Julian Sanchez

Leafs, listen up. I know how these rivalry games usually turn out but that sure as hell won't fly Saturday night because I am making the trek to the Bell Centre. Not only am I risking getting stuck because of the end of the world storm that is

I have to post two game day threads today because I am making the pilgrimage to Montreal to see the game this weekend and I am not sure if I'll have access to the internet or not so better safe than sorry. The table of stats will feature

Well, that was as good as a response to Saturday's lacklustre effort as could have been expected. The Leafs were strong on special teams with Gill as the PK workhorse as they held the Lightning scoreless with the man advantage while the score was still knotted at zeros.

The Lightning roll into town for a rare Monday night game for the buds as they look to rebound from pissing away a perfectly good chance to increase their winning streak to five games with a lacklustre performance against the Bruins. I am still upset with my choice of Ghandi

Well, apparently Ghandi, while able to drive the British out of India, cannot inspire a group of professional hockey players to work hard enough to break the most passive of passive traps. As much as I hate watching the Leafs play the Bruins (they are the only team on my

Ugh. Another Leafs-Bruins matchup. While Damien Cox might love the idea of playing everyone in your division 54 times I like to spice things up once in a while with at least one game against every other team in the NHL. I guess that makes me dimwitted. Considering the usual

Don't look now but the Maple Leafs' juggernaut rolls into the Big Apple tonight on the back of some consistently solid and often spectacular goaltending and three great pre-game harangues. After taking the reins myself to get the win streak started I have farmed out the motivational

Toskala better be careful playing so well. The Leafs are going to expect him to do it every night and they'll be back to the Pat Quinn run and gun, defence optional days in no time. Actually, it only took two huge saves last night for the Leafs

Breaking News! This excerpt from an article outlining why the Leafs are playing well is hilarious. LESS WOZ: Kubina isn't returning to watch from the bench. He was averaging more than 24 minutes before getting hurt and it likely won't take him long to get into

Last season the Leafs were plagued by a dearth of timely saves. Time and time again a weak goal would come at the worst time possible. Whether the Leafs were pressing for the equalizer, had just pulled even, or were pressing. In the Leafs' last two games Vesa Toskala

The Leafs' host the Penguins tonight. I went to the open practice and if that was any indication of how they practice it's no wonder the defence can become so shambolic at the drop of a hat. It was interesting to see about 8,000 people at

This is the second example of the PythagoreanPuck standings. The first can be found here. I had to break it up into a couple of tables because it got too wide. After swapping some e-mails with Gabriel Desjardins from Behind The Net I adjusted the Goals For and Goals Against

Break up the Leafs because it's just not fair to the rest of the league. They should have left this juggernaut sleeping but they poked the beast one too many times. After reading a barnburner of a pre-game speech the Leafs showed that they are not, at the

Sorry that this is up so late but sometimes the people that pay you want you to do work before you take care of your hobby. Jerks. Anyway, the Leafs are currently in a stretch where they resemble the poor wolf blowing on the third pig's home: lots

You can almost predict a Habs-Leafs game beforehand by filling in an easy script: The Leafs dominated the Habs last night, outshooting them (insert big number) to (insert significantly smaller number) but (insert Habs' goalie's name) stood tall in the face of the onslaught to help (get

The quotes come fast and furious in this article but the common theme is that it is up to the players to right the ship. In the short-term that is true. In the long-term more drastic action is needed. The pre-game trash talk from the blue, white and red crew

It's game day so it's time for another installment of 5 Questions. A couple of the guys from  Four Habs Fans are making a third appearance in the feature. The game coincides with the Leafs imminent collision with an organizational shakeup and the Habs' crashing

A while ago, Damien Cox (I think) published an article in The Star with the pictures of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment's Board of Directors. He proceeded to detail why they and not JFJ or Maurice or the players were responsible for the shambles in which the team

Based on the title of the post you're probably thinking that there was some subtle play Saturday night that signals a return to the good times. Sadly, there was no such play. Everything that the Leafs did points to a long season. They failed to play physically except

Here's tonight's 5 Questions in anticipation of the Coyotes game. With a loss tonight the Leafs will get passed by the Coyotes and drop further down the standings. While they are only 6 points out of fourth place they are also only a handful of points

In anticipation of the Leafs' game against the Winni...Phoenix Coyotes PB from One Fan's Perspective was kind enough to answer a few questions, 5 of them to be exact, and he provides an excellent amount of insight on a team that I'll admit I

While in Dallas, the Leafs' escaped the fishbowl of media coverage and Maurice took the opportunity to question the fans' ability to multi-task: "It's (being Leafs coach) the best job in the world, by far. I do enjoy the pressure. I can't imagine

The two results comparisons are up here and here so take a peek and leave your thoughts or any suggestions for changes in the comments. The Leafs kick off a stretch that will see the team play away from the friendly confines of the Air Canada Centre in eleven of

Finally! The second installment of the results comparison looking at games 11-20. The explanation of this comparison is in the right sidebar as are previous entries. Admittedly it's not splitting the atom but it will hopefully help generate some discussion. The Equivalent Fixtures and Upcoming Games can be

The explanation can be found in the right sidebar. It will help explain how the equivalent fixture comparison is done and how the rotating schedule is handled. Here are the numbers for games 11-20: The Leafs have actually done better than they should have considering the PythagenPuck analysis on their