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Category Archives: Leafs
The top 100 (soon to be 110) Leafs of all time
It’s centennial time! (Not really.) (Well, sort of – if you’re feeling kind of generous with your definitions.) (The 100th anniversary of the first game involving the team that mostly technically is now the Toronto Maple Leafs will happen on Dec. … Continue reading
Welcome, Auston Matthews!
No Pressure: But honestly – just be solid. For the first time in many, many years, there might be some help.
Tall Boys #6 – Terry Sawchuk and the goaltending carousel
It’s not really surprising that the chatter in Toronto would move seamlessly from lockout talk to goalie talk. In Toronto, at least to some extent, it is always about the goalies. Even in those brief, shining moments where we’re all … Continue reading
Posted in 1964-65 Topps Hockey, Leafs, Vintage Hockey
Tagged 1964-65 Topps, tall boys, terry sawchuk
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High-fiving Johnny Bower
Johnny Bower was at my Sobey’s this weekend. It’s always fun to see him out and about because he’s always got a smile on his face and he’s always gracious to the people who approach him to say hello. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Leafs, Vintage Hockey
Tagged in-person autographs, johnny bower, my kids are awesome
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King is fit to be tied
King Clancy is shown here during his three-year stint as coach of the Maple Leafs. He took over from Joe Primeau after 1952-53 and inherited a team that was quickly forgetting how to score. Most of the big names of … Continue reading
Posted in Leaf of the Day, Leafs, Parkhurst, Vintage Hockey
Tagged 1955-56 Parkhurst, king clancy, nice tie old chum
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Dave Farrish was a Leaf, or so they tell me
The Leafs have hired Dave Farrish as a new assistant coach. Like new head coach Randy Carlyle, he was a Leaf blueliner from days of yore. Where Randy was traded away while still a youngster, Dave was around for a … Continue reading
Welcome Back, Randy
I had this smart-alecky little post all set up in which I noted that Ron Wilson was an ex-Leaf defenseman who came up in the ’70s on those well-coached Roger Neilson teams. He’d gone on to some pretty good success … Continue reading
This is going to be a (winter) classic!
It’s probably not going to be popular with everyone, but I’m pretty pumped about the next Winter Classic. Toronto/Detroit could be an interesting matchup on a lot of levels, but at the very least, it should be a good game … Continue reading
Posted in Leaf of the Day, Leafs, Vintage Hockey
Tagged 1958-59 topps, 1965-66, terry sawchuk, winter classic
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Buying Count Floyd’s RC (1963-64 Parkhurst)
Part of being a set builder is that there are certain cards you basically have to buy irrespective of whether you really want them. Twenty-two years after he traded the Leafs’s 1991 first-rounder for Tom Kurvers, and twenty-one years after … Continue reading
Posted in Leafs, Parkhurst, Uncategorized, Vintage Hockey
Tagged 1963-64 Parkhurst, 1990-91 Leafs, floyd smith
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Tief the Chief, a baseball Leaf
Former Leaf Bobby Tiefenauer was a 6’2″, 185 lb knuckleballer who spent two decades in pro ball as a reliever for six major league teams (a couple of them twice) and a dozen minor-league ones. He’s shown here coming off … Continue reading
Posted in Leafs, OPC, Toronto Baseball, Vintage Baseball
Tagged bobby tiefenauer, toronto maple leafs baseball
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