It’s a dark day for sports fans in the city of St. John’s. Perhaps the darkest it has seen since the day it was announced that the St. John’s Maple Leafs were leaving town… or the day it was announced that the St. John’s Fog Devils were ceasing operations… or the day that the St….
It’s no secret that the Leafs have not had a great start to their season on the whole. Top-end players are struggling, depth players are struggling to find their role, the cap is so tight that it does not allow them to make moves. And now they’ve lost consecutive (very winnable) games ahead of heading…
We’re fully into the hockey schedule as everyone in the Leafs organization have their regular seasons underway. With the Marlies kicking off last weekend and the Newfoundland Growlers starting their season on Thursday night, there will be lots more prospect content coming up. We’ve got good news and bad news on this week’s edition of…
For the first time in 590 days, it’s a Newfoundland Growlers game day. The Leafs’ ECHL affiliate opens the league’s new season on the road against one of its new teams, the Trois-Rivieres Lions, who are the ECHL affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens. First things first, the opening right roster was released this morning. Since…
Preseason is finally over and the dawn of a new Leafs season is upon us. Now freed from the constraints of the all-Canadian North Division, the Leafs will take on all 31 other NHL teams this season, but the theme of this season is redemption. It is about finally rising above the middling results of…
For the first time since March of 2020, the Newfoundland Growlers now officially have a roster of players. The team has announced the initial training camp roster for the 2021-22 season and in addition to the seven players signed to ECHL deals last month the roster includes 11 AHL-contracted players from the Toronto Marlies (two…
Take a moment to think about what a successful season for the Toronto Maple Leafs looks like this year. If the team dominates the regular season, winning the Presidents Trophy and setting all sorts of records but then once again fall in the first round of the playoffs, would anyone consider that a successful year?…
As we enter October, the hockey calendar continues to ramp up. Since our last prospect roundup, the Toronto Maple Leafs roster has been cut down to 27 players, the Toronto Marlies began their own training camp, NCAA and CHL teams began their 2021/22 seasons, and another Champions Hockey League gameday was played. Before we dive…
Jack Campbell exceeded all expectations in the 2021 season. He went from the latest in a long line of backups to Frederik Andersen to a beloved starter and NHL record-holder, based on performance alone, I feel Campbell has earned his spot on this ranking, but performance is only half of the package you get with…
Following a relatively quiet offseason in which no blockbuster additions were made, Petr Mrazek ranks as the highest new Toronto Maple Leafs player in our Top 20 Leafs rankings. Over the past three seasons, Mrazek has built up stock as one of the league’s best tandem goaltenders. With Jack Campbell’s emergence last season and @Frederik…
Father Time has no effect on Jason Spezza, team dad of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Since joining the team in 2019, Spezza has carved out a place on this team as one of the best fourth-liners to ever put on the blue and white and has won over the hearts and minds of even the…
Alexander Kerfoot finds himself in a peculiar middle ground among the Toronto Maple Leafs forward group heading into this season. Somewhat unfairly judged by the fanbase due to the fact he essentially replaced Nazem Kadri, Kerfoot has failed to live up to the expectations set upon him to become Toronto’s play driving third-line centre. Following…
