There haven’t been any major signings in the Atlantic division over the last week so this a good time to breakdown each team’s roster changes from last season. While not all the rosters are complete, most will not be making any significant adds between now and training camp. As usual in the salary cap era,…
Read More →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…
Read More →The signing of Adam Gaudette took a lot of Maple Leafs fans by surprise. At a time where many were looking for the big fish free agent signing, Toronto went out and secured a couple of little fish instead. And in reality, that wasn’t a bad thing. Maple Leafs GM Kyle Dubas always has a…
Read More →When Rich Clune returned home to join the Maple Leafs organization, I’m not sure he’d understand the footprint he’d leave behind seven years later. 15 seasons, eight professional teams, 624 AHL games, 143 in the NHL — the 35-year-old is entering retirement with a legacy that’s going to be remembered forever. We could say it…
Read More →We’re about six weeks out from the start of NHL training camps and with the dust (mostly) settled on Free Agent Frenzy, it’s as good a time as any to make some far-too-early predictions on how the standings will fall in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ division. Utilizing the eight Atlantic Division team rosters as currently…
Read More →“Your favourite Toronto Maple Leafs prospect you don’t know about yet.” That’s the tagline I led with each time I wrote about Ryan Tverberg in the 2021-22 season for our TLN Prospect Roundups, which occurred often given the success he had last year. Over the course of the 2021-22 season, Tverberg went from an intriguing…
Read More →After 15 years of playing professional hockey, Marlies captain Rich Clune has announced his retirement and that he will be joining the Maple Leafs player development staff. Toronto Marlies Captain Rich Clune has announced his retirement from professional hockey after 16 seasons. He will be joining the @MapleLeafs player development staff. — Toronto Marlies (@TorontoMarlies)…
Read More →This past season was the start of something new between the Maple Leafs and Semyon Der-Arguchintsev. Although the 21-year-old had one short stint of pro while on loan in the KHL, this would be his true taste of North American professional hockey. And it was a fascinating year to say the least. It didn’t feel…
Read More →The 2021-22 season was a historic one for the Leafs where they broke franchise records previously a season prior to John Tavares coming home. It was also the breakout campaign for Michael Bunting, who found immediate success when lined up with Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner. While they were unable to get the job done…
Read More →Few players in the Toronto Maple Leafs system have a career progression as enigmatic as Mikko Kokkonen. Kokkonen made his debut in the Finnish league at 15 years old and remains the youngest player in league history. By his draft year, he was a regular in the league, scoring the most points by a draft-eligible…
Read More →We are just over nine weeks away from the opening day of the 2022-23 NHL season. The once lengthy list of available players is getting thin, and teams are taking shape. Over the past week, two major and several depth free agents have been signed, four teams added to their respective coaching staffs, and it…
Read More →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…
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