Anthony Petrielli
MLHS in conversation with Dave Morrison – Part 1
MLHS' in-depth off-season interview with Toronto Maple Leafs Director of Amateur Scouting Dave Morrison—conducted by Anthony Petrielli—will be split into three parts and rolled...
10 Midsummer Thoughts on the Maple Leafs
Rosters are not set in stone yet, but the dust is starting to clear on the summer moves and we are starting to get...
Bargain Shopping: Remaining UFA Forwards
The summer is starting to crawl into the dog days of hockey season, but that doesn't mean there isn’t any value left on the...
Sunday Mashup: Leafs News and Notes
Today, Steve Simmons had a few interesting Leafs tidbits in his Sunday column.
“Don’t expect anything sexy when the Leafs announce their coaching staff shortly....
Maple Leafs Off Season: Assessing “Plan B”
Based on what we have been told, we would be looking at a notably different roster if the Toronto Maple Leafs' plan A this...
Toronto Maple Leafs Updated Depth Chart
We were not sure what direction the Maple Leafs would be heading entering today's free agency period. To some degree, we still don’t.
The team...
Toronto Maple Leafs Draft Notebook
There’s nothing like draft weekend to prime the hockey world for free agency.
It was an up and down weekend for the Toronto Maple Leafs,...
2014 NHL Draft News & Notes
It has been a beautifully busy day in the hockey world and the draft has not even started yet.
Here is a quick recap of...
Toronto Maple Leafs News & Notes
Some real Toronto Maple Leafs news is desperately needed,
but in the meantime here is what is being said about the Leafs.
From Chris Johnston at...
10 Playoff Lessons for the Toronto Maple Leafs
Congratulations to the L.A. Kings on winning the Stanley Cup. What a great season 2013-2014 was, one of the best playoffs I’ve ever seen,...
Trading Down in the 2014 NHL Draft
One of the things we try to do in our analysis at MLHS is discuss possibilities for upcoming decisions facing the Maple Leafs in...
Trading James Reimer: Not So Fast
One of the “logical” things that is supposed to play out in Leafland this summer is the team trading James Reimer and officially running...
What do the Toronto Marlies’ successes mean for the Maple Leafs?
Former Bruins GM Harry Sinden had a great quote on being a GM in the book Behind the Moves:
“I think the bottom line is...
First Line Centers & Trading For Florida’s First Overall Pick
Why it makes more sense than usual for the Leafs to move up for the #1 pick
In 2012, Dave Poulin gave an under the...
Carlyle Returns
Maple Leafs fans were promised a culture change, however you may define it, when Brendan Shanahan was hired last month. A few weeks later,...
Maple Leafs’ Bottom Six Forwards
A mess, but an opportunity for improvement
When a team bottoms out the way the Maple Leafs did, naturally there is going to be a...
Maple Leafs’ Free Agents: Who stays and who goes?
We looked at options with the Maple Leafs under contract last week. Today, let's take a look at the UFAs and RFAs.
UFAs
Dave Bolland
Quick Thoughts:
Had...
Toronto Maple Leafs: Buy Low, Sell High
When Brendan Shanahan came aboard, I made a quick passing comment about understanding selling low and selling high with the Toronto Maple Leafs players...
Leafs Notebook – Season Finale – April 14
When the media asked who has final say on roster decisions at today's introductory press conference for Brendan Shanahan, there was a pause followed...
Leafs Notebook – April 7
With the rest of the Leafs season boiling down to a formality, the offseason speculation is about to ramp up to (my guess) unprecedented...














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