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What to Expect: David Clarkson

Heading into free agency, nearly every Leafs fan knew that Nonis wanted to bring in David Clarkson, considered your prototypical Carlyle guy. Well, I’m...
Dave Nonis

Revisiting the Nonis blueprint

I took a look at Dave Nonis' GM'ing history before the off season started. Since the summer has come to a crawl I thought...

A look into Dave Nonis’ General Managing History

While there is said to be continuity between the two managers given their close working relationship for several years in the Leaf front office,...

Leafs to use second Compliance Buyout on Grabovski

In a shocking move early Thursday afternoon, The Toronto Maple Leafs placed centre Mikhail Grabovski on unconditional waivers with the purpose of buying him...
Carl Gunnarsson

Carl Gunnarsson re-signs with Leafs, 6 Leafs invited to Olympic Camps + Links

The Toronto Maple Leafs have avoided arbitration with defenseman Carl Gunnarsson, with the two sides agreeing to terms on a three-year contract. TSN's Darren...

Goodbye Grabovski

It's days like these where you miss Brian Burke. The straight-shooting, loyalist ex-GM of the Leafs had his faults (eg. being too loyal), but...
Paul Ranger

Paul Ranger Signs with the Leafs

The Maple Leafs have signed former Toronto Marlie and Tampa Bay Lightning defenceman Paul Ranger to a one-year, $1,000,000 NHL contract. With Paul Ranger added...

Leafs sign T.J. Brennan to a one-year deal worth $600,000

The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed left-handed defenceman TJ Brennan to a 1-way, 1 year deal worth $600,000 dollars. Brennan spent the majority...

Leafs sign Jonathan Bernier to 2-year, $5.8 million deal (2.9m AAV)

Jonathan Bernier will earn $1,100,000 more than James Reimer next season despite being considerably less proven. We're almost in a position now where we're...

Tyler Bozak on his critics

Tyler Bozak joined Mike Hogan and Jeff O'Neill on TSN 1050's Blue Lunch segment. Bozak revealed that he didn't field offers from other teams...

Now what?

The John Michael Liles buyout watch is officially over, for this year, anyway. Nazem Kadri and Cody Franson are still RFAs, and the Leafs currently...

Damn it man, I’m a metrician, not a magician!

Well, it’s been a wild ride on twitter for the past few days. If you follow the hockey analytics crowd on twitter you probably...

Q&A Mailbag with Anthony Petrielli

We aren’t in the dog-days of summer yet, but in terms of Leafs content things are in a lull until the draft and free...
Joe Colborne Traded

Joe Colborne re-signs with Leafs, Gunnarsson files for arbitration

Joe Colborne, restricted free agent no longer, has re-signed with the Maple Leafs to a one-year, one-way contract valued at $600,000. The Leafs remaining...

Thursday Morning Mashup: Letang Prefers Toronto?

I think we can all agree that Leafs TV should have produced a PSA, prior to the off-season, indicating how to use an inflatable...

Dog Day Musings: Thoughts by Position and a little on the Marlies

Summer has officially entered the dog days in the hockey world and there’s little in the way of new developments to discuss. However, seeing...

UFA Day Open Thread

Here we go. David Clarkson.. Stephen Weiss.. talk of 6 million dollars a year.. Tyler Bozak and his ludicrous contract demands.. Someone hold me. Realistically, the...

Four for Friday: Kovalchuk, Colborne, Gunnarsson and Franson

It’s been an incredibly interesting first week of free agency for the Toronto Maple Leafs and around the NHL.  Here’s four thoughts to get...

Crafting a winning vintage

Alec conducted a terrific interview with Marlies GM and VP of Hockey Operations, Dave Poulin, earlier this week.  While the article that touched on...
Dave Nonis

A Bunch of Off-Season Questions

I really wanted to write a wrap up notebook, but I wasn’t going to subject myself to watching that game again, nor do I...

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