With Phil Kessel’s Toronto Maple Leafs debut Tuesday night, it was hoped the team would finally turn the corner and put together some wins. While the end result wasn’t the desired one, Kessel’s energy, speed, skill and offensive firepower showed promising signs for the future. He was certainly welcomed by his new hometown fans, who gave the [...] Continue Reading

Nothing is ever won in October in the National Hockey League. The Toronto Maple Leafs can sleep soundly knowing that much. But the fact the team remains the only NHL franchise still without a win has to be keeping them up at night.   For the first time in a week, Toronto (0-6-1) will have another crack at [...] Continue Reading

Despite an 0-5-1 start to the season and a myriad of other issues, many fans are still holding out hope the team will come out of their funk when Phil Kessel returns to the lineup. Certainly Kessel — who’s recovering from off-season shoulder surgery — will bolster a Leafs offence that has yielded only 13 goals for, ranking [...] Continue Reading

The dichotomy of media debate heading into Tuesday’s Battle of Ontario was certainly an interesting one. In Toronto, the talk of the town focused on who would be the one stopping goals. In the nation’s capital, it was a matter of who would be the one scoring them. As it turned out, it was the Ottawa Senators finding [...] 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

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

We wondered what a list of Toronto’s finest athletes currently active in their respective sports would look like. So here, ranked completely subjectively, are our picks. Feel free to argue. 10. Matt Stajan (Hockey, Toronto Maple Leafs) — Stajan was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the second round of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft [...] Continue Reading