It’s no secret that the Leafs have been built to celebrate skill, and beat their opposition with speed and accuracy, and pretty goals. Though that hasn’t really worked a whole lot for the Leafs in moving beyond the first round of the playoffs. Seeing teams like the Islanders move on to the Conference Finals on…
Read More →It’s not often that we see an elite-calibre goaltender be identified so early headed into a draft year. Goalies are usually the hardest prospects to predict and the ones that take the longest to develop. However, this year’s NHL Entry Draft boasts a goaltender who may just check the boxes for a future star already….
Read More →It stands to reason that when we first started hearing about teams wanting to keep their spending in check that the Arizona Coyotes would be one of those teams. The Arizona Coyotes are looking to slash about $10 million in payroll, don't have a pick in the first three rounds this year, no first round…
Read More →With the start of free agency a few weeks away, the Leafs know they will have one less pending free agent to worry about. Terry Koshan of the Toronto Sun spoke with Kyle Clifford’s agent, Todd Reynolds, who said that his client will not be re-signing with the Leafs. Kyle Clifford will be exploring the…
Read More →Howdy, hockey gossip readers. It’s time for your weekly rundown of what caused a stir in the online hockey world these past few days. We’ve got some fun drama to dive into, so buckle up. The Leafs Lads (and Lasses) Last week, we were all *eyes emoji* about Kyle Clifford removing all traces of the…
Read More →The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded down in the first round three times in five drafts since hiring Kyle Dubas. It started out with the Nashville Predators 2015 1st round pick, which the Leafs parlayed into Travis Dermott, Jeremy Bracco, and Martins Dzierkals. Then in 2018 the Leafs slid down from 25 to 29 to…
Read More →While drafting the best player available is the mantra we all live on, there’s no shortage of debate over which player is the best available at any given moment. And while BPA is the right course of action, especially in the first couple of rounds of the draft, there needs to be some consideration given…
Read More →With the NHL’s free agency opening date of October 9th creeping closer and closer, time is running out for Alex Pietrangelo and the St. Louis Blues to reach an agreement on a new deal. The two parties have apparently not started talking, and apparently Pietrangelo won’t be signing with them if he reaches free agency….
Read More →It’s a small thing, but kind of an important thing, and that’s knowing when teams will have to submit qualifying offers to their restricted free agents by. FYI for those wondering: Clubs have until 5 p.m. ET on Oct. 7 to submit Qualifying Offers to their respective RFAs. Which those RFAs can begin signing as…
Read More →When we hop in the way back machine to a time when Sami Vatanen was on the Ducks, and the Leafs were in the early stages of realizing they needed to find help on their right side, it seemed that there were constant trade rumours connecting Vatanen to the Leafs. As we began exploring those…
Read More →Thanks to a deal that sent Kasperi Kapanen to Pittsburgh, the Leafs are once again set to pick in the first round of the NHL draft after being on the sidelines for the opening round of the 2019 draft. Toronto surrendered a strong transitional player in Kapanen but selecting Rodion Amirov in the draft would…
Read More →“He said he would come, and now it’s time to sign the contract…” Wayne Simmonds could make his way to Toronto this off-season, if the Toronto Maple Leafs choose to sign him. The cost may be a lot, but the 32-year-old could come in and make an impact on the bottom-six. While he did say he’d come…
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