Julian Sanchez

Toronto's had a decent pre-season. There have been signs of chemistry among the forward ranks and the lines seem to have come together. Newcomer Kris Versteeg has seemingly found a home with Tyler Bozak and Phil Kessel while Nikolai Kulemin's partnership with Mikhail Grabovski provides a

So...Detroit is pretty good eh? The Maple Leafs only mustered 4 shots in the third period as one of the Western Conference powerhouses highlighted just how far this team has to go. The defensive coverage was worrisome as breakdowns led to a number of goals. The rest can be

Tyler Bozak potted a beauty and Jiri Hudler scored on a really nice deflection. Nazem Kadri was invisible and that's not even a joke about him not being in the line-up. He was on the bench for most of the period which I imagine was part of reminding

This had not been a very good first period for Jussi Rynnas or the defensive coverage. The first was a good shot but Luca Caputi should have cleared the zone and Rynnas went down early. Kaberle got caught in front of the net covering no one on a PK for

The Toronto Maple Leafs' decent pre-season continued with a win at the ACC East. There was some good, some bad, some funny, and some frustrating aspects to the game. Or at least I assume so because I just got to watch the game in six so you'll

It's Monday morning which means that it's time to head to the polls and vote in the Fan Confidence Poll. Last week's tally was 60 which gives us a run of 64-68-66-60 since the inception of the poll. A reminder that what we'

The Toronto Maple Leafs have released their full training camp roster for the upcoming season. There are 38 forwards 19 defencemen, and six goalies 'competing' for up to 23 roster spots on the big club, another 23 on the Toronto Marlies, and an unknown number with the Reading

The long-term impact of anything done in the pre-season is likely suspect at best. However, I do believe that the effort that is displayed is a big sign of preparedness especially for a club that had kids in a rookie tournament,  veterans that have been practicing together for a couple

The Leafs haven't been too bad. * Gustavsson looked drunk the first two times the puck came near him and kicked the puck into his net. But then he stopped Hartnell on a breakaway. * Danny Richmond looks pretty good with the puck. He might be on the Marlies. * Greg

The only fair thing to do after a performance like last night's is to force the Leafs to tear apart this juggernaut. No one likes watching a sport dominated by one single team. The Maple Leafs 4-1 win was a marker to the rest...of the players in

To say that last night's game was not what anyone expected would be an understatement. With the crowd filled with a decidedly younger and more diverse demographic the game started off with a decently rousing rendition of O Canada. Unfortunately, things went downhill soon afterwards as the Ottawa

Some of you may have noticed a new addition in the top of the left sidebar. SBN has rolled out the Fan Confidence Poll across the network. The purpose of the poll is to gauge how fans feel about the direction of the team. The rationale for voting is probably

This is a post I'll likely toss up once a month during the season. We've had and will continue to have a constant stream of new arrivals. If you are lurking I hope that this helps you navigate the community and brings you into the light.

Neate Sager, a fellow Queen's alum, passed along the following from the excellent The CIS Blog (don't call it 'a' CIS Blog) run by another Queen's alum Andrew Bucholtz which, if you have any interest in Canadian University sport, you should be

There is a stunningly out of touch, obtuse, and painfully stupid article by Bruce Dowbiggin in the Globe and Mail that I'll address tomorrow that is a paint by numbers assault on bloggers. One of the overarching theme addressed is, of course, journalistic ethics. Now, before you cough

It was just a rookie tournament game but it always stinks to lose to the Ottawa Senators. Add the pre-season to the regular season to the list of unimportant seasons including the summer, fall, and winter where Ottawa finds a way to be the better team. The unfortunate part is

Tonight is the last game of the tournament. If the Leafs' win tonight they will be tied with Ottawa and Pittsburgh at 2-1. I'll declare victory in Soviet-style: based on goal differential. Andrew Engelage starts in net for the Leafs, Jesse Blacker tweaked his something or other

More hockey? Oh this weekend keeps getting better! Tonight the baby buds take on the baby pens. Here's the crop of kids from which the Penguins will be selecting their roster. While the Leafs were beating the Chicago Blackhawks' kids the Penguins were taking care of the

Birky had a great review of the game in the FTB this morning. Without much more to add I wanted to highlight some great pictures that @Around_the_Game took. If you were at the game and have any others to add feel free to post them in the comments

Not much to add before the game. If you are in Toronto or London you're watching on Rogers and otherwise hopefully you can watch it on MapleLeafs.com. Another option might be HockeyStreams.com or so someone told me. Chris DiDomenico will not play but Phillipe Paradis will

Unfortunately for local Leafs fans, the Buds have not held their rookie tournament at the Ricoh Coliseum for a long time. It's too bad because when I went a few years ago to see Montreal lose to Toronto it was a blast. So much was done right that

The SBN Mock Expansion Draft was held last Thursday and the results have been revealed. Our mock General Managers were Gabe Desjardins of Behind The Net and James Mirtle of the Globe and Mail who drafted for the newly incarnated Winnipeg Jets and Quebec Nordiques respectively. James, being a Leafs-centric

One of my many pet peeves with the mittenstringers is when they make the story about themselves. Rather than write about why something is happening or using their access to give their readers a better understanding of an issue they'll inject themselves into a story. Usually it'

Monday, we looked at the SBN Expansion Draft and what players to protect on the Leafs' squad. The full details can be found here. The Leafs benefit a lot from the rules exempting guys with little NHL experience. However, the Leafs do still have to leave players unprotected even

Editor's Note: Thanks to Sean Leahy for asking us to contribute to Puck Daddy's Mount Puckmore series and thanks to everyone that helped discuss the choices. Here's what we went with, let us know what we got wrong but remember, Wendel blessed these choices.