Playoff Notebook – May 9
No matter what happens in the rest of the series, this much is clear: The Leafs have closed the gap on the Boston Bruins.
Are...
Playoff Notebook – May 11
If you have been following along with my Notebooks since the playoffs started, you’ll know that I’ve continually asked if James Reimer was going...
Playoff Notebook – May 13
We’re going seven.
How many Leafs fans would have gladly accepted a one-game winner takes all scenario for the Leafs at the start of this...
Q&A Mailbag with Anthony Petrielli
We aren’t in the dog-days of summer yet, but in terms of Leafs content things are in a lull until the draft and free...
Scattered Thoughts: Eakins, Marlies, Komarov, Lessons from Boston
Even though the Leafs haven’t played a hockey game in weeks and the Stanley Cup Finals are about to begin, there is no shortage...
Quick Thoughts: Leafs lock up Orr and MacIntyre
The Leafs announced the resigning of Colton Orr and Drew MacIntyre yesterday.
Orr played 44 of 48 regular season games with the Leafs before dressing...
Leafs Notebook: Preseason Edition – September 23
There are so many different angles to consider when looking at last night's Leafs-Sabres brawl. Where to start?
Perhaps the best place is the shift...
Leafs Notebook – Season Opener Eve: September 30th
Only three teams in the preseason had more points than the Leafs (Boston, Washington, Dallas), and you know what’s the best part about that?...
Leafs Notebook – October 7
It seems like the Jake Gardiner talk just won’t go away, even though an immediate trade seems extremely unlikely.
Elliotte Friedman got the ball rolling...
Leafs Notebook (Part 1) – The looming Rielly decision
We are only six games into the regular season, but the Leafs are quickly approaching what will be one of their biggest decisions of...
Leafs Notebook (Part 2) – Notes, Quotes & 5 Things I’d Do
If you missed part one of this week's Notebook on Morgan Rielly, check it out here.
Notes
- Thought the JVR goal against Edmonton was a...
Leafs Notebook – October 28
Usually I like to include a little preamble before getting into notes, but the notes went a little long this week so I decided...
Leafs Notebook – November 4
It is a little ironic that Dave Nonis left Vancouver this past weekend with an eerily similar problem to the one he faced while...
Leafs Notebook – November 11
No appetizer today. Straight into the main course:
- Last season, one of the biggest strengths of the Leafs penalty kill was its health and...
Leafs Notebook – November 18
You have to give Dave Nonis credit: The Leafs needed a center, so he went out and got one.
It was only a few weeks...
Leafs Notebook – November 26
- Losing to a young, inexperienced goalie that fought every puck, like in the loss against Nashville, is the kind of loss that really...
Leafs Notebook – December 2
The question for the Leafs right now is pretty simple:
Is this the kind of slump that every team goes through over an 82-game season,...
Leafs Notebook – December 11
The Sunday game threw off the timing of the Leafs Notebook (along with life, work, and so on), so I apologize for the delay....
Leafs Notebook – December 16
Although the Leafs went 1-2 last week, it really was one of their better weeks of hockey this season. They handily outplayed LA but...
Leafs Notebook – December 26
With tomorrow's game vs. Buffalo representing the 40th game of 2013-14, the Leafs are nearly at the halfway mark of the season. The Leafs,...
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