Julian Sanchez

The full explanation of how the comparison is done can be found here. It certainly looks just as bleak under this format as under the other as there is no hiding that even at this early stage the Leafs are behind where they were the last two years when they

I have been remiss in not welcoming SB Nation's latest hockey blog Second City Hockey earlier. After the matchup against the Hawks, our former Snorris Division foe, I lamented the fact that an NHL team with a Stanley Cup drought longer than the Leafs did not have adequate

Don't look now but the Leafs are looking like a real hockey team. Which only means that Washington will probably blitz the Leafs tonight. At least I was ready for it. In honour of the Leafs' performance last night I'll be putting forth a similar

As much as senators fans would want to lay claim to ending the Leafs' playoff hopes it is the Capitals' fanbase that has the stronger claim. Over the past two seasons the Leafs have thrown away 10 points (3-5-0) against a team that boils down to Alex Ovechkin,

Did Balsillie buy The Toronto Star when no one was looking? They have gone from blaming just about anyone related with the Leafs (including the fans but that's another post) to waging what amounts to newspaper-war on MLSE. James has a round-up of the articles by The Star

Who is this team is blue and white that plays defence and has solid goaltending? I feel lost when I am watching games and I don't curse at least one weak goal and one defenceman's parentage. But I could definitely get used to it. Once again

As promised, here is the game number comparison of the first 10 games. The explanation is here. The boxes highlighted in yellow are the ones that really standout. I'll get the Equivalent Fixtures Comparison soon. Last season, at the end of the year the Leafs' STDIF was

Move over Patrick Kane, Jiri Tlusty is ready for his closeup. The Leafs faithful finally got a look at the only teenager in the team's system last night as he made his debut against the Penguins. And what a debut! His first goal may have come on a

The Leafs travel to Pittsburgh to take on the Penguins. The small news is that Anton Stralman will be in the lineup in place of Bryan McCabe who was nursing an injury that has now become too painful. Where have we heard this story before? Jiri Tlusty will be making

But the real news is that the embattled John Ferguson Jr. is trying to sign OHL phenom, and the next Patrick Toews/Sidney Crosby/Wayne Gretzky, to an AHL contract. Needless to say the reactions have been mixed. Mirtle does not think it's likely since Tavares will theoretically

This will be an ongoing look at the Leafs current season compared to the last two years. I got the idea from RAWK a Liverpool FC forum that has run similar comparisons over the past couple of seasons. There are two comparisons, one based on the equivalent fixtures from last

This season is shaping up to be sink or swim time for the kids. Staffan Kronwall and Jiri Tlusty will make the trip to coal country in anticipation of the Leafs game against the Penguins. Jiri Tlusty will definitely be making his NHL debut one day after another highly-touted prospect

Why would opposition fans hate the Leafs? They are the perfect tonic for any struggling team since they inevitably lose games against supposedly inferior opponents as was the case last night. Just to make things fun for Leafs fans they also found a new way to lose the game. Just

The Leafs host a Thrashers team that is light one dirty coach and short of confidence. Of course, that means that they will probably win tonight since the Leafs love playing down to their opposition. They are the only thing between the Leafs and the bottom of the barrel in

In crazy Toronto media news, Damien Cox thinks that fans should boo the MLSE suits and not the players. Why can't we boo both? I'll leave it to the boys at CoxBloc to really shred that piece of fuzzy logic but quickly, Cox should just make

Darcy Tucker's injured. At least it will make things easier to work Mark Bell back into the lineup. If only Wozniewski could pick up a third straight early season injury. Tucker had actually seemed to be on his way to playing well consistently after starting the season with

Mats Sundin sums the game up better than any paper in Toronto could ever hope to: Up 3-1 in your own building ... that should be a confident team coming out for the third period. Our third period was terrible. It was soft. We took penalties. We sat back. We didn&

The Leafs are looking to get on a run of consistent play. They have yet to put a complete 60 minutes together this season but there have been flashes of the team that the Leafs could become. They face an Original Six rival in a game that come far too

20 minutes into this game and it seemed like the team had learned nothing. Both Panthers goals came as a result of terrible defensive rotation as, first Kubina and then McCabe and White, were caught brutally out of position. Turns out that the Leafs were trying out a different strategy.

Great news! The Leafs will be facing another backup as Vokoun is apparently injured. The Leafs are 1-1-1 when being faced with the embarrassment of playing against the second string tender. Just kidding, there are tonnes of reasons for that not least of which is injuries, back-to-back games, and goalie&

It took an entire day and other teams blowing leads either of the huge or late variety to awake me from my depression. Between the Leafs, Habs, Oilers, Flames, and Canucks there is maybe one good hockey team total and I can live with that situation. It sucks that Ottawa

Great, on the back of another great defensive performance the Leafs travel to Alphabet Arena where they are either destroyed or have their still beating hearts ripped out of their chests. I am sure tonight's game will give Leafs fans nightmares. Then again, the team did surprise last

Oh brother. I was in Kingston this weekend trying my hardest to not get arrested. Not mentioned in the article is the ridiculously high percentage of those arrests and tickets that come from non-Queen's related participants. Although, while they mention that London has problem's with their

Mats Sundin cemented his place as the greatest player to ever don the storied Maple Leaf with a goal to propel him past Darryl Sittler on the franchise's all-time goals and points list. He actually did it twice since he was gifted an assist that the always modest

Two days on from the Leafs' horrific Tuesday and their cages have been rattled by Coach Maurice. Whether those lines are used or not the players must be cognizant of the fact that poor performance will be punished and strong play will be rewarded. With that in mind it&