Bruce Boudreau, former Toronto Maple Leaf player, former head coach of the Washington Capitals, Anaheim Ducks and Minnesota Wild and long time Leaf fan, is still on the open market. Just sitting there. Waiting. With the news today that Dave Hakstol, also a former head coach in the NHL, having spent parts of 4 seasons … Read more

The dust has sort of settled on another disappointing playoff performance by the Toronto Maple Leafs. But, there is certainly plenty of anger, bitterness and sadness still out there over this stinging playoff defeat at the hands of the Montreal Canadiens. However, there isn’t much that can be done about it now. The team lost, in … Read more

For the sake of passing some time and not having to hear about the playoffs, I thought I’d throw out some free agent names that might interest the Leafs this offseason. I won’t preface this with anything. We all know that simply signing bargarin free agents and running into next season won’t change much, but … Read more

I’m going to start this off by saying that I don’t believe Mitch Marner will be traded this offseason. In fact, I think he ends up having a long career as a Toronto Maple Leaf. I’d like to follow that up by saying if he figures out how to be successful in the playoffs, nothing … Read more

On April 11, 2014 the Toronto Maple Leafs hired Brendan Shanahan as the Toronto Maple Leafs President and associate governor, officially signaling the end of the Brian Burke/Dave Nonis truculence era. Within a few months Shanahan announced that young executive Kyle Dubas would be joining the organization as an Assistant General Manager to Dave Nonis, … Read more

Luck? I’m not sure we can attribute it to luck but there has to be something going on in Toronto. Game 7 to Washington, then Boston twice and now Montreal? What is the missing ingredient leading to continuous frustration year after year. Right from the 1st period of the 1st game in the playoffs the leafs lose their … Read more

With the complete collapse from the Leafs’ stars in their 1st round series against Montreal, the management team is now faced with a flurry of questions. While they backed their highly skilled and highly paid group of star players, they have to be asking themselves if this group has what it takes to take this … Read more

Toronto Maple Leafs fans are beside themselves with anger at the moment. They think, and I agree, that the top end players (specifically Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner) on this team didn’t do enough in the playoffs to warrant their respect and loyalty. Due to this they’re calling for heads to roll. I must admit, … Read more