Terry Koshan of the Toronto Sun acknowledges the possibility that Jonas Gustavsson has played his last game in a Maple Leaf’s uniform. Gustavsson is an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. With James Reimer signed for two more years after this, the Leafs (and their fans) have made no secret about being disappointed with the play in [...]

Brian Burke, President and General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, announced Tuesday that the hockey club has signed forward Brad Ross to a three-year entry level contract. Ross, 19, has appeared in 68 games with the Portland Winterhawks of the Western Hockey League (WHL) this season, collecting 82 points (42 goals, 40 assists), a plus-15 rating [...]

Quick hits from around the NHL: The Winnipeg Free Press’ Gary Lawless had an interesting sentence in an article about this very topic. He wrote, “If the right opportunity comes along to score a franchise-type player in a down market as this summer could well be Jets General Manager Kevin Cheveldayoff may have less trouble getting [...]

March 17:  Terry Koshan of the Toronto Sun suggests General Manager Brian Burke won’t deal forward Phil Kessel once the warm summer months roll around. And not only because the 24-year-old has consistently put up numbers equal to that of an elite sniper, four consecutive 30-plus goal seasons. Koshan says “No, the off-ice Kessel doesn’t mesh well with the [...]

3/14/12: According to ESPN.com’s Pierre LeBrun, the idea of reinstituting the line didn’t garner enough support from General Managers at their meetings in Boca Raton. But there could be a compromise in play by means of the so-called ringette line: “The discussion to put red line back in had no support,” Maple Leafs General Manager Brian Burke [...]

The Toronto Maple Leafs may be doing a lot this summer, but the two primary goals will be to add a goalie and to chase an elite forward. Rick Nash is obviously the one guy we know will hit the market, but the Ottawa Sun’s Bruce Garrioch thinks the Leafs could also try to “pry Ryan Getzlaf out of Anaheim.” Though Bobby Ryan may [...]

Quick Hits from around the league: Zach Parise told friends according to the Toronto Sun’s Steve Simmons that he wouldn’t consider the Leafs in free agency this summer. This might mean, if the Leafs want to add an elite forward, they’ll have to trade for one Rick Nash, maybe. Simmons also writes that Devils GM Lou Lamoriello thinks [...]

Cody Hodgson was perhaps one the biggest name to move at this year’s uneventful trade deadline, but it looks like a handful of teams tried to get in on him before the Buffalo Sabres scooped him up. CBC’s Elliotte Friedman hears that the Dallas Stars wanted him for Steve Ott, and the Toronto Maple Leafs tried to nab him, as well.  Perhaps for Luke Schenn into [...]

Edmonton Journal’s Jonathan Willis looked at whether Dave Nonis would be a good General Manager candidate at this point, and he ended up concluding: “Nonis is still quite young, and frankly I eventually expect him to run an NHL team again, but the fear here is that he’ll be an average rather than spectacular manager.” [...]

The Toronto Maple Leafs were offering Luke Schenn in trades at this deadline, partially because they signed John-Michael Liles to an extension earlier this season but also because Schenn hasn’t made the big developmental strides they’d hoped for. But that could change under new coach Randy Carlyle, who is bringing a more intense style to the team. Sportsnet’s Mark Spector writes, [...]