The Big Guns are Firing - Curt S. at Blue Chip Prospects

The Toronto Maple Leafs entered the 2011-12 NHL season as a team that was expected to compete for a playoff spot, but also a team most predicted would fall short.

When examining the team's roster heading into a new season, a lot of people (myself included) have a habit of picking around the edges and looking for minor improvements or guys who had down years that might be able to provide some added production.

Three games into this year it seems that we should have been looking at our stars.

Head on over to see why we were wrong in overlooking Kessel, Phaneuf, and Reimer.

More links after the jump.

Leafs Links

Time Capsule Discovered in Maple Leaf Gardens

Dates back to 1931. Pretty cool.

10 Things We Can't Know for Sure, but that I Sense Leafs Management Feels

Mike at VLM gives us a list of known unknowns.

The Bench Goes Bonkers

Photogoodness from Vintage Leafs.

Reminders of Past Help Leafs Curb their Enthusiasm

Mirtle hears from the Buds that they aren't planning the parade.

Stempniak's Third Period Goal the Difference for the Leafs

Hope in the Big Smoke has a belated recap and a Healyism.

Leafs and Flames Shift by Shift

Danny Gray looks past the boxscores from Saturday's game. The first line item is very telling.

Liles, Giguere Set to Face Former Teams in Toronto

Colorado's in town tonight, in case you haven't heard.