Well, they did it again. Another first round exit. Often when the Maple Leafs get eliminated from the playoffs in the first round, there’s plenty of people who like to put on their General Manager hat. They’ll start by saying “Trade this player!” And usually end with “Someone needs to be fired for this mess!”…
Read More →It would be nice if this came a little later next year, especially when the Leafs are still going to drafting after at least one team that went further in the playoffs than they did, but hey, at least this year Toronto has a first round pick, it’s a good high end (and deep-ish) draft…
Read More →The 2021/22 Toronto Marlies season was a disappointing one as the franchise missed the playoffs for the first time in a decade following a heartbreaking loss on the last day of the regular season. Despite the lacklustre team performance, there were still multiple individual performances that saw their stock rise over the course of the…
Read More →Another promising season, another disappointing first-round exit. Coming into this year, a sixth consecutive first-round exit for the Toronto Maple Leafs was all but certain to result in significant organizational changes at the management, coaching, and player levels. And yet, fresh off their Game 7 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning, any such drastic changes…
Read More →Before even getting started into any of this, I want to take a moment as the Managing Editor of The Leafs Nation to thank all of you that chose to read our site over the past year. Coming out of the Montreal series last year it seemed easy to quit on the Leafs, and instead,…
Read More →Now what? That’s the question the Toronto Maple Leafs are left to answer after falling to the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 in Game 7 on Saturday. After a franchise record 54 wins and 115-point season, the Maple Leafs appeared set to write a new chapter in the playoffs. When they drew the two-time defending Stanley…
Read More →Here we are. We’ve made it. Game Seven between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning. How are you feeling? Tonight can either be spent hugging your loved ones and people on the street as the seconds tick down to a Maple Leafs win, or it can end like the last nine elimination games…
Read More →A little over one year ago, an emotional Jack Campbell fielded questions from the media after yet another disappointing first-round exit for the Toronto Maple Leafs. "For it to end on a goal… worst goal of my career to happen in Game 7…" An emotional Jack Campbell after the MapleLeafs Game 7 loss. pic.twitter.com/fdr2frILN0 —…
Read More →Last night for reasons I’m not entirely sure of, I decided to rewatch Avengers: Infinity War. The opening scene where Loki is stating his case for returning to earth seemed particularly relevant to the Leafs in game seven: Anyway, here we are. I feel like if you didn’t think we’d end up at Game Seven…
Read More →We’re a day away from an important Game Seven matchup and Kyle Dubas still has his eyes on the future. That’s not a criticism, that’s him doing the job the way he’s supposed to. And this morning it was announced that Roni Hirvonen and Topi Niemela have been signed to their three year entry level…
Read More →The Maple Leafs have one game left. One game to rewrite the narrative. One game to do something they haven’t done in 18 years. One game that if they win, could change the course of this entire franchise. When the Maple Leafs went up 3-2, Maple Leaf Square erupted. Two goals scored 26 seconds apart…
Read More →It was never going to be this easy. It was always going seven. And it was always going to be heartbreaking as the Tampa Bay Lightning found a way (though legitimately or not- don’t worry, we’ll get to that,) to stave off elimination and force yet another Game 7 for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Much…
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