Leafs Notebook – November 17
This past weekend, Pat Burns was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame despite no longer being with us. It served as a stark...
Leafs Notebook – November 25
The Toronto Maple Leafs have officially played a quarter of their season, and we are still no closer to figuring out where this team...
Leafs Notebook – December 2
There isn't an elephant in the room when it comes to the Leafs defense, but the question of what to do is bubbling below...
Leafs Notebook – December 8
There is a well-known saying among hockey executives that goes, “Sometimes the best moves are the ones you don’t make.”
When Brendan Shanahan was hired...
Leafs Notebook – December 15th
With a minute left in the second period against the Los Angeles Kings, a familiar sight for Toronto Maple Leaf fans was taking place...
Leafs Notebook – December 29
For the first time since the 2003-04 season, the Maple Leafs won 20 games before the official NHL winter break. But, in the eight...
Leafs Notebook – January 5
With the NFL playoffs currently unfolding, the storylines in football circles revolve around the usual topics—Can Peyton Manning win another Superbowl, can Tom Brady get a...
Leafs Notebook – January 13
When Peter Horacek was hired in the summer, it was a reasonably safe bet that at some point the man who served as interim...
Leafs Notebook – January 22
The evaluation period might not be over, but the reality has hit Leafs Nation.
This team is not very good, and it needs a face...
Leafs Notebook – February 3
Since the hiring of Peter Horachek, the Maple Leafs have reduced their shots against, but have been ice cold offensively.
Horachek has begun implementing a...
Leafs Notebook – February 10
Rumour season is in fine form as the Toronto Maple Leafs, yet again, limp to the finish line.
There are a lot of big names...
Leafs Notebook – February 17
The Maple Leafs completed their first trade of the season with something expected: Moving out a couple of pending UFAs they were in tough to...
Leafs Notebook – February 23rd
The NHL is officially a week away from the NHL trade deadline. Leafs fans in seller mode rejoice.
I’ve written before about selling high and...
Leafs Notebook – March 4
A deadline of selling rentals and stockpiling depth picks was expected, until the Columbus Blue Jackets came calling with an offer too good to...
Leafs Notebook – March 10
On trade deadline day, it was revealed the Leafs and Red Wings were making a push to get a deal done that would send...
Leafs Notebook – March 17
When the Maple Leafs fired Randy Carlyle 40 games into the season, their record stood at 21-16-3. They are 6-22-3 since then. On the surface,...
Leafs Notebook – March 25
One of the main questions in Toronto down the stretch has been whether or not Dave Nonis will be General Manager of the team...
Leafs Notebook – April 1
The old saying goes that one man’s garbage is another man’s treasure, but perhaps sometimes the opposite is true.
This season the Leafs conducted a fire sale...
Leafs Notebook – April 9
One Game Left.
Notes
Interesting piece by Thomas Drance over at TLN on executive compensation and the Leafs. Essentially, if the Leafs fire Nonis and hire...
Leafs Notebook Season Finale – April 20
If you watched Brendan Shanahan’s end of season press conference and began wondering who the next GM will be, you missed the forest for...