Embed from Getty Images Now that the Oilers are over and done with, the Leafs travel across Alberta to take on the Calgary Flames. That’s a little less interesting from a hockey perspective, but with Dougie Hamilton and Brian Burke both being things, storylines are flying high tonight. Here’s what’ll be going down:
Embed from Getty Images The Toronto Maple Leafs have been linked to Dougie Hamilton a few times over the past week and change. We documented the history of the rumour in great deal the other day. In the Lou Lamoriello era, such speculation has been rare to the point of it feeling weird to see…
Embed from Getty Images It’s that time of year again, where Forbes magazine publishes their best guess at what the values of every NHL team are, and people get into a big fuss over where their team is ranked. In recent years, those in Toronto were able to sit back and laugh while the team…
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Photo Credit: Perry Nelson/USA TODAY SPORTS Well, winning a second game on the road was a start, yes, and whether we want to consider it a “statement” win or not over a team that hasn’t made the playoffs in coming up to 11 years or not, points are points — on the second-last evening of…
Photo Credit: Dan Hamilton/USA TODAY SPORTS An announcement came out recently that the Leafs were going to try to trade Peter Holland due to his concerns over ice time and future with the organization. Jeff Veillette covered the announcement here, so I won’t double up on that. A common first reaction to this move was that…
Photo Credit: Perry Nelson/USA TODAY SPORTS In case you missed it last night, the Leafs beat the Edmonton Oilers again. It was a fun time; Auston Matthews scored on the powerplay, everybody got mad at Nazem Kadri a bunch of times, and boy, oh boy, did we ever hear about the “matchup” angle again and…
Photo Credit: Perry Nelson/USA TODAY SPORTS Auston Matthews has gotten off to a pretty fast start to his NHL career. His 9 goals have him tied for the team lead on the Leafs with Nazem Kadri and James van Riemsdyk, while his 17 points are just one off the team lead. Even more impressive is…
Photo Credit: Perry Nelson/USA TODAY SPORTS “I am the kid with the motor mouth, I am the one you should worry about”. Drake said it, Nazem Kadri practices it, and the City of Edmonton must be endlessly frustrated about it. The Toronto Maple Leafs flew high once again against Connor McDavid and pals, taking tonight’s…
Photo Credit: Christian Bonin/TSGPhoto.com Tuesday night home games aren’t something that the Toronto Marlies do particularly often, but there are always exceptions to every rule. The team is probably hoping that the final score matches up with that phrase as well, as the younger generation of the Blue and White fell 4-1 to the Lehigh…
Embed from Getty Images Bob McKenzie was on TSN’s Insider Trading show today talking about Dougie Hamilton trade rumours, and how they’ve been connected to the Leafs so far. Here’s what he had to say:
While the Connor vs. Auston narrative faded away in their first matchup thanks to the unbelievable shutdown performance of Nazem Kadri, Auston Matthews was the first of the 2015 and 2016 first overall picks to score in a Leafs/Oilers Matchup.
