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Based on the prospects' performance at camp, who (if any) do you think should make the Leafs? I think Nylander has shown he already belongs in the NHL, the tricky thing is, because of the position we're trying to develop him in, and the fact he doesn't have the 10 games restriction, he is best...

The Leafs played as good a defensive game as they could have, even had a lead with 5 min to go, but then of course, they found a way to lose to the lowly Devils. Tonight we'll try our luck again against the Yotes, who made it known they are heading for the firesale and rebuild so needless to...

With the all-star game out of the way, the NHL season is on to the last stretch run, some teams like the Pens and Bolts are bolstering their lineup and tweaking their team for the REAL season; others like the Flames are fighting for a playoff spot. For us? Unfortunately we're talking about...

Let's hope our dominance over the Ducks continue tonight, though I know for sure the Ducks are looking for revenge after the last tilt where we embarrassed them at ACC. In the last game the Ducks outshot us 42-27, I am pretty sure that is not going to happen tonight. The overall vibe around the...

THe first game under Horachek didn't turn out so great, but other than the final score I think we did a lot of things well ... at least the SA was under 30, we outshot out opponent in like forever, and we actually out-possessed our opponent. There's been a lot of criticisms on the team since...

Brand new start, brand new lines, and finally something to look forward to ... Winnik - Kadri - Kessel JVR - Bozak - Santo Komarov-Smith-Clarkson Booth-Carrick-Panik Go Leafs Go!!!

Last game before Christmas, last chance to stop the 3 games skid and hit the Christmas break on a good note ... the Stars are no walk in the park though, and I'm sure they are looking for revenge after their last game against us. The buds have demonstrated, once again, this is a team that can...

I'm on a bit of a roll so might as well get the GDT started... Last time the wings caught us on the back end of a back to back, it's time we return the favour and out shoot them tonight. The wings suffered an OTL last night but did pickup a point, as they did in the loss to reimer so they're...

Let's hope my GDT mojo can keep the streak going ... After a close but solid win over the Flames, the Leafs take a short 'road' game to face the Wings in Detroit tonight. I am assuming Optimus will get the start tonight, but i won't be totally surprised if Randy goes with Bernier again after...

Burkie's Flames has been quite a story in the NHL this year. Picked by some to contend for McDavids, the Flames are, surprisingly, still well in the playoff picture after 28 games. In fact, 38 points in the tough Western conference has them tied for 5th in the West, in what is turning out to be...

Let me get the GDT started as well ... I seem to be on a roll just like the buds are. With the big W over the Stars, the Leafs' point streak hit 6 (5-0-1) and we can make it 7 by a W over the Devils tonight. The Devils are a very beatable team (9-12-4), which traditionally was the kinda team...

Since the 2 embarrassing losses to the Sabres and then the historic 9-2 loss to the Preds on Nov 18, the buds have seemed to find a way to dig deep and win games ... there hasn't been a bad game since then, and the Leafs have gone on to a 3-0-1 run over the past 4 games, scoring 4.5 goals per...

Let me start the GDT ... other than the Sens and the Bruins, there aren't too many teams I hate with a passion but the Pens happen to be one of them. We got embarrassed in our first meeting with the Pens this year, we played a great game but didn't get the outcome we'd like in our 2nd game...

I figure I'll start the GDT early since this is a good benchmark test and an important game for the buds. The Bruins have our number the last few years, and our first game vs. the big bad Bruins this season ended up in a players only meeting ... that's how bad it was. You can't deny the Bruins...

See if my luck with GDT can turn the buds back in the right direction. After the 'turtle start' (in Carlyle's term) and the 3-2 loss to the Coyotes that started off the western swing, the Leafs are back at it tonight vs. the Aves, and face a team with similar consistency issues as us. Aves...

So, quick recap ... what happened over the past 7 days or so? On Sat we lost in a disgusting manner to the Bruins, where they walked completely over us and brought out the very worst of the team - bad enough for the team to call a players only meeting after the loss in game #8 of the season...

When the Bruins cruised to a 4-0 rout over the Leafs, one glaring play where Kessel was beat cleanly by Krejci and Phaneuf, in essentially a 2 on 1 scenario, allowed Kirecji free path to the net (and eventually scored) brought a lot of criticisms on Dion's defensive ability as the team's #1...

First game of a back-to-back, and the season's already got plenty of storylines into this game. To me though, back-to-back with the Wings is memorable ... rewind to last season, in the beginning of the 14 games slump that saw us free-falling out of a playoff berth eventually ... we actually...

3 games into the season, and the Leafs have not looked good IMO but we're 1-2 thanks to a gift wrapped 2 points from King Henry. Tonight's game should go a long way in telling us, how good (or bad) the Leafs really are in this early season. The Aves are also 1-2, losing the first 2 games to...

By now the Bernier vs. Reimer discussion should be all but over, and while I wasn't a big fan of Sportsnet (as compared to TSN) I have found a number of really good articles on SNET recently. This probably tops that list, and it's revisiting the Reimer vs. Bernier discussion again but with some...