Meritocracy , the Jake Gardiner decision and the impact on the Leaf season

Let me start, before I get flooded with e-mails and comments, by saying that Jake Gardiner is a talented young defenseman who has a brigh...

Skill testing questions for Leafs fans: does the current Leaf team have any of these types of former Leafs….?

A couple days ago, I tried to focus on some of the positive things the Leafs have built up over ...

I never thought I’d say this but have the Leafs—and I mean almost everyone there—really given up?

I remember back in, what was it, the early 1990s, when the Flyers were a young, emerging—but still not a very good—team.  (It was either the...

We need some hope, so let’s look at 15 positives about the Leafs going forward

It’s easy to fall into the trap (especially, I guess, as Leaf fans) to look at the cup as half empty.  I’ve posted a fair bit lately about t...

The blog equivalent of Maple Leaf open-line radio

Vince Lombardi, perhaps the finest NFL football coach of all time, used to tell his players “fatigue makes cowards of us all…”.  This was on...

Ron Stewart: Mr. Versatility in a fine Maple Leaf career

For whatever reason—as a very young Leaf fan in those great old days—I never fully appreciated lo...

Maple Leaf damage-control spin masters have been out doing their job

I was determined to pass on my inclination to detail further my consternation with how Brian Burke is still held in such high esteem in thes...

I like Joey Crabb and everything, but is this what we’ll be watching going forward?

Maybe it’s just watching the Leafs yet again play late-season games that (to them) mean nothing except as an audition for next year. But at ...

Ryan Hamilton call-up: it's about time

Most of you will no doubt remember that two years ago (2009-’10) the Maple Leafs made a late-season move that was subtle but one that I t...

The Leafs could use a Tim Tebow-type player going forward

I recognize that many sports fans have probably heard about enough about Tim Tebow these past few months.  His name was resurrected again th...