Leafs Notebook – February 3
Since the hiring of Peter Horachek, the Maple Leafs have reduced their shots against, but have been ice cold offensively.
Horachek has begun implementing a...
Leafs Notebook – January 22
The evaluation period might not be over, but the reality has hit Leafs Nation.
This team is not very good, and it needs a face...
Leafs Notebook – January 13
When Peter Horacek was hired in the summer, it was a reasonably safe bet that at some point the man who served as interim...
Leafs Notebook – January 5
With the NFL playoffs currently unfolding, the storylines in football circles revolve around the usual topics—Can Peyton Manning win another Superbowl, can Tom Brady get a...
Leafs Notebook – December 29
For the first time since the 2003-04 season, the Maple Leafs won 20 games before the official NHL winter break. But, in the eight...
Leafs Notebook – December 15th
With a minute left in the second period against the Los Angeles Kings, a familiar sight for Toronto Maple Leaf fans was taking place...
Leafs Notebook – December 8
There is a well-known saying among hockey executives that goes, “Sometimes the best moves are the ones you don’t make.”
When Brendan Shanahan was hired...
Leafs Notebook – December 2
There isn't an elephant in the room when it comes to the Leafs defense, but the question of what to do is bubbling below...
Leafs Notebook – November 25
The Toronto Maple Leafs have officially played a quarter of their season, and we are still no closer to figuring out where this team...
Leafs Notebook – November 17
This past weekend, Pat Burns was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame despite no longer being with us. It served as a stark...
Leafs Notebook – November 11
The 2013-14 season marked the first time since the 1989-90 campaign that no goalie played more than 65 games.
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That was, of course, an Olympic...
Leafs Notebook – November 3
A 3-0 week quieted the “blow it up” talk in Toronto,
but it will inevitably rear its ugly head again.
Rebuilding the team entirely would be...
Leafs Notebook – October 28
When Kyle Dubas was named GM of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, one of the first things he did was buy every member of the...
Leafs Notebook – October 20
Since the 2014-2015 season began, I have been tracking my own internal metrics on Leafs games.
I thought I’d take the time to explain what...
Leafs Notebook – October 14
The Maple Leafs were faced with a unique opportunity to keep their top prospect in Toronto playing in the AHL, yet they elected to...
Leafs Notebook – Season Finale – April 14
When the media asked who has final say on roster decisions at today's introductory press conference for Brendan Shanahan, there was a pause followed...
Leafs Notebook – April 7
With the rest of the Leafs season boiling down to a formality, the offseason speculation is about to ramp up to (my guess) unprecedented...
Leafs Notebook – March 31
There is an old saying that a good coach might only help you win an extra handful games over the course of a season,...
Leafs Notebook – March 24
When Tim Leiweke officially took over as President of MLSE on April 2013, the Maple Leafs finally made the playoffs after a long drought,...
Leafs Notebook – March 19
Just when things were looking comfortable for the
Leafs, they had to go and make it interesting again.
Really, is there any other way this team...