IT WAS MY LEAFS TRAVELING PAL, PAUL HUNTER, WHO FIRST INDICATED (IN THE TORONTO STAR, ABOVE) THAT DRYDEN WAS THE LEADING ...

TORONTO (Jan. 11) — It was a shot in the dark that landed bullseye. An idea so preposterous that it must have resulted from paralyzing fatigue. Even if, unwittingly, it became the genesis of my career ...

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 ...

TORONTO (July 1) — Don’t be angry with Brad Treliving. Even if his “big” Canada Day signing was a player that erupted for zero points in 25 games with Montreal last season. There really wasn’t a lot ...

TORONTO (Sep. 11) — If you fear the local media has lost its love for the Maple Leafs, try and relax. It’s been proven, time and again during the Core–4 (now 3) era, that no amount of playoff ...

TORONTO (July 8) — It was an alarming bit of speculation from a media source familiar to everyone in the Canadian sports television industry: “We may not recognize the Hockey Night In Canada panel ...

Sadly, Toronto is far from his lone Canadian target.

TORONTO (Jan. 25) — Nothing in professional sport is more amusing than hindsight. And, hindsight may never be quite so amusing as in the blog you have started right here; right now. Or, nearly as ...

TORONTO (May 19) — For the first time in nearly a decade with the Maple Leafs, Mitch Marner blew his cover. MITCH MARNER BARED HIS FANGS DURING A SECOND–PERIOD CONNIPTION AT THE LEAFS BENCH. HIS TEAM ...

TORONTO (Aug. 21) — Logically, there are only two factors that would induce Auston Matthews to sign a National Hockey League contract extension before next July: a) he cannot fathom dressing for any ...

TORONTO (Apr. 28) — So, really, it comes down to this: In order to avoid sweeping change in the hockey department — involving, minimally, Brendan Shanahan and Sheldon Keefe — the Maple Leafs ...