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Carlyle Returns

Maple Leafs fans were promised a culture change, however you may define it, when Brendan Shanahan was hired last month. A few weeks later,...

Game Review: Game #65, Leafs 4 vs. Flyers 3 (OT)

I’d love to say it doesn’t matter how you get the points at this time of season, but forget the constant chatter about the...
Mike Babcock on the Toronto Maple Leafs bench

Leafs Notebook – Mike Babcock’s line shuffles & an adjustment for the power 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,...

Intro to Advanced Hockey Statistics / Hockey Analytics

Individual vs On Ice vs Team Statistics Possession Statistics: Corsi & Fenwick Shot Quality, the Percentages (Save and Shooting) and PDO Sample Size ...

Leafs Notebook – On line balance, measuring Nikita Zaitsev’s impact, scheduling madness – ...

Since signing a seven-year deal last summer, Nikita Zaitsev has been one of the most polarizing players on the Toronto Maple Leafs roster. This season,...
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Season Wrap-Up: Leafs finish strong, Andersen sets franchise record, Power Play Rolling, Marleau elevating

The Toronto Maple Leafs put the exclamation mark on a historic regular season last night by sweeping the season series against the Montreal Canadiens...

Game Recap: Game 46, Capitals 3 vs. Leafs 2

The Leafs lost a hard-fought, 50/50 game in Washington by a score of 3-2. There's positives to be gleaned, as Toronto was more combative...

Game Review: Game #61, Islanders 5 vs. Leafs 4 (OT)

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Nazem Kadri

Game Recap: Game #50, Leafs 5 vs. Habs 3

The first four game winning streak of the season has quickly erased memories of the lowest point of the Leafs' season, a four-game losing...
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ECQF Game #3 Review: Toronto Maple Leafs 4 vs. Boston Bruins 2

We have ourselves a series. Your game in ten: 1.  It was the first period the Leafs needed at home in front of a raucous ACC...

James Reimer Opts for Salary Arbitration

James Reimer and the Toronto Maple Leafs will go to arbitration to determine what the embattled Leafs goalie is worth. Hint: he's getting a...
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Leafs Playoff Notebook: Seven

It always felt like it was going to come down to this – Leafs versus Bruins in a Game 7 winner-takes-all. And yet it...

The Toronto Maple Leafs’ change in playing style: Separating fact from fiction

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,...

Game #39 Review: Colorado Avalanche 4 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 3 (OT)

The Maple Leafs grabbed a point thanks to a late tying goal from James van Riemsdyk before falling in overtime in controversial fashion in...
David Clarkson

Leafs Notebook – March 4

It's not time to sound the alarm, but the sense of urgency is heightened across Toronto. The Leafs are still firmly in a playoff spot...

Game in 10: Game #21: Leafs 5 vs. Islanders 2

Jake Gardiner dazzled in his best game of the season, David Clarkson FINALLY scored his first goal of the season and Jonathan Bernier was...

Leafs Notebook – February 3

The sentiment "Thank you Boston" has been never been more prevalent in Leafs Nation as Phil Kessel continues to rip apart the NHL. I'm...
Sam Carrick

Carrick strikes twice, Toronto Marlies down Milwaukee Admirals

TORONTO - On Friday night the Toronto Marlies and Milwaukee Admirals dropped the puck on hockey's second season.  The North Division champion Toronto Marlies struggled...

Game Review: Game #62, Canadiens 4 vs. Leafs 3 (OT)

Jonathan Bernier took a costly penalty in the overtime frame, and Max Pacioretty scored his second of the game to give the Montreal Canadiens...
Jonathan Bernier

Joffrey Lupul: Also confounded by Leafs’ defensive system

“We didn’t seem to be able to break the cycle, and they were using the points. We play with a lot of people down...

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