With the Bruins on tap, why not discuss Kessel-Seguin?

There seems to be a propensity in Leaf circles sometimes to say we shouldn’t talk about the "Kessel trade", because it’s over and ...

Kaberle gone but what about the deal we aren’t hearing about?

We all understand that Brian Burke plays the media as often as he can, and they willingly deliver his messages (each reporter seems to repor...

Maybe the Leafs could use a fourth-liner like Eddie Shack now!

Like other sports, hockey has created more terminology in recent years that just wasn’t around when I was a kid growing up in the late 195...

You can’t expect a miracle (e.g. Phaneuf) from Burke every year: Looking at 10 major Leaf deals over the past 50 years

It’s fair to say Brian Burke pulled two rabbits out of his hat in the last year: one was acquiring Phil Kessel, a player he had publicly l...

As the Leafs talk deals now, remembering one off-season deal that didn’t work: Eddie Shack for Murray Oliver

When the Leafs won the Cup in May of 1967, they were a team on the decline. They had given everything they had to nudge past Chicago and Mo...

Leafs “win” Versteeg trade today; longer-term, who knows? Can this be like Litzenberger in ’61?

Trades have always been one of the more “fun” aspects of professional sport- not always for the players, of course, but certainly for fans...

Andy Bathgate: Ex-Leaf great class on and off the ice—New audio interview June 14, 2010

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, one of the best all-around players in hockey performed for one of the lesser NHL teams- Andy Bathgate ...

Trade deadline frenzy: the summertime deal that won the 1967 Stanley Cup for the Leafs

Nowadays, it’s an annual happening: NHL teams make a big splash on trade “deadline” day, hoping that adding that extra piece of the puzzle...

Phaneuf in, a bunch of guys out: Some historical parallels?

Well, if you can’t get emerging superstar defenseman Tyler Myers from the Sabres, picking up Dion Phaneuf from Calgary rates as a pretty cl...

Where were you when Frank Mahovlich was traded in 1968?

It seems everyone who was alive back then remembers where they were when they heard that President Kennedy was shot in November of 1963. Now...

Dick Duff: he should always have been a Leaf

Back in the 1950s, it was more common than it is now for a good player to spend his entire career with the same team. That said, long bef...

Dan Maloney: If only he’d arrived a few years sooner

Trades are often tremendously difficult for athletes and their families, but for fans, talking about potential trades—and how they could pos...

Jim Harrison and one of my favorite overtime goals

For the Leafs, 1971-’72 was somewhat of a letdown year after a surprisingly strong 1970-’71 season, when they almost upset the very tough Ne...