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One thing that is really disappointing about major media is how lazy they can be. Brian Burke answering questions on Twitter is pretty interesting and it's a great idea to share those questions and answers with the vast majority of people that aren't on Twitter. Now,

On the night that the impending Maple Leafs-Red Wings Winter Classic was basically confirmed by Bob McKenzie Pierre Gauthier made sure that he would steal the limelight. Here is the trade made by the Montreal Canadiens and the Calgary Flames: To Montreal Rene Bourque, prospect Patrick Holland, and a 2nd

The Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings will be playing in the 2013 Winter Classic at the University of Michigan's Big House. Bob McKenzie confirmed as much on TSN's Insider Trading last night in the intermission of the Montreal-Boston game. Since Pierre Gauthier hit the

Oh boy, that Eric Francis sure has his finger on the pulse of his local sports team that he covers for a living. In case you don't know who Eric Francis is - I mean, in addition to being one of the rotating stooges on HNiC's

"There is no acceptable explanation or excuse for commentary challenging the integrity of the League, its officials or its broadcast partners," said NHL Senior Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations Colin Campbell. "People can disagree with calls by officials on the ice, but even in instances of

It doesn't take too critical of an eye to figure out any number of problems with the way that the Under-20 World Junior Championships are run. You can probably even come up with a bunch that don't even focus on Canada: federations more interested in politics

We've had a couple of days of breaking news. While the MSM completely missed the boat, birky broke the news that Justin Bieber wasn't just taking advantage of his popularity to skate with his favourite team but that he was being brought in to centre the

Almost 12 months ago the Maple Leafs were rolling into Hollywood to take on the Los Angeles Kings. The Toronto media was agog with a team that is flush with young players that was in the midst of conducting a rebuild that the Maple Leafs would be well-advised to emulate:

Robert from ETours.to was kind enough to donate two tickets to Leafs Fan Night tomorrow night. If you want to win them, put your score prediction in the post or tweet it to @mlse and whoever is right will get two tickets to the event. If no one gets

"Since Toronto's not much of a hockey market we'll take Paul Stastny" - An asshole, January 28, 2011 Eric Staal probably didn't realise what we he doing but he unwittingly unleashed a devastating string of events. Join me after the jump for

When the news broke that Rogers and Bell were working together to buy the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan's almost 80% share in MLSE I have to admit that I was pretty shocked. First off, seeing Rogers and Bell coordinate is pretty jarring. But I have always been a

Andrey Osadchenko is the Nations' roving Russian reporter and he's dug up a few gems. Yesterday he had a longer interview with Nikolai Kulemin. His latest post is a bit of a heartbreaker: Igor Korolev played 4 seasons for the Maple Leafs before he was traded to

The Toronto Maple Leafs provided a clinic in beating the 'vaunted' 1-3-1 of Bond Supervillain Guy Boucher as they pasted the Tampa Bay Lightning 7-1 on the strength of the youngest roster in the NHL. I guess you could even say that the book is out on Tampa.

After a month out of action, James Reimer is on his way back into the lineup after 'concussion-like' symptoms. Around the league, some kid in Pittsburgh made his debut on Monday night and in New York Marc Staal is on his way back from his own concussion. It&

"Panic time" - That was the text I got as soon as last night's game ended. The loss to the Nashville Predators left the Maple Leafs' record at Last season began to go off the rails in November when they posted a 3-7-3 record. They

Thank God it's Friday. Here are some links. Share whatever you're reading. Lies, Damned Lies, And Statistics Jonathan Willis looks at the genesis of the famous phrase Phoenix-Toronto Scoring Chances JP charted the Leafs' loss. It was Lombardi's best game as a Leaf

The Toronto Maple Leafs fell to 3-3-0 in November. As a reminder, last year the Leafs went 3-7-3 in November as the wheels well and truly fell off of the season. I missed last night's game but over the season, the Leafs have 21 out of the necessary

Who: Toronto Maple Leafs (9-5-1; 19 points; 5th in NHL) vs Ottawa Senators (7-9-1; 15 points; 23rd in HL) What: Game #17 of the Regular Season Where: Air Canada Centre, Centre of the Universe, Milky Way When: 7:00pm Hockey Night in Canada on the Mother Corp. Why: Because tonight

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 9-5-1 and have banked a number of valuable points in the early going. However, a 5-1 loss to the Florida Panthers on the heels of a 7-0 shellacking by the Bruins is quickly taking the gloss off of the nice start. Combine the mini-slump which

This is a post I like to post every once in a while. I've been a bit delinquent but  I'll probably try to do it a little more often than I have because it's a good reminder to all of us including myself of

Who: Toronto Maple Leafs (7-2-1; 15 points; 1st in Northeast) vs Ottawa Senators (6-5-0; 12 points; 3rd in Northeast) What: Game #11 of the 2011-12 Regular Season Where: Scotiabank Place, Kanata When: 7:30pm on Sportsnet Tickets: Check out TiqIQ to see if there are any deals worth buying. Last

Update 2: GET YOUR TICKETS BECAUSE AFTONBLADET WAS RIGHT! Update: Friend of the Blog Jeff Marek just passed along a note: "Leafs won't say when the day is but app[arently] it's not the one being reported." It will be interesting to see what

Have you ever wondered if the people of PPP are actually human or just advanced hockey loving robots sent from the future? Well, tonight is your chance to find out the truth! There'll be wings and beer* and the Leafs game.** * If you order and pay for them

Jonas Gustavsson completely redeeemed himself but it wasn't quite enough as the Maple Leafs lost 4-2 to the Philadelphia Flyers. Well, that's not entirely true. Gus was much better than he was against Boston (not hard) but it's a sign of just how low

Well, not glory so much as the end of the game. Unless the Leafs can get this game to extras. Of course, they won't need it because they are going to win in regulation. GO LEAFS GO!