Leafs First Game Without Carlyle Not a Complete Failure Craig Hagerman | January 8, 2015 The Toronto Maple Leafs lost their first game under new interim head coach Peter Horachek Wednesday night. The team fell 6-2 to Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals leaving many…
50 Years Ago in Hockey – Hurting Leafs Shock Hawks Rick Cole | January 7, 2015 The Toronto Maple Leafs, playing without four key players, went into the Chicago Stadium last night and skated to a surprising 3-1 win over the Black Hawks. In the other…
When the Inmates Run the Asylum Nicco Cardarelli | January 6, 2015 The writing was on the wall; if not for sometime now, certainly recently. Promises of culture change were made, and by firing Randy Carlyle today the Maple Leafs brass has…
Bozak And Bergeron: The Sequel Adam R | January 6, 2015 Last week I wrote a post entitled “Can Bozak Be Toronto’s Bergeron” and, understandably, I took a lot of flak for it (see comments). I thought that I’d take the…
Take It By Ten Toronto: Double Dip Edition Nicco Cardarelli | January 6, 2015 We’re just about halfway through the 2014-2015 NHL regular season, and there sure have been some surprises and disappointments. But the Toronto Maple Leafs are proving to be exactly what…
Maple Leafs Fire Randy Carlyle Craig Hagerman | January 6, 2015 The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Tuesday morning that Randy Carlyle has been fired as the team’s head coach. According to general manager Dave Nonis, Carlyle was given word of the…
Leafs Fire Randy Carlyle; Kessel Is No Coach-Killer James Tanner | January 6, 2015 After a painfully long build-up, the Leafs have fired Randy Carlyle. Bizarrely extending the lame-duck coach in the summer, likely to give him a fair shot after turning over nearly…
David Booth: Put Me in Coach Craig Hagerman | January 5, 2015 Into the New Year the Toronto Maple Leafs are in a slump where they have now lost seven of their last nine games. And while the team has dropped games…
Leafs Owe Fans a Defined Direction & a Plan James Tanner | January 5, 2015 I recently wrote that the Leafs should fire their coach and that they should trade Phil Kessel. Today I’ll settle for anything. The team is 3-7 in their last ten…
Jason Allison: a Forgotten Leaf Gem Craig Hagerman | January 4, 2015 For many Leaf fans the drought between the team’s playoff appearances in 2003-04 and 2012-13 was a real rough patch. A time where it was hard to watch the performances…
Home Not So Sweet Home for Reimer Craig Hagerman | January 4, 2015 It was another homecoming for Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender James Reimer Saturday night as the team was in Winnipeg to take on the Jets. For the fourth time in his…
Leafs Look Done; Should Trade Kessel James Tanner | January 3, 2015 The Leafs are at a point in their history where they have made the Playoffs once in a decade. They are among the league’s worst possession teams and they allow…