Julian Sanchez

As some of you noted, and was linked last week, SBN's hockey megaverse decided that rather than pursue an original suggestion to run a hypothetical contracting teams that we'd do what the league was more likely to do and expand to thirty-two teams. Of course, whenever

WARNING: This post contains discussion about the sports media landscape in the NHL and Toronto. You've been given a heads up so feel free to skip this post.Two years ago, a lot of the blogs that comprised the Barilkosphere at the time penned an open letter to

Brian Burke has signed unrestricted free agent Clarke MacArthur to a one-year deal according to Alex Tran who saw it on LeafsTV. Good thing for us Jared also was watching LeafsTV and can confirm it. Also, Nick Kypreos is the first to confirm it on Twitter that I saw. You

Yesterday, the Toronto Maple Leafs traded Alex Berry and Stefano Giliati to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Matt Lashoff. Andy Strickland of the site that shall not be linked actually broke the news on Twitter which led to a lot of questioning especially since none of the Leafs' beat

There has been a few complaints about the product that Chemmy and I have been putting out. Naturally, we're flattered that people are interested in what we have to say but frankly the summer is long and we will write probably at least 200 posts from September to

Specifically, Dave Fuller lifts ideas for stories and the necessary translated quotations from this community. One of the beauties of this group of Leafs fans (and various other teams) is that there is a vast and diverse fanbase that brings a unique outlook to being a Leafs fan. Last Tuesday,

Editor's Note: The following is a translation of an article written on a Czech website by Blurr's friend Romdgpce who was kind enough to help out. Be sure to thank him. I tried to edit it for readability so any errors are my own. If you

This was probably the most organized visit to Hockee Night's Puckcast. DGB was also a guest and in a switch from the last time we were on together he was quiet for most of it. I have a good idea of the reason. This may be Eyebleaf'

$12.99, 128 pages, all Leafs, no ads. That's right folks. It is that time again. The Barilkosphere and Friends have worked to put together the second annual Maple Street Press Maple Leafs Annual. Alec Brownscombe has assembled an even better cast of contributors than last year and

Well, this day had to come. The European Jaunt has ended. Places were visited, pictures were taken, and much delicious food was consumed. Now I need to be home for a rest. Instead, I get to hammer out my Maple Leafs Annual piece (spoiler alert: the magazine's going

By the time this is published I should be making my way to the airport as I head off to another European excursion. I wanted to note a few things. The first is that last month, despite the Leafs not being in the Stanley Cup Final or doing anything of

The Toronto Maple Leafs, for reasons known only to them, have signed free agent defenceman Brett Lebda formerly of the 2008 Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings to a two year, $2.9M contract. The assumption, and please God the right conclusion, is that this signing is a precursor to

Still blue about the Kessel trade? Think about Ricky Williams. In 1999 the New Orleans Saints traded their entire draft for the right to pick a guy who couldn't hack it in the CFL. Williams got in on the Bad Idea Jeans party when he decided to hire

Be sure to blow something up if you are American because it is your God-given duty to be a walking-talking stereotype at least one day a year. Otherwise the rest of the world might have to consider that they are only ever exposed to the worst on offer. Oh, and

Whew, yesterday was a hell of a day. League-wide there was, according to TSN, over 100 years and a couple of hundred million dollars worth of deals signed. That's ridiculous. The Leafs were generally restrained which was a good thing. I listened to Dave Nonis on the radio

I know, in the back of our minds, we're all pretty clear on the many reasons why the Leafs will not make a splash today. Ranging from Burke's apparent insistence on not using MLSE's money to win to Kovalchuk's probable reluctance to

Now, I won't say that this will cover what the Leafs will do since to call Brian Burke an enigma is an understatement. However, these are my thoughts on what they need to do come July 1st. Burke and Nonis have given a lot of hints about what

Right about now I will probably be in a folding chair outside of Scallywags waiting to get in to cheer England on as they seek to get past the old enemy Germany. I think Scallywags was far enough from yesterday's troubles to have escaped unscathed. If Britannia rules

The Toronto Maple Leafs drafted Josh Nicholls with the 182nd pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. He plays for the Saskatoon Blades in the Western Hockey League. Do you know who was the last player that the Leafs drafted from the Blades? Wendel Clark Turns out it was two

The Toronto Maple Leafs drafted Daniel Brodin with the 146th pick. He split the season between the junior and senior teams at Djurgardens. NHL.com identified him as a possible sleeper pick from the club. Another European that will spend a couple of seasons overseas. We'll check back

The Toronto Maple Leafs selected Sondre Olden of Modo's junior team 79th overall. They traded the Los Angeles Kings a third round pick in 2012 for the privilege. The NHL.com stream is painful because the commentors are talking non-stop and the pace of the selections means that

The Toronto Maple Leafs selected Greg McKegg of the Erie Otters with the 62nd pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. This was the team's first proprietary pick of the draft and many here had hoped that the Leafs would select Kirill Kabanov. Instead, the team seems to

The Toronto Maple Leafs traded an unsigned unnamed draft choice to the Chicago Blackhawks for the 43rd overall choice and selected Brad Ross, a left winger from the Portland Winterhawks of the Western Hockey League. What does an unsigned unnamed draft pick mean? That Brian Burke could not reach him

The first day of the 2010 NHL Draft was pretty uneventful for the Maple Leafs but there certainly was some manoeuvring done league-wide. SBN sent 14 writers to the draft and the story stream of the first day is spectacular. There is a lot of video and analysis there and

Nothing much is happening now. Bryan Murray made a hilarious trade, one of the California kids just got drafted (the one that knows people that don't know what hockey is), Fowler fell to Anaheim, and we're already into the off-the-board picks. Burke is getting stupid offers