MLHS Staff
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Thursday Morning Mashup: The Calm Before the Storm
With over a week and a half left before the NHL Entry Draft which will take place in Newark, New Jersey, things have started...
Leafs bring back Orr for 2 more years
The most controversially debated 5-6 minute hockey player on Twitter, Colton Orr, has been re-signed for 2 years at $925,000 per season. Not overly...
Thursday Morning Mashup: Canadian Protectionism
A couple of days ago, the CHL, in consultation with Hockey Canada, decided to ban goalies from the import draft beginning in 2014. Due...
Leafs lose Eakins, Komarov?
Darren Dreger has confirmed the hockey world's worst kept secret of the past few days - the Edmonton Oilers will introduce former Marlies coach...
Thursday Morning Mashup: (Attn: Mr. Nonis) Draft-Day Trade Market Analysis
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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!
Lee Stempniak, Andrew Raycroft, Vesa Toskala, Jonas Gustavsson, Brett Lebda, John Ferguson Jr. Those and others like them have plagued the Maple Leafs for...
Recent MLHS articles
The Morgan Rielly conundrum, and how the Leafs should organize their...
Christmas is over, Canada has been eliminated by Czechia yet again in the World Juniors, and the NHL stretch run before the Olympic break...
