Mike Koster Position: LHD Physical: Height: 5’9, Weight 172lbs 2018 TLN Prospect Ranking: N/A Draft Information: 2019 NHL Draft, Round 5, 146th overall Next up in The Leafs Nation’s prospect rankings, we have Mike Koster (which for some reason is pronounced “Kester”, not like “Coaster”). The Chaska, MN native spent last season playing most of his games ripping the…
Read More →Looks like someone is jealous. Boston Bruins forwards David Pastrnak’s choice for who is most likely to win the Hart Trophy as the league’s Most Valuable Player next season, is Auston Matthews.
Read More →It’s August and that usually means a completely dead period in the world of the NHL, but this summer, it’s filled with contract speculations for young restricted free agents waiting to sign their second contract.
Read More →In less than five weeks the Leafs will fly out to the best part of the world to get their training camp started in St. John’s, a beautiful city in Newfoundland. Leading up to that, we can expect the release of a pretty inflated list of invites who’ll be making the journey and trying to…
Read More →Nick Abruzzese Position: Centre Age: 20 2018 TLN Prospect Ranking: N/A Draft Information: 4th round, 124th overall in 2019 In our next edition of Long Shots, TLN features Nick Abruzzese. Drafted 124th overall, in the 4th round of the 2019 NHL Draft by the Leafs, Abruzzese was in his third year of draft eligibility. The…
Read More →The Toronto Maple Leafs’ AHL affiliate is continuing to beef up their roster, even in the dog days of the hockey offseason. Early Thursday morning, the Toronto Marlies announced the signing of forward Nicholas Baptiste to a one-year AHL contract. FWIW, #Marlies PR confirms that it's a one-year (AHL) deal for Baptiste. — Jacob Stoller…
Read More →Biography Name: Filip Král Position: LHD Physical: Height: 6’1″ / 185 cm, Weight: 172 lbs / 78 kg TLN Top-20 Ranking From Last Year: #15 Acquired: 2018 NHL Draft, Round 5, 149th overall Statistics Král has been a good offensive producer for Spokane, while being held to defensive responsibilities as well. He scored 35 points…
Read More →It’s that time of year. Everyone is enjoying the outdoors and how beautiful summer weather is, while your HOSERS boys are sitting inside and talking about hockey. Join us.
Read More →Name: Kalle Loponen Position: RHD TLN Top-20 Ranking From Last Year: N/A Acquired: 2019 NHL Draft, Round 7, 204th overall Why He’s In This Tier: Loponen is, in our opinion, a long shot for many reasons. The most obvious is that he was selected in the seventh round of the 2019 NHL draft. Seventh-round picks usually do not make…
Read More →Last year in the run-up to the 2018-19 season, there was plenty of talk in Leafs Land about Auston Matthews and his work in the offseason. Most of it focused on his effort to completely re-work his shot release, where plenty of the hockey world understandably asked: “Why mess with a good thing?” Like we…
Read More →Welcome to The Leafs Nation’s 2019 Prospect Rankings! As I’m sure you all know by now, we’ve changed things up this year and will be rolling out these little guys in tiers that aim to encapsulate each prospect’s projection as an NHLer. Crazy stuff! Try to keep up. For brevity’s sake, though, we’ll be tackling the lowest tier…
Read More →“It kicked ass when:” is a new series that will be published whenever I feel like it. It’s pretty self-explanatory: going through Leafs moments that kicked ass. It’s not hard to look back fondly on James van Riemsdyk’s career as a Toronto Maple Leaf, at least from an individual standpoint. Though his last game in…
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