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I was actually going to do a book review today, not having anyone in mind for the LotD. Having seen Skinnyfish's FTB post, though, there's really only one thing I can do here. Paul Henderson played the series of his life in 1972. As the left

This post was originally published in 2010. On the anniversary of Salming’s signing with the Leafs, we’re reposting it as part of our Retro May look back at our work over the years. He's the answer to a rather odd trivia question:  What Leaf, after reaching

I've been struggling with the Jim Korn LotD for a while. For most players I've seen, I've got a mental image stored somewhere of a particular thing they did, something that helps me give a sense of what they meant to me as a

The deal that brought Kelly to Toronto was more of a shocker than it should have been.   The backstory on it was that Red had had an ankle injury early in the season that was affecting his play.  By the new year, his numbers weren't where Jack Adams

I don't know how many people will take note of the anniversary today, but it's actually a pretty significant date in Leaf history.  I've had this one circled on the calendar for some time. Fifty years ago today, the Leafs traded Marc Reaume. Marc

A couple of thoughts before we get going here: First, I want to offer my sincerest condolences to the Burke family. To a parent, there is no greater loss than that of a child. I lost a cousin at 18 under similar circumstances and even though that was over 20

A year or so ago, I put together a post (that needs an update an re-release) called "Leafs by the Numbers" - the objective of which was to pick the best Leaf to have worn any given sweater number. Number 3 was one that gave me a little

The things you think you know.... Much like Bill Stewart, Peter Ihnacak was a name I was looking forward to.  You see, way back in 1983-84, I took a creepy little instamatic camera to the Gardens and took a bunch of pictures of my first-ever game.  In it, there'

Somewhat flu-ridden today, so I apologize in advance for any lack of coherence. I wanted to start out with a little anecdote from last week.   I was watching the LA game with my five-year-old son.  It was the last minute of the game.  Hagman had scored a moment or so

Leaf Shill! (HA! I kill me.) So many times we're told (clearly by fans who have never read anything they've written) that the entire MSM is composed of Leaf shills.  Thought it might serve a purpose to actually see what one looked like.  Ba-dum-pish. Today has

Back in December, an article appeared over at thehockeywriters.com that purported to be a comparison of Leaf and Hab fans.  In the end, it was just a thinly-veiled spin of the old "Habs have a 'winning tradition' and therefore the fans don't accept mediocrity&

With the emergence of Kopitar and Doughty and their newfound rise to the ranks of the playoff-bound, the LA Kings are quite the happening team these days. Hard to imagine that there was a time when a player would not want to go there so badly that he would actually

(Normally, when I write these things, I do recognize that there is an actual audience out there.  Today I don't care.  This one is for me....) When I picked 1984-85 as the tribute team for this year, there was one name in particular I was looking forward to

Well, it has finally happened.  The point has been reached in the hockey season when I start to check just how long it is until pitchers and catchers report.  This didn't use to happen, but it's becoming something of an annual ritual these days.  (For the

There are a million different "what-ifs" in Leaf history.  So much of 1993, for example, is placed on the high stick that wasn't called that another significant "what if" gets overlooked. What if John Cullen had been healthy? As 1992-93 was getting underway, it

I was talking to PPP earlier about cutting back on the Leaf of the Day series so that I could periodically talk about other things.  I had another history series I wanted to do and it's nice periodically to shake things up a bit.  So the LotD will

Before Atlanta got the Thrashers, any time that Calgary would go deep into the playoffs the CBC would head to Dixie to look up former fans or players and see what they thought about it. When Atlanta got their new team and Calgary came to visit, they'd do

Kind of odd to see Russ Courtnall wearing number 16, but that's what he was wearing the first time I saw him play.  There are only a handful of images I have in my mind from that game, but one is of this kid streaking down the left

Sometimes in life, you just have to be duct-taped naked to a gurney and left for dead at centre ice. It's a moral imperative.I really wish sometimes that I knew another Rocky Saganiuk story, but unfortunately, I don't. So I'll tell this one

I was having a hard time picking a name for today.  I kept looking for someone that a) I had scanned and b) represented a good moment against Philadelphia and oddly enough, there are precious few of those.  I had Mike Hogan on the radio and he made mention that

Jimmy Jones really wasn't about bringing the offense.  He had a couple of things he did really well - he could take faceoffs and he could kill penalties.  He was a guy who could go out there against the opposition scoring lines and not mess things up.  He

Editor's Note: Relive CuJo's last hurrah against Washington or his biggest save on Alexander Ovechkin. Be sure to check out two of DGB's posts: Mike Foligno's kick to the head and Wendel Moment # 12 - CuJo's decapitation. You can watch

There are a number of benefits to being the guy who writes the historical bits on this site. For example, when there are 20,000 stories and posts out there dealing with Luke Schenn and his second-year troubles, I don't particularly have to respond with one of my

Shortly after Buffalo scored its third power play goal on Friday night - on its third power play opportunity, no less - I said to myself, "This is the worst penalty-killing team I've ever seen." Now, that might just be hyperbole.  While the Leafs appear to

Somewhat lost in the joy and exuberance surrounding the 6-2 loss to Philly was that Tomas Kaberle's point moved him into a tie with Norm Ullman for 11th in Leaf scoring. Norm Ullman is a guy who I've always thought deserved more credit than he got.