Looking for reader views: what could derail the Leafs’ fans optimism?

I certainly want to acknowledge ex-Leaf Wade Belak's passing.  We all will recognize this as another sad, sad day for hockey.  There are...

25 Maple Leaf and hockey opinions on the eve of camp

With training camp just days away, and a busy summer of trades, free-agent signings and dissipated rumors largely behind us, some all-ov...

Can the Leafs over-achieve enough to make a playoff run?

Over the past few weeks, we’ve all been able to settle back and assess what the Leafs have done since the end of last season to get better...

Who was the last real Maple Leaf superstar? Will Kessel be the next? Kadri? If not, who?

Just the other day I was thinking about the Leafs, past and present, and started going through in my mind:  who is the last Leaf player th...

Popular Leafs Doug Gilmour, Wendel Clark, Johnny Bower and some posts you might have missed

We often, in Leafland, talk about our “favorites”  As in, who is your favorite Leaf right now?  Who is your favorite Leaf of all-time? In...

An old Leaf fan remembers a great home-town “Senior A” team from yesteryear: the Windsor Bulldogs

In the late 1950s and early '60s where I was raised, in Essex County in southwestern Ontario, just across from the city of Detroit in ...

Does Sidney Crosby need a year off?

I know precious little about Sidney Crosby’s much-discussed recovery, but I know this:  he’s a wonderful hockey player and we would all love...

Winnipeg adds another dimension to Leaf rivalries in Canada

I won’t pretend that I have dozens of great memories about the Leafs and their fremarkable battles with the old Winnipeg Jets. (Nor will I h...

Grabovski: where does he fit—first line, second line? Career heading up, or down?

There’s little question that one of the glee-inspiring surprises for devoted Maple Leaf fans last season was the (sudden?  unexpected? s...

Name your favorite Maple Leaf and hockey blogs

Not long ago I cited a number of hockey and Maple Leaf blogs that I enjoy a great deal.  These include: Leaf Nation online ( http://lea...

Let’s make sure Phil Kessel doesn’t become the Leafs’ next Mike Walton

The thing that has made the Kessel trade so much fun, on so many levels, is that it has created a tremendous amount of debate and discussion...

Knowing something about the past can make being a Leaf fan even more fun now

I should start by saying that it’s not necessary, of course, to know about your team’s history to be a “good” fan.  I don’t even know what...

Leaf goaltending legend Johnny Bower's last great game

Any Leaf fans from the 1960s knows how important Johnny Bower was to the Leafs and their 4 Stanley Cups. While he was actually only in t...

The biggest issue facing the Leafs heading into camp

It’s that time of year.  Summer is coming to an end. Players are already working out informally with one another, staying in shape and anxi...