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Brian Burke is finally ready to start his summer vacation. The Toronto Maple Leafs general manager, who signed highly coveted Swedish goaltender Jonas Gustavsson on Tuesday has been a busy man this month.

Being a member of the Maple Leafs didn't give forward Jason Blake an inside track at making the U.S. Olympic team headed for Vancouver next winter.

Let's be honest, those who are despondent over the Maple Leafs' sleepy draft day showing probably could use a long summer vacation.

The Toronto Maple Leafs made the biggest splash among Canadian teams as NHL free agency began on Sunday.

It was a Toronto Maple Leafs draft trivia question and Leafs general manager Cliff Fletcher was stumped.

Only George Armstrong has been captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs longer than Mats Sundin.

Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke laughs at all the rumours about his team, even if he can't address them.

They roomed together, trained together and watched games while waiting together.

REUTERS/Michael Buholzer) While a Russian onslaught of Ovechkin, Malkin and Kovalchuk is enough to make the hearts of even the hardiest Canadian hockey fans wince, there is another bugaboo to be concerned about heading into next yeara s Olympic Games in Vancouver.

The Russians are undefeated and the Americans have lost three games in a row at the World Ice Hockey Championships and yet U.S. forward Dustin Brown accurately points out that the Russians are actually no closer to the gold medal than the Americans.

Of all the Maple Leafs playing at the world hockey championship, centre Mikhail Grabovski is playing for probably the weakest team, Belarus.

Another year with no playoff berth for the Toronto Maple Leafs, but the new regime brings with it a sense of optimism moving forward.

Until recently, Jason Blake had visited Toronto five times in the last four years.

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The trademark of the Ron Wilson Leafs was that they never quit in games, no matter the score.

Jason Blake delivered a message to Maple Leafs teammate Luke Schenn through the media yesterday.

Brian Burke announced today that the Toronto Maple Leafs will look to trade up in this year's draft.

Just like Easter, the Maple Leafs are making locker cleaning day a rite of spring.

Not shaping up will expedite the process of shipping out for Maple Leafs hoping to be part of team's future.

Leafs winger Jason Blake will lead Team USA at the world championships in Switzerland.