We’re heading into the home stretch of our countdown of the top Leafs prospects, and as we near the end, it’s time to reflect on some of those we might have gotten wrong. Maybe we loved them too much or maybe not enough. Either way, some of our voters and some of our non-voters weigh-in…
After yesterday’s post about the possible of the Leafs possibly deciding to keep Alex Kerfoot I thought it would make sense to revisit the far more likely situation that Alex Kerfoot will be traded. Kerfoot even more than Holl seems to be the player the Leafs will move on from as Toronto is much more…
As they did last season the Leafs will be participating in the Traverse City prospect tournament and their schedule was recently released: #Leafs will participate in the Traverse City prospect tournament from September 15-19. Here is their schedule: 6:30pm Fri Sep 16 vs. St. Louis2:00pm Sun Sep 18 vs. Columbus11:00am Mon Sep 19 vs. Detroit…
As much as it’s been fun having another summer of waiting for inevitable Alex Kerfoot and Justin Holl trades it’s probably at the point where we need to revisit how things played out in the summer 2021. The most likely course of action is that both of these players are staying. It seems surprising given…
When I look back on all the years we’ve been doing prospect rankings at TLN, the name that sticks out the most as a player we were consistently wrong on was Pierre Engvall. The first four years Engvall was with the Leafs organization he didn’t crack our top 20 before finally jumping straight to #9…
Welcome to the dead zone. The majority of free agents have been spoken for. Development camps are over, and presumably, every NHL GM is on vacation with some of them reemerging over the next couple of weeks for the World Junior tournament. It’s quiet this week. (I hope I’m jinxing stuff into actually happening.) In…
The TLN prospect rankings are well underway, we’ve already knocked off our no votes, honourable mentions, and the first five prospects on our list. The thing you might remember from when we began this series is that we have purposely kept goaltenders out of it, as they are clearly their own thing. Rather than all…
As the Leafs navigate the salary cap this summer and struggle to make any move that can improve the Leafs, I feel it’s important that we look ahead to next summer and realize that in many ways it’s going to be so much worse than it is right now. Look at me being all “the…
Trigger Warning/Content Warning: Sexual Violence I can appreciate that in many ways the last thing that is needed in the hockey culture discussion is the voice of a middle-aged straight white man from Canada, but as the need for a swift change in hockey culture becomes more apparent, I feel like more of us in…
It seems like it happened a lifetime ago now with all the news that has been cycling through the NHL, but it’s finally time to take a minute to talk about the Calle Järnkrok signing. Why did they do it? Why is his contract as long as it is? What kind of player is Calle…
The Leafs wrapped their development camp and now have all but Rasmus Sandin signed. I wouldn’t doubt that this week we could be looking at some Kyle Dubas vacation time kicking in and while I’m sure he takes his phone with him, there’s a strong likelihood that we are in for some slower news weeks….
When a player like Matthew Tkachuk hits the trade market eyebrows should raise. This should be the case if you finished 32nd last year or if you just won the cup. It shouldn’t matter if you have $20M in cap space available or if you are well… the Golden Knights and perpetually trading away quality…
