MLHS Staff, Author at Maple Leafs Hotstove

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Founded in 2008, Maple Leafs Hotstove (MLHS) has grown to be the most visited independent team-focused hockey website online (Quantcast). Independently owned and operated, MLHS provides thorough and wide-ranging content, varying from news, opinion and analysis, to pre-game and long-form game reviews, and a weekly feature piece entitled "Leafs Notebook." MLHS has been cited by: ESPN, Sports Illustrated, CBC News, USA Today, Fox Sports, Yahoo! Sports, NBC Sports, TSN, Sportsnet, Grantland, CTV News, CBSSports, The Globe & Mail, The National Post, The Toronto Star, The Toronto Sun, Global News, Huffington Post, and many more.

Thursday Morning Mashup: (Attn: Mr. Nonis) Draft-Day Trade Market Analysis

2013 Off-Season MLHS Staff - Jun 6, 2013

With the NHL Entry Draft 2013 less than a month away, many Leafs fans are amusing themselves with thoughts of who the Leafs should...

2012-13 Player Review: Mark Fraser

2012-13 Player Reviews MLHS Staff - Jun 4, 2013

A quick show of hands: Last summer, who had Mark Fraser on the Leafs opening day roster? Anyone? If you did, I have my...

Pick One

MLHS Mashup MLHS Staff - Jun 3, 2013

I’m sure I’m not the only one struggling to care about the playoffs. As talented as the remaining teams are, I’m not interested in...

Thursday Morning Mashup: Fancy Stats to the Rescue

MLHS Mashup MLHS Staff - May 30, 2013

As most of you know, we usually have the Leafs Roundtable on Thursday morning and it's something we plan, and hope, to continue with...

2012-13 Player Review: Tyler Bozak

2012-13 Player Reviews MLHS Staff - May 29, 2013

Tyler Bozak. Ugh. That pretty much sums up my thoughts on Tyler Bozak. His performance this season has been scrutinized heavily and he has become...

2012-13 Player Review: James van Riemsdyk

2012-13 Player Reviews MLHS Staff - May 28, 2013

Our next Player Review takes a look at one of the newest members of the Toronto Maple Leafs, James van Riemsdyk. Acquired in exchange...

2013 NHL Draft Profile Series – Curtis Lazar

2013 NHL Draft MLHS Staff - May 27, 2013

Here we are, five weeks away from the draft and we are still waiting on the Leafs final draft position. At this point it...

Thursday Morning Leafs Roundtable (Off-Season Edition) – Realignment, Competitive Landscape & Outlook

2013 Off-Season MLHS Staff - May 23, 2013

It's not often that a tectonic shift like realignment occurs in the NHL, but when it does the competitive landscape is bound to shift,...

Marlies ousted in Game 6 – Summary and a few thoughts

Toronto Marlies MLHS Staff - May 22, 2013

Thanks to MLHS user "JVR" for submitting the following report after taking in the Marlies' final game of the season at the Ricoh last...

Thursday Morning Leafs Roundtable – Playoffs Wrap-Up

2012-13 Season MLHS Staff - May 16, 2013

I hope everyone is starting to feel a little better this morning. Plenty of eulogies were written and the last couple of days have...

Morning Mashup: Leafs Nation=Best Nation, and a Thank You

MLHS Mashup MLHS Staff - May 15, 2013

Just a little over 24 hours since the Game 7 letdown, it’s become clear to me I am way too emotionally involved with a...

Toronto reacts to first Leaf playoff home win in 9 years

2013 Playoffs MLHS Staff - May 13, 2013

Think this was a long time coming? Game 7 baby. Click here to take in Maple Leaf Square's reaction to the Phaneuf and Kessel...

Gretzky on the Maple Leafs

2013 Playoffs MLHS Staff - May 11, 2013

Pierre Lebrun of ESPN.com had an insightful in-depth chat with Wayne Gretzky on the growth of this Maple Leafs team and the work of...

Dave Nonis vows that changes are in the offing for Maple Leafs

Leafs News MLHS Staff - May 10, 2013

GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs Dave Nonis has wrapped up this season by proclaiming that time will heal all and that the only...

Thursday Morning Leafs Roundtable – Playoffs Edition: Leafs Go Toe-to-Toe with Bruins

2013 Playoffs MLHS Staff - May 9, 2013

I remember it like it was last night. An ill-timed pinch, two Bruins streaking out of the zone, and a "dagger" into the heart...

Happy Playoff Home Opener Day!

2013 Playoffs MLHS Staff - May 6, 2013

Lee Stempniak, Andrew Raycroft, Vesa Toskala, Jonas Gustavsson, Brett Lebda, John Ferguson Jr. Those and others like them have plagued the Maple Leafs for...