Toronto Maple Leafs introduce Brendan Shanahan as team president
Brendan Shanahan is officially on the job in the Toronto Maple Leafs' front office.
View ArticleNHL -- LeBrun: Brendan Shanahan will be judged by results with Leafs
The only thing that matters is what Brendan Shanahan's actually going to do about inheriting a hockey team that's missed the playoffs eight of the past nine seasons, writes Pierre LeBrun.
View ArticleCommissioner Gary Bettman says Brendan Shanahan will be missed
Commissioner Gary Bettman will miss Brendan Shanahan, the Hall of Fame player and former head of player safety who recently took on the post of president of hockey operations for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
View ArticleGut decisions about the coaching carousel
Here's the standard pattern when NHL coaches are hired: The new coach sits at a table or stands at a podium and describes how he wants to correct the ...
View ArticleNHL says concussions have decreased, but protocol remains imperfect
Hours before the Stanley Cup finals began, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman proudly proclaimed that concussions are down across the league and there are numbers to back him up.
View ArticleToronto Maple Leafs hire Kyle Dubas as assistant GM, fire Dave Poulin, Claude...
The Toronto Maple Leafs announced a front-office shakeup Tuesday, firing assistant general managers Dave Poulin and Claude Loiselle and replacing them with 28-year-old Kyle Dubas.
View ArticleEast: 30 cheesy songs for 30 teams
Hair bands and hockey hair: a marriage made in heaven. We're dropping the needle on 30 songs that say something about each of the 30 teams, using noth...
View ArticleJake Gardiner is deserving of a bigger role for the Toronto Maples Leafs in...
Checking in with every Atlantic Division team in the offseason, continuing with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
View ArticleMaple Leaf Sports & Entertainment CEO Tim Leiweke to step down in 2015
Tim Leiweke, the CEO of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, will step down next year.
View ArticleHealy: Culture change underway in Toronto
After a dramatic, late-season tailspin that transfixed hockey's biggest market, the Toronto Maple Leafs made some sweeping changes over the summer. ...
View ArticleNHL -- LeBrun: Toronto Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan accustomed to...
Toronto Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan will need patience, a sense of humor and a tough skin to get through the task of trying to end the Leafs' Stanley Cup drought, writes Pierre LeBrun.
View ArticleFive biggest opening-week surprises
It's that time again, hockey fans. The 2014-15 NHL season is finally underway, which means we can shelve our preseason projections (some of which we w...
View ArticleToronto Maple Leafs' Carter Ashton suspended 20 games for violating terms of...
Maple Leafs forward Carter Ashton has been suspended 20 games for violating the terms of the league's PED policy
View ArticleNHL -- The puzzling Toronto Maple Leafs are in dire need of a new mindset
It's hard to figure out just who the Toronto Maple Leafs are at this point, but if their mindset isn't adjusted then change is coming, and maybe soon, writes Pierre LeBrun.
View ArticleFuneral held for Montreal Canadiens Hall of Famer Jean Beliveau
"Le Gros Bill" would have been touched.
View ArticleToronto Maple Leafs fire Randy Carlyle as coach
The Toronto Maple Leafs have fired head coach Randy Carlyle, the club announced Tuesday morning.
View ArticleDebate: Carlyle's firing raises more questions than it answers
The Toronto Maple Leafs fired coach Randy Carlyle on Tuesday. Was it a good move or not? Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun weigh in. BURNSIDE: So, let...
View ArticleRamblings: Kessel's curious reaction, Pens' early upgrade, Bruins' big dilemma
Accountability, maturity lacking for Leafs Everyone knows that the day a coach gets fired is an emotional time. It was more than a little revelatory, ...
View ArticleShanahan: Leafs not afraid to make a move
TORONTO -- Brendan Shanahan broke his media silence Friday, but first he shared an audience with his players. And we're guessing the address inside t...
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