With the playoffs right around the corner, this is the time for the Maple Leafs to get hot.  Instead, they're playing rather uninspired hockey. Sure, tonight's game was entertaining. A storied rivalry, thousands of Leaf fans in Montreal for the game and a see-saw battle with a few good fights

Reality check.  Tied for the division lead and within a few points of the conference lead at this point in the season, you have to defeat the last place team in the conference when playing on your home ice.  Am I right?  The Maple Leafs stunk last night.  To quote

It was a rather easy victory for the Maple Leafs last night as we moved back into a tie with Ottawa for first in the division. A final word on the trades and other signings/acquisitions by the Leafs yesterday.  Ron Francis will be a great role player on this

The Toronto Maple Leafs finally made a trade today. Ron Francis is the newest Toronto Maple Leaf.  Here are the details... John Ferguson, general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, announced Tuesday that the club has acquired forward Ron Francis from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for Toronto's fourth round

The Toronto Maple Leafs added another player today without giving anything up.  Something is definitely brewing. John Ferguson, general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, announced Tuesday that the club has claimed forward Chad Kilger off waivers from the Montreal Canadiens. Kilger, 27, has played 36 games for Montreal this

No, the Toronto Maple Leafs didn't just pull off a huge trade on deadline day, but there is news from the wire... John Ferguson, general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, announced Tuesday that the club has signed unrestricted free agent defenceman Calle Johansson for the remainder of the season.

Facing the Sabres seems to bring out the worst in the Maple Leafs.  We're 0-3-1 against them so far this season and they probably won't even make the playoffs.  That's unacceptable. There was no "get up and go" from the blue and white tonight and no quick start like we've

Have you glanced at the NHL Eastern Conference Standings lately?  Four points separate the top five teams, and we're smack in the middle of them.  Here are the top 5 at this moment. Tampa Bay Lightning - 88 points Philadelphia Flyers - 88 points Toronto Maple Leafs - 86 points

Welcome to Toronto Mr. Leetch.  We hope you enjoy your stay in our fair city.  With nights like last night, it looks like it will be a pleasant one.  Your three assists led us to an easy victory and our power play seemed much more formidable with you at the

Off the wire last night... John Ferguson, general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, announced Wednesday evening that the hockey club has acquired defenceman Brian Leetch and a conditional draft choice from the New York Rangers in exchange for defenceman Max Kondratiev, forward Jarkko Immonen, Toronto's first-round pick in the

For the first time in a while, a healthy Maple Leafs team took the ice last night when Gary Roberts returned from injury.  This is great news. It was a very important game against a good team and the Leafs prevailed thanks to another game winning goal by Mats Sundin.

Ed-die! Ed-die! Ed-die! Ed-die! Ed-die! The return of Eddie Belfour seemed to re-energize the Maple Leafs tonight as they easily disposed of a pretty good hockey team tonight thus ending our longest losing streak of the season at two. The shutout was the 71st of his career, putting him in

The entire torontomike.com staff is watching the wire for any word of a trade involving the Maple Leafs.  Sergei Gonchar was scratched from the Caps lineup yesterday, and more interesting than that, a Sergei Gonchar bio page has sprung up on the official Maple Leafs website.  Unless they've taken

Our beloved Maple Leafs have lost three straight games and five of their last eight. Eddie Belfour missed his eight consecutive game and Gary Roberts missed his seventh in a row.  Media reports suggest a trade is in the works that will send Sergei Gonchar to Toronto for Carlo Colaiacovo

Aw-ful adj. Extremely bad or unpleasant; terrible: the Maple Leafs were awful last night. On the positive front, Eddie Belfour should return tonight and a big deal for a defensemen is in the works.  Will it be Sergei Gonchar or Brian Leetch?  Who will we have to give up?  Stay

This ticks me off.  With Ottawa 6-1-1-2 in their last ten games and showing no sign of letting up, the Maple Leafs have to win these games.  Playing Carolina at the ACC has to amount to two points in the standings.  There is no other option for a serious contender.

Phew.  Watching a 4-0 lead evaporate had me thinking back to last Saturday when the Maple Leafs blew a 3-0 lead and ended up losing 6-4.  Tonight we managed to hang on to secure a much needed two points. Mikael Tellqvist remains unbeaten this season despite a fairly weak third

When you mention Tim Horton to kids these days, they immediately think of coffee and donuts.  Few under the age of thirty know about the hockey player who founded the donut chain. Horton played seventeen years for the Toronto Maple Leafs winning four Stanley Cups.  He was feared throughout the

To keep up with Philadelphia, Ottawa and Boston in the East, the Maple Leafs had to grab two points against the Hurricanes.  Thanks to some great goaltending from Mikael Tellqvist and an overtime goal by Darcy Tucker, we're back into a tie for the conference lead. Tellqvist hasn't lost a

Trevor Kidd has allowed 18 goals in five games, but Aki Berg and Ken Klee did him no favours by turning over the puck and gift wrapping a few for Boston last night.  The Maple Leafs missed a glorious chance to put a little distance between us and the charging

The Maple Leafs handed the hapless Penguins their 12th consecutive home loss last night, drilling eight goals past Sebastien Caron and Jean-Sebastien Aubin. Owen Nolan led the charge with four points as the Leafers leap-frogged the Sens back into first in the Northeast division.  Tonight's game against Boston will be

Disgusting.  With a 3-0 lead late in the second period, the Maple Leafs have to close out the win.  Ottawa won tonight and Boston got a point, so blowing a three goal lead to the Sabres at home was not an option. Trevor Kidd is becoming a huge issue.  With

The Maple Leafs have quietly won seven of their past ten hockey games.  Last night Mikael Renberg and Darcy Tucker led the charge with two points a piece in a relatively easy victory against an over matched opponent.  This was a game we had to win and we did. The

Hot off the wire... John Ferguson, general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, announced Wednesday that the club has traded Ric Jackman to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for defenceman Drake Berehowsky.I know it's a minor deal, but I'll report all Leaf trades up until the trade deadline.  I

I really missed the game.  Every year we have to endure an all-star break and an entire weekend without a game that matters.  By this time of the year you're nicely settled in your routine.  Saturday afternoon you start thinking about that night's game and Saturday night at 19:00