The Leafs New GM…….. James Tanner | February 3, 2015 Yesterday I wrote this story in which I suggested the Leafs should make Peter Horachek their permanent coach. Because I have no shame, and the lengths I will go to to…
The Leafs Should Remove the “Interim” Tag From Horachek James Tanner | February 2, 2015 OK, the Leafs are 11 games into the reign of Peter Horachek and they have lost nine in a row and ten of eleven. Everyone agrees that Horachek has curbed…
Leafs to Fire Nonis, Hire Rob Blake??? James Tanner | January 31, 2015 According to TSN’s Bob McKenzie, the first choice of the Leafs’ President Brendan Shanahan to be the next GM is Rob Blake. Yesterday, while talking on TSN radio, McKenzie suggested…
Leafs Must Make Trade Today James Tanner | January 30, 2015 The Leafs have lost eight games in a row. They have scored 15 goals in their last ten games. Things are bad, but they really aren’t that bad. Lost in…
The Leafs: Defense Bad; Not as Bad as You Think James Tanner | January 29, 2015 The Maple Leafs have inspired many theories about why they are so bad, but they all complicate things way too much. The Leafs are a bad team because they have…
Phaneuf’s Biggest Fan: It’s Time to Trade Phaneuf James Tanner | January 26, 2015 It pains me to write this. Dion Phaneuf is one of my favorite hockey players of all-time. I have watched him be unfairly maligned by the world’s most ridiculous hockey…
What the World Cup Under-23 Roster Might Look Like James Tanner | January 25, 2015 A lot of people are criticizing the World Cup announcement as gimmicky or disrespectful to the countries left out, but I don’t agree. I don’t ever want to watch Canada…
Tanner Answers the Maple Leafs Mailbag – Again! James Tanner | January 24, 2015 I just can’t help myself. These mailbags are amazing. As you can imagine, I spend a fair amount of my time talking hockey with people on Twitter and in message…
Kadri on Verge of Stardom: Already the Leafs’ Best Player James Tanner | January 20, 2015 The Maple Leafs are once again more concerned with draft position than Playoff position, and so it is understandable that fans are angry and doing everything from tossing jerseys to…
Leafs Fans Are Wrong to Say ‘Tear It Down’ – Should Actually Be Excited James Tanner | January 19, 2015 The idea of a total rebuild, of tearing it down and ‘doing it the right way,’ of building through the draft, is all I hear lately as I scour the…
Tanner Answers the Toronto Star’s Leafs Mailbag: Vol 2 James Tanner | January 17, 2015 After the overwhelming popularity of my hijacking of the Star’s Maple Leaf Mailbag last week, how could I resist going back for more? Once again, I feel the need to…
Leafs Look Towards the Draft & the Promotion of Rielly, Kadri and Gardiner James Tanner | January 16, 2015 I am seeing a lot of strange reactions to the Randy Carlyle firing by Leafs fans. Based on the Twitter-rage I have seen as the team has gone of 0-3…
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