Assessing the Maple Leafs’ offseason and the question marks that remain
With the big waves of free agency behind us and training camp now under a month away, we are officially in the dog days...
Maple Leafs Offseason Game Plan, Part 5: The Coaching Staff
As the offseason comes to a close, so does our offseason game plan series. In the fifth and final edition – and perhaps the...
Five key storylines entering Maple Leafs training camp and preseason
The players have reported to their teams, training camp is underway, and preseason is about to begin. The new NHL season is upon us!
The...
Leafs Notebook: Evaluating Dubas’ four-year tenure as Leafs GM & early preseason observations
We finally got our first taste of preseason hockey over the weekend – which we will get into later in the article – but...
Leafs Notebook: Final preseason thoughts, the new fourth line, and five major storylines entering...
Entering the offseason, the Maple Leafs’ needs were not particularly extensive, but they did have some holes and question marks, as every team does.
In...
Leafs Notebook: Early thoughts on ice-time distribution, the Matt Murray injury, Nick Robertson’s opportunity,...
Through three games this season, Auston Matthews has played over 20 minutes only once.
It was only a few seasons ago – in the shortened...
Leafs Notebook: Michael Bunting’s contract year, Pierre Engvall’s healthy scratch, Wayne Simmonds’ return, and...
Over the last few seasons, Kyle Dubas and his management team have done a good job of navigating some notable pending-UFA contract negotiations by...
Leafs Notebook: Why the questions about this team run deeper than a middling 10...
This isn’t just about 10 games.
If nothing else, this reality has to be recognized.
Truthfully, Sheldon Keefe set the tone in this respect after the...
Leafs Notebook: The Atlantic Division race through 13 games, Timothy Liljegren’s return, goaltending injuries,...
After two impressive wins over high-end opponents, Leafs Nation can exhale.
The Maple Leafs, 13 games into an up-and-down season, currently sit with a...
Leafs Notebook: At the 20% pole, where do the 2022-23 Maple Leafs stack up...
The Maple Leafs are now 16 games into the 2022-23 NHL season, or about 20 percent of the way through the schedule.
It’s not enough...
Leafs Notebook: Nick Robertson’s development, Leafs locking it down defensively, and why 3C is...
The Maple Leafs have a busy week ahead with four games in six days.
A perfect time for an extended notes edition of Leafs Notebook.
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Leafs Notebook: Pontus Holmberg’s emergence, Rasmus Sandin stepping up, and the Leafs excelling through...
Over the past few seasons, General Manager Kyle Dubas has consistently emphasized the importance of evaluating his team’s response to adversity.
Here he was in...
Leafs Notebook: 29 games into 2022-23, the Leafs are an incrementally improved team —...
Maybe we just have to accept this is how it goes with this Maple Leafs team to start the season: A weak October filled...
Leafs Notebook: Why Morgan Rielly remains critical to the team’s Cup chances
When injuries strike, it can open your eyes to all sorts of things.
For a chunk of this season, the Leafs were missing three of...
Leafs Notebook: Evaluating the state of the team’s bottom six & anticipating Morgan Rielly’s...
Last offseason, the Maple Leafs rightly prioritized goaltending. Unfortunately, it left little in the way of cap space to improve the roster elsewhere.
It certainly...
Leafs Notebook: Could Toronto realistically move Pierre Engvall or Alex Kerfoot in search of...
Last week, I examined whether the Maple Leafs' bottom six, while composed of valuable role players, offers enough scoring punch come playoff time knowing...
Leafs Notebook: A position-by-position evaluation at the halfway point
The Maple Leafs have officially reached the halfway point of the 2022-23 season, which makes it as good of a time as any to...
Leafs Notebook: Re-examining the team’s center and defensive depth
In this week’s notebook: Bobby McMann’s potential as an NHL contributor, the Maple Leafs’ reputation defensively, and re-visiting the team’s defensive and center depth...
In leaving Kyle Dubas unsigned, Brendan Shanahan is wisely — and quietly — keeping...
In Kyle Dubas’ season-opening press conference, the Maple Leafs GM announced that President Brendan Shanahan told him he would not be receiving an extension...
Leafs Notebook: At the top of the Atlantic Division, the 2023 trade deadline is...
Three of the current top six teams in the league by point percentage reside in the Atlantic Division. Between the second-seed Maple Leafs and...
Recent MLHS articles
Game in 10: Special-teams struggles, home-ice woes continue in Maple Leafs’...
The Maple Leafs stealing home-ice advantage was short-lived.
Despite finally scoring first against Boston, the Leafs' special-teams struggles are starting to prove too difficult to...
