The Toronto Maple Leafs are finally set to begin the 2013 Playoffs on Wednesday night against the Boston Bruins. After nine long years the blue and white fanbase has been rewarded with something we have all been dying for. Despite this exciting time, Leaf fans are doing what they do best: complaining. Many are angry and skeptical about the Leafs’ chances against the Bruins. While pessimism reigns supreme in Toronto, I welcome the opportunity to face the Bruins. It seems [...]
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Battling through a bug the past couple of days. Really not up to writing. Sorry for the lack of post today. Full playoff preview tomorrow.
Continue Reading →The clips this week are courtesy of MapleLeafsOnline and pOOnjabiHD I think the Leafs number one center from last night (I love this forward group without Tyler Bozak in the lineup) doesn’t like the Montreal Canadiens. It seems like the Leafs and Habs are going to meet in the playoffs for the first time since 1979. I think a lot of Canadiens are going to be suffering from upper body injuries before all is said and done. [...]
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The Toronto Maple Leafs lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning (14th ranked team in the Eastern Conference) last night 5-2. It was a humiliating effort (one that has become all too common over the past ten days). While the lack of blue and white intensity on the night was frustrating, it was outdone by TSN’s Ray Ferraro love fest for Martin St.Louis. St.Louis finished with three goals and now leads the NHL in scoring. St.Louis certainly deserves credit for his [...]
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With the Toronto Maple Leafs set to enter the post season for the first time in many years there is a lot of uncertainty as to how members of this Leafs team will be able to perform once the intensity heats up. There are sixteen players (Mikhail Grabovski, Clarke MacArthur, Nazem Kadri, Matt Frattin, Tyler Bozak, Leo Komarov, Nikolai Kulemin, Joe Colborne, Ryan Hamilton, Frazer McLaren, Carl Gunnarsson, Jake Gardiner, Mark Fraser, Mike Kostka, James Reimer and Ben Scrivens) currently [...]
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I awoke yesterday morning still basking in the glow of the Toronto Maple Leafs clinching a post season berth. As I sat on the toilet and browsed through my Twitter timeline, my morning glow quickly vanished as I read an odd article by David Shoalts of The Globe and Mail. In reality my frustration is my own fault. I have made it a point to not read any drivel written by Shoalts, Damien Cox, Dave Feshcuk, Steve Simmons, Mark Zwolinski [...]
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Happiness is spelled P-L-A-Y-O-F-F-S. For the first time in nine calendar years we will blessed with the opportunity to watch our beloved Toronto Maple Leafs compete in the post season. While many have critiqued the Leafs throughout this bastardized 2013 campaign (myself included), there is no denying that all Leaf supporters are united in appreciation of this drought finally ending. For the past eight seasons it has been excruciating to sit down on the couch on a sunny spring day [...]
Continue Reading →The clip this week is courtesy of DownGoesBrown While on twitter yesterday I was captivated by @GodTill’s trip down memory lane. I followed along as he commented on the Toronto Maple Leafs 1993-94 playoff run. He discussed both the Chicago Blackhawks first round series and the San Jose Sharks second rounder. I don’t know if he decided to avoid mentioning the heart breaking five game loss to the Vancouver Canucks in the Western Conference Final or if I just missed [...]
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Being a long suffering fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs I fully expect the worst to happen when it comes to the team I love. We all remember Kerry Fraser missing the Wayne Gretzky high stick, Doug Gilmour getting injured in his first shift back in Toronto or Mats Sundin taking a puck to the face (causing significant damage) a couple of days before the playoffs were set to begin. Considering the many times fortune has reared it’s ugly head [...]
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In a city where fans adore and idolize the blue collar athlete it seems odd that defenseman Carl Gunnarsson is as under appreciated as he is. Imagine a player that selflessly blocks shots and deftly provides a consistent and valuable defensive effort flying under the radar in Toronto. If this player was named Luke Schenn fans would name their children after him or proudly wear his sweater to the Air Canada Center. Instead his name is Carl Gunnarsson and he [...]
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Forgive me for my lateness in offering up some thoughts on what was an amazing finale to the Toronto Maple Leafs 2013 season. Today marks one full week from the morning after the Boston Bruins erased a 4-1 third period deficit in Game 7 to eliminate the Leafs. The same Leafs team that entered the 2013 season with expectations centered around the draft lottery and not the post season. The same Leafs team that approached the shortened 48 game campaign [...]
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The time for moral victories is long over for this season, but one has to think that the Toronto Maple Leafs (30-29-7) feel pretty good about themselves despite the loss last night. The Leafs have an opportunity tonight to quickly put the memory of last night’s tough and hard fought loss to the Boston Bruins behind them as they face off tonight against the Pittsburgh Penguins (39-21-5). The last time the Leafs were in this building they blew a late [...]
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On a night in which the Toronto Maple Leafs played their first game since 2008 without Ron Wilson behind the bench, the boys in blue and white defeated the Montreal Canadiens 3-1 at the Bell Centre. While one needs to reserve judgement for the next little while until new coach Randy Carlyle can implement his systems, there were many elements to last nights game that leaves fans feeling optimistic. Defensively the Leafs were dramatically better on the night, there were [...]
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