After what seemed like an eternity, even though it was only ~16 months, each of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ young stars is signed until the end of the 2024 season. So, please, for the sake of your own sanity (and mine), do not start hollering about Morgan Rielly yet. For the first time in over…
Nicholas Robertson Position: C/LW Physical: 5’9″, 161 pounds Age: 17 2018 TLN Prospect Ranking: N/A Draft Information: 2nd round, 53rd overall in 2019 ‘Tis the first week of September, which means we are down to the top four prospects. Next up is who is I believe to be the Leafs’ best forward prospect, Nicholas Robertson….
‘Tis the dogs days of summer ladies and gentlemen, and let’s face it, if someone even mentions Mitch Marner (or his dog), someone else will tweet about it. This is something I find incredibly frustrating. Some random dude thinks he hears something, tweets it out, and then everyone jumps on it. In fact, an acquaintance…
The Athletic’s resident scouting guru, Corey Pronman, is releasing his NHL Prospect Pool Rankings day-by-day. On Monday, he landed the Toronto Maple Leafs 21st out of the 31 systems in the NHL. That’s not great. And yet, considering that the team has made the playoffs for 3 straight years and didn’t have a first-round pick…
Nick Abruzzese Position: Centre Age: 20 2018 TLN Prospect Ranking: N/A Draft Information: 4th round, 124th overall in 2019 In our next edition of Long Shots, TLN features Nick Abruzzese. Drafted 124th overall, in the 4th round of the 2019 NHL Draft by the Leafs, Abruzzese was in his third year of draft eligibility. The…
Last week, everyone received a notification from Leafs PR. No, it was not THE notification. Just a simple alert that veteran goaltender, Michal Neuvirth had been signed to a PTO. We have reached the point in the summer where people argue on Twitter over the most mundane topics. But this…this is actually interesting to me….
Okay, we need to talk. There’s a big problem in youth sports, which has now bled into professional sports: Parents. So much so, that minor sport organizations are now making parents sign documents adhering to rules such as, “I will not yell or verbally abuse the coach. I will not yell at my child while…
In the span of 10 days, Kyle Dubas has managed to shed the three contracts, that most in the hockey world believed, needed to be shed. He did it without retaining a penny, which is huge.
