Leafs Notebook

Last week, I examined whether the Maple Leafs' bottom six, while composed of valuable role players, offers enough scoring punch come playoff time knowing...

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...

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...

Maybe we just have to accept this is how it goes with this Maple Leafs team to start the season: A weak October filled...

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...

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. Notes - ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Through three games this season, Auston Matthews has played over 20 minutes only once. It was only a few seasons ago – in the shortened...

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...

We finally got our first taste of preseason hockey over the weekend – which we will get into later in the article – but...

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...

As the offseason comes to a close, so does our offseason game plan series. In the fifth and final edition – and perhaps the...

With the big waves of free agency behind us and training camp now under a month away, we are officially in the dog days...

Entering the 2022 offseason, the Maple Leafs’ most pressing question was unquestionably goaltending. Leafs management acted accordingly.  They cleared out Petr Mrazek’s contract, they met...

The NHL draft has now come and gone, and while we will continue the offseason gameplan series shortly, let’s pause and review the draft. Prior...

In our offseason game plan series so far, we have evaluated the Maple Leafs' roster as it currently stands - both the depth and...

In Part 1 of our offseason game plan, we pondered some fundamental team-building questions facing the Maple Leafs this summer. As I outlined, everything starts...