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The Toronto Maple Leafs may in fact be playing their biggest game of the year tonight. The Buds have the chance to eliminate their storied rival, the Montreal Canadiens, from playoff contention. If it happens, it could be almost as good as winning a Stanley Cup! Tonight's game is the sixth and final game between these two teams this season. So far, the Habs lead three games to two. It ...

This may be the first time in a long time that fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs have a genuine sense of hope and optimism for the future. We've heard the names before, Kadri, Kessel, Kulemin, there's a line combination that will be the brunt of many a joke. Gustavsson, Gunnarson, Stalberg, Bozak and Caputi just to name a few, signify a real change not only with the on ice product, ...

With the Toronto Maple Leafs season winding down, a new hope for next year has been born. A great many fans and media will literally be going stir crazy over the summer in anticipation. Over that same period of time, there is bound to be a great deal of speculation as to what the Leafs should do, how they should do it, who they should get, and so on. Several other ...

Some time ago, I wrote that Jonas Gustavsson reminded me a little of what would happen if you put goalie equipment on Nik Antropov. He seemed to have good eyes and could see what was happening, but his body couldn't catch up to his mind. It seems as though the Monster is starting to come into his own as an NHL caliber goal tender. Gustavsson has gone 7-2-1 in ...

The NHL Stanley Cup playoffs are just around the corner and hockey fans everywhere are dusting off the old playoff jersey, enshrining their televisions with team banners, bobble head dolls, and lucky pucks! Just a few weeks from now, women everywhere will throw up their hands in disgust and frustration while they watch the men they love transform before their very eyes from an attentive, clean-shaven part of their daily lives ...

Brian Burke would never be accused of sitting around. Following recent speculation the Burke and the Maple Leafs were courting Norwegian free agent Mats Zuccarello Aasen, 23-year-old college free agent Brayden Irwin today signed a two-year entry-level deal with the club. The 6'5" Toronto native will finish the season with the Leafs then report to training camp in the fall. Irwin, a former teammate of current Toronto Maple Leaf Viktor Stalberg, just ...

Nazem Kadri started the year in frustration. Having garnered two goals and two assists, as well as scoring a shootout winner against the Penguins in the preseason, it may have been reasonable for this young superstar-in-the-making to expect to remain with the team. Brian Burke and Ron Wilson decided that it would be better for the young sniper to "tear up the OHL," gain a little more experience and some ...

During March, the Maple Leafs have played in an incredible seven overtime games. Lightning-quick forwards and a young defensive corps have been providing some exiting, if not excruciatingly pulse-pounding hockey as of late. And because of their relative youth, there is no reason to expect them to let up any time soon. The term 'heart attack kids' was used a few years ago to describe a Toronto Maple Leafs ...

According to reports, Toronto Maple Leaf GM Brian Burke is once again shopping overseas. This time though he has a twenty two year old Norwegian rocket in his sights. Toronto however, much like the pursuit of Gustavsson, appears to have company in the chase. Mats Zuccarello Aasen, currently plays for Modo of the Swedish Premiere League and is coming off his second season in which he scored twenty-three goals and added forty-one ...

The Toronto Maple Leafs are a team with direction. The young players that have been brought in, are playing with a sense of purpose, you could even call it hunger or dare I say passion? Anyone who has watched the team of late, can see the changes. The overall team speed is almost blinding, the defense is solid, and the goal tending, is improving almost every game. So, what needs to change? Well, ...