Julian Sanchez

Tonight will be the fourth meeting between the two provincial 'rivals'. All three previous meetings have been decided by one goal. 1. October 6, 2009: Leafs 1 v. Senators 2 2. November 17, 2009: Leafs 2 v. Senators 3 3. December 14, 2009: Leafs 3 v. Senators 2

The Ottawa Senators roll into Toronto on the back of a franchise-best 11 game winning streak. Their road record is not blowing up any skirts at 12-13-1 but they have won six in a row. How have they been doing it? Brian Elliott is beating the odds. It is interesting

I noted last night that the story I wrote last night about Brendan Burke was the top search result for Mark Reedy. Going through StatCounter I could see that there were many, many people arriving here searching for his name and more information about the other young man that lost

The feelings of frustration over the Toronto Maple Leafs' 4-3 loss to the New Jersey Devils were quickly diminished by these two quick tweets: The Leafs sent out a statement saying that Brian Burke's son was killed in a car accident. No other details available - James

Well, that sucked. Tough end to the game and it highlights just how focused the Leafs have to be to beat one of the top teams in the East. The second goal came when Wallin let McAmmond walk past him and Schenn couldn't catch him. The third goal

Wrap would have something like "Haters To The Left" or "Wallin Scored So Your Argument Is Invalid but I think that that image is all you need to know about how things are going for the Leafs tonight. Only amazing things have happened since Chemmy got married.

Intermission 1 2 3 Total Toronto Maple Leafs 0 0 New Jersey Devils 1 1 Join the Game Thread This score blows. The Leafs are playing really well but a moment of scrambling and some bad puck handling by Gustavsson cost the Leafs a goal. Oh well, it's

I saw this song referenced a few times around the blogosphere after the Kovalchuk trade was made and it sure seems apropos. Lou Lamoriello and Jacques Lemaire now have a hold of Ilya Kovalchuk's soul. It'll be interesting to see what they do with it the

A loyal reader passed along some pictures of Jean-Sebastien Giguere's recently finished pads, catcher, and blocker. He even passed along this blurb: "Puppets, when was the last time we had a goalkeeper that was notable enough to talk goalkeeper equipment? Possibly never, heck maybe we still don&

Hi, my name is PPP and I used to hate Ian White. Before the beginning of last year I wanted nothing to do with the moustachulent one. To be fair, he had not grown his moustache then. I thought that he was not too small to play defence in the

Brian Burke, GM in the Vatican, is not quite St. Burkie yet. It sure looks like getting rid of Jason Blake's was a miracle even if his former parishioners make a great case for it being a win-win. Unless of course Vesa Toskala ever starts a game. I

The Toronto Maple Leafs, in their first game since the blockbuster deal that moved Dion Phaneuf from Cowtown to Hogtown and the miracle move that brought Jean-Sebastien Giguere, downed the New Jersey Devils 3-0 behind a vintage Giguere performance. He was helped out by goals by Nikolai Kulemin, Phil Kessel,

Day one of the Phaneuf/Giguere Era began with a 3-0 Toronto Maple Leafs win over the New Jersey Devils. I'll have more to write about this game later on but for now let's just bask in the fact that for one night at least Brian

Have you ever had a burning question about the Maple Leafs or the NHL that you wanted answered and you didn't know who to ask? Well, luckily for you there is now an outlet for your curiousity. This is a special kind of mailbag thought because it won&

With Sunday's big trades the Leafs have now said goodbye to six players. Sure, some of them might have left at the end of the year but it still has to be classified as a shock to see literally one third of the team that blew a 3-0

Editor's Note: For more great discussion check in with the original fanshot here. Brian Burke was not done when he swung a blockbuster for Dion Phaneuf. He proceded to trade Jason Blake and Vesa Toskala to Anaheim for Jean-Sebastien Giguere. I can only assume that his next move

Editor's Note: There is some amazing discussion in this fanshot. Comments are closed there but it is worth a read. Brian Burke has finally put some muster behind his bluster with a deal that can only be termed a blockbuster as well as a hell of  way to

The Toronto Maple Leafs, in a way that sometimes it seems only they can muster, threw away a 3-0 first period lead as they fell 5-3 to the Vancouver Canucks. The quote in the post title comes directly from Ron Wilson and there's no denying it. The full

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Let's start this off by talking about tonight's game. It kicks off the Canucks 14 game streak on the road. Sean Leahy has the definitive look at it for Puck Daddy. Look for that to be brought up ad nauseam if the Canucks don't

It goes without saying that the little community here has done a good job of pitching in with some help for the disaster-struck region. However, if you happen to be around the Peterborough area this weekend there might be another enjoyable way for you to help out. Kim Jorn, formerly

The Toronto Maple Leafs fell to the New Jersey Devils 5-4 in overtime after making a fortuitous and furious late comeback in the third period. Carl Gunnarson and Patrick Davis each notched their first career NHL goals although neither one was anything to write home about. The Maple Leafs'

The Leafs rallied back late in the third to tie the game at 4-4 but it was all for nought as they once again lost in overtime. This time it was while failing to kill a Luke Schenn penalty with less than a minute to go in the extra session.

That handsome fellow pictured above will get the start which means that the fighting men and women of Canada will likely be fed a steady diet of goals Saturday night when Vesa Toskala gets the start. I don't have much to say about the game other than to

I did the first of these for Andrew Raycroft two years ago and wondered whether I might do it again if only because if I started doing a couple of players it might take forever to sort through all of the dross in this city. I can't believe