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 petrielli.a@gmail.com or find him on Twitter at @APetrielli.
Maple Leafs Offseason Game Plan, Part 2: The Core
In Part 1 of our offseason game plan, we pondered some fundamental team-building questions facing the Maple Leafs this summer.
As I outlined, everything starts...
Maple Leafs Offseason Game Plan, Part 1: The secondary core and team depth
As the dust has settled following yet another short postseason for the Maple Leafs, clearer minds are starting to ask what’s next for the...
Fan favourite Jason Spezza hangs up the skates after 19 NHL seasons, transitions into...
The Toronto Maple Leafs announced on Sunday that Jason Spezza has officially retired from his NHL playing career and will be transitioning into a...
Game in 10: Hello Darkness, My Old Friend
I can’t believe it happened again. I mean, I can, but really, I can’t.
I am not entirely sure what to say here. Brayden Point...
Game in 10: Maple Leafs lose overtime heartbreaker as series vs. Lightning — to...
In your heart, did you really expect anything other than a Game 7?
The Leafs never do anything the easy way, and they weren’t about...
Game in 10: Maple Leafs push Lightning to the brink of elimination as core...
We can sit here and debate who should be the Leafs' sixth defenseman or who should play on their fourth line, but let’s never...
Game in 10: Maple Leafs outclassed in Game 4 as Lightning exert dominance at...
I don’t want to sit here and say this game was simply a case of everything that could have gone wrong going wrong.
That would...
Game in 10: Jack Campbell comes up huge as Maple Leafs survive late Lightning...
Before the game, Jon Cooper noted, “Usually, these odd-numbered games — Games 3 and 5 — in series are pretty pivotal games. This one...
Game in 10: Maple Leafs undone by special teams in Game 2 loss, encouraging...
If Game 1 was all about a special-teams battle won by the Maple Leafs, Game 2 was all about a special-teams battle won by...
Game in 10: Maple Leafs get off to dream start as Marner & Matthews,...
For the first time in this core’s playoff history, the Maple Leafs started at home with fans in the building. Boy, was it awesome.
The...
The key matchups that will determine the Maple Leafs vs. Lightning series winner
It almost seems a little surreal to finally be writing about the playoffs. After last season’s first-round exit, Leafs fans have waited a full...
Leafs Notebook: Weighing up a Bruins vs. Lightning round-one matchup, the recent special teams...
It could be purely academic at this point, but with three games remaining for each of Boston and Tampa Bay, the Bruins still have...
Leafs Notebook: Line tinkering in the final six games, the Leafs’ physical play, and...
The Maple Leafs officially hit 50 wins and set a franchise record in points with 106. They currently sit third overall in the league...
Game in 10: Three-point night for Mark Giordano includes OT winner as Maple Leafs...
Every team has a few opponents where it doesn’t really matter where either club is in the standings, you know anything is possible when...
Leafs Notebook: Settling on a shutdown defense pairing, Mitch Marner’s ice-time uptick, and other...
As we all know by now, there is no single recipe to follow when it comes to building a Stanley Cup winner. Championship teams...
Leafs Notebook: A more balanced lineup, Pierre Engvall’s best hockey as a Leaf, the...
With the final month of the season officially underway, eyes are turning towards what we have all been waiting for since last year’s postseason...
Leafs Notebook: A big power-play fuelled win over Florida, early returns from Mark Giordano,...
The final stretch of the season is here, and it’s going to be crazy.
For the Leafs, April will feature 15 games in 30 days...
Why Kyle Dubas prioritized the Maple Leafs’ defense at a trade deadline that could’ve...
A few months ago, the Maple Leafs might have taken a very different approach to the 2022 trade deadline.
Their defense was inconsistent but largely...
Game in 10: Maple Leafs solid defensively, win second in a row without Matthews...
The two-game suspension for Auston Matthews is now over, and the Maple Leafs went 2-0.
If we can take away anything, it should be that...
Leafs Notebook: Do the issues run deeper than the goaltending?
I will be completely honest: I wrote and rewrote this article in my head approximately 100 times, before staring at a blank Word document...
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