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...
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...
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...
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...













![John Gruden after the Leafs prospects’ 4-1 win over Montreal: “[Vyacheslav Peksa] looked really comfortable in the net… We wouldn’t have won without him” John Gruden, head coach of the Toronto Marlies](https://mapleleafshotstove.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/gruden-post-game-sep-14-218x150.jpg)



















