Leafs Notebook

Is it playoff time yet?  Everyone has been waiting for it since the Leafs were eliminated in Game 7 last year, and it’s so close...

Yesterday, we broke down the positives and drawbacks of the Maple Leafs running an 11 forwards, seven-defensemen lineup. Let's finish up this week's notebook with...

When the dust settled after the trade deadline and we added up the Maple Leafs' moves, it left them with a roster featuring 12...

With the trade deadline now in the rearview mirror, the heavy lifting of Kyle Dubas’ year is all but over. This is noteworthy because –...

There is – rightfully – so much buzz around all of the Maple Leafs’ trade activity that it can be difficult to think about...

If it wasn’t already clear after the Maple Leafs acquired Ryan O’Reilly and Noel Acciari (and it was), make no mistake about it now....

It is difficult to evaluate much of anything in two games against bottom feeders in a back-to-back situation, with Ryan O’Reilly and Noel Acciari...

Between the All-star break, the bye week, and a stretch in which four of five Toronto Maple Leafs games are against Columbus and Chicago,...

Last week over at Sportsnet.ca, Justin Bourne published an excellent piece on the Maple Leafs' defensive play, including some of their issues handling opposing...

Last week, we discussed the high-stakes poker game that is the NHL trade market this deadline. Between the speculated asking prices and a daunting...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 - ...