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The single most talked about Toronto Maple Leaf since the departure of former captain Mats Sundin, may be staying with the team after all. Despite incessant rumors to the contrary, the Tornto Sun is reporting that Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke has indicated that he expects Tomas Kaberle to be with the team next season. Kaberle, who has one year left on his contract, has also regularily indicated hi desire ...

Relative youngsters Tyler Bozak, Luca Caputti, and Nikolia Kulemin celebrate, along with Tomas Kaberle against the Ottawa Senators. The Toronto Maple Leafs are seven and two over the last nine games and for the most part are playing smart fundamental hockey. The difference is, they are now doing it with almost dizzying speed. Jonas Gustavsson is looking more and more confident with each game and his team mates are also more confident ...

When I found the photo that accompanies this article, I thought, perfect, that has to be exactly how Brian Burke felt when he first took over as the GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Burke has been a GM in the NHL since the 1992/1993 season and is known in the hockey world as a no nonsense kind of guy. When I first heard he was coming to Toronto, I must admit, ...

The Toronto Maple Leafs are a lot of fun to watch these days aren't they? They are young, fast, skilled, and they are almost all fighting for a job. So what happens next? We are all as fans, arm chair GM's, and we all have our own idea of what Brian Burke is supposed to do next. The fact is, I'm not sure any of us would have been able to ...

I absolutely agree with Colin Campbell's decision regarding the hit delivered by the Pittsburgh Penguins' Matt Cooke on Boston's Marc Savard. Do not assume my agreeing with the decision means I liked the hit. I didn't. The fact remains, however, that it was a legal hit according to the rules of the NHL regarding shoulder checks. There was a time in the NHL when the players respected one another. When Ken Baumgartner, who ...

Forty-three years. It's been forty-three years, since an arm that wore a blue and white hockey jersey hoisted the Stanley cup. I'm 40 years old and like millions of other Toronto Maple Leafs fans, hope to see it happen before my long walk is over. I've seen lots of promise, the early 90's brought the team closer than it had been since 1967 and if you ask any Leaf fan old ...

Every year around the middle of April, millions of NHL hockey fans sit transfixed before the television cheering their favorite teams towards the ultimate goal of every NHL hockey player and fan alike, the Stanley Cup. For the fan who cheers on a playoff contender, it is often a period of time filled with emotions like joy and sorrow, love and hate, and sometimes just plain old anger. The fan of non ...

Six million dollars in today's world isn't really a lot of money. In the eyes of Toronto Maple Leafs fans however, it may just be too much. When J.S. Giguere first arrived in town, there were several people in the media who questioned the move. The thinking was, he was past his prime and had little to offer except a six million dollar cap hit. There were others though ...

With the NHL trade deadline a little more than 24 hours away, rumors are starting to reach a fever pitch. Edmonton and Florida got the ball rolling yesterday with a deal that saw defense man Jordan Leopold headed to Edmonton in exchange for a second round pick, and you can bet that there will be several more deals to be made as the three pm March third mark approaches. Her is a ...

Silver medal winners, Brian Burke, Ron Wilson, and Phil Kessel won't have a lot of time to rest with little more than 48 hours between Sidney Crosby's electrifying overtime winner, and the NHL trade deadline coming up at 3 pm this Wednesday. For his part, Brian Burke, Toronto Maple Leafs' GM, has stated that he does expect to be busy. With that in mind, what do the Toronto Maple Leafs need ...