No problem with Kessel defending Phaneuf….

I’ll be brief today, as I was not planning to post, given that the Maple Leafs are playing in Florida and with the trade deadline passed, w...

Bruins looking to survive without Chara; could the Maple Leafs do the same without Phaneuf?

Few would argue that the Bruins have not been the class of the Eastern Conference for the past several years. They have “only” o...

Is there an indispensible Maple Leaf heading into a new season?

I’d have to go back and check to be sure, but I believe that almost a year ago, I suggested here at VLM that the one guy the Maple Leafs co...

Phaneuf and the Leafs: a future together?

At the end of the regular season, I posted a piece that essentially suggested the Leafs have very few players on the current roster that I ...