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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

TORONTO (May 4) — If they weren’t so damned polished and professional. Those two grizzled broadcasting icons that date to my time covering the Maple Leafs for The FAN–590. Back in the days before the ...

TORONTO (May 2) — It was 32 years ago, at Maple Leaf Gardens, that Doug Gilmour scored his legendary overtime goal against St. Louis. May 3, 1993. You’ve probably seen it a hundred times — the ...

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. 28) — At no point, and deservedly so, in the Core–4 era have the Maple Leafs been granted a full playoff mulligan. Until Saturday night, that is, when a defeat in overtime at the ...