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Brad Treliving, Maple Leafs GM search

Evaluating Brad Treliving’s Candidacy for Maple Leafs GM: The Draft, Trade, and Contract History

Since Kyle Dubas was let go last week by the Maple Leafs, speculation about a replacement for the GM position has largely centered on...
Brendan Shanahan, Mitch Marner, Toronto Maple Leafs

Kyle Dubas’ unceremonious exit, the profile of a GM replacement, and the path moving...

The dust has begun to settle since Brendan Shanahan called a Friday afternoon press conference ahead of a long weekend and announced that Kyle...
Brendan Shanahan, Maple leafs

Kyle Dubas is out as Maple Leafs GM: Is the sky really falling, and...

May 19, 2023 will go down as one of the most dramatic days in recent Toronto Maple Leafs history. Kyle Dubas was let go...

Brendan Shanahan claims he saw Kyle Dubas as the Leafs’ GM of the future...

After the ground-shaking news broke on Friday afternoon of Kyle Dubas' departure as GM of the Maple Leafs and I soaked in the tidal...
Sheldon Keefe, Toronto Maple Leafs bench

The Maple Leafs don’t score enough or play fast enough under Sheldon Keefe in...

In our past criticisms of Sheldon Keefe’s playoff coaching performance in this space, we’ve talked a lot about consistently timid starts to games, slow...
Brendan Shanahan, Toronto Maple Leafs President

Previewing the big questions facing the Maple Leafs this offseason — the GM, the...

The NHL draft and free agency periods are roughly a month and a half away, but the Maple Leafs have all sorts of questions...
Maple Leafs lose to the Florida Panthers in the playoffs

How the 2022-23 Toronto Maple Leafs fell short and what comes next for the...

The Toronto Maple Leafs were eliminated by the Florida Panthers in OT of Game 5, a 3-2 defeat capped by Nick Cousins' game-winner. Despite entering...

Game in 10: Different but the same

In the end, the biggest problem when you find yourself in an 0-3 series hole is that you need everything to break just right...
Joseph Woll, Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Florida Panthers

Game 4 Analysis: Maple Leafs avoid the sweep by finally imposing their style of...

In need of a win to extend the series, the Toronto Maple Leafs played their best defensive game of this postseason, shutting down Florida...
Joe Woll, Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Florida Panthers

Game in 10: Maple Leafs dig in defensively, Mitch Marner breaks through with GWG...

The Maple Leafs live to fight another day. There was so much talk about the 0-3 deficit the past few days, which -- from a...
Ilya Samsonov, Toronto Maple Leafs

Game in 10: Maple Leafs’ core MIA as Toronto falls 3-0 down to Florida

One Kyle Dubas quote has always stood out to me as the Maple Leafs have lived and died by their core players for many...

Game 2 Analysis: How Maple Leafs ended up 2-0 down, and why the series...

In Game 2 against the Florida Panthers, the Toronto Maple Leafs played a similar game to Game 1, generating more scoring chances and shots...

Game in 10: Maple Leafs shoot themselves in the foot, get rope-a-doped into a...

For years now, the common belief has been that if the Maple Leafs could just get past the first round, the pressure would be...

Game 1 Analysis: The adjustments needed and reasons for optimism ahead of Game 2

The first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs saw the Toronto Maple Leafs perfect the art of losing the balance of play but winning...

Game in 10: Maple Leafs sucked into the Panthers’ style of game en route...

For years now, the prevailing thought was that if the Maple Leafs could just get over the hump of winning in the first round,...

Series Preview: The Florida Panthers are not to be underestimated, but there are clear...

The second-round matchup is set. In a bit of a shocker, the Toronto Maple Leafs have retained home-ice advantage and will play the Florida...

How the Maple Leafs slayed the dragon vs. Tampa and ended their playoff drought

The 11th time is the charm. The Toronto Maple Leafs finally finished off a playoff series when given the chance to do so, defeating...

Game in 10: Maple Leafs slay the dragon, defeat Tampa Bay Lightning in OT...

Maple Leafs Hot Stove launched on September 3, 2008, and for the first time ever we can officially write the words: The Toronto Maple Leafs...
Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Tampa Bay Lightning

Game in 10: Maple Leafs still searching for their ‘A’ game in the series...

If we are going to be completely honest about this playoff series, the Maple Leafs really didn’t deserve to be up 3-1 based on...
Toronto Maple Leafs, Sheldon Keefe, Michael Bunting, Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner

Michael Bunting’s healthy scratch, series adjustments, a defense pairing conundrum, and other scattered thoughts...

I am not surprised by the fact that the series is 3-1 for the Maple Leafs so much as the manner in which we’ve...

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