The Toronto Maple Leafs are in Anaheim getting ready for their final game on the West Coast tomorrow. Toronto is currently the hottest team in the NHL, winning 13 of their last 15 games. Toronto is also in a tie for first in the Atlantic division. One of the most significant pieces to note is…
Read More →When I wrote our offseason introductory post on who David Kampf (Kämpf) is, the numbers I looked at painted a picture of a player who came out of nowhere to be just “okay”. If anything I came away thinking that Kämpf might be a case of subtraction by addition. And my goodness was I wrong….
Read More →Last Saturday during the 32 Thoughts segment (which enough with the 32 thoughts brand already, but I digress) Elliotte Friedman introduced us to the idea that before the Fenway Sports Group was actively engaged in negotiations to purchase the Pittsburgh Penguins, they were sniffing around the opportunity to merge with Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment,…
Read More →I love California, I’ve never been there, but it seems like a lovely place. I hate the Leafs’ California road trip. Fun fact: this game started at midnight in Newfoundland, where this article is being written, so technically, the Leafs did get a Saturday game this week. I’m exhausted so let’s get right into it….
Read More →It’s another late night tonight, so slip on your PJs, brew a pot of coffee and see if the Leafs can go 2 for 2 to start their California roadtrip. Ondrej Kase is out tonight, per coach Sheldon Keefe Kirill Semyonov draws [email protected]_Edge — Mark Masters (@markhmasters) November 26, 2021 It seems like the past…
Read More →Two truths can co-exist when it comes to Auston Matthews’ start to this season: He remains one of the most talented hockey players in the world He has, by his established standards, had a slow start to his season in the goal-scoring department The second point is not meant as a criticism: just an observation…
Read More →It’s time for another edition of TLN Trivia, the series that tests your knowledge of the Toronto Maple Leafs. In the first TLN Trivia, we looked at the departed 2020/21 Leafs players and where they are playing this season. There were some gimmes, such as Zach Hyman who came in at a 99.1% success…
Read More →It’s the quarter mark of the season. Or technically half a game past the quarter mark. Sometime between Tavares’ 9th goal of the season and Auston Matthews’ 8th of the year, we hit the quarter mark, and after a sluggish start to the year, the Leafs have easily been one of the hottest teams in…
Read More →It’s American Thanksgiving, and the Leafs are practicing in San Jose. I’d hope they’re eating more turkey today, too, because I would be. I wanted to start by announcing this as a new series here at TLN. After every practice and morning skate, I will be providing you with all of the news that comes…
Read More →We’ve just passed the quarter of the season mark, there is a lot of hockey left, why are you making a case for a shorter bench? One of the better parts of the season has been what Spezza and Simmonds have done on the fourth line, why would you take that away? These are my…
Read More →Here we are just past the quarter mark of the season for the Leafs. It was a rough start, but they’ve truly followed it up with something wonderful, and now that we’re in a good place where the Leafs and playing well and we’re not yet to the point where we think about how that…
Read More →“A rising tide lifts all ships.” At 17-years-old, Greg Moore knew that coaching was in his future. He didn’t know where or when, but at the time, he knew that after his playing career was over, he wanted to get into coaching. And that’s what he did. “When I was 17-years-old, I was playing at…
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