During the 1990-91 Toronto Maple Leafs season, I continued to wear my Leafs cap to Mr. Rocca's math class.  When your second leading scorer is Mike Krushelnyski with 39 points, you know it's a rough year.  That 1990-91 season was very rough indeed, and my classmates ridiculed me for continuing

In one horribly kept secret transaction, the Toronto Maple Leafs are sending Bryan McCabe and a draft pick to the Florida Panthers for defenceman Mike Van Ryn. As the Bryan McCabe era comes to a end, it's time to reflect upon #24 and what he meant to this city.  I

Do you remember Mats Sundin?  He was a nice Swedish fellow who wore #13 for the Toronto Maple Leafs the past 13 seasons.  He holds the franchise record for most goals and points and he's second in assists. Here we are, about to hit Labour Day weekend, and Mats is

It's July 22 and it's Mats Sundin, Mats Sundin, Mats Sundin, Mats Sundin, Mats Sundin, Mats Sundin, Mats Sundin. A Swedish newspaper reported he was set to sign with Vancouver, then his agent denied the claim.  Another Swedish newspaper conducted a poll asking fans where they think the free agent

The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired forward Ryan Hollweg from the New York Rangers for a 2009 fifth-round draft pick.  The 25-year-old has five goals and seven assists in 200 career NHL games, all with the Rangers.  New York will get Pittsburgh’s pick in next year’s draft, which we

The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired young forward Mikhail Grabovski from the Montreal Canadiens earlier today in exchange for a draft pick and a prospect.  That draft pick is a 2nd rounder in 2010 and that prospect is Greg Pateryn, a United States Hockey League defenceman we drafted in the 5th

Freddie P and I have agreed to disagree about many things, and one of those things is Mats Sundin.  Fred likes to diminish Mats' value in his blog.  As recently as this morning he went off on the absurd offer Vancouver reportedly made for Sundin's services.  This city, it seems,

I'm still getting over the big four year deal Cliff Fletcher gave The Finger and now I've logged on to learn we've handed out another big four year deal to yet another unproven player. No, this isn't as severe an overpayment as The Finger deal, but it's still more coin

I understood signing Cujo to a nice and tidy one year deal for $700,000 but I don't get why Cliff Fletcher just signed defenceman Jeff Finger to a four-year deal worth $3.5 million a season. Don't know much about The Finger?  You're not alone, this is from TSN.

The other day I asked why the hell not Cujo?  Somebody has to back up Vesa Toskala next season, and I figured it may as well be Cujo who would sign for one year and wouldn't break the bank. Clearly MLSE is still reading this blog because this afternoon goaltender

It looks like Andrew Raycroft has played his last game as a Toronto Maple Leaf.  So has Scott Clemmensen.  That leaves Vesa Toskala as the only goaltender in the organization with NHL experience. We're all still hoping Justin Pogge will become a bonafide NHL goalie, but it looks like he'll

Bryan McCabe was great on the powerplay during the first half of the 2005 season.  His play during that period earned him a spot on the 2006 Olympic team, made him a Norris trophy candidate and had many Leafs fans touting him as the next Al MacInnis or Scott Niedermayer.

Let's see.  My name is Mike, I discovered the Toronto Maple Leafs in the very early 80s and by the time Wendel was leading us to a first round sweep of the Blackhawks in 1986, I was infatuated.  I survived the Ballard years, was rewarded with a competitive team in

When you wear your favourite team's jersey with the name and number of a current player on the back, you risk seeing that player traded, signed elsewhere, or worse, bought out.  My brother Steve owns a Darcy Tucker #16 Leafs jersey.  Darcy Tucker has been bought out by the Toronto

The Toronto Maple Leafs placed Kyle Wellwood and Andrew Raycroft on waivers today.  One of these moves was a no-brainer and the other is a little surprising but probably a good thing.  Let's start with the no-brainer. Two years ago tomorrow, I wrote about the trading of Tuukka Rask for

It can't all be about 1993.  Sure, Cito's back managing the Jays and Cliff is back managing the Leafs but at some point we have to move on.  Part of the future will be Luke Schenn, drafted last night by the Maple Leafs. Most of you probably don't know much

What a day!  The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired the #5 pick overall in a trade with the New York Islanders and we've drafted defenseman Luke Schenn. From Wikipedia: Schenn started his career with the Kelowna Rockets in 2005–06. He was Kelowna's first pick in the 2004 WHL Bantam

Am I living in the bizarro world?  This is turning out to be one heck of a strange sports news day in Toronto. First Cito returns, sending us straight back to the glory days in the early 90s, and now comes word from the Maple Leafs that the Montreal Canadiens

Uncle Cliffy has pulled of a trade on the eve of the 2008 NHL draft.  We've given up a third round pick to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Jamal Mayers, a 33-year old who scored 12 goals and added 15 assists with 91 penalty minutes in 80 games

With no newcomers eligible this year, the Hockey Hall of Fame could induct some previously overlooked players tomorrow.  There are a couple of former Maple Leafs that should be considered. Doug Gilmour owned this city for a few years in the early 90s.  I had to have a #93 jersey,

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Jason Blake won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey tonight at the NHL Awards. The Blakester was diagnosed with leukemia prior to the season, but he didn't miss a single game. This is a big win for my beloved franchise.

Does anyone else out there find it strange that our General Manager is going to work for the Anaheim Ducks next season?  I might be wrong, but I believe this is first time an NHL GM has actually overseen another franchise. Brian Burke, we'll see you here next summer.  Uncle

There was a Seinfeld episode with that phrase, cheering for laundry, used by Jerry to describe what people were really doing when they cheered their favourite sports team. They were cheering for the jerseys.  For all of my life, I've been cheering for the blue and white uniform donned by