Some old-time New Year’s Eve hockey memories…

Longtime hockey fans likely recall some special New Year’s memories. In recent times, those memories might have to do with the ann...

Hey Leafs: deliver us an old-fashioned Hab-Leaf rivalry game on Saturday night...

I have precious little new to say today.  The Leafs have played one rather unflattering game since the Olympic shutdown, so we don’t have a...

As we await the Leaf playoff opponent, some Leaf-Hab memories

There will be tons of analysis from all quarters the moment we find out exactly who the Leafs will be playing in “Round one” of the Stanley...

The Habs, language sensitivities and an attempt at understanding

This is not intended to be a “political” column so I have zero interest in engaging in a debate (or frankly even a lengthy discussion!) abou...

Driven Phaneuf leads again but is the Montreal-Toronto rivalry what is used to be?

I guess my "biggest" take-away from the Leaf-Hab tilt is simply this:  It's no longer just a game or two- Dion Phaneuf looks a...

Leaf fans felt cheated in ’93, but let’s give credit to the Habs, too

For most modern-era Maple Leaf fans, the highest “high” and the lowest “low” happened in the same playoff year. In the spring of 1993...