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Written By: Mark a oeThe Hard Hittera Ritter During tonighta s Hockey Night In Canada broadcast, Pierre LeBrun, a very reliable source in the past, lamented that the Chicago Blackhawks may be pursuing a trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The Washington Capitals will try to avoid a second straight loss tonight in a matchup with the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre.

A season that is going south hit a low point down in Dixie last night with a 6-5 shootout loss.

Leafs drop into last place Matt Cullen of the Carolina Hurricanes scores a second-period goal against the Toronto Maple Leafs at the RBC Center on November 19, 2009 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

To paraphrase Ron Wilson, when is someone gonna get mad around here? It's not a shock the Maple Leafs are a stretch to make the playoffs this year, but who would have thought of them facing virtual elimination before American Thanksgiving? Or being a loss away from last place overall Thursday? It seems the millions doled out on player salary, ...

My, how times have changed. There was a time when a Maple Leafs-Senators game would be almost a guaranteed sellout, especially with the number of Toronto fans in the barn.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will try to end a three-game slide tonight when they visit the Ottawa Senators at Scotiabank Place in another edition of the Battle of Ontario.

In the few yards it takes to get from their dressing room to the ice at game time, the mindset of the Maple Leafs takes a turn for the worst.

He has scored points in five of his six games as a Maple Leaf and has the potential to thrill every time he touches the puck.

Leafs goaltender Jonas Gustavsson leaves the game in the first period after allowing three goals on five shots.

Maple Leafs defenceman Tomas Kaberle, left, controls the puck under pressure from Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane.

Just like the old days, it takes a special kind of team to survive the first few minutes of hockey here after the Star Spangled Banner rocks the house.

Do not ask Ron Wilson about it. He does not have an answer for you. He does not even want to talk about when, exactly, he is going to name a captain or who the next captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs might be.

If Toews can continue his steady play since returning from an injury, the Blackhawks may have a good chance to duplicate that feat when they face the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday night.

NHL players are like commodities on the market, and Matt Stajan's stock plummeted over the weekend.

The kids who grew up playing hockey in the 1970s used to skate circles on frozen ponds pretending to be Bobby Orr.

It was only a matter of time. Having allowed five goals in his previous three starts, Jonas Gustavsson had at times performed like someone from another planet.

John Mitchell wants every one to remember he's no Doug Gilmour. Yet he realizes that centring the first line of the Maple Leafs with a No.

Matt Stajan. Mississauga's own Matt Stajan checks the scoreboard during NHL action at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto in this file photo.

On Hall of Fame Night against the lower-rung Maple Leafs, who would have thought the mighty Red Wings would need their stars of yesteryear to peel off their Hall blazers and get on the ice? With three former Wings -- Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille -- honoured before the match for entering the Hall, it was Toronto that showed more ...