Why Can’t The Leafs Be Honest? TORONTO (Jan. 4) — “Yeah, I don’t know. I hope so. That’s obviously the goal.” In precisely 11 words, Auston Matthews spoke, on Thursday, more sincerely and genuinely than the team that pays him $13.25 million to score goals. The… Read More The Blue Jays Appear To Be Doomed TORONTO (Dec. …

Oct 23, 2024 · Watch, Admire… and Remember TORONTO (Oct. 22) — Too bad, for the Maple Leafs and their fans, we aren’t six months down the road. Were this Apr. 22, 2025, I suspect our city would be on its collective ear. Reason is simple: the Leafs are playing, to start the current season, precisely as they’ve not performed for eight consecutive years in the Stanley Cup playoffs. To draw conclusions ...

Dec 17, 2024 · Are We Being Seduced Again? TORONTO (Dec. 17) — After 31 games this season, the Toronto Maple Leafs have amassed 40 points. After 31 games last season, the Maple Leafs had amassed 40 points. And, yet again, we appear to be watching the best version of the Core–4 era. This team is different, we’re being told. As we were told, in November and December, about the Toronto clubs of the ...

Why Can’t The Leafs Be Honest? TORONTO (Jan. 4) — “Yeah, I don’t know. I hope so. That’s obviously the goal.” In precisely 11 words, Auston Matthews spoke, on Thursday, more sincerely and genuinely than the team that pays him $13.25 million to score goals. The captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs was asked if his mystery ailment can be remedied at some point this season. He answered ...

Hockey/baseball reporter at THE FAN-590 for 23 years (1988-2011), and original from September 1992 launch of Canada’s first all-sports radio station. Covered Toronto Blue Jays 1992 and 1993 World Series victories. Started with Leafs full time in 1994. Enjoying life with my family (kids Shane and Lauren).

Nov 12, 2024 · The Leafs Look Bored — Already TORONTO (Oct. 26) — That was quite a badge of honor the Maple Leafs anointed their new bench boss on Thursday. “Oh, right, you used to coach this team. Damn. Wish it mattered.” Or, words to that effect which materialized at Scotiabank Arena in a no–show against the St. Louis Blues. The same Blues that fired Craig Berube. The same Craig Berube that led ...

Hockey/baseball reporter at THE FAN-590 for 23 years (1988-2011), and original from September 1992 launch of Canada’s first all-sports radio station. Covered Toronto Blue Jays 1992 and 1993 World Series victories. Started with Leafs full time in 1994. Enjoying life with my family (kids Shane and Lauren).

Jun 16, 2023 · There’s Only One Player To Trade TORONTO (May 16) — This is going in capital letters so Leafs Nation can save it and possibly throw it back at me. Even if that won’t happen, because… THE MAPLE LEAFS WILL NEVER PLAY FOR, LET ALONE WIN, THE STANLEY CUP WITH AUSTON MATTHEWS AS THEIR LINCHPIN. It matters not who owns the team; who presides over the team; who manages or coaches the team ...

Jul 22, 2024 · There’s No Hope For the Blue Jays TORONTO (July 22) — We are eight days removed from the trade deadline in Major League Baseball and the Toronto Blue Jays are still the purview of a general manager that has defaulted on virtually every promise. How, then, Rogers Communications will permit Ross Atkins to begin a teardown of the club he allegedly “built” is a mystery… yet so annoyingly ...

Mar 3, 2023 · The Hidden Urgency For The Leafs TORONTO (Feb. 28) — Never in the modern history of the National Hockey League trade deadline has a general manager gone quite as berserk as Kyle Dubas. Time will tell whether his stunning, 24–hour makeover of the blue line can help lift the Maple Leafs into Stanley Cup contention. But, it’s crystal clear this was not the result of a carefully planned ...