Welcome to the beginning of the end! Post-game highlights can be found here. Blue Jackets 1st Goal – Zach Werenski (Unassisted) Zach Werenski is the 5th @BlueJacketsNHL defenseman to score a goal with the team facing elimination. The others: Kris Russell: Game 4 of 2009 CQFFedor Tyutin: Game 6 of 2014 R1Markus Nutivaara: Game 4…
This team man. For 55 minutes, the Leafs had nothing going for them. Then they decided to turn it on in the final five minutes of the game. That’s what is most frustrating with this team. Far too often this season the Leafs loved to pick and choose when they wanted to show up and…
The highlight package for this game can be found here. Maple Leafs 1st Goal – Cody Ceci (Assist Kerfoot, Kapanen) An absolute rocket 🚀#LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/2AdSuMUqhq — Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) August 7, 2020 The Leafs find themselves on the penalty kill late in the first period. Cody Ceci and Justin Holl do a nice job…
Tonight’s game against the Blue Jackets might have been the Leafs first or second best playoff game in the Shanaplan era. The Leafs thoroughly outplayed the Blue Jackets from start to finish, outshooting the Blue Jackets 39-20. Joonas Korpisalo was stellar once again, but the Leafs stuck to their game plan and were finally rewarded….
Well that was a huge disappointment. After over 100 days between games, the Maple Leafs returned to the ice last night to play some meaningful hockey in August. Unfortunately, their opponent the Columbus Blue Jackets executed their game plan to perfection. Shutting down Matthews and Co. en route to a 2-0 win and a 1-0…
Welcome to a new post-game series! In this series, I will be reviewing every goal for and against, trying to provide analysis on what went right or wrong, what they could do differently next time and more. The goal for this series is to try and provide an alternative and detailed explanation on things from…
After three successful seasons as Boston College’s number one goalie, Joseph Woll turned pro after the conclusion of his Junior year in College. The 2019-20 season was Woll’s first taste of professional hockey. Ultimately, Woll’s season at a glance was far from ideal, but has provided the foundation for him to build upon as he…
The 2019-20 season was the year of redemption for William Nylander. The infamous contract stalemate that went right down to the wire soured many on the young swede, his abysmal performance on the ice shortly after signing capped off a disastrous 2018-19 season. At the end of the season, Nylander vowed to comeback next season…
Morgan Rielly entered the 2019-20 season at an all-time high. Fresh off a career high 20-goal, 72-point season that saw Rielly finish fifth in Norris Trophy voting, I for one was very excited to see what kind of encore performance Rielly would give us this year. Unfortunately, Rielly failed to improve upon or even replicate…
On Tuesday, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced the league’s Return to Play plan. Our very own Scott Maxwell wrote more about the plan here. This plan confirmed that the Toronto Maple Leafs will play a best-of-five series against the Columbus Blue Jackets in the Play-In round.
Welcome to the 2019-20 season review for the Toronto Marlies. Today we are going to take a look at the 15th season in franchise history, examining what went right and what went wrong for the Marlies. Overall, the 2019-20 season for the Marlies was disappointing to say the least. The team was on pace to…
Yesterday, the Toronto Maple Leafs announced they had signed the highly coveted Mikko Lehtonen to a one-year entry-level contract. The native of Turku, Finland had recently terminated the final year of his contract after a breakout season with Jokerit of the KHL to pursue his NHL options. Cam Lewis has the initial scoop on the…
