Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Matthews, Nylander, Stolarz, Berube & Joshua
Some games tell you something about the potential of a team’s soul — not just their skill. For the Toronto Maple Leafs, yesterday’s contest started as a nightmare and ended…
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What the Canadiens & Mammoth Are Teaching the NHL About Building the Right Way
Every fall, a few teams come out flying and make the hockey world do a double take. This season, two of them — the Montreal Canadiens and the Utah Mammoth…
The Oilers Use October to Set Winning Habits
Given their current 6-4-3 record, it’s hard to say the Edmonton Oilers are running away with the Pacific Division. They never really do. This is a team that always seems…
How the Maple Leafs’ New Top Six Should Work in Theory
If you’ve watched hockey long enough, you know that a team’s forward lines are never really finished. Coaches tinker, shuffle, and reimagine them almost daily. For the Toronto Maple Leafs,…
Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Matthews, Robertson, Tavares & Holinka
The Toronto Maple Leafs turned in one of their most balanced efforts of the season on Saturday night, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 5–2 in a game that offered almost everything…
John Tavares Has Helped Easton Cowan Find His Place with the Maple Leafs
When Easton Cowan scored his first NHL goal, the Toronto Maple Leafs fans in the crowd rose to cheer. However, it was the reaction on the bench that told the…
Doug MacLean Sounds Off About What’s Gone Wrong With the Maple Leafs
Every so often, someone with some knowledge in hockey says something that isn’t made up and is precisely to the point. Arrow to the center of the target. Related: Jaromír…
What Do the Maple Leafs Need Most? It’s Not Another Forward
When Elliotte Friedman talks, I consider what he says. He doesn’t do hot takes; he looks for patterns. And lately, he’s been seeing something most Toronto Maple Leafs fans have…
Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Tanev, Robertson & Grebenkin
The Toronto Maple Leafs‘ early-season struggles have been hard to miss. Injuries are piling up, the lineup looks thinner by the week, and Auston Matthews isn’t quite carrying the team…
What Jonathan Toews Has Learned About the Game & Himself
Since Jonathan Toews moved to the Winnipeg Jets during the offseason, I’ve listened to a number of his interviews. The bottom line is simple for me: I like the guy…