Dion Phaneuf Contract Extension Almost Done
Darren Dreger is reporting that a contract extension for Dion Phaneuf is near completion, as in it could be signed and sealed before the...
Leafs Notebook – December 26
With tomorrow's game vs. Buffalo representing the 40th game of 2013-14, the Leafs are nearly at the halfway mark of the season. The Leafs,...
Game Recap: Game #39, Rangers 2 vs. Leafs 1 (SO)
The Leafs are doing their best Mighty Ducks impersonation for the HBO cameras, taking three straight games to shootout. Except these shootouts don’t have...
Post Game Thread: Shootout Loss to Detroit
The Leafs dropped a 5-4 shootout decision to the arch-rival Detroit Red Wings tonight in Toronto. I missed a portion of the game due...
Game Recap: Game #37, Leafs 2 vs. Coyotes 1 (SO)
Big sigh of relief as the Leafs pull one out in the shootout to stave off .500 and move to 18-16-3. Another one-goal effort...
Game in 10: Game #36, Panthers 3 at Leafs 1
Despite losses in two of three, the Leafs looked to be fighting their way out of a slump with some good efforts against some...
Game in 10: Game #35, Penguins 3 vs. Leafs 1
After the first period, this was a 50/50 game that the Leafs didn’t end up on the right end of. Toronto will be ruing...
Leafs Notebook – December 16
Although the Leafs went 1-2 last week, it really was one of their better weeks of hockey this season. They handily outplayed LA but...
Game in 10: Game #34, Leafs 7 vs. Hawks 3
That the Leafs' offensive outbreak and first regulation win since November 19 (12 games) came against the League's top team could be pivotal in...
Game in Gifs – Game #33, Blues 6 vs. Leafs 3
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Game Recap: Game #32, Los Angeles Kings 3 at Maple Leafs 1
The Maple Leafs played their best game of the season, but were dealt a taste of their own medicine with a sublime goaltending effort...
Leafs Notebook – December 11
The Sunday game threw off the timing of the Leafs Notebook (along with life, work, and so on), so I apologize for the delay....
Maple Leafs Systems – The Penalty Kill
There isn’t much I can add to the powerplay analysis that wasn’t in the write up by JP Nikota describing the Leafs use of...
Game in 10: Game #31, Bruins 5 at Leafs 2
The opposite of the typical Leaf game from earlier in the season. A decent even-strength performance by the Leafs, but the game was lost...
Game in 10: Game #30, Leafs 4 at Sens 3 (SO)
A game in Ottawa on a Saturday night. It brought the goals, the chippy-ness, the sloppiness, and the Leaf win we were all expecting....
Maple Leafs Systems – Neutral Zone & Offensive Zone Forechecking
Unlike a singular rigid structure in the defensive zone, neutral and offensive zone systems fluctuate upon game factors including score, time remaining, and game...
Game in 10: Game #29, Leafs 3 vs. Stars 2
Toronto welcomed the HBO crew with a 3-2 overtime victory at the Air Canada Centre. They came out with the appropriate amount of desperation...
The NHL Plans to Grow HRR by $1 Billion in 3 Years
How will it happen & what does it mean for the Toronto Maple Leafs?
A. Background
In a memo released in September of this year, the...
Game in 10: Game #28, Sharks 4 vs. Leafs 2
Two vastly different Maple Leaf teams showed up, but neither were enough to muster W, as the Leafs fell to the San Jose Sharks...
Leafs Notebook – December 2
The question for the Leafs right now is pretty simple:
Is this the kind of slump that every team goes through over an 82-game season,...













![John Gruden after the Leafs prospects’ 4-1 win over Montreal: “[Vyacheslav Peksa] looked really comfortable in the net… We wouldn’t have won without him” John Gruden, head coach of the Toronto Marlies](https://mapleleafshotstove.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/gruden-post-game-sep-14-218x150.jpg)



































![Craig Berube on Joseph Woll leaving the game injured in Carolina: “Hopefully, it is not [serious], but I really liked the way Hildeby came in and handled it” Craig Berube, Toronto Maple Leafs head coach](https://mapleleafshotstove.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/berube-pg-sep-21-100x70.jpg)

