We could have won on Thursday, but we should have won tonight.  That's what made this loss particularly painful. The Maple Leafs had plenty of chances but failed to capitalize.  Where this game was lost was special teams.  Philadelphia scored both their goals on the power play while we failed

Less than 48 hours removed from a hard fought seven game series against the Senators, the Maple Leafs opened their second round against the well-rested Flyers in Philadelphia.  We shouldn't have won this game.  We didn't. Clearly, this is going to be a tougher challenge than the one we just

Following their fourth loss to the Maple Leafs in five years, fans of the Ottawa Senators must be as bummed as I am giddy.  Earlier today I had a great time reading reaction from the Ottawa press. There are two daily newspapers in Ottawa: The Ottawa Citizen and The Ottawa

Since the best-of-seven format was introduced in 1939, the Maple Leafs have played in 20 Game Sevens. The Leafs have a record of 11-9, 5-8 on the road and 6-1 at home.  That's right, we're 6-1 at home in Game Sevens.  Tonight, at the ACC, the Leafs and Senators play

Damn.  I wanted to win in six.  Now we have to win in seven.  At least it will be in front of the home crowd.  Seriously though, I'm sure this is how it was scripted.  Mats Sundin triumphantly returns to lead the blue and white into the next round of

There was a frenetic pace to that first overtime period.  Both sides had an opportunity to end it, both sides failed to do so.  Period #5 awaits. Call me crazy, but Tie Domi looks as likely to end this thing as anyone.  I'm hoping I'm right.

Sudden. Death. Overtime. Who will be the hero?  Gary Roberts?  Joe Nieuwendyk?  Alexander Mogilny? Anyone but Daniel Alfredsson, please Lord.  Anyone but him...

It's clinching night.  If my beloved Maple Leafs defeat the Sens tonight at the Corel Centre, we're on to the second round.  We're about 90 minutes from game time and I feel like I'm playing tonight.  I'm anxious, hopeful and more than a little nervous.  I really want to wrap

All three Maple Leaf victories in this series have been 2-0 Eddie Belfour shut outs despite the fact the Senators have actually out shot us 155-100 in the series. Daniel Alfredsson has guaranteed his team will force and win a game seven in this series.  Stop writing cheques your butt

It's a simple law of physics.  What goes up, must come down.  Tonight, Eddie Belfour and his Maple Leafs crashed back to earth when the  Senators gave it to us good. Two big question marks causing concern for the future are last game's scorers Joe Nieuwendyk and Mats Sundin.  Nieuwendyk

Awesome.  Eddie Belfour is playing awesome.  The Maple Leafs shut out the Senators for the second straight game thanks to a goal by Joe Nieuwendyk and a stunning insurance marker by Mats Sundin. This has to be getting in the heads of the Senator players.  They simply can't beat Belfour

The Maple Leafs had to show up tonight with more intensity than they displayed on Thursday night and that they did.  Eddie Belfour was absolutely brilliant and Gary Roberts showed why he's Mr. Playoffs by potting a pair on feeds from Mats Sundin. I don't want to lose this series.

When the going got tough, the Maple Leafs were no where to be found.  Tonight's effort was weak.  A few more outings like this and we'll be golfing in no time. Where was the effort?  Where was Sundin?  What's with all the weird penalties being called?  Why did Belfour gamble

Tonight, at 19:05 EST, the puck will drop on the Maple Leafs 2003/2004 Stanley Cup playoff run.  Our first round opponent is none other than the Ottawa Senators. One of the cool things about having a site like this is I can make a prediction and see if

This afternoon, I rooted for the New Jersey Devils.  I don't believe I've ever done that before.  A win by the Devils over the Boston Bruins would have given us the division title and a first round match up against the Montreal Canadiens.  Who wasn't looking forward to that? The

This game felt like a playoff game.  Too bad it wasn't because we whipped 'em good. By blanking the Sens tonight, the Maple Leafs have assured themselves home ice advantage through the first round.  Furthermore, if Boston loses tomorrow against New Jersey, we're winning the whole damn division.  That makes

The Maple Leafs only have a single regular season game to play, yet there are so many possibilities when it comes to our first round match up.  With our win last night it's still possible to win the Northeast division and secure the 2nd seed in the conference but it's

From where I was sitting, the Leafs looked very strong last night.  I was 16 rows up with an excellent view of the net every Leaf goal was scored into.  A glance at my collection of Ticket Stubs will show you I've seen most of my games from the old

Thanks to a weak third period goal from Bryan McCabe, we managed to salvage a point tonight.  Just as importantly, we held the Senators to a single point in the process.  Boston won tonight so it looks as if the Leafs are playing for second in the Northeast division.Current

There, that's better.  In a true acid test for the Maple Leafs they passed with flying colours.  It was an all around excellent effort. There are few games remaining in the regular season, and both Boston and Ottawa have a game in hand, but last nights win does give us

I don't even want to write a recap of this game.  100% pure shite. I'm waking up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat fearing a first round match-up with New Jersey.  All my playoff memories of the Leafs and Devils are bad.  Please Lord, grant us

For the second game in a row, the Maple Leafs jumped out to a 3-0 lead.  Again, this was no reason to relax as the Avs scored twice in the second to make it a one goal game before Mats Sundin made it 4-2 late in the period.  Still, it