Wednesday Mashup: NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs: Round 1 – Opening Night
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Great Spring weather with playoff hockey in the air; the only way it gets any better is if the...
Tuesday Mashup: The Shanaplan
All of your coverage from the past few days in one spot:
Brendan Shanahan well aware of past managerial downfalls
Brendan Shanahan's Media Address: Notable Passages
Brendan...
Marlies two points away from clinching playoff spot after win over Iowa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46ikAhw198g
The Marlies will have a three-game set this Friday-Saturday-Sunday in need of at least two of six points to clinch a spot in the Calder...
Maple Leafs GM Search: A look at Julien BriseBois
As we continue to bat around candidates for the vacant Leafs GM role, Elliotte Friedman reported today that he's hearing the Leafs will try...
Brendan Shanahan well aware of past managerial downfalls
There's so much that has to happen still before this management regime has earned my faith, but I thought Brendan Shanahan's press conference today...
Shanahan’s Media Address: Notable Passages
Some of the more interesting passages from today's media address by Brendan Shanahan:
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On the replacement GM:
One thing I don't...
Brendan Shanahan’s Media Address
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Monday Mashup: Sorting Through the Rubble
It should be a busy day on the media rounds for Leafs players and management to say the least, with the exit interviews coming...
Maple Leafs GM Search: A look at Mike Futa
In a great piece on the 'Shanaplan' and the mass firings today by the Leafs, Bob McKenzie put forth the name Mike Futa as...
Leafs fire Director of Pro Scouting Steve Kasper and Director of Player Development Jimmy...
Brendan Shanahan has continued the organizational overhaul with the dismissal of Director of Pro Scouting Steve Kasper and Director of Player Development Jimmy Hughes, with a...
Leafs fire Dave Nonis, Peter Horachek, Steve Spott, Chris Dennis, Rick St. Croix
It's official: Dave Nonis has been let go with two years left on his contract, while the entire Leafs coaching staff has been cleared...
Game 82 Scoring Chances: Canadiens 4 vs. Maple Leafs 3 (SO)
The Leafs' disappointing season finished with one of their stronger performances of 2015, against a playoff-bound Montreal team.
The Leafs out-chanced Montreal in the first...
Peter Horachek’s final post game media address
Peter Horachek
“Ultimately, this team had to change. If we continued right where we were in November, we might not make the playoffs, we might...
Damien Cox: Shanahan to continue “cleaning house” on Monday
As the last billow of black smoke dissipated from the tirefire that was the 2014-15 Leafs season, Damien Cox had the latest on the...
Marlies make it two for two versus Rochester
A three point game from William Nylander (1g,2a) and another goal and assist from the red-hot Brendan Leipsic sent the Marlies to a 5-1...
Is Dave Nonis long for Toronto? No one knows, not even his cousin
Darren Dreger, on TSN Radio yesterday, discussed the future of Dave Nonis and some of the big questions facing Brendan Shanahan this spring and summer.
On Shanahan’s...
More Leipsic Magic has Marlies in Playoff Spot
A goal and an assist from Brendan Leipsic -- extending his points streak to three games, with four goals and seven points in those...
2015 NHL Draft Rankings: Maple Leafs to draft fourth overall, pending lottery
With Carolina's win over Philadelphia tonight, the Maple Leafs have unofficially secured the fourth overall draft pick, pending the April 18 lottery results.
Assuming either...
Thursday Mashup: Orr’s Send Off, Valiev joins Marlies
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Thursday Links:
Chris Johnston: Maple Leafs call up Colton Orr for season finale (Sportsnet)
This has been a dark, dark season for the Maple Leafs....
Game 81 Scoring Chances: Blue Jackets 5 vs. Maple Leafs 0
The Leafs' final road game of the season was a fitting summary of their 2015 play.
They were heavily out-chanced in the first period, with Columbus...