Rollerball has returned to hockey as NHL ignores discipline and instigates...
By Michael Hobson What the hell is going on? Wasn’t the National Hockey League supposed to be on the path toward eradicating excessive violence? Weren’t the days of the goon squads and the Broad Street...
View ArticleCanucks offer their reaction to Raffi Torres 25-game suspension
NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan announced Saturday morning that Phoenix Coyotes forward – and one-time Canuck – Raffi Torres received a 25 game suspension for his late, high hit on Chicago...
View ArticleMaple Leafs, Canucks gamble that emotion beats experience in naming hockey heads
By Michael Hobson The Toronto Maple Leafs haven’t won a Stanley Cup since the year Montreal held their World Expo; the Vancouver Canucks haven’t won a Stanley Cup since—well, at least it hasn’t been as...
View ArticleToronto Maple Leafs are assigned to follow the Raptors model of building...
by Michael Hobson Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, owners for both the hockey and basketball franchises in Toronto, have given the hockey management team the go-ahead to shred their...
View ArticleToronto Maple Leafs run their management team through the rinse, spin and...
By Michael Hobson Two weeks before this year’s trade deadline Toronto Maple Leafs President Brendan Shanahan approached the MLSE board of governors and requested the opportunity to dismantle and...
View ArticleCam Cole: Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews jackpot a good thing for Canadian hockey
DALLAS — Your long national nightmare is over, hockey fans. And a new nightmare is just waiting to take its place. The Edmonton Oilers didn’t win the NHL draft lottery for the fifth time in seven...
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