Ballard had turned into such a buffoon. He was so cheap. The move to the Toros was easy — remaining in the same city for ...

MITCH MARNER BARED HIS FANGS DURING A SECOND–PERIOD CONNIPTION AT THE LEAFS BENCH. HIS TEAM IS EMOTIONALLY EMPTY AT THE CORE.

Forget about the new coach bringing structure to the Maple Leafs until any such control was beyond him. Forget about the ...

Well, even a defending champion can learn playoff lessons. And, the best fans in hockey have another life.

Alas, Auston zigged when he should have zagged in the defensive zone, turning away from Connor McDavid on the series–winning ...

Only once in my years around the Maple Leafs do I recall the club being so universally written off toward the end of a ...

TORONTO (May 15) — Here’s what we know, for certain, about the Toronto Maple Leafs: Unless they triumph at Florida on Friday night, Brendan Shanahan and Mitch Marner will have enjoyed their final ...

TORONTO (May 6) — And, precisely who should the Florida Panthers be concerned about, as it relates to vengeance, on the Maple Leafs? You could search the DNA database of the entire Toronto club ...

What I can tell you is that Pelley represents a different dynamic than the staid, somnolent Leafs executive of the past ...

TORONTO (Apr. 23) — Brad Treliving will not win general manager–of–the–year in the National Hockey League (the nod likely going to Kevin Cheveldayoff of Winnipeg or Chris Patrick of Washington). Were ...

Should the Senators rout the Leafs on Tuesday (say, 5–1, which has happened repeatedly to good teams early in the playoffs), all hell will break loose. — my blog after Game 4 TORONTO (Apr. 30) — I had ...

TORONTO (Apr. 24) — I suppose the cheapskates at Rogers and Bell did not learn their lesson two years ago, when Joe Bowen mistakenly credited a series–winning overtime goal in Tampa to Morgan Rielly.