Not a heck of a lot of Leafs hockey this week. We’ll have to enjoy what we get, and tonight we get the return of Travis Dermott, which is good. Unfortunately the Leafs get the very good Washington Capitals team, which is bad. It would be nice to see the Leafs rise to the occasion…
A rare piece of good news in Leafs land this morning… Dermott skating alongside Holl this morning , looks like he’s a go for tomorrow. #LeafsForever — Paul Hendrick (@HennyTweets) October 28, 2019 That’s encouraging. Now let’s break down what it means to get the word count up on this post. #1. This likely spells…
You answered no to this didn’t you? It’s fun to answer no to title questions and frankly it’s uninspired to title posts like that. You’re right to be mad. You’re also right to be hesitant about agreeing with something that Jim Matheson said, but I think it at least warrants a little discussion. First the…
I miss Patty. His contract was an albatross. His 2018-19 was substandard, but that doesn’t change the fact that I miss his awkward smile and the way he excelled in the locker room Dad role. I miss him almost as much as the 1st round pick the Leafs gave up to get rid of him….
For most of us, the idea of these three important Leafs returning to the lineup is a wonderful thing. In fact, I don’t think that anyone thinks the Leafs would be worse off by the return. That being said, there are probably 5 or 6 players holding their breath on whether they will soon be…
Here’s a fun and loaded tweet to start your morning… Morgan Rielly absent from this morning’s skate. Travis Dermott and Zach Hyman looking like they’re very close to returning. #LeafsForever — Paul Hendrick (@HennyTweets) October 24, 2019 So, practice is still going on as I write this and we have no idea if it’s a…
We’re three starts into Hutchinson’s season and we’re yet to see a .900 save percentage. To be fair save percentage is a bad stat, I don’t know why I used it just there. Let me start over…
It’s ten games in and with that comes the desire to create some small sample sizes graphs, and generally get yelled at about how I share numbers. It’s an important part of being on the world wide web and discussing sports. Lately I’ve been working off the notion that despite the anger towards the Leafs…
Boston again. Boston after a poor performance against Columbus. Boston after going to overtime the previous night and the having to fly out. Boston with Michael Hutchinson in net. It’s safe to say I don’t have a good feeling about this game, despite the overtime win against Boston on Saturday. Remember though, we live in…
One of the most common criticism’s of Mike Babcock is that he doesn’t care what analytics have to say and he’s going to do what he thinks is right. (This is a criticism of pretty much every coach in the league by the way, but we’re focusing on Babcock for now.) That’s why it seems…
It’s election day. After you’ve voted instead of watching three hours of election coverage that will make you want to claw your eyes out, you can watch the Leafs play against a Blue Jackets team that makes their amateur scouts want to claw their eyes out. Lineups LW C RW Forwards ANDREAS JOHNSSON Rating: 74.4#36 LW…
John Tavares is hurt and that is something we were promised couldn’t happen. At least not in a non-Olympic year. While there’s never a good time for an injury to a star player, the fact that the injury comes during a miserable 4-3-1 start to the year, where the Leafs are still yet to beat…
