The Toronto Marlies may be without their leading scorer, but will welcome back a pair of goalies when they play host to Adirondack and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Friday and Sunday respectively. The Toronto Maple Leafs recalled Jiri Tlusty from the Marlies (3-3-1-1) and reassigned forward Viktor Stalberg and goalie Joey MacDonald after netminder Vesa Toskala was reactivated from [...] Continue Reading

September is giving Toronto fans their first real glimpse at general manager Brian Burke’s Maple Leafs. It is a tougher, more physical look. Hired as GM in late November, 2008, Burke famously said that his version of the Buds would play with equal parts “pugnacity, testosterone, truculence and belligerence.” After four preseason games it is clear that [...] Continue Reading

Niklas Hagman scored in overtime to seal a 5-4 come from behind win for the Toronto Maple Leafs over the Philadelphia Flyers Saturday night at the Air Canada Centre. Toronto (3-1), which had blanked Philadelphia 4-0 Thursday night in London, also got goals from Matt Stajan, Alexei Ponikarovsky and Francois Beauchemin and have now won three straight pre-season games. “It’s been a [...] Continue Reading