TORONTO (Sep. 1) — I am hesitent to change my corporate moniker from Ed the Conqueror to Ed the Demented. Nor have I been privy to results of a cognitive test on the chief poobah of Rogers ...

TORONTO (Sep. 26) — I wonder what Joe Bowen thinks about the Maple Leafs hauling their entire operation at the end of training camp to Mr. November’s home in Arizona? I’m told the charter jet (both ...

TORONTO (Aug. 8) — Just more than three years ago (in July 2023), I wrote a blog in this space entitled ONLY ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN IS SAFE. It foretold significant change among those that present the ...

TORONTO (Mar. 30) — Tonight’s decision by Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment will rank among the difficult firings in hockey. As in years gone by, when such–admired figures as Cliff Fletcher, Roger ...

TORONTO (May 22) — My strong gut–feel about the National Hockey League draft, next month, for which the Leafs were gifted the No. 1 choice? If John Chayka selects Gavin McKenna, as 95 percent of the ...

TORONTO (June 28) — Pardon me while I inject some schmaltz into the euphoria of Leafs Nation over Gavin McKenna officially coming aboard in the draft. Events did occur for the hockey club and its ...

TORONTO (Feb. 28) — I’m wondering if someone in the hierarchy of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment would make an unprecedented ruling: that Auston Matthews become the first captain of a team in the ...

TORONTO (June 26) — What the fu** was that headline, today, in the Toronto Star? Can you imagine the relief for John Chayka, general manager of the Maple Leafs, knowing that Canada’s largest newspaper ...

TORONTO (July 10) — I was casually scrolling through Facebook the other day when I came upon a terribly distraught woman — her face etched in sorrow; tears welling in her eyes. Out of morbid curiosity ...

TORONTO (Apr. 2) — Our city, not surprisingly, is becoming the most–assinine hockey locale on the planet. Which kind of follows, with a near–60–year drought from appearing in the Stanley Cup final. In ...

TORONTO (Apr. 8) — I’ve told this story before and it speaks volumes about the time and money wasted by the companies that have run the Toronto Maple Leafs since the club last appeared, 24 years ago, ...