Berube Backs Marner: Should the Coach’s Word Carry More Weight Than Fan Frustration?
If you read the comments to posts on The Hockey Writers, the Toronto Maple Leafs fanbase has made one thing loud and clear this offseason. It’s time to move on…
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A Thousand Games Later: Jeff Skinner’s Long Road to Playoff Relevance
One player hit a personal milestone in the Edmonton Oilers‘ Western Conference clinching game: Jeff Skinner. His journey through the NHL has always been a story of individual talent met…
Do the Maple Leafs Already Have Mitch Marner’s Replacement?
If Mitch Marner leaves the Toronto Maple Leafs, Easton Cowan could be a dark-horse candidate to slide into that coveted spot on Auston Matthews’ right wing. While it’s far from…
Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Treliving, Marner, Toews & Robertson
The offseason is barely underway, but the winds of change are already swirling around the Toronto Maple Leafs. After another bitter playoff exit—this time a 6-1 blowout loss in Game…
Oilers Feel the Loss: Hyman’s Absence Could Change Everything
The Edmonton Oilers could be headed to the Stanley Cup Final. They need another win over the Dallas Stars. However, they’ll have do it without Zach Hyman, one of their…
Can the Canucks Count on Chytil to Be the Next Play Driver?
The Vancouver Canucks head into next season with plenty to prove. After the regular season turmoil and not making the playoffs, the big question is how to raise the team’s…
Maple Leafs’ Stanley Cup Window Is Closing
It’s time to admit what many Toronto Maple Leafs fans have been feeling in their bones: the window is closing. Not slammed shut yet—but it’s creaking, and the air coming…
How Long Does the Maple Leafs’ Next Leadership Group Get to Win a Stanley Cup?
Let me admit this from the start. I frustrate many Maple Leafs fans by being an apologist for players, coaches, and executives. I come by it honestly. My academic work…
Canucks’ Blueprint for Hope: Structure, Goaltending, and a Wild Card or Two
It’s the question making the rounds this offseason, and Halford & Brough put it plainly: Can the Vancouver Canucks ride their blue line and goaltending back to the playoffs—even if…
Maple Leafs Fans’ Biggest Concern: Is the Core Cracked Beyond Repair?
Despite a seven-game war with the Florida Panthers, the Toronto Maple Leafs once again ended their playoff run in familiar fashion—full of promise but ultimately falling short. Some fans insist…