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Leafs Prospect Update: February 10th
If Tyler Biggs were Russian, he'd be considered an enigma. Biggs has been taken off of Oshawa's top powerplay unit (though he remains on...
Draft Schmaft – A Post Lockout Analysis
Before getting into the meat and potatoes of the blog, I (keon) want to give a shout out to Cameron. He made a post...
Accepting the fact that the Leafs will always have an enforcer
It’s painful for me to admit, but as much I will continue to bitch about how useless Colton Orr, Mike Brown, and (presumably) Frazer...
Jon visits the Leaf Matters Podcast
On Wednesday I joined Michael (from Vintage Leaf Memories) and Matteo (from We Want A Cup) on their Leaf Matters podcast. If you haven't had a chance to check out...
Leafs Prospect Update – January 28
After being away from his teammates for both the World Junior Championships and the Leafs' pre-season camp, Morgan Rielly returned to Moose Jaw and...
Rooting Against the Underdog
One of the more positive stories in Leafland a week ago was Mike Kostka earning a spot on the Leafs blue line coming out...
Big win with a big cost: Player Notes from a 5-2 win in Pittsburgh
By Declan Kerin and Alec Brownscombe
The dark cloud hanging over an otherwise exciting 5-2 win in Pittsburgh last night was the injury to Joffrey...
Looking for Loopholes in Joffrey’s Deal
You’d think we were still waiting for the season to start with number of contract posts that have gone up in the past 24...
Leafs Training Camp: Notes from Wednesday’s Session
Awesome news as we filtered into the MCC this morning: the Blue vs. White Scrimmage is on!
I got in early with a very...
Leafs Training Camp: Notes from Tuesday’s Session
MLHS rinkside reporter canucksnaphook with your Tuesday report from Leafs camp.
Tuesday's Practice Lines:
Lupul-Bozak-Kessel
MacArthur-Connolly-Lombardi
JVR-Grabo-Kulemin
Komarov-McClement-Frattin
Kadri-Aucoin-Brown
Hamilton-Steckel-Orr
Notes:
Day 3 started off with a strong energy level in the...
Leafs Training Camp: Notes from Monday’s Session
Canucksnaphook, aka MLHS' Jonas Siegel, was on the scene today at Leafs practice and has notes, pictures and a little video for you lucky...
10 Thoughts and Notes on the Leafs Schedule
It was a bit of an eventful weekend with the CBA Memo of Understanding signed, Burke getting off his parting shots, Nonis making his...
The Big Goodbye: An Alternative Perspective
“He had a good dream. It's the only dream you can have - to come out number-one man. He fought it out here, and...
Leafs Prospect Update: January 8
The resolution to the NHL lockout combined with the commencement of the second half of the CHL season has predictably stirred up some...
Don’t punish yourself
With the NHL lockout behind us and anticipation building ahead of a season that will start next week, a lot of the discussion surrounding...
How the new CBA Affects the Leafs
A Quick and Dirty Look at the new CBA and How It Affects the Leafs (All that Matters)
What World Juniors? The Marlies played, who...
2013 World Junior Championship – Bronze Medal Game – Canada vs Russia II
Well, this is kind of like kissing your sister. Unless you lose, in which case it's kind of like going to prom alone and...
2013 World Junior Championship – Semi-Finals – Canada vs USA II
Just when you were getting used to a more sane sleeping schedule, the Russian organizers do this to us.
Canada and the United States will...
Is It Time For Canada to Consider a National Team Development Program?
It may seem odd to praise USA Hockey on a site that is predominately filled with Canadian hockey fans, but as the US lost...
2013 World Junior Championship – Game Four – Canada vs Russia
Canada vs Russia for all the opening round marbles. I wouldn't have it any other way.
With a combined 28 gold medals at the...
Recent MLHS articles
Game Review: Maple Leafs get back to losing ways in Washington
This was a real gut-punch of a loss, but I'll start by mentioning that there were sections of this game I quite liked from...
