Ken Klee leads the "sighs of relief" brigade and signs with Toronto. And his attitude rocks:

Not to be missed, a very comprehensive report of the Leaf's prospects training camp in Kitchener. Lots of stats and commentary on the Leaf prospects in the pipe, many of whom won't see time with the big club for years. I love Hockey's Future.

Posted 11:35 PM by Chris |

Toronto 0 Ottawa 2

Nothing to report here. Belfour went the whole game, the teams racked up more than an hour of penalties and Perrott showed some grit. This kid is all over camp.

As always with the Sens, it was a spirited affair, to be continued tomorrow night in St. John's.





Posted 11:33 PM by Chris |

Toronto 2 Montreal 1

Nathan Perrott shines again with a game winning goal in the Leafs' first North American pre-season victory.

Posted 9:58 PM by Chris |

Toronto 2 Buffalo 4

The Leafs open their real pre-season with a loss to the Sabres and a loss of Antropov, who jammed his already sore shoulder. Aches and pains are plaguing the club at the moment with Antro, Belak, McCabe, Nolan and Roberts under the weather.

Bright spots in the eraly going included Nathan Perrott, Jamie Pushor, Ed Belfour and Robert Reichel.



Posted 1:12 AM by Chris |

Canucks sign Arvedsson. We're out of that game. Looks like that's it for big signing. Ken Klee is probably not joining the Leafs and management has said that they are going to stand with the young D-guys.

Now it's off to Sweden for the pre-season.

Posted 5:04 PM by Chris |

All Right! Very chuffed here that the Leafs have signed Joe Nieuwendyk.

Many are pegging him as the second line centre with Roberts and Antropov on his wings. Looks good to me. We still need a defenseman or two, but Nieuwendyk is a nice addition.

Posted 8:59 AM by Chris |

Borje Salming rolls out the red carpet for the Leafs' pre-season trip to Sweden. Great article about the glory days and what the Leafs mean to Swedish fans, given the fact that Salming and Hammerstrom cracked the line-up in 1973 and we currently have Tellqvist, Sundin, Renberg and - who knows- maybe Magnus Arvedsen on board.

Posted 1:08 PM by Chris |

One of the all-time great Leafs passes from the game. Doug Gilmour calls it a career after 20 NHL seasons and a season ending injury in his first game back in March.

During the late 1980s my support for the Leafs was tested mightily. It was the only time in my life when I hadn't been really aware of what was going on with hockey. There was simply nothing worth following or caring about on the ice at Maple Leaf Gardens.

And then Gilmour arrived with a whole bunch of other guys and suddenly things got interesting again. Killer, Wendel Clark, Felix Potvin and Pat Burns stepped up and transformed the Leafs and made them the team they are now. With the exception of a couple of years in the mid-nineties as they transitioned between the Burns years and the Quinn years, the Leafs have a been an entertaining and successful team ever since. The lack of Cups notwithstanding, Killer's spirit seemed to have infected the club year after year, even after he was traded to New Jersey for Steve Sullivan and Alyn McCauley.

So as Leaf fans we owe a lot to perhaps the greatest Leaf captain never to win a Cup. And the game loses a guy many would be hard pressed NOT to call the consummate NHL hockey player.

Posted 11:20 AM by Chris |

News from around Leaf land While Blogger was down and the team got ready for training camp:

• Hoglund signs with Florida


• Antropov inks a one-year deal


• Arvedson to the Leafs?


• Svehla finally calls it quits, other d-men on the radar?

Leafs lose McCabe indefinitely
Bad news for the Leafs, already ailing on defense. It seems Brian McCbae mysteriously injured himself and will be out for a while.

Posted 7:28 AM by Chris |

According to the CBC, Doug Gilmour will probably not be back in Toronto this year.

Posted 9:03 AM by Chris |