A long time ago, in the heydays of the great Analytics War, Dimitri Filipovich posed what is still perhaps the most simplistic and yet most illuminating blueprint for success as an NHL General Manager: Identify the dumb GMs and call them every day. It’s the type of quote that is so confoundingly accurate, it leads…
I admit to be a sucker for trades, rumours, and speculation. I also am aware that I’m a total rube when it comes to this and that most of this is hype that has very little chance of happening. Still, I want to believe that exciting things are going to happen, and that’s why I…
Just days before the 2019 NHL Draft starts, the first notion that the offseason has started was released. I’m sure every single fan is clamouring to find out when the Toronto Maple Leafs will play their preseason games before the 2019-20 season.
by OddsShark (@OddsShark) They stumbled once again in the playoffs this past spring, but the Toronto Maple Leafs are still listed among the betting favourites on the opening 2020 Stanley Cup odds at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.
Yeah, no one is specifically saying these are the players the Leafs are looking at. Even in Toronto no one is putting in that leg work for picks outside the first round, and we’re relying entirely on who ranked at 53rd and 84th overall on draft lists to project potential targets for the Leafs. No…
