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Alec Brownscombe is the founder and editor of MapleLeafsHotStove.com, where he has written daily about the Leafs since September of 2008. He's published five magazines on the team entitled "The Maple Leafs Annual" with distribution in Chapters and newsstands across the country. He also co-hosted "The Battle of the Atlantic," a weekly show on TSN1200 that covered the Leafs and the NHL in-depth. Alec is a graduate of Trent University and Algonquin College with his diploma in Journalism. In 2014, he was awarded Canada's Best Hockey Blogger honours by Molson Canadian. You can contact him at alec.brownscombe@mapleleafshotstove.com.

Morning Mashup: Bozak & Macarthur are back

The Maple Leafs locked up two RFA forwards to two-year deals yesterday for a total of $4.75 million a season. Of that combined yearly...

Leaf Bits: Burke to sit back; concerns with MacArthur?

As per The National Post's Michael Traikos, the Leafs front office will take a breather after busy days two and three of free agency: #Leafs...

Leafs acquire Cody Franson, Matthew Lombardi

For Brett Lebda (it's not April fools) and prospect Robert Slaney. Deals are rarely done as stand alones nowadays, and Nashville has their reasons...

Olden drafted by Erie Otters in CHL Import Draft

The Leafs' former third round pick in 2010, Sondre Olden, has been drafted 31st overall by the Erie Otters (pick acquired from the Plymouth...

MLHS 2011 Free Agency Contest

Back by popular demand is the MLHS Free Agency Contest. DLB is our defending champ after a 13-way hat draw revealed last year's winner....

Morning Mashup: Are You Qualified?

The RFA qualification deadline passed yesterday with the Leafs opting to allow former NCAA signings Christian Hanson and Brayden Irwin to enter unrestricted free...

Leafs draft Josh Leivo at 82nd overall, Tom Nilsson at 100

With their first pick of the day in the third round, the Leafs grabbed someone out of left field as far as the rankings...

2011 NHL Entry Draft: MLHS Cover-it-Live Chat

>> Leafs acquire John Michael Liles in return for 2012 2nd round pick MLHS 2011 Draft Coverage

Leafs Acquire John-Michael Liles

According to Darren Dreger of TSN, the Leafs have acquired Colorado Avalanche defenseman John-Michael Liles for the 2012 conditional 2nd round pick acquired in...

Morning Mashup: Gunnarsson Locked Up

Leafs management inked their second RFA this off-season with yesterday afternoon's announcement of 24-year-old Swedish rearguard Carl Gunnarsson's new two-year, $2.6 million contract extension....

Morning Mashup: One Game to Rule Them All

In keeping with the juvenile back and forth exchanges stemming from the Alex Burrows biting incident, is anyone else disappointed that Tim Thomas didn't...
James Reimer (photo credit: Reuters)

Re-Up the Reim to Win

Clever title, eh? In all seriousness, it was refreshing to have something Leaf-related to discuss after weeks of playoff, suspensions and Winnipeg talk. The Leafs...

Richards not interested in Rangers?

It seems worthwhile to report that we have a major Rangers source in veteran hockey writer Larry Brooks reporting the following, rather definitive piece...

Morning Mashup: Is today the day?

Darren Dreger reports early this morning that while final sale and relocation details are being sorted out between True North and the Atlanta Spirit...

Morning Mashup: Leafs closing in on 2012 2nd round pick

Last night the Boston Bruins got themselves within a game of the Stanley Cup Finals, moving the Leafs within one Bruins win of an...

Canada v. Belarus: Leafs playing hockey in late April

No, not that type of hockey, but five Leafs are currently taking part in international action this afternoon. James Reimer, Dion Phaneuf and Luke...

Round 2: MLHS Playoff Pool & Predictions

Round two gets right underway tonight after a long but captivating first round of playoff action. The fact that TheMLHSGodfather isn't leading indicates it's...

Playoff Open Thread: Down.. and out?

The Vancouver Canucks look to finish off their "3venge" of the Chicago Blackhawks tonight (really they have to win the Cup first though). The...

MLHS Morning Mashup: Burke on the Summit

The Maple Leafs' Brian Burke, the Raptors' Bryan Colangelo and the Blue Jays' Paul Beeston got together for a "Presidents Summit" interview...

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