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Alex Tran

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Alex has been a part of the original MLHS team since way back in 2008. He has contributed to the 2009-12 Maple Leafs Annuals with a special interest in junior hockey and player development.

Friday Flurry

- The Toronto Sun has details about a bargain opportunity on November 22nd: the chance to watch both the Leafs and Marlies practice at...

Morning Matters

- The Edmonton Sun reports that Forbes has ranked the Maple Leafs as the NHL's most valuable team for the fourth straight season. The...

News and Notes plus Tickets

- The Toronto Star has an interesting article that mentions the Leafs would be at least open to talk of a second NHL team...

Post-Game Thoughts: Leafs Impressive on HOF Night

With Kessel and Gustavsson integrating themselves into the lineup, the team seems poised to break off a big-time run to put themselves back...

Late Night Quick Hits

Couple of intriguing tidbits from HB/ESPN's Andy Strickland: Defenseman Jeff Finger WANTS to be sent down to the AHL to save a few bucks?...

Down on the Farm

The big club's off until a Friday night date with the struggling Hurricanes, so let's take this opportunity to review the progress of several...

Q & A with NACS Chief Scout Mark Seidel

Big thank you to Mark Seidel, Chief Scout of North American Central Scouting and contributor to The Hockey News, for taking the time to...

Hitting the Links – Oct 20th

The Toronto Sun contributes a wildly useful article about various hockey people around the NHL enjoying the Leafs' slow start. The Columbus Dispatch is very...

Feeling Sluggish? Grab Some Horton’s!

Seven games into the season might still be too early to panic, but it's becoming quite clear that we're inching quickly towards the button....

Ryan Leaves BC, Blacker Demands Trade

It appears that the players on the on the Maple Leafs' NHL roster aren't the only ones in the organization stirring up news. Both...

Keeping Tabs on the Kids

With very little good happening at the NHL level, it's time to see how the kids are doing elsewhere. The Marlies dropped a 5-3...

Third Time’s Not the Charm

The Maple Leafs are creative. You have to hand it to them for finding new ways to lose games all the time. In the...

Weekend Bits

Time to shake off the lingering effects of a rough Saturday night, by taking a peek at some of the stories headlining today's Leaf...

Disappointing Start

Despite eight new faces in tonight's season opening lineup against the Montreal Canadiens, many of the recurring themes of futility from last year were...

Leafs Trim Another Four, Tonight’s Lineup

The Maple Leafs continued their shaping of the NHL roster with another four cuts on Sunday. Top prospect Nazem Kadri will be going back...

Just for Fun: Michael Nylander?

To generate some discussion, Capitals blogger Steven Hindle threw out an interesting trade idea involving the Toronto Maple Leafs: Michael Nylander. Yes, he's old...

Breaking News: Leafs Wrapping up Kessel Trade?

TSN is reporting that the Leafs are on the verge of landing restricted free agent Kessel via trade from the Boston Bruins. The article...

Quick Post-Game Thoughts

I had the privilege of a great view from the Gold section, ten rows off the ice to witness a fairly decent game with...

The Value of a 1st Round Pick (Or Two)

By now, I'm sure many of you have seen ESPN's report of a significant offer by the Maple Leafs for Phil Kessel: two 1st...

Quick Kessel Update

Some interesting contrasting rumors/speculation in the Toronto media today regarding Kessel: Damien Cox of the Toronto Star hears that Phil Kessel is very interested in...

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