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Toronto Maple Leafs general manger Brian Burke's goal going into the season was to make the playoffs, and the general manager believed he had the team to do it.

Sitting at the bottom of the league the Toronto Maple Leafs put on a serious, tough practice on Friday led by Maple Leafs head coach Ron Wilson.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Carolina Hurricanes rallied from three goals down, and Tuomo Ruutu and Jussi Jokinen scored in the shoot-out to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs, 6-5, on Thursday night.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will try to end a lengthy slide tonight, when they visit the Carolina Hurricanes at RBC Center in a clash between the bottom-two teams in the Eastern Conference.

While other teams have been losing players by the bushel, the Leaf have only Mike Van Ryn gone indefinitely and Mike Komisarek rehabbing a short-term injury.

Again the Maple Leafs gave up the first goal of the game, this time against Ottawa last night, marking the 17th time in 19 games.

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.

While the Ottawa Senators have had trouble closing games recently, their problems pale in comparison to the season-long early game struggles of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Troy Brouwer gave Chicago a three-goal lead early in the second period Friday and the Blackhawks held on to defeat Toronto 3-2. Chicago won its sixth straight home game, getting a 29-save effort from Cristobal Huet.

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

Brian Burke could have a Monster issue on his hands next summer. The Maple Leafs GM has to wait until January before he can hold talks on a contract extension for rookie goalie Jonas "The Monster" Gustavsson, but he might want to get the framework in place, because if Burke is going to live by the sword, he had better be prepared to die by it, too.

Many folks thought Toronto general manager Brian Burke gave up too much to acquire Phil Kessel from Boston in the offseason, but the winger's start to the season has likely changed more than a few of those detractors minds.

The Calgary Flames will try to bounce back from a close loss when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight at Air Canada Centre in the finale of a three-game road trip.

One of the questions that come to mind when thinking Toronto Maple Leafs is,who will be their next Captain ? Likely candidates could include, Kaberle , Blake , White and Kessel .

After having a seven-game point streak snapped on Tuesday, the Toronto Maple Leafs visit the Chicago Blackhawks this evening at the United Center.

Going into the Wild 's game against the Maple Leafs on Tuesday night at Air Canada Centre, Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom had his 100th NHL win in front of him but insisted on looking at the bigger picture.

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

The Toronto Maple Leafs are still in last place in the Northeast Division, but there's certainly a changing feeling as the Minnesota Wild arrive in town for Tuesday night's meeting.

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.

With back-to-back wins, GM Brian Burke's plan of building the team from the net outwards appears to finally be paying off FULL TEXT It is a long-promised scenario but one fewer and fewer people believed could happen - the Toronto Maple Leafs are heading into a new week running on all cylinders.