Photo Credit: Vincent Carchietta/USA TODAY Sports It doesn’t take much in the Toronto marketplace for Maple Leafs players to be asked about the possibility of making the postseason. The current iteration of the Maple Leafs are bad. They play like a good team, with structure through the neutral zone, and quality special teams units, but they’re not built…
Photo Credit: John E. Sokolowski/USA TODAY Sports Mike Babcock is a Starbucks guy, I’ve been told. This detail was mentioned to me at some point during the summer, and made me laugh. It’s just so perfect. Babcock talks like a Tim Horton’s guy – whether it’s his Saskatoon Philosopher’s King style of speech (with a light and charming Michigan…
Photo Credit: John E. Sokolowski/USA TODAY Sports The Toronto Maple Leafs don’t have a goaltending controversy on their hands just yet, but things may be trending in that direction. The Maple Leafs have been losing games in bunches despite being a much improved team at 5-on-5. There’s a few reasons for the club’s brutal start – special…
Image Courtesy: instagram.com/sandramarysays Injured Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bryan Rust won halloween. This weekend the second year forward dressed up as a hot dog – not a sandwich – labelled with a sign that said ‘Property of Phil’.
RIP Rich Clune’s chance to be on the Leafs October 29th 2015 – October 31st 2015 pic.twitter.com/d52woPYIPf — The Leafs Nation (@TLNdc) October 31, 2015 Newly signed Toronto Maple Leafs forward Rich Clune didn’t waste any time making an impact for the team that decided to promote him from the the AHL this week. It just…
(Courtesy: Hockey Night in Canada) The Toronto Maple Leafs were desperate enough to deal star winger Phil Kessel this summer that they agreed to retain salary to facilitate the deal. And it would seem that at least a smattering of the Toronto faithful were cool with that decision. On Saturday night the Maple Leafs hosted Phil Kessel’s…
Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Andreas Johnson is off to a stellar start to his age-21 campaign with the SHL’s Frolunda Indians. The 20-year-old forward, who will turn 21 next months, is second on the team in points with 14, and is second to ex-Marlie Spencer Abbott in shots on goal with 42….
Photo Credit: Eric Bolte/USA TODAY Sports The Toronto Maple Leafs are not a good NHL-level hockey team, but they’ve looked like it for long stretches this season. Yes the record is ugly, but if you’re tuning in regularly you can see the team carry the play at five-a-side much more often than they have in the recent past. You…
Photo Credit: Winslow Townson/USA TODAY Sports Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly has always appeared cool, calm and collected when he’s handling the puck. The skilled 21-year-old hasn’t hit 30 points in a full season yet in his career, but that will come. His plus skating ability and high end offensive awareness is plain to see,…
Photo Credit: Matt Kartozian/USA TODAY Sports The injury news continues apace for the Toronto Maple Leafs with third-line centre Nick Spaling joining the growing list of walking wounded. He’ll be out of the lineup on Monday with an undisclosed injury. Though the the Maple Leafs are hurting, it wasn’t all bad news on the injury…
Photo Credit: Brad Rempel/USA TODAY Sports The last time we saw John Tortorella behind an NHL bench, he was tuned out by a veteran Vancouver Canucks team as they faded down the stretch and missed the playoffs by a mile. Following the dismissal of a coach who was suspended for five games that season for basically…
Photo Credit: Eric Bolte/USA TODAY Sports The Toronto Maple Leafs served as the latest foil to the unbeatable Montreal Canadiens, who set an NHL record on Saturday night by defeating a harder working Toronto side 5-3. The Canadiens have won nine consecutive contests in regulation to start the season, which is completely insane. Montreal didn’t play well…
