Projecting the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 2018-19 Opening Night Defense Pairings
Returning more or less the same group from last season, it’s no secret that the Toronto Maple Leafs’ blue line is the biggest question...
Projecting the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 2018-19 Opening Night Forward Lines
43 days away from opening night, a source of great excitement for fans in Toronto is the Maple Leafs' loaded forward group and the...
Leafs Notebook, John Tavares Edition: Matchup Implications, 11/7, Cap Crunching, Can More Offense Help...
For a team coming off of a 105-point season in which their best player missed 20 games, the Toronto Maple Leafs have undergone quite...
Grading the Toronto Maple Leafs’ OHL selections in the 2018 NHL Draft
With former Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds General Manager Kyle Dubas now running the show in Toronto, it should come as no surprise that nearly...
2018 Toronto Maple Leafs Draft Notebook: Analyzing the Trends & Themes with the nine...
It was a relatively quiet weekend around the league, and the Toronto Maple Leafs were no exception.
After a trade down that many expected to...
Leafs Notebook: Kyle Dubas era begins with big questions looming in 2018 offseason
After a flurry of departures, promotions and one hiring (so far), the dust is starting to clear in the Toronto Maple Leafs front office....
Toronto Maple Leafs 2017-18 Post Mortem: Reflecting on Lou Lamoriello’s tenure, Playoff Takeaways &...
When Lou Lamoriello was hired as General Manager in July 2015, it came out of nowhere. While his exit a little under three years later...
Leafs Playoff Notebook: Seven
It always felt like it was going to come down to this – Leafs versus Bruins in a Game 7 winner-takes-all. And yet it...
Leafs Playoff Notebook: Kadri returns, Andersen steps up, Johnsson earning trust, Hyman providing spark...
The bottom line when it came to Game 5 was this: The Maple Leafs needed to win, and it didn’t matter how.
This was a...
Leafs Playoff Notebook: Pushed to the Brink
We almost exclusively focus on the Toronto Maple Leafs and their perspective of things in this space, but let’s take a few minutes here...
Leafs Playoff Notebook: Home Cooking
Well, we now have a series. That was closer to the Toronto Maple Leafs team fans were expecting when the series got underway.
And what...
Leafs Playoff Notebook: Mike Babcock under the microscope after Game 2 adjustments
After Game 1, we touched on the Leafs’ poor bench management after the team missed challenging a goal that was offside, put their fourth...
Leafs Playoff Notebook: Special Teams Swing Game 1
Game 1 will be remembered for the Nazem Kadri hit, and the score will show that it was a blowout, but the real story...
Toronto Maple Leafs Systems: What to look for versus the Boston Bruins
Structure, not systems.
The NHL is a copycat league. Most teams implement deviations of similar systems in all three zones – variants of different formations...
Leafs vs. Bruins Round 1 Preview: Matchups, Special Teams, Players to Watch
The media narrative for the Maple Leafs vs. Bruins round one series is going to revolve around whether the Leafs can redeem the infamous...
Season Wrap-Up: Leafs finish strong, Andersen sets franchise record, Power Play Rolling, Marleau elevating
The Toronto Maple Leafs put the exclamation mark on a historic regular season last night by sweeping the season series against the Montreal Canadiens...
Leafs Notebook – Playoff Preparation, Fourth Line Decisions, D-Zone Draw Set Plays – April...
It’s an extended notes edition of the Leafs Notebook this week. Let’s get right to it!
Notes
- I was playing with some leading/trailing stats looking...
Leafs Notebook – The Bruins vs. Lightning Question; Andreas Johnsson’s first NHL stint; Preparing...
For at least a month – probably longer – we’ve known the Toronto Maple Leafs are making the playoffs and will finish third in...
Leafs Notebook – Franchise records within reach; Marner, Kadri and JVR red hot; Power-play...
With an awkward division format in place and the team still on the rise, it has been pretty easy to lose sight of the...
Leafs Notebook – On line balance, measuring Nikita Zaitsev’s impact, scheduling madness – ...
Since signing a seven-year deal last summer, Nikita Zaitsev has been one of the most polarizing players on the Toronto Maple Leafs roster.
This season,...
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