This may come as a surprise to younger readers of this site, but the Leafs once won the Stanley Cup.  In fact, the Stanley Cup banner I'm staring at right now shows we won it eleven times, most recently in 1967. The Conn Smythe Trophy winner in 1967 was none

The big debate at my house yesterday was whether the Leafs would make the playoffs or not.  Ryan said we'd finish 8th in the conference and therefore make the playoffs.  Steve said we'd finish 10th.  I think we'll likely finish 11th. Ryan, I present last night's game as exhibit A.

The Rayzor stayed sharp and our all-star trifecta of Boyd Devereaux, Chad Kilger and John Pohl scored goals as our winning streak hit two. Kids, today's lesson is about goaltending.  When you get good goaltending, you can actually win games when you're outshot 41-19.  This is particularly true when the

Now that we all love Andrew Raycroft again, we have to get something sorted out.  Are we going to refer to him as Razor or Rayzor? I would have started Jean-Sebastien Aubin, and maybe that explains why I'm not a professional coach.  Andrew Raycroft finally played a great game and

Travis Green is no Ben Ondrus.  When Ondrus made his Maple Leaf debut last season, we went on to earn seven of a possible eight points.  With Green rejoining the team, our winning streak was stalled at one. Andrew Raycroft is clearly struggling.  I think I could beat him on

The Leafs are undefeated with Travis Green in the lineup.  Did you see that energy?  The season starts now... The line of Mats Sundin, Jeff O'Neill and Alex Steen needs a nickname.  Let's start calling them The SOS Line.  You read it here first, folks. Current Record Last GamesSeason Leaders20-19-6

The Toronto Maple Leafs just picked up Travis Green from the waiver pool.  He was just floating there after playing seven games with the Anaheim Ducks this season.  Last year with Boston, Green had 10 goals and 12 assists in 82 games. I have fond memories of Green from his

Reports are blaming this loss on a trip the Hurricanes took to the Hockey Hall of Fame.  Apparently, after watching a video of their Stanley Cup win, they were highly motivated and ready to play like champions once more. I'm blaming this loss on the fact we're not a great

A trend has developed. Whenever we annihilate an opponent, we lose the next game.  To be more specific, we are now 0-4 following games in which we won by more than four goals.  How's that for riding momentum? The kids are alright, but alright doesn't earn you a berth in

We haven't scored that many goals in a game since 1998.  Alex Steen had a good month last night notching a hat trick and adding a couple of assists in a game that makes me feel great about shelling out a few bucks a month for LeafsTV. Like you, I'm

It was worth the wait for this recap.  Mats Sundin scored twice and added an assist to help the Leafs start the new year right with a big win over the Bruins.  Kris Newbury, who I thought was our best player the afternoon I watched the Marlies, scored his first

There was 2:06 left in the third when Chris Kelly scored.  That's all.  With Boyd Devereaux and Alex Steen providing the unlikely offence, I thought we were actually going to win this one. A win against our provincial rivals to close out the year would have been something sweet,

I've written a recap for every Leafs game since game one of the 2003/2004 season.  That first game was a 4-0 loss to Montreal.  When we lost a season to the lock out, I switched my focus to the St. John's Maple Leafs.  I monitor my team's progress this

Minnesota must be bad on the road because even we managed to beat 'em.  Jeff O'Neill scored the winner at 17:42 of the third.  Our winning streak is now at one.Current Record Last GamesSeason Leaders17-16-5 39 points 4th in Northeast4-3 Win vs. Minnesota 3-2 Loss vs. Washington 3-1

That was an entertaining third period, wasn't it?  Mats Sundin scored on a penalty shot and then 14 seconds later and I could taste the comeback.  I'm still shocked we couldn't come up with a third. The less said about the first two periods, the better.  If you remove those

We lost our second in a row and Mike Peca with a serious knee injury.  I knew we should have held on to some of those nine we scored Saturday night. As we turn our attention to the World Junior team, expect Finnish goalie Tukka Rask to shine brightest. Remember,

Mario Lemieux just took the Pittsburgh Penguins off the market.  The writing's on the wall and it looks as if the Penguins will call another city home next season.  Ever the optimist, I've found a nice silver lining for Leafs Nation. Kansas City, Las Vegas, Houston, Oklahoma City and Seattle

Happy holidays Leaf fans!  Here's a steaming pile of shite for your stocking. It's time for another goalie controversy.  Andrew Raycroft allowed six goals on 26 shots and we can't blame them all on Hal Gill.  It was a horrible effort all around, but if we're going to make the

This team sure is streaky.  We've now won three in a row and this one was awfully impressive.  Even more shocking than the fact we scored nine goals is the fact we're now tied for fifth in the conference. Kyle Wellwood had three goals and two assists to lead the

We had it, we gave it back and then Alexander Steen of all people extended our winning streak to two.  Mats Sundin and Bryan McCabe each had three points in the win. Sundin now has 858 points with the Maple Leafs which moves him ahead of Dave Keon into second

The Isotopes win a game!  The Isotopes win a game! Chad Kilger proved why he excelled in our skills competition by coming oh so close to his first NHL hat trick.  The pulling of Jean-Sebastien Aubin for Andrew Raycroft seemed to provide the required spark.  I think it had more

That was shite... pure shite. Normally I'd write something about Hasek having our number because he's beaten us nine straight times but I think Detroit would have won with Mark Gowan between the pipes.  Welcome to the winter of our discontent. Current Record Last GamesSeason Leaders13-13-5 31 points Tied for

Ron and Don just finished their thing, so here are a few quick thoughts from Toronto Mike after twenty minutes.  Yes, I'm going to start referring to myself in the third person. I miss the Canadian Tire guy.  He got the boot back in March and now the Canadian Tire

It's deja-vu all over again.  Another third period lead blown, another loss.  That's six in a row my friends. I missed the only goal because James' kindergarten teacher insensitively scheduled a parent-teacher interview during the second period.  We've only scored eight times during this slide so when you miss one