Kris Versteeg

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Prospect Preview: Nazem Kadri

Well, when the Leafs take the ice for training camp in about 6 weeks, there are going to be a number of young players hoping to make their mark and secure a full-time spot in the NHL. Of the Leaf prospects…Read More

Huge Win In Philly Pulls Leafs Closer To Playoffs

For the Flyers, this was just another game to pad their lead in the Eastern Conference standings. For the Leafs, with Carolina and Buffalo playing each other to overtime in Raleigh, this was another in…Read More

Trade Deadline Blog

First off, I want to give you the option of following my on twitter @randallritchey to get news and notes on the Leafs. I try and give opinions when possible and facts asap. Please follow. This will be…Read More

Versteeg Traded To Flyers

Reports are now surfacing that the Toronto Maple Leafs have traded forward Kris Versteeg to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for their 2011 first round draft choice and a third round pick in the 2011…Read More

Reimer Tall In Win Over Canes

Going into tonight’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes, the Toronto Maple Leafs sat twelve points behind the eighth place Atlanta Thrashers. With the Thrashers dropping a 4-2 decision to the Calgary…Read More

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Gameday Preview: Boston at Toronto

Ever since the Phil Kessel trade, there’s always been an added edge to any meeting between the…Read More

Gameday Preview: Toronto at Ottawa

Again, I apologize for the weak coverage this week. There’s a whole lot going on at this end, and…Read More

The Losing Streak Ends

I’m not going to lie. I saw the Leafs go down 3-0 in the first, and I missed most of the comeback…Read More

Gameday Preview: Toronto at Florida

Last night was the first time this year that I truly got that, “Oh-shit-we-really-might-be-that-bad”…Read More

Gameday Preview: Toronto at Tampa Bay

With Leaf Nation up in arms about the current five-game losing streak (although if they’d managed…Read More

Really? Again? Post-Game Musings

For the second straight game, the Leafs blew a one goal lead in the dying ticks of the 3rd period and lost in a shootout.  The Leafs didn’t exactly play a great game but the Sabres looked awful…Read More

What a Game! Tough Loss for the Leafs in the Capital

In case you haven’t noticed, it’s been a bit quiet over here for the past few days. Had some personal stuff come up that had to be taken care of. We’re back in action, now. In what was…Read More

Gameday Preview #10: Toronto vs. New York Rangers

Looking to bounce back from their first shutout loss of the season in Boston the other night, the Leafs will take on the Rangers tonight in the third meeting between these teams already this year. The…Read More

Armstrong out, Caputi in

I’ve had an absolutely murderous day at work, so this is going to be short and not so sweet. After last night’s thrilling win over the last place Panthers and their backup goalie Scott Clemmensen,…Read More

Post-Game Musings

Colby Armstrong might have said it best after the Leafs’ first regulation loss, a frustrating contest that saw the New York Rangers block 30 shots over the course of the night. “I think that’s…Read More

Not Many Negatives From First Loss

I’m honestly not even that mad about the Leafs’ first non-win of the 2010-11 season. The Buds battled all night, dominated play (outshooting Islanders 22-11 in the last two periods), had a…Read More

Someone Wake Me Up, The Leafs Are 3-0?

All that the Leaf fan in me remembers from October last season is a sick feeling in my gut that I kept wishing would go away as soon as I woke up from the 0-7-1 nightmare that began the ’09-10 campaign.…Read More

Gameday Preview 3: Toronto at Pittsburgh

When the season schedule was released this summer, not many would have guessed it would be the Leafs rolling into Pittsburgh off a weekend that saw them down both of their most bitter divisional rivals,…Read More

Post-Game Musings Volume 1

Huge win for the Leafs tonight. The save by Giguere as time expired is the difference between this season and last. You can bet your last dollar that shot would have found a way past Vesa Toskala. I’m…Read More

Leafs Down To Final Few Cuts

It’s been a wacky few days on this end, and in the meantime, the Leafs won a thrilling 11 round shootout against the Flyers in London, lost in a shootout the next night in Toronto, lost to Buffalo…Read More

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