What a long, strange journey it’s been. We’ve just gone through our longest non lockout related break from hockey and the reality of the Leafs playing tonight is finally hitting, and it’s hitting hard. If the COVID pause wasn’t enough of a shock to the system, the fact that Sheldon Keefe was able to turnaround…
Anyways… It’s been a long few months of waiting for this moment, and it’s finally here. The Leafs are playing the Blue Jackets, and a lot of digital ink has been slipped over the past couple of months on this matchup. With that in mind, what better way to know our enemy than to take…
Following the rumours we say regarding Egor Korshkov last week, we have news of Mikko Lehtonen returning to Europe, today… The @MapleLeafs have loaned defenceman Mikko Lehtonen to Jokerit (KHL). — Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) August 1, 2020 The @MapleLeafs have agreed to loan defenseman Mikko Lehtonen to #Jokerit. Lehtonen was the #KHL’s top defenseman last…
Good news out of Leafs land… Leafs forward Andreas Johnsson joined the special teams portion of practice today at Ford Performance Centre. #LeafsForever — Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) July 30, 2020 This is pretty great progress, especially considering there are still a few more days for him to get in full work before the playoffs start….
In what could be a prequel to next summer’s Expansion Draft, it looks like Pierre Engvall is the odd man out… Today’s @MapleLeafs practice lines and defensive pairings: Nylander-Matthews-HymanMikheyev-Tavares-MarnerRobertson-Kerfoot-KapanenClifford-Gauthier-SpezzaEngvall Muzzin-HollRielly-CeciDermott-BarrieSandin-Marincin#LeafsForever — Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) July 29, 2020 Going into the exhibition game against Montreal it appeared that Engvall was to be the Leafs fourth line…
Allow me to pull back the curtain on the glamorous world of hockey blogging. It’s not a lot of fun writing pregames or post games. That being said, when we’ve been waiting to watch hockey since the middle of March and get some closure on the season, today it’s feeling pretty darn good. While the…
Hockey is back! And with that is our desire to complain about hockey. It’s only natural. My attempt to curb complaining came with this throwaway tweet (aren’t all tweets really throwaway tweets though?): I'm wondering if Leafs twitter can collectively promise not to lose its shit when Robertson only gets 7 minutes of ice time…
It might not be the Selke Award he was going for, but Mitch Marner has the potential to take home some hardware this offseason: A leader on and off the ice. Congratulations to @Marner93 on being nominated for the King Clancy Memorial Trophy!#LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/KngeUkI6oK — Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) July 27, 2020 On the award:…
The mystery of where practice lines will come from has been solved. It appears that LeafsPR is perfectly capable of sending out the line rushes all by themselves, without the help of 20 or so Leafs beat writers. Today’s @MapleLeafs practice lines and defensive pairings: Nylander-Matthews-HymanMikheyev-Tavares-MarnerRobertson-Kerfoot-KapanenClifford-Engvall-SpezzaPetan-Gauthier-Malgin Muzzin-HollRielly-CeciDermott-BarrieSandin-MarincinRosen-Liljegren#LeafsForever — Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) July 27, 2020 For…
For once when asking a question in the header of a post, the answer isn’t no. Unfortunately Leafs fans probably should want the answer to be no, as keeping Laurence Gilman is likely the better outcome for the Leafs. Yesterday it was announced that John Chayka has left the Coyotes organization. An interesting story unto…
There is a report out of Russia this morning that Egor Korshkov will be returning to play in the KHL for the 2020-21 season. According to @sport24_ru the Russian forward Yegor Korshkov is going to sign a contract with @hclokomotiv in #KHL. Lastly, he played for @MapleLeafs in #NHL. #LeafsForever #hockeytwitter — vorky (@vorkywh24) July…
Sad news out of Leafs land this morning, as one the most beloved ambassadors of the Toronto Maple Leafs passes away. Eddie Shack has passed away at the age of 83. Nothing speaks to the player more than the song written about him. While Eddie Shack was a player that always belonged to my father…
