Sunday night was a statement game for Viktor Stalberg. The rookie forward, who was sent down from the Toronto Maple Leafs last week, scored two goals and a pair of assists as the Toronto Marlies downed the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 4-2 at Ricoh Coliseum. Strong play by the forwards at both ends of the ice helped Toronto (5-3-1-1) [...] Continue Reading

If the NHL season ended today, the Toronto Maple Leafs would be the worst team in the league. That means the Boston Bruins would have a great chance of selecting first overall in the 2010 NHL entry draft, after acquiring the pick, as well as the Leafs 2011 first-rounder, for Phil Kessel. When the trade was completed, [...] Continue Reading

Ron Wilson hopes a light-hearted game of dodgeball on the ice translates into the Toronto Maple Leafs’ first win of the season Saturday night (7 p.m. ET) against the New York Rangers. The Atlantic division leading Rangers (6-1-0) come into the Air Canada Centre off a 7-2 rout of Toronto (0-5-1) on Monday at Madison Square [...] Continue Reading

If Toronto Maple Leafs fans fed up with the team’s 0-5-1 start are about to make suggestions that Ron Wilson and his coaching staff should take the blame for the team’s early season woes – think again. On Wednesday Toronto GM Brian Burke told the media that the reasoning behind the Leaf’s poor start lies with [...] Continue Reading

While their parent teams battled Thursday, the Toronto Marlies and Hamilton Bulldogs open their respective AHL seasons Sunday afternoon (4 p.m. ET) at Ricoh Coliseum. Both teams will look to improve on last year's earlier post-season exits. Continue Reading

When Leafs GM Brian Burke was hired, he vowed his squad would have more pugnacity, testosterone, truculence and belligerence. Simply put, he wanted a hard-nosed, tougher, grittier team. In the off-season, Burke added defencemen Mike Komisarek, Francois Beauchemin and Garnet Exelby and forwards Wayne Primeau, Jay Rosehill and Colton Orr in an attempt to achieve this. Despite a [...] Continue Reading

After a summer of trades, free-agent signings and other tweaks, there is much optimism among Leafs fans going into the start of the 2009-10 season. So let's introduce the new Toronto Maple Leafs. Continue Reading

The Toronto Maple Leafs have had a lot of body work done on their roster this past season and now it’s time to consider a team captain to be the face of the franchise. Toronto needs a player to represent the new era ushered in by general manager Brian Burke and head coach Ron Wilson. The Truculent [...] Continue Reading

The trio of Mikhail Grabovski, Viktor Stalberg, and Niklas Hagman will be relied on to produce much of the Toronto Maple Leaf’s offence this upcoming season, says coach Ron Wilson.    In eight exhibition games, the three Leafs amassed 17 points including six goals from Stalberg who impressed again Sunday with a two point effort, in a 7-6 [...] Continue Reading

Nazem Kadri Nazem Kadri knows his chances of making this year’s edition of the Toronto Maple Leafs are slim. He has certainly not made the decision-making process easy for team brass, however. After Toronto’s 3-2 victory over a watered-down version of the Pittsburgh Penguins Tuesday night, Kadri pulled no punches when asked if he hopes his performance will buy [...] Continue Reading