HAMILTON, ON – Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe elected to give Petr Mrazek another shot in goal after a disastrous performance on Thursday against the Arizona Coyotes. And for 45 minutes and 16 seconds, it looked like the goaltender was about to do right by his coach’s decision. But it all came undone…
Episode 13 of TLN Radio is available now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube! Caroline Szwed is joined by Nick Barden, Kyle Cushman and Scott Maxwell to do a deep dive into the drama that happened on Sunday night against the Winnipeg Jets involving Rasmus Sandin, Neal Pionk, Jason Spezza, and Wayne Simmonds. Later in the show, the crew gets…
As some Leafs fans (and many more Leafs haters) may remember, the last time that Toronto faced off against the Pittsburgh Penguins ended in the Maple Leafs getting thoroughly embarrassed in a way that they hadn’t since… well, seven games prior when they collapsed in the playoffs. Regardless of the narrative around any NHL team…
The Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Rangers each find themselves on a four game winning streak, with both teams sitting only two points out of first place in their division. As the two franchise’s play each other tonight, each one will look to keep that momentum alive and make up some valuable ground on…
Sheldon Keefe has been head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs for over 100 games and yet tonight will mark the very first time that he finds himself behind the bench in a game against the Boston Bruins. What a strange few years it’s been. Despite the fact that these two teams haven’t played each…
Despite what the Toronto Maple Leafs’ rather poor record to start the season may suggest, the team has yet to face much objectively tough competition. Other than the Carolina Hurricanes, every team the Maple Leafs have played thus far either finds themselves sitting at the bottom of the standings, or has begun the year as…
For the first time since August 2020, the Toronto Maple Leafs are set to play an American NHL team and they have their own star American returning to the lineup to celebrate the occasion. With Marner and Tavares being snakebitten through the team’s first three games of the season, failing to find the back of…
After two shaky games where the Toronto Maple Leafs continued their habit of getting completely outplayed by their opponents during the first ten minutes, the script was reversed with two early Leafs goals being all that was needed in a 3-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators. It was without a doubt the best team performance…
After a rough start to the season opener where Jack Campbell was forced to bail out his teammates early and often during the first half of the opening frame, the team was able to settle down and control play for the remaining 50 minutes en route to a 2-1 win over their rival Montreal Canadiens….
Did you catch the Taylor Swift reference in the title? It’s there because this team’s relationship with its fans truly feels like a doomed relationship spiraling towards a messy breakup. After years of historic collapses, the Toronto Maple Leafs have set themselves up for what may very well end up being the largest choke in…
The Toronto Maple Leafs had a rare chance to close out a playoff series, and an opportunity to advance to the second round for the first time since 2004. Despite the opportunity, the team failed to deliver on the killer instinct that has seemed to elude the franchise for over a decade, falling 4-3 to…
After a game one loss where the Toronto Maple Leafs saw captain John Tavares sustain a horrific injury, it was anyone’s guess how they would respond out of the gate for game two. For lovers of the blue and white, a 5-1 win where members of all four lines scored is about as good as…
