What if Connolly isn’t quite ready?

Recently on Twitter, I asked for opinions on how Leaf fans would rate the organization with regard to their off-season moves so far this s...

Maple Leaf week in review: When quiet was actually pretty busy, at least for fans

Have you ever had a week where, on the one hand, nothing much seems to have happened, but yet a lot got done? I guess I’m feeling a bit th...

The Glenn Hall influence

Things in sports often seemed better in “the old days”, though athletes now are, as the media always says, bigger, stronger and faster than...

Looking at the two major deals with the Bruins, with 20-20 hindsight: A Cup in hand, who has the better future?

In recent days I've posted on what for me are some very positive Leaf thoughts, including memories about why many of us became Leaf fans...

The mid-'70s: When Leaf season’s tickets were available to the every day guy…even me

In October of 1975, I was my fourth year at the University of Toronto , working in underwhelming fashion toward a rather average undergra...

Leaf fans: why we still care

A few days ago I posted here about the current edition Maple Leafs heading into the 2011-’12 season.  (Click here to see that post.)  My a...

Kris Draper: What a fine career (and I never got my wish to see him play for the Leafs...)

One guy that is not a Maple Leaf that I’ve posted about on more than one occasion here is Kris Draper.   Why?   Because for me, as a hockey...

What “level” are the Leafs really at- 3 out of 5, or better? Here's a breakdown

If we were to suggest that there are five basic numerical “categories”, or ways we can describe teams, maybe we could do simply- on the tra...

What made you a Leaf fan?

Most of us have a memory of a time, or a moment, that imprinted us as hockey fan- and for a lot of us, Maple Leaf fans. I’ve written in th...

Leaf Larry Hillman underrated for sure—and he played the best hockey of his life to help the Leafs win it all in ‘67

If ever there was a player in my youth who was totally under the proverbial radar screen, it had to be defenseman Larry Hillman. Hillman b...

Leaf fans are absolutely everywhere; meanwhile the team strives to get to “4”

One of the things that I’ve enjoyed about hosting this web site over the past now almost two full years has been the feedback from regular ...

Retired numbers: A long-standing debate in Leafland

Earlier this week, I had some healthy exchanges via e-mail and Twitter with some thoughtful Leaf and hockey fans about retiring numbers.  (...

Why Leaf patience with young “d” men is so crucial—remembering Al Iafrate: what might have been

The 80’s was not a good decade for the Leafs.  Oh, there were moments of hope, some good draft selections but by and large, it was a revolvi...