Okay, so let’s start off with the clarifying what Plans A & B are. Plan A would be that Michael Hutchinson is ready and able to be the Leafs backup goaltender this season. He hasn’t really done a whole lot to aspire confidence in that role, and the excitement about him simply not being Garret…
Rejoice. The Leafs have proven they can defeat a beat a Buffalo team that featured none of its top players. A shutout is always nice so we won’t dwell on things like this game being meaningless, the rosters being mismatched, and just generally that beating Buffalo should always be expected. We’re going to focus on…
The Leafs are finally home, HUZZAH! The downside is that the game is against the Sabres, and not even enough good Sabres to make them interesting, so we really won’t talk about them. The opposition in pre-season doesn’t really matter, outside of weird reunions and thankfully there aren’t any former Sabres storylines on the Leafs,…
The Leafs lost last night to the Senators B squad in St. John’s. It happens. It’s the preseason, winning isn’t really what we should be watching for or expecting. We should be focusing on who is working well with who, who’s skating well, and generally just watch players go through the motions of removing their…
In a post earlier this week about the first round of roster cuts I touched on the fact that waivers open earlier this week on September 20th (Friday) and no matter how you slice it, the Leafs are going to need to dump a number of players on waivers, the range of numbers we should…
Guess we won’t have to wait too long to see Mitch Marner back in a Leafs uniform… Mike Babcock said this will be #Leafs game group tomorrow in St. John’s vs Ottawa. They apparently won the team fitness testing. pic.twitter.com/ZuTngpG0Iw — Kristen Shilton (@kristen_shilton) September 16, 2019 YAY!!! Players!!! This roster also provides us with…
Few things say I want to be upset and fight about everything quite like saying you’re a Leafs fan. Happiness generally has not been in the cards for this franchise or at least not since our Grandfather’s were drinking lead paint martinis and calling their neighbours communist. The fact that Marner has signed should give…
Few things match the excitement of cut day, and bucking the trend of previous Leafs front office regimes, Dubas and Babcock got right down to business and got rid of a number of junior and AHL/ECHL bound players. From MapleLeafs.com: The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Sunday that the hockey club has trimmed their training camp…
With the usual caveat that nothing is done until it’s done, it sounds like there’s been some progress in contract talks between the #leafs and RFA Mitch Marner. — Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) September 13, 2019 Folks, we’ll take what we can get around these parts and any progress is a good sign. We are now…
It feels like I’ve spent a good chunk of the past couple of weeks roasting Mitch Marner on this website. I’m not saying I was wrong. My interpretation of his contract demands are that he is seriously disconnected from reality, and outside the money thrown at Auston Matthews, he doesn’t particularly have a leg to…
It’s here, it’s here! The training camp roster is here! They can hit the ice tomorrow, and here are the 75 players the wonderful folks of Newfoundland will get to see… Let’s start with the notable absences. Most notable: Mitch Marner Hurt: Dermott, Hyman, and Woll are all out hurt, which is unfortunate across the…
I’m going to start off by admitting I know I’m fighting a losing battle here. Ultimately I hope I will win the war but I’m pretty that’s years away from happening. Last year I took my long held beliefs about the penalty kill public with this post (most of which I will be regurgitating in…
