Anthony Petrielli
Anthony Petrielli has been writing at MLHS since 2011. He is known for his weekly “Leafs Notebook” feature, and also writes specific analysis pieces. Anthony has been featured on GlobalTV, CBC Radio 1, Sportsnet590 and TSN 1200. You can contact him at [email protected] or find him on Twitter at @APetrielli.
Free Agents Targets for the Maple Leafs: Top-Six Wingers of Interest
While the NHL Draft is still between us and the opening of free agency, the offseason is already moving fast and furious in Toronto,...
Instant Analysis: Maple Leafs take big swing with Darren Raddysh sign-and-trade
The Toronto Maple Leafs have made their first major splash of the offseason.
According to Elliotte Friedman, the Leafs are completing a sign-and-trade deal with...
Instant Analysis: John Chayka makes surprise hire in Jim Hiller as Maple Leafs’ next...
After a lengthy coaching search, the Maple Leafs landed on Jim Hiller as their 41st head coach in franchise history.
"Jim is an experienced coach...
Instant Analysis: John Chayka begins to change Leafs’ blue-line mix, swaps goalies, opens more...
John Chayka has executed his first trade as GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs, sending goaltender Joseph Woll and defenseman Simon Benoit to the...
Weighing the Maple Leafs’ first-overall pick debate: Gavin McKenna, Ivar Stenberg, and the wildcards
The NHL Combine is over, the Stanley Cup Final is reaching its conclusion, and the 2026-27 calendar is set to begin with the NHL...
A shortlist of head-coaching candidates for the Maple Leafs as the hiring process continues
With the Maple Leafs' head coach search well underway, we are starting to hear certain names emerge or recede with more clarity, one way...
What have we learned from the Toronto Marlies’ Eastern Conference championship playoff run?
The Toronto Marlies just keep finding ways to win, and now they're off to the Calder Cup Finals. Two overtime wins, an entertaining 5-1...
Five Thoughts on the Toronto Marlies’ playoff run: Akhtyamov shines, Danford’s pro debut, Villeneuve’s...
As we gear up for the NHL Draft, free agency, and the Maple Leafs' hiring of a new head coach, the Toronto Marlies keep...
Maple Leafs’ front-office house cleaning continues: Brandon Pridham and Derek Clancey depart the organization
The Maple Leafs' house cleaning continues. On Sunday, the club announced that AGMs Brandon Pridham and Derek Clancey will depart the organization.
https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/2056047266960490569
These moves hardly...
Five Thoughts: A word of caution on trading down from the Leafs’ #1 pick,...
We are almost through the second round of the NHL playoffs, the Maple Leafs have a new GM in place, and against all odds,...
John Chayka gets first big decision right; Maple Leafs finally pull trigger on Craig...
The Toronto Maple Leafs have officially relieved Craig Berube of his duties.
This was the only logical and appropriate step forward.
The Leafs entered the season...
A new dawn. A new day. The Maple Leafs have won the 2026 draft...
10 years after the Maple Leafs' lucky number 13 lottery ball landed them Auston Matthews, Mats Sundin himself represented the organization at the 2026...
The good, the bad, and the still-unanswered from John Chayka and Mats Sundin’s press...
written in collaboration with Alec Brownscombe
The Toronto Maple Leafs officially introduced John Chayka and Mats Sundin as GM and Senior Executive Advisor of Hockey...
Analysis: Keith Pelley makes big, controversial gamble on John Chayka as Leafs’ new GM/head...
The worst-kept secret in hockey is now confirmed, as the Toronto Maple Leafs have officially hired Mats Sundin and John Chayka into senior management...
Maple Leafs Front Office Candidates, Part 2: Tim Barnes, Jason Spezza, Judd Moldaver &...
The scuttlebutt on the Maple Leafs' executive search -- who is in, who is out, who is the favourite -- is completely all over...
Maple Leafs Front Office Candidates, Part 1: Scott White, Evan Gold, Mike Gillis &...
It sounds like the Maple Leafs will announce a new leader at the top of their chain of command sooner rather than later.
As we’ve...
The Maple Leafs’ top job is too big for “learn as you go” candidates
Over the past few weeks, as the Maple Leafs’ 2025-26 season painfully wound down, all the attention shifted to who will take control of...
On cost-cutting, AI, Pelley, and the Maple Leafs’ 2025-26 season from hell
written in collaboration with Alec Brownscombe
It has been a long time since the Toronto Maple Leafs were this bad. In case you’d somehow forgotten...
An eyebrow-raising start to the Maple Leafs’ executive search – Maple Leafs Notebook
While the Maple Leafs continue losing on the ice, giving fans some draft-pick hope, what’s happening off-ice is drawing the main attention, as the...
Game Review: AA gets shelled, a solid Leafs debut for Luke Haymes, and Berube...
On paper, this set up as one of the Maple Leafs' more interesting games in weeks, given their place in the standings.
Due to...
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