Quick Hitters: Stuck in Toronto Sports Purgatory
By: Dan Grant The Toronto sports scene is currently stuck between schlock and a hard place. With the Leafs and Raptors engaging in rapid roster revamping (the new three R’s!) […]
By: Dan Grant The Toronto sports scene is currently stuck between schlock and a hard place. With the Leafs and Raptors engaging in rapid roster revamping (the new three R’s!) […]
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 […]
By Chris Dagonas Sunday night’s Raptors game, the final in an excruciatingly disappointing series sweep by the Washington Wizards, forced some existential questions into my mind. And when that happens, […]
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 […]
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 […]
By: Chris Dagonas Let me begin by saying that I know going into this that I will definitely not get to see everything on this list happen. One would be […]
By: Dan Grant “Well, this is happening,” Leaf Nation groaned. On Thursday May 8th, the Toronto Maple Leafs organization, headed by new President Brendan Shanahan and Yes-I’m-Still-The-General-Manager Dave Nonis, decided to give […]
By: Chris Dagonas Round 1 has come and gone (and Round 2 has already begun!) and we have seen the usual variety of series. The Montreal Canadiens swept the Tampa […]
By: Chris Dagonas Wednesday, March 5th, 2014. 3:oo PM Eastern Time. The National Hockey League’s trade deadline came and went, amid a (what’s the opposite of flurry? Dearth?) of moves. […]
By: Dan Grant The scream echoed through a silent bar full of broken Toronto Maple Leafs fans. Some looked over and muttered. Others buried their heads in their hands. Some […]