The boys talk about muscle memory, team chemistry, and how we should all be patient with the process and reasonable with our expectations. We also wonder who Anakin Skywalker’s biological father is. L F Army hopes to give a voice to the legion of Leafs fans that bleed blue through the highs and lows of […]
William Nylander is back, and we couldn’t be happier. Commissioner Laura Darby joins AMarkzzz and The Frase to talk the new contract, personal hygiene, and Ernest Goes to Jail. L F Army hopes to give a voice to the legion of Leafs fans that bleed blue through the highs and lows of a team that’s […]
A few weeks ago, Andrew Markowiak and I started a podcast called LFArmy. Right now the plan is to do it bi-weekly but we may start doing more. It’s been lots of fun. Please give it a listen. In my last article I wrote about Goals For Per Game (GFPG) and Goals Against (GFPG) as […]
After a Cali sweep of titanic proportions, A-Markzzz and the Frase talk hair care, Fortnite, and a smattering of hockey. Will Nylander sign before December 1 st ? Who cares when the fourth line is starting to make us beLeiv(o). Also, the Leafs are first in the league. L F Army hopes to give a […]
L F Army hopes to give a voice to the legion of Leafs fans that bleed blue through the highs and lows of a team that’s shifted from Ballard to Babcock on their quest to (hopefully) being reunited with Lord Stanley’s mug. Welcome to *H-E-double hockey sticks.* At least, that’s how Leaf’s Nation seems to […]
1. We’re currently 6 and 2, I’ve got Marner and Reilly in my pool and if Andrew Markowiak had set up the fantasy league properly I’d be DESTROYING the field. As it stands, the league only started keeping track on Monday. I’m still winning, but not by as much as I should be and this […]
1. I woke up from a nightmare yesterday morning and was convinced that Willy was going to sign in the KHL at 15mil for 1 year. I haven’t been able to shake my anxiety and it’s starting to affect other aspects of my life. His camp wants 8mil per season on a long-term (7-8 years?) […]
Hear me out. If you follow hockey twitter, or hockey facebook, or any hockey forums or chat rooms (are chat rooms still a thing?) with any smattering of Leafs fans, you’ve likely heard the phrase “The Leafs are actually good.” Hockey blogger Jeff Veillette coined the term shortly after the team drafted highly touted prospect […]
It’s been a while. More than a month, actually. I haven’t been in hiding. I haven’t been cut off from the world at large. I’ve just been busy. So, too, have the Leafs. At the time of my last article, the team held a 6-1-0 record. Since that time it’s been something of a roller […]
Two weeks into the season, and the Toronto Maple Leafs are off to a start…
The NHL season is finally upon us with pre-season play wrapping up this Sunday. For fans, the wait has been much anticipated and this lead up carries a wealth of excitement and expectation (unless you’re a Habs fan, or Robby Fabbri). For the group of players league-wide sitting somewhere on the bubble, though, there will […]
When Kelly first asked me if I wanted to write for My Entertainment World, my first response was, “You know I have no qualifications or experience whatsoever, right?” but then I thought about all the passionate rants and gut-wrenching, trying-not-to-cry-and-then-crying, brooding-in-the-dark moments I’ve had as a life long Leafs’ fan. I spend most of my […]
Lou Lamoriello and the Toronto Maple Leafs have made it very clear that they’re ready to compete. While the word out of MLSE is that the Shanaplan is still in full swing, it’s become apparent that the development of this roster has thundered past expectations and the team is looking to enter an era of […]
Guys. I was at the Marlies game Friday night, and Toronto managed to close out the series in four. What I couldn’t have foreseen before puck-drop was that we were preparing to witness the longest game in Marlies’ history. You would think the farm team has been largely depleted thanks to the Leaf’s rookie-heavy roster, […]
Despite falling to the Washington Capitals in six games, the Toronto Maple Leafs and their fans aren’t feeling the sting of elimination. A sensational season driven by a core of rookies that exploded onto the NHL stage has ignited the feeling that this franchise might soon have what it takes to be a perennial contender […]
IFC’s latest comedy Benders is about grown men who are obsessed with their division eight hockey league. Three episodes in, the bro-ish series from Tom Sellitti and Jim Serpico (both fresh from the Denis Leary stable) mostly just feels like a weak League imitation. Lindsey Broad is somewhat fun as a refreshingly-not-a-drag wife but, for […]
The bitter cold. The biting wind. The frozen face paint and half warm mitts that grasp onto cups of cold beer. Snow, rain, clouds, or sun. People will pay hundreds of dollars to attend the holy grail of regular season hockey games; the Winter and Heritage Classics. The Classics are not so much about the […]
The Rest of the Tour: The Winnipeg Jets Toronto Maple Leafs The Calgary Flames The Ottawa Senators The Oilers The Edmonton Oilers had a span of three seasons in a row where they had the #1 pick in the NHL entry draft. With these three picks they chose Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, and Nial Yakupov […]
The Rest of the Tour: The Toronto Maple Leafs The Winnipeg Jets The Calgary Flames The Senators Other than maybe Vancouver, there is no other team in Canada that has endured more than enough of their fair share of roster changes and different leadership roles than in Ottawa. Just one year remove from the devastating […]
The Rest of the Tour: The Toronto Maple Leafs The Winnipeg Jets The Ottawa Senators The Flames The next stop on our tour will be in Alberta. The Calgary flames exceeded expectations last season despite finishing 4th last in the standings. The Flames ended the year with a 35-40-7 record. That was 10-points more than […]
The Rest of the Tour: The Toronto Maple Leafs The Calgary Flames The Ottawa Senators The Jets The next stop on our Canadian tour is in Winnipeg. The Winnipeg Jets are the newest edition to the National Hockey league since moving from Atlanta just four years ago. The Jets have not endured much success since […]
The Rest of the Tour: The Winnipeg Jets The Calgary Flames The Ottawa Senators The Edmonton Oilers The Leafs We’re back to Hockey in Leaf Land and plenty of skepticism still remain in the biggest hockey market in the world. Will Kadri stay consistent? Will Clarkson bounce back? Will Carlyle make it through the entire […]
The Stanley Cup. The name induces a sense of respect, honour and tradition. As the holy grail of trophies, it’s legacy and those of the names engraved on the silver and nickel cup shines through the dreams of hockey aficionados. It has been spurring generations of players to 5 am morning practices, gruelling games and […]
The Stanley Cup is neither won nor lost in July and August. However, we know that making the right moves in free agency can set a team up nicely for some late season success. Finding the right pieces – whether it’s someone who adds depth up front or a top tier defenceman – can often […]
It’s a debate I’ve had with my friends a countless amount of times. “Who was the best pro athlete ever to play in Toronto?” This is a really hard question to try and figure out. The answer certainly isn’t all that obvious in Toronto’s case as opposed to other cities in North America. This isn’t […]
It seems that the era of athletes playing out their entire careers with a single franchise is nothing more than a distant memory. The Steve Yzerman’s and Mario Lemieux’s of the NHL are a thing of the past, mere myths we will tell our children about some day. “Yes son, Nik Lidstrom played every game […]