With the Maple Leaf playoff reality setting in, checking in on some ex-Leafs around the NHL…

Most of the individuals who put on a Maple Leaf uniform develop some kind of following and are, well, pretty popular.  Few reach the height...

Former Leaf netminders have their moment in the sun…

If we were to poll Leaf fans around the globe, I doubt many, if any, would express dissatisfaction with the current netminding duo of Jonath...

Ex-Leaf Jonas Gustavsson slowly trying to rebuild his career in Motown

It’s not unusual (somewhat sadly) when individual athletes become lightning rods in Toronto.  Not because they’re bad guys, arrogant jerks o...

Some Day 1 UFA Maple Leaf (and NHL) reflections

Expectations had pretty much been driven down to zero by the time July 1 rolled around, so I don’t sense that, broadly speaking, Maple Leaf ...

Scratch beneath the surface and the Gustavsson and Schenn deals reveal something about the Leafs…

Many Leaf fans expressed, if not quite joy, a sense of palpable relief upon the news on Saturday, that the much-maligned (and pending UFA) J...

Luke Schenn and Jonas Gustavsson: Looking at a future elsewhere?

Not infrequently over the past couple of years in this space, I have mentioned the possibility that it may be better—for everyone concerned—...

What do we really expect the Leafs to do in goal?

I know there was a great deal of frustration expressed over the weekend, especially on the heels of the loss in Vancouver, about the state o...

Leafs still want Reimer to be the guy

It was a (customary?) slow start for the Leafs on the road in Philly Thursday night.  To their credit, they kept bouncing back from deficits...