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Were we that good or were the Flyers that bad? Methinks we caught the Flyers on an off night because there's no other way to explain a Vesa Toskala shutout. It was a convincing win with the clear highlight being an absolutely sick goal by Tyler Bozak. It also happens
The Leafs have allowed 51 power play goals against this season. A blog called Behind the Net recently listed the worst penalty killing teams since 1963. Only two terrible Los Angeles Kings teams from the late 70s and early 80s had less than a 70 PK%. This season's Leafs clock
Tied 1-1 in the second period, Alexei Ponikarovsky was awarded a penalty shot. I saw it, you saw it, it happened. It never happened. Instead, they determined that Sergei Gonchar had scored 13-seconds earlier. There's a rule somewhere about scoring two goals on the same play, so the penalty shot
I have an idea that will instantly improve our hockey club. Let's stop playing the Buffalo Sabres. We've now lost 10 in a row against them, going 0-5 this season. I have another idea. Let's stop spotting the opposition a two goal lead. For the 23rd time this season, we
The Leafs fell behind 1-0 for 31st time in 44 games. But you know what's scary? This was the 22nd time they were down 2-0. We've been down 2-0 or more in half of our games. In this one, we actually fell behind 4-0 in a snoozer of a game.
I thought it might be wise to get this Leaf recap up before tonight's game against the Flyers. You see, there was another game last night, and this Leaf victory sort of got buried. What I'd like to see is a PPM look at GTA viewers of this game. If
Our streaky Leafs are in a nosedive. We're now 2-5-2 in our last 9 games. After our 0-7-1 start, we had a very respectable 9-4-2 run that pulled us back into playoff contention. Now it seems that was all for not. On the bright side, I felt THE MONSTER was
This was game #41. That means we're halfway done. It was tough to watch, another awful effort we deserved to lose, by why should game #41 be any different? The fact we're still sort of in a pseudo playoff race is more a fluke of mathematics than anything. We can't
Ian White broke a tie with 1:22 to play with his third goal in four games and the Toronto Maple Leafs held on for a 4-3 victory over the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins. Of course, I missed the whole game. I was forced by my wife to socialize
I remember watching Jaroslav Halak when he was a member of the Hamilton Bulldogs. I'd be sitting in the front row at Richoh, right behind Halak, and he was always sharp against us. That hasn't changed. He was pretty awesome again last night as he made 47 saves before we
A welcome new addition to the Barilkosphere is Bloge Salming. Here's Bloge Salming's Carol of the Bells as performed by Damien Cox of the Toronto Star with backup vocals by Howard Berger of the Fan 590. Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Leafs fans, I hope you like crap! We really should be beating the Islanders at this point, but Dwayne Roloson shut the door again and we never could get the equalizer. That's four losses in five games if you're counting along at home. Bah humbug.
Leafs fans, here's your fun fact of the day. If we remove games against Buffalo and Boston, we're 9-1-0 in our last ten games. Unfortunately, that's only good enough for 12th spot in the Eastern Conference. We shoulda had this one. It was ours. We had the lead with seven
The CBC aired this tribute to Maple Leaf Gardens during their Battle of The Blades series. Memories...
Let's a spend a moment talking about THE MONSTER. Yes, he recorded his first career shutout over a team that had beaten us seven games in a row, but that's not what I'm talking about. THE MONSTER was making his first start in 17 days since undergoing a second surgical
I've been writing a recap of every Maple Leafs game the since 2002. Six years ago today, I wrote about the 2-2 tie between the Leafs and Capitals. Sure, the Leafs extended their franchise record for consecutive games registering at least a point to 13, but a tie against the
What the hell happened? It was 1-0 Leafs when I left for my hockey game. Then I'm driving home and hearing it was 5-2 for the Sabres? Weren't we dominating? I guess it's tough to win on the road when your goalie lets in goals like this: In The Monster
It was a rough night at the office for the Leafers. Ron Wilson blamed it on fatigue. "We're a little run-down and tired, we've been busy with the schedule we had and that kind of showed the first 30 minutes or so of the game". I hate it when teams
Are you a passionate Toronto Maple Leafs fan? Are you intelligent? Are you active in digital spaces, either blogs, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube or other? If you answered "yes" to all three questions, this entry is for you. All others can pick apart my 40 favourite Christmas songs over here. Following
There are several wireless networks inside the Air Canada Centre. Yesterday, while in the media press box, I was given the username and password for the connection known as ACCWifi. Here are the connections my laptop detected. Prior to my visit, Elliotte Friedman warned me that the ACC wifi was
Imagine if this team didn't start 1-7-5. I'll give you a moment to close your eyes and envision such a scenario. Don't look now, but after a win against the Sens last night, we're tied in 10th place in the conference, only 2 points behind the Habs who sit in
I'm sitting in media seat #67. No foolin'. Of all the numbers I could have got, I got #67. I've already had a tour of the Rogers Sportsnet broadcast truck, seen Cliff Fletcher chowing down on a pre-game meal and I've been ice level to soak in some pre-game ambiance.
If you're a Toronto Maple Leafs fan, or if you're just naturally curious about what it would be like to watch an NHL game from the press box, you'll want to check back here tonight around 7pm. I'll be live blogging the game from the press box, giving you a
Ovechkin got his three points early, and then disappeared. That's when the Kessel and Stajan show began as we doubled the league's top team. Now on to the important stuff. I heard former Leafs captain Darryl Sittler watched the game from press row. That's exactly where I'll be tomorrow night
My current ringtone is a homemade cut of Metallica's "Hero of the Day". It's a sweet 15 seconds that reminds me of the Wendel Clark All Heart montage on YouTube. My kids love All Heart and I sincerely believe it should be mandatory viewing for all primary school students in
