The Most Trade-Worthy Maple Leafs Andrew Forbes | April 24, 2015 The day known to Maple Leafs fans and former employees as “Bloody Sunday” marked the first major steps in the club’s attempt at a full-scale rebuild. With that, however, the…
Brian Burke’s Time with Leafs: Total Failure James Tanner | April 3, 2015 Back in late 2008, I was ecstatic when the Leafs hired Brian Burke as their General Manager. Burke is outspoken, tough, plays by his own rules and is honorable. He…
A Proposed Trade Idea for Dave Nonis Adam R | February 28, 2015 The Leafs have made some significant trades before the March 2nd trade deadline. While I’m certainly not a Dave Nonis supporter I do applaud him for not sitting on his…
The Case For Rangers Trade Deadline Silence Jake Gittler | February 28, 2015 With the trade deadline looming, there’s plenty of talk about what teams can do to either better their chances at a deep playoff run, or on the contrary, set themselves…
Maple Leafs Trade Bait: Tyler Bozak Andrew Forbes | February 23, 2015 With the National Hockey League’s trade deadline less than two weeks away, The Hockey Writers will be looking at some of the options the Toronto Maple Leafs have as trade…
Oilers In Their Sights: Leafs Must Get Worse Today James Tanner | February 13, 2015 The Leafs have 26 games to play in this season and they need to take a page out of the Sabres playbook in order to secure a competitive future for…
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…
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…
Can Bozak Be Toronto’s Bergeron? Adam R | December 30, 2014 Toronto may have one of the oddest rosters in the NHL. Most of us are familiar with the absurd contracts of Phaneuf and Clarkson. However, perhaps by necessity under a cap…
The Leafs at Christmas: What’s Wrong and How to Fix James Tanner | December 21, 2014 The Leafs are a study of contradictions: They win when they should lose, they beat good teams and lose to bad ones, they re-sign their coach in the summer and…
Leafs Have Finally Acquired Their Number-One Centre James Tanner | December 17, 2014 I am not breaking the news on a trade. The Leafs have had Mats Sundin’s successor all along, they acquired him on June 26, 2009 with the seventh overall pick…
Reality Check: Why the Leafs Won’t Make the Playoffs James Tanner | December 8, 2014 The Leafs have won three of four and have points in six of their last seven. All is well………Or is it? Now, I just want to preface this by saying…