that the Leafs were finished with Mikael Tellqvist. Confidence in the back up was lost, confidence in Jean-Sebastien Aubin has soared and it's highly unlikely the Leafs will head into next season with both Tellqvist and Aubin. Tellqvist got his first start in ten games yesterday and
LINUX Guide for newbies - This guy put together a neat little guide for those making the jump from Windows to Linux. I've been running Fedora Core 5 in a virtual machine with the intention of blowing Windows XP out of the water for good. If one more family member
I've posted eight new pictures in Pictures. A couple are from today, a few are from yesterday, a couple are from Friday and one is of Michelle donning some Custom gear.
It's been a great Easter morning in our household and I hope it's the same in yours. James and Michelle thoroughly enjoyed hunting for Easter eggs and here's the photographic evidence. Happy Easter!
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. The LeafsThe boys tried. No loses in their last 10. Too bad we couldn't have started this trend a week earlier.Guess I'll just have to cheer for the Flames!TimTrue,
On the bright side, we beat the Sens for the first time all season. Following the game, CBC showed the Tampa Bay-Carolina game, which went to overtime. When Martin St. Louis scored with 10.7 seconds left, the Leafs were eliminated from playoff contention for the first time in eight
"'Twas Easter Sunday. The full-blossomed trees filled all the air with fragrance and with joy." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
This is frustrating. The Leafs are blowing out the Sens, a team we haven't been able to beat all season. It's 5-0 and we're smoking them after two. This is our tenth game since we lost in Montreal and we'll be collecting our eighteenth point over that span. It's frustrating
