Toronto Maple Leafs, NHL and Gavin McKenna
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With the passing of Cliff Fletcher at the age of 90, The Maple Leafs lost more than just a Hall of Fame builder. They lost the architect of the modern Toronto Maple Leafs, a man who dragged a historic franchise out of its darkest, most cynical era and taught a generation of hockey fans how to hope again in the 1990s
ST. PAUL, Minn. --Bo Groulx scored twice for his first multigoal NHL game, and the Toronto Maple Leafs held off the Minnesota Wild in the third period for a 4-2 win at Grand Casino Arena on Sunday. Groulx entered the night with two goals in 68 career NHL ...
I mean affection — honestly. My dad, a World War II veteran, was a Maple Leafs fan to the core. Every Saturday night, he would park himself in front of our black-and-white television and complain that Don Messer's Jubilee was preventing him from watching the first half hour of Leafs hockey.
An experienced coach would make sense if the goal for Toronto is to immediately return as a contender next season. That would be a more achievable goal with a guy who has been around the game for a long time versus someone who would need to learn on the fly how to win in the NHL.