Earlier today, I wrote about how it was reported that Cody Ceci was expected to enter the free-agent market on October 9th. Barely two hours after that post came out, Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic doubled down on the report and also dropped this terrifying tidbit of information: Cody Ceci is headed to market. The…
Two defencemen without a new contract won’t be getting one from the Leafs this October. Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic went on First Up 1050 and revealed that both Tyson Barrie and Cody Ceci will be testing the free-agent market in a few week’s time. Pierre LeBrun on First Up 1050: “This won’t shock anyone,…
Welcome back, hockey gossip fans. While there is plenty of drama going on in the world right now, this week was actually relatively slow on the hockey gossip front. Nonetheless, there IS drama to discuss, and some lightheartedness to kick us off. Leafs Love Dogs The Leafs boys (and their ladies) were all about the…
A few weeks back the TLN crew discussed what we’d do with the 15th overall draft pick. Whether we’d trade up, trade down, trade it away completely or just pick with it, every option was covered. Today we’re going a far more basic route, and assuming the Leafs hold onto the pick, and we have…
I keep on thinking about what Kyle Dubas said about the bubble being a great place to scout in advance of free agency and the offseason. Unfortunately for the Leafs that in person scouting opportunity didn’t last too long, but there is no doubt that Kyle would have seen a fair bit of the Blue…
The Toronto Maple Leafs now officially know where they will be drafting as the order has been set for the 2020 NHL draft.
If there’s one thing that most Leafs fans should be able to agree upon at this point it’s that the bottom six forward group for the Leafs will need to be pretty cheap. If there’s a second thing that we’ll agree on it’s that the team defense needs to be better, and even if Toronto…
Nothing. Wait, that’s not entirely true. There are some worthwhile takeaways that should be made here, but nothing to do with the mix of skill and grit that you’ll probably read elsewhere. Those columns are plentiful in Toronto papers today, and if that’s your bag, go get your jollies there. The lessons that are probably…
On the surface it’s hard to ignore that 23 points in 39 games looks pretty darn good for a first year in North America. The fact that he largely did that playing on the third line is even more impressive. And it’s important to note that all but two of those points came 5v5 as…
The deadline to qualify RFA is fast approaching, and it sounds like the Leafs will be keeping at least one of them around for the foreseeable future. I'm told that Evan Rodrigues' camp has had “productive talks'' with the Leafs. TBD whether that leads to a new deal. But safe to say the Leafs would…
It’s no secret that the Leafs are a dynamic offensive team, boasting one of the best 1-2 punches down the middle in the entire league, but a big part of their offensive attack revolves around play driving wingers Mitch Marner and William Nylander. With the NHL draft just days away, we continue our draft preview…
(or alternatively to the title, 5 Players that it would be great to see at the 44th overall pick) Given what we’ve seen in the past from Kyle Dubas, where he turned a pick that would be Travis Konecny into Travis Dermott and Jeremy Bracco, and much more appealingly where he opted to trade down…
