Kevin Papetti
Kevin Papetti covers the Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Marlies, and the NHL Draft. He's been writing at MLHS since November of 2018 and is known for his prospect profiles, weekly features, and analysis pieces. You can contact him at papettikevin@gmail.com or find him on Twitter at @KPapetti.
Toronto Maple Leafs Trade Target: Jakob Chychrun
Jakob Chychrun is set to become the most valuable player traded at this year's deadline.
The 23-year old is signed for the next three and...
Analysis: Maple Leafs acquire Ilya Lyubushkin and Ryan Dzingel from Arizona in exchange for...
The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin and forward Ryan Dzingel from the Arizona Coyotes. Nick Ritchie is headed to Arizona along...
Toronto Maple Leafs Trade Target: Brandon Hagel
In a league with a hard salary cap, finding underpaid players is critical to success.
Allocating a $3.85 million combined cap hit to Michael Bunting,...
Leafs Report Cards: Thatcher Demko robs the Buds with 51-save performance in Vancouver
Tonight's edition of Hockey Night in Canada gave us our first Leafs vs. Canucks matchup of the season.
In Toronto's first look at the Bruce...
Game in 10: Bunting hat trick sparks Maple Leafs in come-from-behind win in Motown
This Original Six battle on Hockey Night in Canada turned into an 11-goal barnburner.
While the Leafs' play wasn't always pretty, five unanswered goals in...
Leafs Musings: A plan for the Maple Leafs’ trade deadline, potential targets, and what...
There's not exactly a clear path for the Maple Leafs at this year's trade deadline.
The team has two legitimate NHL goalies, seven legitimate NHL...
Game in 10: Maple Leafs cough up another multi-goal lead, pay the price in...
The Maple Leafs turned a 3-1 first-period lead into a 6-3 loss at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night.
Multiple poor defensive sequences, some bad...
Maple Leafs Musings: Toronto’s biggest over-performers, early trade deadline thoughts, and other early-season reflections
Life is pretty good in Leafs land right now.
After winning 16 of their last 20, the team now sits in the top ten in...
Leafs Report Cards: Morgan Rielly plays hero, Toronto scrapes out an undeserved win
That was such a weird game.
The Leafs didn't deserve the two points tonight, but they'll certainly take them. Given the goaltending matchup and lineups,...
Leafs Musings: Thoughts on Morgan Rielly’s new contract, recent lineup decisions, and Toronto’s Power...
There are 60 million things to get to this week.
The Rielly contract dominated the discourse over the weekend, but we also have some lineup...
Leafs Report Cards: Toronto gets blown out by shorthanded Penguins team
Pretty much everything that could have gone wrong went wrong tonight.
The Leafs picked up their third consecutive loss tonight, falling to a team that...
Early Thoughts on the 2021-22 Maple Leafs: Early under-performance among the Big Four, set...
The 2021-22 Toronto Maple Leafs certainly have a lot to prove.
The team has lost all five of their playoff series during the Matthews-Marner era,...
Monday’s Leafs News: Auston Matthews will miss week one, Ilya Mikheyev out long term,...
There was plenty of Maple Leafs news on this holiday Monday, as we got a sneak peek of what the team's lineup will look...
Toronto Maple Leafs 2021 Prospect Rankings (#5-#1): Nick Robertson takes top spot
Welcome to the second half of my 2021 Toronto Maple Leafs prospect rankings, where I'll countdown the team's top five prospects currently in the...
Toronto Maple Leafs 2021 Prospect Rankings (#10-#6): Matthew Knies debuts at #6
Welcome to the 2021 edition of my Toronto Maple Leafs prospects rankings.
Even though the team hasn't drafted in the first round in two of...
Evaluating the Toronto Maple Leafs’ offseason so far
It was a busy week for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Zach Hyman is now a member of the Oilers, Frederik Andersen is off to Carolina,...
Nick Ritchie signs a two-year, $2.5 million AAV contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs made news early this morning, adding 25-year old winger Nick Ritchie to a two-year contract. The deal carries a cap...
Offseason Game Plan: Toronto Maple Leafs
The Maple Leafs have a fascinating offseason ahead of them.
With Zach Hyman set to sign in Edmonton, the Leafs have some serious work to...
Predicting the destinations of the NHL’s Top 50 free agents — including three potential...
The start of free agency is one of the most exciting days on the hockey calendar.
Predicting where each free agent will go is an...
Why I like the Jared McCann trade for the Toronto Maple Leafs
At 2:50 pm ET, many of us were lamenting the NHL as the most boring league on the planet. Adin Hill was the big...
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