Will NHL Teams Start Using NBA Cap Relief Ideas?
More than ever before, NHL management involves getting out of bad contracts. Always better to move a contract a year early, than a year late.
When...
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...
Game 48 Scoring Chances: Senators 4 vs. Maple Leafs 3
The Leafs had another disaster of a first period in Ottawa, as after getting the first two chances, they were out-chanced 10-2 the rest...
Game 47 Scoring Chances: Hurricanes 4 vs. Maple Leafs 1
In their return home, the Leafs had a bad first period, giving up two goals in forty seconds to fall behind again.
They then compounded...
Game 45 Scoring Chances: Sharks 3 vs. Maple Leafs 1
Toronto again had an unfortunate start in California, falling behind 2-0 against San Jose after a pair of goals in an eleven second stretch.
The...
Game 44 Scoring Chances: Ducks 4 vs. Maple Leafs 0
The Maple Leafs were a little unfortunate in the opening period, as they out-chanced the Ducks 6-3 at ES but found themselves behind after...
Game Review: Game #44, Anaheim Ducks 4 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 0
Four straight games with under 30 shots against – something the Leafs never achieved under Randy Carlyle.
Two games in a row getting shutout –...
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...
Game 43 Scoring Chances: Kings 2 vs. Maple Leafs 0
The Maple Leafs' West Coast trip got off to a poor start, as they had a bad first period, falling behind in the opening...
Game Review: Game #43, Los Angeles Kings 2 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 0
The Maple Leafs made one crucial misstep by being asleep to start the game, and ultimately paid for it in a hard-fought and tightly-contested...
Game Review: Game #43, Toronto Maple Leafs 5 vs. Columbus Blue Jackets 2
This was more like the game fans were picturing following a coaching change.
Despite Franson and Phaneuf (falling over) teaming up for an early blunder leading...
Game 42 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 5 vs. Blue Jackets 2
The Toronto Maple Leafs had their first victory in the post-Carlyle era, as a great opening period powered them past the Columbus Blue Jackets.
In...
Game 41 Scoring Chances: Capitals 6 vs. Maple Leafs 2
In their first game post-Randy Carlyle, the Maple Leafs ended up with another big defeat, beaten 6-2 by the Capitals.
For the first two periods,...
Randy Carlyle Firing: What Changes Moving Forward?
Randy Carlyle’s inevitable firing brought about as crazy a day in Leafs land as any in recent memory.
Phil Kessel and Dave Feschuk arguing, with...
The Randy Carlyle era is over
The only real surprise is that he made it all the way to 2015.
The same fundamental flaws haunted this Leaf roster despite a fleeting...
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...
Game 40 Scoring Chances: Jets 5 vs. Maple Leafs 1
The Leafs' long road trip came to an end with a bad loss, as Winnipeg thoroughly outplayed them. The first five minutes were a...
Game 39 Scoring Chances: Wild 3 vs. Maple Leafs 1
The Leafs had a great start to the first game of 2015, as they had the bulk of the chances until a Wild powerplay...
Game 38 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 4 vs. Bruins 3 (SO)
Toronto closed out 2014 against the Bruins, one of the closest chasers for the wild cards spot the Leafs are fighting for.
Toronto had a...
Game Review: Game #37, Tampa Bay Lightning 3 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 2
This game might come as a shock to fans who decided to pick up Leaf fandom for the first time during the recent 10-1-1 hot streak;...
Recent MLHS articles
The Maple Leafs made big changes around Auston Matthews; now he...
Auston Matthews’ 2025-26 season made one thing abundantly clear: The Maple Leafs need their franchise player back.
The flashes were still there. There were nights...
