Analysis

The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired a seventh-round draft pick in 2020 from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for veteran forward Eric Fehr,...

At the intermission of Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday night, the panel had a few interesting notes regarding the trade deadline and the...

Mike Babcock nailed it when he said Kasperi Kapanen makes a difference when he’s on the ice.  Be it as a penalty killer or a quick...

With All-Star weekend complete, the start of the stretch drive now begins. The trade deadline is under a month away. From there, it’s a...

Last season, the Toronto Maple Leafs stormed into the playoff scene with a historic rookie class leading their high-flying offense. The team has looked and...

The season is over halfway complete, the bye week is about to end, and the Toronto Maple Leafs are firmly a playoff team at...

Since he broke into the league in 2016-17, Auston Matthews is tied for second in goals for with Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin despite...

Phil Kessel was singled out for doing it. He cheated. Same thing with William Nylander. He cheats. Let’s watch Nylander do it right now.   Did you catch...

With the NHL season about halfway done and 2018 now upon us, it's time for some New Year’s Resolutions, Toronto Maple Leafs edition. Before we...

MLHS' Anthony Petrielli joined The Leafs Geeks podcast over the Christmas break to discuss the team's play of late, systems adjustments, Jake Gardiner's play...

For the first time this season, the Toronto Maple Leafs are facing some real adversity. They are 5-5-0 in their last ten, are currently...

This piece was supposed to be about William Nylander and his defensive game, but it changed as it took shape. We’ll eventually get to him,...

It's an extended notes edition of Leafs Notebook this week. Seems fitting to do it during a week in which the Leafs don’t play...

One of the constants throughout the 2016-17 season was Mike Babcock's line combinations. At one point in the middle of the campaign, he noted that,...

It’s an age-old mantra and every hockey coach’s plea: Go to the net and good things happen. Knowing scoring from in close is a consistent...

“You’re never as good as you think you are when you win, and you’re never as bad as you feel when you lose.” The Toronto...

I often have difficulty deciphering what coaches mean by “compete.” Here is an example from Mike Babcock. In the quote below, my focus is on...

This past Spring, before he became a restricted free agent, the Toronto Maple Leafs signed Nikita Zaitsev to a seven-year, $31.5 million deal. The $4.5...

There has been lots of love lately for the stellar play of Morgan Rielly and his partnership with free agent signing Ron Hainsey. I had...

The Toronto Maple Leafs aren’t the first team to eat some humble pie on a west coast road trip, nor will they be the...