As the Leafs approach the midway mark of the 2021-22 campaign, it is clear that the team is in a good place and has many tools needed to set themselves up for success in the postseason (knocks on wood). There is a lot to like about the current make-up of the team and how they…
Read More →One of the biggest offseason topics for the Leafs this year is Jack Campbell’s pending UFA status, and whether or not the Leafs can afford to extend him beyond this year. Goalie contracts are always tough to predict, considering how unpredictable the position can be, and even harder to figure out if they’ll be worth…
Read More →Well, if you live in Toronto or the GTA, you’ve likely experienced the biggest snowstorm that we’ve seen in a long time today. It’s being reported that some cities around the Greater Toronto Area could experience up to 60 centimetres of snow. That’s madness. The blizzard has been so bad that it forced the closures…
Read More →As the Toronto Six get back into action this weekend, it was a weekend full of goals and celebrations for Toronto. After some roster shakeups earlier in the week, and the weekend prior’s games being postponed, the Six had every excuse to be a little bit flat this weekend. They chose instead to dominate their…
Read More →What kind of coach do you think of when I say Sheldon Keefe’s name? The 41-year-old has been the Maple Leafs’ bench boss for just over two years and carries a 86-38-15 record in the regular season. However, the one hump he’s yet to get the team over is the first round. Keefe has done…
Read More →Powered by InStat Hockey Normally, the focus of these Roundups are the big names in the prospect pool like Rodion Amirov, Matthew Knies, or Topi Niemelä but for sustained organizational success, teams need to be able to harvest talent later on in the draft as well. That has been an issue for the Leafs and…
Read More →The Hobey Baker award is the most prestigious individual award in the NCAA. Every year there is a length process of creating a long list of nominees, and an initial round of voting takes place to get that list down to ten and the competition starts getting real. Right now we’re still in the initial…
Read More →The Toronto Maple Leafs began their six-game road trip last Saturday in Colorado to take on the Avalanche and I think we all know how that game ended up for Toronto. They took an early 3-0 lead and then a 4-1 lead but then proceeded to blow it and lose 5-4 in overtime. However, at…
Read More →This game had it all. An Auston Matthews “controller died” defensive performance on a goal. A sick faceoff play goal. A blown 3-1 lead. Timothy Liljegren’s first goal. A brutal goal allowed from Jack Campbell. Matthews reaching 10 straight road games with a goal. Ilya Mikheyev scoring from the corners. Jordan Binnington allowing six goals….
Read More →Much like a lot of the teams the Leafs have played lately, they find themselves in a similar narrative playing against a team dealing with a lot of injuries and illnesses. Weird, it’s almost like there’s a pandemic going on right now or something. You’d think that the Blues would be hurt more by losing…
Read More →The Maple Leafs are getting set for their final game on the road (for a few days) tonight vs. the St. Louis Blues. Along with Colorado and Vegas, this will be one of Toronto’s toughest tests of their trip. The Blues are currently third in the Central Division, only one point behind the Nashville Predators…
Read More →In a coupon-clipping-level effort to save cash, the Maple Leafs made the very difficult decision last season to let their hard-working, offensively capable but defensively responsible, plug in anywhere and have success, forward, Zach Hyman, go to unrestricted free agency. He was a key part of their top-6 forward group, playing either alongside Auston Matthews…
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