Trading Day; Maple Leafs Trade Chips Nicco Cardarelli | February 19, 2015 There really are no untouchables at this point. If a team calls with an offer and includes the name Morgan Rielly or William Nylander you’d have to listen, right? One…
When Fans Lose Hold of Reality Nicco Cardarelli | January 21, 2015 If you’ve ever cheered a goal, you’re a fan. If you’ve ever booed the opposition, you’re a fan. If you’ve ever lined up at midnight so you could buy the…
When the Inmates Run the Asylum Nicco Cardarelli | January 6, 2015 The writing was on the wall; if not for sometime now, certainly recently. Promises of culture change were made, and by firing Randy Carlyle today the Maple Leafs brass has…
Take It By Ten Toronto: Double Dip Edition Nicco Cardarelli | January 6, 2015 We’re just about halfway through the 2014-2015 NHL regular season, and there sure have been some surprises and disappointments. But the Toronto Maple Leafs are proving to be exactly what…
Dear Santa…From the Toronto Maple Leafs Nicco Cardarelli | December 15, 2014 We’re just days away from the big night when the jolly guy with the long white beard, wearing the big red suit, comes down the chimney and delivers joy and…
Take It By Ten Toronto: TML-The Mediocre Leafs Nicco Cardarelli | November 30, 2014 After 20 games this season, we still don’t know what to expect from the Toronto Maple Leafs. The team has been consistently inconsistent through the first quarter of the season.…
The Strangest Maple Leafs Stories This Season Nicco Cardarelli | November 19, 2014 Toronto Maple Leafs fans, step off the ledge. The team is in the midst of a three-game losing streak, including ugly losses to Buffalo and Nashville by a combined score of…
Take It By Ten Toronto: 10 Down, 11 Points, 72 to Play Nicco Cardarelli | November 3, 2014 Ah the life of a Toronto Maple Leafs fan. The blissful and jubilant good times, the bleak and gloomy down swings. It really is an emotional rollercoaster for the most…
The Toronto Maple Leafs are Destined for Failure in 2015 Nicco Cardarelli | October 8, 2014 We’re just hours away from the NHL regular season starting up for another year, and to Toronto Maple Leafs fans, the moments before opening night puck drop are probably some…
2014-2015 CWHL Season Preview Nicco Cardarelli | October 2, 2014 The Canadian Women’s Hockey League is coming off one of the most exciting years in the league’s history. The Toronto Furies won the Clarkson Cup over the Boston Blades. Yes,…
50 Days Until the NHL Regular Season, 50 Reasons to Be Excited Nicco Cardarelli | August 20, 2014 Rejoice puckheads and puckettes, because Tuesday August 19th marked 50 short days until the start of the 2014-2014 NHL regular season! While my posts here for THW usually have a focus…
Optimus-Reim: Maple Leaf Extinction? Nicco Cardarelli | July 11, 2014 The other day a buddy and I were chatting about some of the various decisions the Toronto Maple Leafs had made in regard to the NHL Draft and the early…