Do the Maple Leafs have what it takes?

Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs are going into tonight’s game against the Florida Panthers with a lot of speculation surrounding them: can they break their 6 game loosing streak? For a team who started the season with a 9-4 record not many cities other than Toronto would have expected it to deteriorate so fast. In a city that would kill to finally have a winning season, the Maple Leafs started off with high hopes. Dion Phaneuf and other newly acquired players like Kris Versteeg and Giguere as well as young ones with a lot of hype surrounding them such as Nazem Kadri brought Brian Burke’s play-off promises back to mind.

Two of the Maple Leaf‘s last three losses have been in shootouts and with their captain, Dion Phaneuf, sidelined for 4 to 6 weeks after a laceration to his leg against Ottawa, it is not time to give up hope on our Toronto Maple Leafs. Just like they started, they can turn this season around and finish strong. Read More

Leafs Look to Burke to Make Tough Calls

kadri_4121Five games into the preseason, and the Toronto Maple Leafs have already had their share of ups and downs. The team that finished 29th last season has looked to the Dion Phaneuf and Fredrik Sjostrom trade made on January 21st to turn their lackluster performance around. From the trade until the end of the season, the leafs had the 7th best record in the Eastern Conference. Since then, they have (re)signed a number of dominating players.

So far in this preseason, we have gotten mixed signals from the Leafs. We’ve seen both optimistic play as well as signs of old habits.

Now, more than half way through the preseason games, the Leafs must start making the hard decisions. The first of which will be what to do with Nazem Kadri. The 19 year old London Knights player Read More