October 14th, 2008 | 4:23 PM EDT
By
Alex Fineberg
As just about everybody on the hockey planet is aware, the Toronto Maple Leafs have been devoid of a Stanley Cup for the last 41 years, seemingly on the path to 42. In an attempt to be facetious, many Leaf cohorts would happily replace their first-born to see their beloved blue & white win the prestigious trophy. There is quite obviously a myriad of reasons why the Maple Leafs along with their numerous fans have not relished in the ecstasy of Stanley Cup success in quite sometime. Over the years, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) has turned this team into one of the most profitable franchises in all of professional sports. They have focused on the business aspect of this team and they have succeeded admirably. They have continuously put making money ahead of winning hockey games. However, over recent years, the business aspect has seemingly turned against them.
September 2nd, 2008 | 11:57 AM EDT
By
Alex Fineberg
Toronto Maple Leafs Season Preview
May 30th, 2008 | 3:03 AM EDT
By
Navin Vaswani
Much has been made in regards to Mats Sundin’s comments about his hockey future. Will he stay? Will he go? Will he hang up the skates? No one, not even Sundin apparently, knows. Unfortunately, it looks like this situation is going to drag on for another few weeks until Sundin figures things out.
May 24th, 2008 | 3:50 PM EDT
By
Navin Vaswani
In my honest and ever-important opinion, Greg Gilbert should be fired for choosing to play Scott Clemmensen ahead of Pogge. It was an absurd decision and one that could only be allowed to happen under this franchise. Someone – i.e. Cliff Fletcher – should have stepped in and made sure Pogge was between the pipes. What you have here is another, might I add shining, example of Toronto Maple Leafs player development. Textbook MLSE development. You know how we do.
