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Dion Phaneuf / Phil Kessel

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...
Troy Bodie

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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Phil Kessel vs LA Kings

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....
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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...
Gary Bettman

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,...

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