well you can be pedantic all ya want sir john..The team is called The Toronto Maple Leafs..or just The Leafs.. as in "I am a Leafs fan"..
old Walt Whitman (and Lightfoot) can say "Leaves of Grass" in their writings but our hockey team is "The Leafs"...
and as Gord states - 'ya gotta love The Leafs!"..
