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I suppose it won't come as a shock to anyone that Carl Gunnarsson has been named to the Swedish team at the World Championships in Slovakia, but it's still good to hear it. The goaltending will be supplied by two Swedish Elite League goalies and Erik

There has been a lot of confusion over the past few days about where the Leafs might be picking with Boston and Philadelphia's first rounders. Assuming that Brian Burke doesn't package those picks in some sort of deal, the Bruins' pick could be anywhere from

Michael Langlois of Vintage Leaf Memories has put together a quick review of each former Leaf's performance so far in this season's playoffs. Here's a sample: The Coyotes were gone in four against the Red Wings. Ex-Leaf winger Lee Stempniak went pointless in the

Chat away, my pretties.

Before getting into it, I'd like to wish everyone a Happy Easter! Even if you're not celebrating, hopefully you've got a long weekend, and can get some extra playoff time in. Myself, I'm missing home cooking something fierce while I'm

Oh, sure, I could kick things off with an article about the Leafs, but really, they're not yesterday's big news. Hopefully, everyone was able to fit in a little bit of playoff action last night, because there were some good games on. The Pens and Lighting,

Is Burke a little short with reporters? Yeah. Is his demeanor, or, perhaps more accurately, his public persona, and the subsequent terseness with the media, something that could use a little work? Personally, I think Burke has got it down to a finely-tuned skill (for better or worse), but Michael

My Google Reader is remarkably short of Leafs content today, but I suppose given the circumstances, that's not exactly surprising. The only tidbit I found (and I suspect many of you will have read it already) was a story published yesterday at MLHS that said the Leafs are

There are a lot of links today; three just from James Mirtle, four games recaps (for those who couldn't see any hockey last night), and a few Leafs articles from the usual suspects. A bit of league news emerged yesterday as Joe Niewendyk fired Mark Crawford, but most

The Toronto Maple Leafs have left their fans without a rooting interest past the middle of April for the 5th Spring in a row. The league kicked in one more Spring possibly as part of some sort of promotion. Anyway, we here at PPP Amalgamated Heavy Industries, Kitten Ranch, Pug

The Toronto Maple Leafs have left their fans without a rooting interest past the middle of April for the 6th Spring in a row. The league kicked in one more Spring possibly as part of some sort of promotion. Anyway, we here at PPP Amalgamated Heavy Industries, Kitten Ranch, Pug

The Toronto Maple Leafs have left their fans without a rooting interest past the middle of April for the 6th Spring in a row. The league kicked in one more Spring possibly as part of some sort of promotion. Anyway, we here at PPP Amalgamated Heavy Industries, Kitten Ranch, Pug

As James Mirtle reports, James Reimer, Luke Schenn, and Dion Phaneuf will all be playing for Team Canada in the upcoming World Championship in Slovakia. Clarke MacArthur may also join the team but is described in the article as a "bubble candidate". Mike Brown and Mike Komisarek will

The time has come to do two things: first, Leafs fans will start thinking about the playoff-bound team(s) to which they will grudgingly loan their mercenary support. A Montreal-Boston series would be a win-win situation in my view, with the Habs either being knocked out of the playoffs, or

I've created The Monster, cause nobody wants to see Jonas no more They want Reimer, Giggy's chopped liver Well if you want .500, this is what I'll give ya A little bit of "D" mixed with some "SKATE QUICKA!" OK,

Well that was a pretty damn good finish. One of the more entertaining games we've seen all year. GIF away.

You'd think that there would be an air of greater disappointment and frustration amongst the fans of a team that is set to miss the playoffs for a sixth straight year, but it's really not the case. Quite the contrary, in fact. We have young netminders

With the Leafs on the road out West and having a couple days off, news on the subject of this team has slowed down considerably. The only article today from our usual lineup for mainstream media writers about the Leafs comes from Jonas Siegel, as he writes about how J.

8:00: Leafs TV, AM640 (Radio) James Reimer vs. Niklas Backstrom Enemy Territory: Hockey Wilderness The Wild are coming off a disappointing 8-1 home-ice blowout at the hands of the Montreal Canadiens (hooray?) and will certainly be looking to avenge that loss in front of the home crowd. Wild players

From a Jonas Siegel story: "You look at that hit," said Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf. "it’s exactly what we’re saying has got to come out of the game. That’s the kind of hit that you don’t like to see. It was direct to

I'm not writing off the Leafs' playoff hopes, but uh, well, they don't look so good. It's also true that this isn't exactly a new development, and that our odds of making the post-season have been rather slim since the beginning

Pretty tired today, so I'm just going to skip the foreplay and get right to the links. Jeff Blair's article in the Globe and Mail kicks things off with an interesting side story about Reimer: The way the story goes, Reimer heard through the "grapevine&

A few of our regular writers are wondering if James Reimer isn't getting a bit worn out playing every game, particularly after last night's unfortunate showing. Of course, defensive breakdowns were probably the biggest issue against the Lighting, and I don't think anyone really

Some of the sweetest mornings come right after a Leaf win. You stretch out on the couch, and get so lazy that you wind up watching entire half hour highlight shows five times in a row just because you know that you won't get tired of seeing your

Today's links may be a bit bare-boned in terms of Leafs content, so if you've got anything you'd like added, toss it in the comments, and I'll add it later on this morning. Of course, that isn't to say that