Trio of Talent: A Look at the Leafs’ Draft Decision
By: Chris Dagonas Since the NHL Draft Lottery was held on April 18, fans of the Edmonton Oilers and Buffalo Sabres have been getting geared up for the major additions […]
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Quiet Dynasty: How Chicago Built a 3-Time Winner
By: Chris Dagonas It was one of North America’s longest droughts. The Chicago Blackhawks, an Original Six NHL team, had not won a Stanley Cup Championship since 1960-61. That famous team […]
Blackhawks vs. Lightning: A Stanley Cup Finals Preview
By: Chris Dagonas The Stanley Cup finals series begins Wednesday night in Tampa Bay, with 2013’s champion Chicago Blackhawks taking on the Lightning. In an interesting twist, Tampa Bay has […]
The New Sheriff: Can Mike Babcock Save The Leafs?
By: Chris Dagonas He rode into town, just when things seemed at their most hopeless. Townsfolk whispered of his abilities, his past triumphs. Criminals, bandits and wobbly defensemen currently ran […]
Quick Hitters: Head Coach Edition
By: Dan Grant Head coaches have varying degrees of importance in sports. The NFL is probably the sport where a coach can single-handedly affect a game to the greatest degree, […]
The Maple Leafs (Finally) Blow It Up
By: Chris Dagonas Mike Ehrmantraut famously said in a parable to Walter White, “No more half measures.” Sure, he was talking about the murder of White’s partner (and stand-in son) Jesse […]
The Hot Dog Cannon: A Friday Night With The Brampton Beast
By: Chris Dagonas The teenaged girl in the navy blue golf shirt glanced at my ticket, and smiled sympathetically at me. “Sorry, sir, you’ll have to go around the arena […]
Who Ya Got? The Leafs’ New Five-Man Core
By: Dan Grant Last week, a report surfaced that the board of governors for Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment had given team president Brendan Shanahan permission to strip the Maple […]
Quick Hitters: Two Parts Silence, One Part Futility
By: Dan Grant It’s one of those times of year again. You know, the ones that periodically leak into our consciousness? A weird lull has taken hold of the Toronto […]
Puck Preview: 7 Questions for the 2014-15 NHL Season
By: Chris Dagonas This past week leaves began to fall, pumpkin beers started to hit shelves, and Ian Clark was seen wearing sweat pants. Autumn is here, and that means it’s […]
