Steve filler

Content warning for talk about sexual assault and truly deplorable, revolting behavior.

It was Marc Savard's empty phrase, but it may be the most accurate sentence written about Phil Kessel over the last six years: He's a nice guy. Tries hard. Loves the game.

For GMs, like players, sometimes you don't feel sore until the next day. The 2014-15 season brought yesterday's pain.

The Maple Leafs' goaltending kept them in a close-scoring game against the Boston Bruins. I'll give you a second to check what year it is, then we can proceed.

I watched this game. For you.

The Panthers needed a win. The Leafs are mid-tank. What did you think was going to happen?

The Leafs' depth chart at center against the San Jose Sharks was Tyler Bozak, Trevor Smith, Leo Komarov, and Sam Carrick. They lost. Tomas Hertl opened the goal scoring - the Leafs lasted seven whole minutes. Logan Couture with a power play goal. Nice spin move, to get space

The Maple Leafs brought their A game to Buffalo tonight, amassing almost as many shots in the first two periods as Buffalo put up in the first 20 minutes. But alas, the Sabres were a tank on a mission, giving up two goals in the first period and the game

The Toronto Maple Leafs played a game against the New York Islanders with a tanktastic lineup - and they still came away with an overtime point.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded Cody Franson and Mike Santorelli to Nashville for Nashville's 2015 first round pick, prospect Brendan Leipsic, and Olli Jokinen. Nashville's got a good chance of going deep in the playoffs (just look at that defensive depth), and while first round

The Toronto Maple Leafs <em>have</em> improved their play under Horachek, but the puck isn&#39;t going in - so it sure doesn&#39;t <em>feel</em> like improvement.

The Leafs got shutout by the Flyers. The Leafs got shutout by the Flyers. The Leafs got shutout by the Flyers.

The Toronto Maple Leafs fell to the LA Kings, but actually managed to keep the game close throughout - it was a one-goal game 'til the empty netter, and the Leafs held the Kings to the second fewest shots against since 1987 (and the fewest since 2001). Your game

I was going to write about Horachek's first game, but it got away from the Leafs so quickly that it felt like one game wasn't enough to see or say much at all. The Leafs started off in a whole new era of line-blending for Wednesday&

When it came to scoring, Mike Santorelli opened the scoring in the second on a nice give-and-go with James Van Riemsdyk - then it was all Winnipeg - T.J. Galiardi, Matt Halischuk, Dustin Byfuglien, Bryan Little, and Ben Chiarot. When it came to possession, it started with Winnipeg and

Four tallies, and despite getting their fair share of the shots, only one of them fell to the Leafs. Kyle Brodziak stopped a puck into the goal, Cody Franson scored a nice shot from the high slot during a Leafs 5-on-3, Jared Spurgeon rips a heavy shot past Jonathan Bernier,

Toronto looked ugly while visiting Carolina, and Bernier wasn&#39;t able to cover it up well enough this time, despite his best efforts.

Jonathon Bernier stood strong on 40 of 42 shots while the Leafs managed to convert six of their 27 on two different goalies. Tyler Bozak, Joffrey Lupul, David Booth, and Nazem Kadri each scored one for the Leafs while Phil Kessel lit the lamp twice. The Ducks got a short

The Toronto Maple Leafs played the Vancouver Canucks last night, and managed to rack up five goals on two goalies. Jake Gardiner scored the opener, Skilled Fourth Liner Richard Panik scored the next, Peter Holland scored in the second, Joffrey Lupul followed shortly afterwards, and David Clarkson hit the empty

The Leafs continued their run of strong games with a 6-2 win over the Washington Capitals.

The Leafs didn&#39;t have much of an answer for superstar Evgeni Malkin and linemate Blake Comeau, but after an ugly opening goal, the Leafs made a game of it.

The Senators took the lead three times tonight, on goals from Mike Hoffman, Kyle Turris, and Mark Stone, but the Leafs would win out with goals from Peter Holland, James Van Riemsdyk, Josh Leivo, a short handed goal from Mike Santorelli, and an insurance goal from David Clarkson (a tip

It was a wild game in Toronto tonight, as the Leafs took a 3-1 lead in the first, and would see it tied up 4-4 with 10 minutes left to play in the third. Check out the game in six, and keep a special eye out for Komarov and Holland

It's the Late, Late Game with the Toronto Maple Leafs visitng the Avs tonight - puck drop is at 9:00 EST. Who starts in net? Who plays well? Who plays poorly? Tune in to find out. Jake Marchment f*cked up A strong take on the Kings&

The Leafs beat Columbus last night - which you know, since you've read the recap. The team will turn around and play Chicago tonight, with Reimer expected to get the start. Read some links and hold on to your butts. Woe is Leafs, Lupul out indefinitely with broken