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If only there were more games against the Ottawa Senators. This is how the Toronto Maple Leafs and the majority of their fans feel this season; well, this Leaf fan anyways. A season that has been one of the worst in memory as far as their place in the standings goes, and the worst start this city has ever seen. Yes, it's been a tough season in Leaf Nation, but if there ...

It's a great week for hockey. With playoff battles heating up and the standings starting to show the difference between contenders and pretenders, most of the games this week have big time implications; but there are a few that stand out as must-watch games. These are the games that you'll want to reserve the TV early for, or risk your wife hogging it to watch the weekly four-hour, two-day special ...

It's been four years since he last stood behind the bench in the Air Canada Center. On Saturday night, he will finally make his return—standing behind the visitors' bench for the first time. Pat Quinn came to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1998 after the team failed to make the playoffs the two prior seasons, only winning 30 games and finishing the season with 69 points in 1997-98. His impact was immediate. In just ...

With playoff chances merely a dream, the Toronto Maple Leafs are simply acting in the role of spoiler as they play out the remaining games of the season before they take in the post-season play from the comfort of their own homes. Its not a position any player wants to be in come the final months of the year, but for a Leafs team that is becoming more and more ...

It's common when interviewing for a new job to be asked a question that can say a lot about who a person is and where he or she wants to be in the future: "Where do you see yourself in five years?" A tough question, to be sure, but as the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, it's a question Brian Burke probably has a lengthy answer for. He certainly has a ...

It's been a whirlwind 48 hours for Ron Wilson and Brian Burke. Sunday afternoon they stood in front of the world as their team fought in a battle of epic proportions for the Gold Medal at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. And in case your life is on an NBC time-delay, they lost. And after the game that was theádefinition ofáan emotional rollercoaster, after Sidney Crosby had crushed the hopes of anyone not ...

Before the game had even begun, out from the loud speakers of Canada Hockey Place blasted the words from the Black Eyed Peas song, "Tonight's gonna be a good, good night." Little did we know how good it would really be.   But when Zach Parise scored with less than a minute left in regulation of the gold medal game, an entire Nation came to a stand-still in shock and disbelief. So close they ...

Not even a year after winning the Stanley Cup, becoming the youngest Captain ever to do so, Sidney Crosby yet again has a shot at standing a top the hockey world - and he's only 22. Most players spend their entire careers fighting for a chance at the Cup, just one shot, that's all they ask for. But Crosby, barely legal in the United States, has won and Gold Medal at ...

After yet another incident involving Mikhail Grabovski of the Toronto Maple Leafs in Vancouver over the weekend, it might be time for Leafs GM Brian Burke to take a look at just how effective this seemingly troubled player is for the team. The injured forward spoke to the media for the first time today since being arrested and then released after an alleged bar fight downtown Vancouver while watching his Belarusian men's ...

The weight of two nations will be on the shoulders of each team tonight as Canada and Russia battle it out in what might be the most highly anticipated quarterfinal game in Olympic hockey history. It certainly has a chance to be the most watched game in history. We all know the storylines. Sidney Crosby versus Alex Ovechkin, the two best players in the NHL going head-to-head with a cast of the best ...