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7:30 ET: TSN No big roster changes, the Leafs are starting Jonas Gustavsson across from Tomas Vokoun. Maybe we'll get lucky and win our first game since the last time we played the Florida Panthers.

7:30 ET: SNET-O [J.S. Giguere vs Dan Ellis] If you havin' Ellis problems I feel bad for you son I got 99 problems But my custom Jag ain't one The year's '10 and my pads are Raw In my rear view mirror

7PM ET: CBC, NHLN-US Buffalo comes to the ACC for the Hall of Fame game tonight without Ryan Miller who is nursing a lower body injury. The Leafs played well against the Capitals for the most part and need two points so that we don't all slowly go

The diamond penalty kill has been awful for the Leafs which isn't really a surprise.

[Slava Duris' Scoring Chances] The Leafs opened this game by almost getting scored on. With the puck on the goal line Luke Schenn swatted it at Gustavsson and it bounced off the goaltender forcing Schenn to sweep it off the goal line a second time. Fortunately Nikolai Kulemin danced

Our top six isn't producing very well outside of Phil Kessel and Clarke MacArthur. It's not because they're snakebit it's because they're not shooting. Most player's shooting percentages are pretty stable over their career so the way to

The sun rises and is barely visible through your dirty window. As you cough up a cigarette butt and struggle to sit upright you knock the can of Molson Dry you fell asleep drinking onto the floor. The room is so filthy that your friends call it 'the Dust

This wasn't a fun game to watch as a Leafs fan because Toronto generated very few chances. They opened the game well with a flurry of shots in the first five minutes of the first period but as the game went on the Bruins executed their defensive plan

Obviously Tyler Seguin had to score because if there is a God he truly hates every one of us. Leafs had more good chances but aren't burying any of them. It's a little bit bad luck and a little bit great goaltending. Here are the shots

Leafs had a ton of good chances, but were undone by Brett Lebda taking an interference penalty and Patrice Bergeron wiring a one timer on the ensuing power play. Mike Milbury is currently on NESN talking about how Kessel is ineffective, the shift where he had the puck and an

Tyler Seguin grew up a Leafs fan and knowing Murphy's Law if the Leafs had held on to their draft picks they would have drafted sixth somehow. I was reading Seguin quotes in the Star today and I sort of feel bad for the kid: "Growing up,

Scott Clemmensen made his first start of the season on Tuesday, and had he not collided with Toronto's Colton Orr during the third period, he might have come away with a win or at least a point. - Miami Herald Let's play a game I invented

Wrap's on strike so I'm stealing her job. Enjoy this music video while we talk about the third period of our favorite team's match. And be nice to Wrap because otherwise you'll have crummy gamethreads like these from now on.

7PM ET: SNET-O Southeast opponent on a Tuesday night? Check. Ex-Leaf Bryan McCabe? Check. Backup goaltender? Check. The '67 Sound put it succinctly in the comments this morning: We’ll know this team has turned a corner when we consistently win games like this. It really is looking like

[iTunes] [Direct Link] [Podcast RSS Feed] This was recorded before the Leafs looked rather crummy on Saturday night but a podcast is a podcast. You can listen to PPP sound like he's going to a funeral. Topics! Managing expectations, predicting the rest of the month of October, playing

Sometimes a defenceman is better served making the safe and easy pass instead of looking to hit a Hollywood pass.

7PM: CBC, NHLN US Welcome back to Hockey Night in Canada. The Leafs are the big broadcast tonight which has to make advertising salesmen at the CBC breathe a sigh of relief. Because of what can only be described as his extremely crapulent performance Brett Lebda sits for Carl Gunnarsson

7PM ET: TSN The Rangers come to our barn tonight after losing in overtime to the Leafs on Phil Kessel's goal. They'll be without $14.55M in salary as both Marian Gaborik and Chris Drury will miss tonight's game because we broke them. I

7PM ET: Leafs TV Despite being picked to finish in the basement they're leading their division. Old veterans have been moved out and a GM's vision is becoming clearer on the ice. Youngsters are assuming bigger roles and are fast and hungry. This year's

It wasn't until November 21st 2009 that the Leafs earned their fourth win of the 09-10 season: a 3-2 shootout decision over the Washington Capitals. It was their 21st game of the season and they already had 11 regulation losses and 6 overtime losses. Vesa Toskala is pretty

7PM ET: SNET-O Early in the season it's hard to get a read on how good a team is or isn't. Take the Leafs: they've outplayed a team, played a tight game and been outplayed yet won all three. Weird things happen in small

I suppose it's not his fault that he can never be Jaroslav Halak or that Steven Stamkos ruined his home opener. Just kidding, it's his fault.

7:30 PM ET: TSN Tonight the Leafs play their first road game of this young season. The first two games went pretty well but tonight we play a team whose mission is winning the Cup as opposed to just making the pre post-season. Pittsburgh lost to the Flyers in

It's a Sunday morning on a holiday weekend so I'm guessing our readership today will be somewhere between slim and none. Here's what people are saying about the Leafs: Maple Leafs Hotstove - Things Are Going Better Than Expected: Systematically, the forecheck was relentless

Kessel. Kulemin. Versteeg. Kaberle. MacArthur. Zigomanis. All of these people are great people, we all know that. But you know who's also great? Tim Brent. I had never heard of Tim Brent before Thursday but I think in time I could come to remember his name. Tim Brent