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Your rants: Leafs fans want intelligent moves

Pierre LeBrun

Oh boy, we've got some disgruntled puck heads out there again this week. I'll do my best to help you out, my friends. Here's 10 rants and my take on t...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009

A safer helmet: An idea whose time has come

Pierre LeBrun

TORONTO -- Somewhere along the line, the mood in the room shifted. It was gradual, it took a long...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009

Group to study issue, report in March

Pierre LeBrun, ESPN.com

The NHL's 30 GMs agreed Wednesday to study the idea of making blindside hits to the head illegal next season.

Story | Conversation | November 11, 2009

Kessel shows little rust in Toronto debut

Pierre LeBrun

TORONTO -- If first impressions mean anything, welcome to Toronto, Phil Kessel. The 22-year-old star winger was downright dynamite Tuesday night in his Maple Leafs debut, dazzling the home fans with his speed...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 03, 2009

U.S. coach says Avs' Anderson in 'very good spot'

Pierre LeBrun

...spot by how he's played up to this point," Ron Wilson said Monday after his Toronto Maple Leafs' practice. "But we still have two months to make our mind up." Wilson went on to...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 02, 2009

Kessel expected to make Leafs debut Tuesday

Pierre LeBrun

TORONTO -- Phil Kessel skated to the...anticipated debut as a Toronto Maple Leaf more than six weeks...nightmarish thought of every Maple Leafs fan alive revolves around the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 02, 2009

Luongo out after playing through injury

Pierre LeBrun, ESPN.com

Goalie Roberto Luongo of the Vancouver Canucks is out at least a week with a rib injury, a team spokesman said Wednesday.

Story | Conversation | October 28, 2009

Burke on poor start: Players are not executing

Pierre LeBrun

...Chiarelli is no doubt licking his lips as he sees what is happening in Toronto these days. The Maple Leafs have caused near hysteria in their hockey-mad market with an 0-5-1...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 14, 2009

Weekend wrap: Gonchar talks, equipment rules

Pierre LeBrun

...coach of the year, so why not an award for GM of the year? Last season, Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke proposed that the league establish an award for GMs, and the GMs agreed...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 10, 2009

Canucks angered by Leafs' conduct

Pierre LeBrun, ESPN.com

The NHL said Wednesday it has handled a dispute between the front offices of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Vancouver Canucks and now considers the matter closed.

Story | Conversation | October 07, 2009

Gustavsson gets start over Toskala

Pierre LeBrun, ESPN.com

The Toronto Maple Leafs will start goalie Jonas Gustavsson Tuesday night against the Ottawa Senators instead of Vesa Toskala

Story | Conversation | October 06, 2009

Our season preview lives! Here are 10 things I want to see in 2009-10

Pierre LeBrun

Ah, the smell of pucks. There's nothing like it. We're inching our way toward the Oct. 1 start of the 2009-10 season, and here today at ESPN.com, we'r...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 21, 2009

A lighter, healthier Allison looking to break back into NHL in Toronto

Pierre LeBrun

TORONTO -- My first reaction upon seeing...66 games with these same Maple Leafs before slipping away from the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 16, 2009

Will we see Curtis Joseph back in the NHL this season? He's got his hands full

Pierre LeBrun

...the right opportunity came along, obviously I haven't won a Stanley Cup …" The rebuilding Toronto Maple Leafs didn't offer him a deal after last season ended; no surprise there given their youthful...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 11, 2009

Gustavsson signs with Maple Leafs

Pierre LeBrun, ESPN.com

Jonas Gustavsson, hotly pursued by four NHL teams, has chosen the Maple Leafs as his first NHL home.

Story | Conversation | July 07, 2009