Jason Orach

The first day of free agency is winding to a close and the Leafs have avoided signing anyone. Brian Burke is on vacation in lovely Afghanistan and the Leafs have stood pat. What do you think: should the Leafs sit out today and hunt for bargains or are good players

The Leafs, linked to John-Michael Liles at the trade deadline, have traded the 2012 second round pick acquired from the Boston Bruins in the Tomas Kaberle deal to acquire him from the Colorado Avalanche. Liles is an offensive d-man, aged 30, who put up 46 points last year on the

With the 25th overall pick in the 2011 SBN NHL Mock Entry draft I'm excited to announce our selection: the Saint John Sea Dogs' Zack Phillips. Season Tm Age GP G A Pts +/- 09-10 SJ 17 65 16 28 44 22 10-11 SJ 18 67 38

Want to be an armchair GM? Of course you do. We've got picks #25 and either #29 or #30 and we've got  a list of kids to think about. Follow me over the jump and let's set the stage. Currently Chicago is on the

Green Men headed East Ever hear about Moby? This will not end well.

Five seven and five. Room to expand all our thoughts. A new feature: born.

Though we've been on an editorial voluntary furlough (not to be confused with working at a newspaper and being unemployed) we'd like to express our deep regret at losing a valued contributor to the blogging community: Howard Berger. Sportsnet Fan 590 tells me that they thank

Brian Burke, President and General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, announced Thursday that the hockey club has signed 2009 draft pick Kenny Ryan to a three-year entry level contract. - Toronto Maple Leafs I'm going to be honest, I'm surprised this happened. Kenny Ryan was

In case you've also been hiding in a cave the President of US revealed that a Navy Seal team killed Osama bin Laden. Doubt we have many Leafs links today but throw them in the comments. Reminder to Canadians: go vote today.

7PM: CBC James Reimer vs Carey Price Win or lose the Toronto Maple Leafs will finish their season tonight. They enter with 85 points in 81 games played and a second half run that made fans forget about their dismal first half play. A win tonight means that Boston would

Matt Frattin has ended our speculation and signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Per an employee of the University of North Dakota,Jayson Hajdu: @UNDSID: Breaking: Matt Frattin has signed a contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Details to come. @UNDSID: Frattin will suit up for the Leafs tomorrow night.

The last clock was pretty successful, so here we go again! Carey Price has put together a pretty great season for himself. Before listening to Montreal fans congratulating him remember that he was roundly booed during the preseason for not being Jaroslav Halak. Thanks for continuing to support Pension Plan

7PM ET: TSN James Reimer vs Martin Brodeur Last night's disaster changed my plans. I was going to Newark tonight and if the Leafs won and things broke their way I was flying to Toronto Saturday night. I'll be honest; it's been too long

7PM ET: Sportsnet Ontario James Reimer vs. Michal Neuvirth The Leafs aren't just playing for pride tonight, they're playing to keep Boston's draft pick crummy. As I wrote over at The Leafs Nation there are plenty of teams to stay in a race with

After being up 3-0 early against the Rangers the Bruins allowed two goals in under a minute to go down 4-3 before allowing an empty netter to lose 5-3. The Rangers are now safe from the Leafs. Toronto's only path to the playoffs is through the Sabres. Buffalo

This morning the Star ran a piece of garbage so crapulent that it makes their normal blend of humorless drivel and inflammatory nonsense look reasonable: "They’re such a garbage organization. They don’t deserve to make the playoffs," said D’Aloisio, who was born and raised in

7:00PM ET: HNIC James Reimer vs Jimmy Howard The Leafs play at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit tonight. By the time they're finished I hope the town of Detroit is left as nothing more than a smoldering wreck. When we leave I want two points and

Zero is the number of times this season the Leafs have entered the 3rd period with a lead and left without a point. None. Nada. Zilch. If anything still gives me cold sweats about the JFJ era besides him acquiring goalies it's remembering the post-lockout Leafs as a

9:00PM ET: SNET-O James Reimer vs Brian Elliott Quick preview because I'm busy. The Leafs head to Denver tonight, former home of Tyler Bozak, Joe Colborne and Tyler Ruegsegger. They'll face a familiar goaltender in Brian Elliott. The Avs want to lose and the Leafs

Leafs sign forward Tyler Brenner to a two-year entry level contract. - @mirtle Tyler Brenner was a junior playing for RIT this season in the NCAA. On their site he's listed as a 6'2" 200lb forward born in Linwood Ontario. Year Age GP G A

7:30PM: Sportsnet Ontario Jean-Sebastien Giguere vs. Scott Clemmensen Tim Brent wants you to do something for him Leafs fans and I suggest you listen to him: Someone have a couple green beers for us, and we will work on a couple points for all of us tonight in FLA!

7PM ET: TSN Jean-Sebastien Giguere vs Cam Ward Tonight sees a battle of former Conn Smythe winners in Giguere and Ward. I have to imagine Carolina feels more comfortable with their guy: GP MIN W L EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO 2010 - Cam Ward 62 3590 29

The big news today comes via Marlies player Mike Zigomanis who revealed that Nazem Kadri has been called up and will be joining the Leafs tomorrow in Carolina. Kadri has 41pts in 44 games in the AHL. He's finding his scoring touch and starting to get feisty down

7PM ET: SNET-O James Reimer vs Dwayne Roloson After tonight the Leafs play 8 of their final 12 games on the road going to Carolina and New Jersey (teams near us in the playoff hunt), Ottawa, Florida and Colorado (teams we'd like to finish ahead of) as well

The Leafs have put Matt Lashoff on re-entry waivers. After the trade deadline waivers get a little weird. If claimed by another team Matt Lashoff would be unable to play for them until next season. He's an RFA in July. If another team claimed him they would be