(Editor’s Note: After being institutionalized following last week’s Leafs meltdown, I have been granted a day pass, allowing me to write this column). Shock. Anger. Disbelief. Those were the emotions felt by a team, an entire city, and its legion

There were two Phil Kessel plays that stood out for me, when watching Saturday’s Toronto victory in Game 2 to even the series versus Boston. The obvious highlight is Kessel’s breakaway marker early in the third period after he was

(pictured: Ben Scrivens – still a Leaf) Were there really 45 kilometre per hour gusts of winds in Toronto on April 3? Or was that simply the collective sigh of relief among Leafs fans that general manager Dave Nonis refused

(Goalie equipment is always a hot-button topic) The NHL’s 30 general managers convened in Toronto on Wednesday. The collective minds of the league’s top brass reviewed several proposed rule changes ranging from mandatory visors to coach’s challenge, to the size

As far back as February 18 when the Toronto Marlies defeated Houston 2-1 in a shootout, I thought that defenceman Jake Gardiner was ready to return to NHL action. Nearly four weeks later, my opinion has yet to get an

It’s been one year since Randy Carlyle took over behind the bench of the Maple Leafs. On March 3, 2012, Carlyle made his Toronto coaching debut following the dismissal of Ron Wilson the previous day, defeating the Canadiens 3-1 in

(pictured: Leo Komarov had his first NHL goal. Remember who drafted him?) Dave Nonis may be the new general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs. But Saturday’s 6-0 whitewash of the Montreal Canadiens exemplified the vision of the team that

Phil Kessel hasn’t scored in any of the first six games of the 2012-13 season. And the typical reaction in Leaf Nation is: the sky is falling. The word ‘patience’ is all but a profanity in the land of dealing

For 113 days, the owners and players couldn’t play nicely in the sandbox. But finally, after a new collective bargaining agreement, a shortened training camp and a managerial shakeup in Toronto, the 2012-13 season gets underway on Saturday as the

(pictured: Dion Phaneuf spoke to the assembled media on Sunday) Leafs camp opened on Sunday amidst a lot of buzz. Coach Randy Carlyle and his assistants took the troops through a vigorous, high tempo workout at MasterCard Centre that left

In a business where coaches and executives are hired to be fired, the removal of Brian Burke’s duties as Leafs general manager isn’t as shocking as the timing of the move itself. The results-oriented nature of pro sport has little