One Hundred Years of Attitude

The Toronto Maple Leafs are certainly getting the jump on their centennial celebrations.

Daniel Alfredsson #11 of the Ottawa Senators and Chris Neil #25 leave the ice after losing to the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game Five of the Eastern Conference Semifinals during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Consol Energy Center on May 24, 2013 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Penguins defeated the Senators 6-2. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)

The Toronto Maple Leafs are certainly getting the jump on their centennial celebrations. There are already reports the club is homing in on the 2017 NHL draft, All-Star Game and an outdoor match that year. Although the milestone is still five years away, the Leafs recently applied to make the above logo a trade mark in Canada.

That’s all well and good, but the big question remains: Will they make the playoffs before then?

About James Gordon

Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Citizen sports editor James Gordon watched the original NHL Jets play their last game on his 15th birthday and returned 15 years later to chronicle one of the reincarnated franchise’s games against the Ottawa Senators. Prior to joining the Citizen’s sports section as a hockey writer and online editor during Senators’ 2007 Stanley Cup final run, he spent several years on Parliament Hill covering national security, terrorism and access to information issues. The Carleton University grad’s journalism career began with a summer job as a business reporter with Dow Jones Newswires in Toronto, but he soon returned to Ottawa to join the Citizen. James was appointed sports editor in March 2012. View all posts by James Gordon →