Julian Sanchez

The 2010 Empty Arenas Tour makes its first northern stop at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. On Monday's puckcast with Hockee Night I learned that Newark is part of the area that gave birth to the term "benny" which is apparently what the people

Godd Till just tweeted that phrase as his 2009-2010 season review. It's hard to look back at just how terrible those Leafs teams were and think that this team is even worse. I think the clearest conclusion is that Mats Sundin was just that damn good. He required

The Leafs host one of those teams that you hear a lot about but never actually get to watch because they play during either bar time or Stewart/Colbert time. Sorry, I don't need constant reminders of how awesome hockey can be with a good team. Watching them

The Maple Leafs host a team that has a pretty serious place in the mythology of any fan of the blue and white of a certain age but we won't get into it. What we will do is welcome the final piece to the SBN Hockey Megaverse Jewels

The always welcoming Forklift and CT from Hockee Night once again had me on their Puckcast despite the fact that inviting Leafs fans on their show is akin to cursing your family. Down Goes Brown was supposed to show up but he had responsibilities so he was predictably grilled for

I'm pretty sure that the Toronto Maple Leafs could spend the next five games firing pucks at Tomas Vokoun without piercing his forcefield. Local boy Kenndal McArdle threw a wrench into the regular scheme of things by potting his first career goal at home instead of in the

Intermission 1 2 3 Total Toronto Maple Leafs 0 0 0 Florida Panthers 0 1 1 Join the Game Thread I missed the goal. Was it bad? The shots are 29-15 and highlight just how snake bitten the Leafs are and what a huge advantage incredible goaltending could be. If

Intermission 1 2 3 Total Toronto Maple Leafs 0 0 Florida Panthers 0 0 Join the Game Thread Greg Millen called John F--king Mitchell the best Leaf on the ice. I don't know if I would go that far but the Leafs are playing ok as a group.

Maple Leafs vs Panthers coverage Maple Leafs vs Panthers preview Litter Box Cats I am going to try to learn from previous mistakes and say nice things about the Florida Panthers. Their colour guy, Randy Moller, is, whether you like him or not, at least unique. It is terrible to

The Toronto Maple Leafs raced out to a two goal lead on the back of Alexei Ponikarovsky remembering that he is big and fast and when he drives to the net he can't be stopped. Sadly, they blew the lead before watching Ilya Kovalchuk pot the winner on

To donate to the Canadian Red Cross CLICK HERE To doate to the American Red Cross CLICK HERE To donate to the NHL/UNICEF Initiative CLICK HERE Take a look at that headline folks. Savour it. Yesterday, everyone who commented and donated helped us pull together a mighty impressive total

So the Leafs are taking a nap but not us. We're commenting like there's no tomorrow. Today has been NHL Fans unification night and it's been fun if not a little dizzying. Anyway, my fingertips hurt but that won't stop me and

Happy Trails is having a tough time this year but you know what's been awesome? Everyone's efforts! We gotta keep it up. The Pensblog just donated $270 to the cause to match our first 4500 or so comments. Tomorrow we'll recap how this crazy

Dear God, who's 'Z' finger is hurting? Mine is killing me. Joe Bowen just said "Kulemin tried to force it in deeper but couldn't". I have a pretty juvenile sense of humour sometimes so that made me laugh. I love when sports

I am getting motion sickness from the comments but you people are awesome. We're at like eleventy billion so far, twoeightnine is donating shirt profits, and DGB's figuring out how to hide his largess from the missus. The Leafs are up 3-0 because they know that

Right here right now as the Leafs attempt to defeat the Predators (lol) we will attempt to get 10,000 comments on series of game day threads. Let's lay down some ground rules: * Our GDTs are pretty big normally and we should have some good support from St.

Right here right now as the Leafs attempt to defeat the Predators (lol) we will attempt to get 10,000 comments on series of game day threads. Let's lay down some ground rules: * Our GDTs are pretty big normally and we should have some good support from St.

Though we all suffer through long nights spent watching this team, let's not forget about people whose trouble is far greater than cheering for a sports team that can't win. If you ignored us all day we're donating six cents for every comment in

I was going to whip up a big game preview in honour of only the third ever visit of the Maple Leafs to Opryland but then Chris Burton put together this extensive and exhaustive preview. There really isn't anything to add to that other than to suggest that

Chris Burton of SBN's Nashville Predators' blog On The Forecheck invited me to answer some questions to help in understanding an infrequently met opponent. He agreed to do the same for us today. The Leafs and Predators have only met 10 times in 11 years since Nashville

In the recap I was not sure if giving Tom Poti a delay of game penalty after he threw Jason Blake into the net just before Lee Stempniak was going to bury Ian White's great pass was justified. General Borschevsky made the following comment in the recap which

The contented Maple Leafs travelled to Washington to face the Washington Capitals, a Stanley Cup contender, and the result was about what was expected. Alexander Ovechkin scored early after Tomas Kaberle left him alone to try to chase Ian White's man. We found out tonight that Tomas Kaberle

Editor's Note: Writing Negative Nancy Notebooks isn't as much fun when the Maple Leafs are having a terrible season, beset on all sides by underachievement, and don't have a first round draft pick. However, if we can't find some humour in life

Wow. There sure was a lot of discussion last night. Here's another thread to capture any lingering thoughts about the game. Here are some quick hit thoughts on the game: * The John Mitchell penalty that led to the first goal was an atrocious call. Brent Sutter fell over

As some of you have noticed in your travels through the SBN megaverse the powers that be have released a bevy of information on the over 220 communities that make up SB Nation. Obviously, as one of the leading hockey communities the numbers here are pretty impressive. The growth from