Ian Tulloch
Ian Tulloch is a contributor for Maple Leafs Hot Stove whose main focus is on bridging the gap between the eye test and analytics.
Leafs Report Cards: Bad start sinks Toronto, Danault continues to haunt the SBA as...
Let's dispel some myths real quick.
Whenever you see a final score of 5-1, your assumption is that the losing team got their teeth kicked...
Leafs Report Cards: Most complete effort of the season extends Toronto’s winning streak to...
If you don't love that, you don't love NHL hockey.
Games like these are why I still romanticize this sport, even though recent events have...
Leafs Report Cards: Soupy steals the show, Toronto works late magic in OT win...
Well, that was certainly entertaining!
Toronto defeated Tampa Bay by a final score of 2-1, but that doesn't even begin to tell you the story...
Leafs Report Cards: Toronto’s most dominant showing of the season extends winning streak to...
Guess who's back? The Leafs' shooting percentage!
Coming into this game, Toronto's shooting percentage was just a hair over 6% at even strength.
The Leafs have...
Leafs Report Cards: Toronto comes to life offensively, survives sloppiness with the lead in...
They're starting to look more like the Maple Leafs.
Let's not plan the parade just yet after a couple of wins coming against the Chicago...
Leafs Report Cards: Another “lesson” for the Maple Leafs in loss to Carolina
Oh, the joys of watching the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Sometimes diving deeper into the data doesn't help me arrive at a better understanding of this...
Leafs Report Cards: Power play, top line, and Hutchinson struggle in 5-3 loss to...
Is it time to hit the panic button!?
Obviously not, but I can understand why the average Leafs fan would be upset after watching their...
Leafs Report Cards: Toronto can’t solve Shesterkin in OT loss to Rangers
Sometimes you get goalie'd in this sport.
The Leafs absolutely dominated the run of play tonight -- and ran into a hot goaltender. It's happened...
Leafs Report Cards: Michael Bunting scores his first as a Leaf in bounce-back win...
Hockey Night In Canada is officially back, baby!
We've obviously had some Saturday night Leafs games over the past 16 months, but something just feels different...
Leafs Report Cards: Spezza provides a spark but the comeback falls short in Ottawa
Well, that was certainly a hockey game.
I'm still trying to process what on earth I just watched. Let's walk through it period by period...
Leafs Report Cards: Engvall and Nylander lead the way offensively, new checking line makes...
We're officially back!
How great did it feel to hear a packed Scotiabank Arena again? Sure, it was just Game 1 of the regular season for...
Leafs Report Cards: Toronto loses Mikheyev to injury in dominant win over Senators to...
Onto the regular season, folks!
In Toronto's last preseason game of 2021, they did us all a favour and iced a lineup consisting of 20...
Leafs Report Cards: Nick Ritchie makes his mark on preseason, Toronto’s power play shows...
Call me crazy, but I'm having fun with some of these games.
I know how hard it's going to be to convince the average Leafs...
Leafs Report Cards: Rasmus Sandin and Pierre Engvall share the game puck as ‘B’...
Let's see what we can take out of this one.
I doubt you'll be telling your future grandkids about this game, but hey, it's the...
Game Review: Michael Bunting nets hat trick as Maple Leafs’ new forward additions impress...
Some of these guys look pretty good!
Only three games into the preseason, it's already tough not to get excited about a few of these...
Game Review: Kase and Kampf make strong preseason debuts in Maple Leafs’ special teams-laden...
Anyone else miss Leafs hockey as much as I did?
I'm well aware that it's the preseason following yet another disappointing Round 1 exit in...
Game Review: Bunting & Ho-Sang make positive impressions, Nylander, Muzzin & Tavares lead the...
Who's ready for some Leafs preseason hockey!?
The honest answer might be: not too many people. Heck, it's going to be hard trying to convince myself...
Game 7 Analysis: Where on Earth does this team go from here?
After watching the Maple Leafs fail to start Game 6 with any semblance of intensity the other night, I'm not sure why we should...
Game 6 Analysis: Here we go again…
My goal is always to remain objective with these postgame evaluations, but there's something about the emotional aspect of last night that got to...
Game 5 Analysis: Killer turnovers, William Nylander’s ice time, and lineup decisions ahead of...
That's what happens when you turn the puck over.
The more I got into hockey analytics, the more I tended to value some of the...
Recent MLHS articles
Craig Berube on the latest with Auston Matthews: “He is improving...
After Thursday's practice, head coach Craig Berube discussed the latest on Auston Matthews, Matthew Knies' status after leaving Wednesday's game with an upper-body injury,...
