Leafs Notebook

Since 2011, Anthony Petrielli has been providing his weekly long-form breakdown of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ games and the big storylines surrounding the team.

Marlies Notebook – October 15

Photo: Marlies.ca Since there—s no NHL to speak of at the moment, Leafs Notebook is turning into Marlies Notebook until this lockout is over. Here—s...

Marlies Notebook – October 22

Photo: Marlies.ca It was met with a lot of skepticism when the St. John's Maple Leafs were relocated to Toronto in 2005.  Seven years later,...

Leafs Notebook: Ample questions headed into new season

Line combinations will be discussed ad nauseam in the coming weeks as the season kicks off and the Leafs try to get off to...

Leafs Notebook – January 28

Randy Carlyle has not been with the Leafs for long, but he’s beginning to put his stamp on this team. Hired on March 2nd...

Leafs Notebook – February 4

The Leafs have had a lot of positives to start this season, but the power play isn’t one of them. Last year, Toronto’s power play...

Leafs Notebook – February 11

The Leafs may have shown the hockey world what they are capable of when they get rolling on Saturday, but one game does not...

Leafs Notebook – February 26

After 20 games this season, the Leafs record is 12-8-0 for 24 points. After 20 games last season, the Leafs were 11-7-2 for 24 points. This...

Leafs Notebook – March 5

Since we are almost at the halfway point, I thought now would be a good time to write some notes on each individual player...

Leafs Notebook – March 11

Among certain members of the mainstream media covering the Leafs, there seems to be this idea that won't go away where Tyler Bozak will...

Leafs Notebook – March 18

It’s like déjà vu all over again. And no, I’m not talking about “The Slide.” Last season, the Leafs went into the year with moderately...

Leafs Notebook – March 26

‘Tis the season for Leafs trade rumours. Now, I’m not about to dig up every rumour out there on the internet and go through...

Leafs Notebook – April 1

After looking at potential trade targets in last week’s preamble, it only makes sense to look at the Leafs potential trading chips for the...

Leafs Notebook Part 1 – Randy Carlyle

The Leafs are all but set to make the playoffs for the first time in nine years, yet there is an inordinate amount of...

Leafs Notebook Part 2 – Notes, Quotes and ‘5 Things I Think I’d Do’

Notes - We haven’t discussed the PK nearly enough in this space so I thought now would be a good time to. Last year, I...

Leafs Notebook – April 17

I hope to have an article up later in the week, but for now I thought I’d share some notes. - Make it...

Leafs Notebook – April 22

The Toronto Maple Leafs are officially in the playoffs. I hope that felt as good to read as it did to write. It has been...

Leafs Notebook – Playoff Edition

Since when do the Leafs do things the easy way, anyways? The truth is the Leafs made their bed on this one. All they...

Playoff Notebook – May 3

Well, that was a rude awakening wasn’t it? Here we were all were excited and pumped up about playoff hockey… Only to come crashing...

Playoff Notebook – May 5

Seems nobody told the Leafs this wasn’t supposed to be much of a series. Toronto stole home ice advantage from Boston with a thrilling 4-2...

Playoff Notebook – May 7

If the story of game 2 was the Leafs' excellent line-matching and the great performances from their stars, the story of game 3 was...

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