TML Captains: Hap Day 1927-1937 Mark Ascione | March 8, 2012 TML Captains is a series that profiles the men who ‘wore the C’ for one of the NHL’s charter franchises. Part 1 featured Bert Corbeau. Clarence Henry ‘Hap’ Day #3,…
Brian Burke & Family Supporting Gay Hockey Players The Hockey Writers | March 6, 2012 by Taylor Shire Are there any gay players in the NHL? We don’t know. Nobody in the NHL has come out and publicly said they are gay. Will there be…
Leafs Lock Up Grabovski Mark Ascione | March 6, 2012 The Toronto Maple Leafs announced on Tuesday, March 6 that centre Mikhail Grabovski signed a 5-year extension with the club (salary not released but rumoured to be about $27.5M). The…
Maple Leafs Panel: Coaching Change, Veteran Players & Aulie Traded Mark Ascione | March 5, 2012 Maple Leafs Panel is a weekly feature that is published every Monday here on The Hockey Writers. It is a feature where THW Toronto Maple Leafs correspondents Lukas Hardonk, Mark Ascione and Alex Mamalis answer three questions that concern the…
Who The Toronto Maple Leafs Should Target At The Draft Aaron Hall | March 5, 2012 Coming into the season many thought that the Toronto Maple Leafs would be able to make the playoffs after a long absence. With the season winding down and not many…
Don Cherry Was Wrong This Time Justin Johnson | March 5, 2012 Don Cherry is a legend. As many of our readers know, I have been quick to defend him in the past when people would go crazy over every little thing.…
The Week That Was: February 26th-March 3rd Tyler Kerdman | March 4, 2012 With only one month remaining in the NHL season, the past week had no shortage of excitement on the ice. Individually, superstars such as Steven Stamkos and Evgeni Malkin succeeded,…
Randy Carlyle new Toronto Maple Leafs coach Jeff Shibley | March 3, 2012 The Toronto Maple Leafs 5 points out of the playoffs, and they are 1-8-1 in their last 10 games. Something needed to change if they are going to have any…
Winnipeg Hockey History – Jets ties to Toronto Jon Waldman | March 3, 2012 With the hiring of Randy Carlyle today by the Toronto Maple Leafs, it’s an apropos time to look back in history to the interactions between the Buds and Winnipeg Jets.…
Burke, Leafs Stay Quiet on Deadline Day Mark Ascione | February 29, 2012 Brian Burke has always held that he prefers to do his deals well ahead of the NHL trade deadline. This season, he made no major deals, though he did find…
Toronto Maple Leafs: Winners or Losers of the 2012 Trade Deadline? Lukas Hardonk | February 27, 2012 The Maple Leafs remained relatively silent before the trade deadline, but does that mean it’s fair to place them in the losers category?
Maple Leafs Panel: Re-Signing Grabovski, Burke’s Comments & Colborne or Frattin? Lukas Hardonk | February 27, 2012 This week, the panel discusses the cost to re-sign Grabovksi, Burke’s radio comments and whether it should be Colborne or Frattin in the NHL…