2015 NHL Draft Rankings: Maple Leafs to draft fourth overall, pending lottery
With Carolina's win over Philadelphia tonight, the Maple Leafs have unofficially secured the fourth overall draft pick, pending the April 18 lottery results.
Assuming either...
Game 79 Scoring Chances: Bruins 2 vs. Maple Leafs 1 (SO)
This was the type of game we have seen quite often from the Leafs over the last couple of years, but not much during...
Game 80 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 3 vs. Senators 2 (SO)
Toronto had a great first period, out-chancing Ottawa and getting an early goal from Joffrey Lupul to take the lead.
After the intermission, the Senators...
Game 81 Scoring Chances: Blue Jackets 5 vs. Maple Leafs 0
The Leafs' final road game of the season was a fitting summary of their 2015 play.
They were heavily out-chanced in the first period, with Columbus...
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...
Game 82 Scoring Chances: Canadiens 4 vs. Maple Leafs 3 (SO)
The Leafs' disappointing season finished with one of their stronger performances of 2015, against a playoff-bound Montreal team.
The Leafs out-chanced Montreal in the first...
Leafs fire Dave Nonis, Peter Horachek, Steve Spott, Chris Dennis, Rick St. Croix
It's official: Dave Nonis has been let go with two years left on his contract, while the entire Leafs coaching staff has been cleared...
Leafs fire Director of Pro Scouting Steve Kasper and Director of Player Development Jimmy...
Brendan Shanahan has continued the organizational overhaul with the dismissal of Director of Pro Scouting Steve Kasper and Director of Player Development Jimmy Hughes, with a...
Maple Leafs GM Search: A look at Mike Futa
In a great piece on the 'Shanaplan' and the mass firings today by the Leafs, Bob McKenzie put forth the name Mike Futa as...
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...
Guy Boucher reportedly contacted by Toronto Maple Leafs
Darren Dreger is reporting the team who contacted Guy Boucher about a possible return to the NHL (news Boucher broke himself yesterday on TSN...
What would the Leafs be getting in Mike Babcock?
From the moment it came out that Mike Babcock would possibly not return to Detroit, his name has been connected to the Toronto Maple...
What’s next for the Leafs front office?
One of yesterday's emerging factors in the Maple Leafs winning the Babcock sweepstakes was the level of respect Mike Babcock has for Leafs Director...
Exploring Mike Babcock’s Systems
The common sentiment around the Toronto Maple Leafs' hiring of Mike Babcock is, “good coach, bad team”—and it is tough to argue against that.
This is not the first...
Trading Phil Kessel: On value, timing, and the Maple Leafs rebuild
A little over a year ago Brendan Shanahan was announced as the new president of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
In his introductory press conference, he...
Previewing the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Rebuild
The Toronto Maple Leafs front office and coaching staff have largely now been rebuilt, even though the team still lacks an official general manager (whoever...
Katsaros: Phil Kessel Trade About Recouping Assets
Teams rarely, if ever, receive a substantial enough, or even on-par, return for elite athletes. The Phil Kessel case is no different.
A club's desire to...
Phil In The Pits
I never loved Phil Kessel—as a hockey player, that is. He didn’t play my style. His game wasn’t mine. Simple as that.
I grew up...
Toronto Maple Leafs 2015 Draft Review – Part 1
This 2015 NHL Draft class for the Maple Leafs provided a great deal of intrigue for a variety of reasons.
First and foremost, there was...
State of the Toronto Maple Leafs—Part One: The Draft
It has been a whirlwind offseason in Leafs land yet again, with too much activity to cram into one article.
With that in mind, I...