Kaberle is in a happier place but will he make a difference?

How good was it to see a game in which the Leafs (both teams for that matter) were contesting every foot of ice in Boston ? It so reminded ...

Who’s in a better place going forward—the Leafs or the Oilers?

Media reports late on Wednesday confirmed what has been clear for some time:  Ron Wilson isn't going anywhere. Brian Burke, according ...

Who you gonna call? Grabbo

It’s funny, when the Sabres bounced back to score two quick goals to tie the game Tuesday night at 3, I looked at Mikhail Grabovski on his n...

Whether we declare official death or not, the Leafs have taken strides for the future

Throughout Leafland, there is a mixed bag of emotions, I sense, ranging from flat out denial to defiant acceptance of the reality that the s...

A “night” next season at the ACC is one thing but is Mats Sundin a Hall-of-Famer?

Sometimes we make assumptions in the midst of a good player’s career.   One of those assumptions is that we project that they will be a su...

The night the music died in Motown—but going forward, the Leaf defense corps may be the new “Big Four”

Saturday night’s game in Detroit brought back memories of when my Dad would, on those wonderful though rare occasions in the 1960s, bring me...

Have we seen Ron Wilson at his best yet?

As we all watch the Leafs play their most inspired hockey (in a meaningful time frame) since probably the end of the 2003-‘04 season, somet...

Keep Komisarek: His comments provide insight into a player that still has something to give

It was very instructive to read the Steve Simmons (Toronto Sun) piece earlier this week on Maple Leaf defenseman Mike Komisarek.   Simmons...

The Geoffrion names lives on: homegrown Blake Geoffrion steps up in Nasvhille

I’ve written a bit in the past about one of hockey’s all-time great players—and personalities:   Bernard (Bernie) “Boom Boom” Geoffrion. He...

Playoffs: why not? Upon reflection: Chara, Cooke, Hunter, Bertuzzi and more

If you saw the game agaginst the Wild Tuesday night you saw what all fans saw:  a Leaf team determined to win a game they were supposed to w...

Minnesota memories? Not many, but Dave Keon did score a milestone marker in the Twin Cities

Signing college free-agents can only help.  You give up no assets and don't have to use a draft choice.  If the players work out, it...