What Does the Future Hold for Jake Gardiner?
And what should the Leafs do with the polarizing young defenceman? The answer isn’t an instantly-gratifying one: Continue to be patient. here is currently no bigger riddle or lightning rod on the Maple...
View ArticleGDT: Game #36, Toronto Maple Leafs vs Florida Panthers (5 p.m., SNO)
This will be the third week in a row with a Sunday game for the Maple Leafs, something we should probably get used to as Rogers pushes their new Hometown Hockey Sunday night program (with poor ratings...
View ArticleGDT: Game #40, Toronto Maple Leafs vs Winnipeg Jets (7 p.m., HNIC)
The banged-up Maple Leafs will look to salvage something out of a back to back after a tough loss to the Minnesota Wild last night. The Leafs played a pretty good game considering the circumstances...
View ArticleLeafs Notebook – January 5
With the NFL playoffs currently unfolding, the storylines in football circles revolve around the usual topics—Can Peyton Manning win another Superbowl, can Tom Brady get a step closer to winning the...
View ArticleGDT: Game #42, Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (7:30 p.m., TSN4)
Reasonably happy with the team’s possession performance versus the Capitals, Peter Horachek’s message will be to stick with it while cracking down on some of the avoidable errors of last game. The...
View ArticleGame Review: Game #43, Toronto Maple Leafs 5 vs. Columbus Blue Jackets 2
This was more like the game fans were picturing following a coaching change. Despite Franson and Phaneuf (falling over) teaming up for an early blunder leading to a Ryan Johansen breakaway goal out of...
View ArticleGDT: Game #44, Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Los Angeles Kings (10:30 p.m., SN)
The Maple Leafs look to keep building on the positive possession performances of the past two games against one of the best teams in the League at possessing the puck. The Kings have recently been...
View ArticleLeafs Notebook – January 13
When Peter Horacek was hired in the summer, it was a reasonably safe bet that at some point the man who served as interim head coach of the Florida Panthers last season would be doing so again for the...
View ArticleGDT: Game #45, Toronto Maple Leafs at Anaheim Ducks (10 p.m., SNO)
The Ducks sound prepared for a Leafs team identity they’ve been trying to stray away from under new interim coach Peter Horachek. That’s been the flummoxing paradox with this Leafs team the past few...
View ArticleGDT: Game #45, Toronto Maple Leafs vs. San Jose Sharks (10:30 p.m., TSN4)
The Maple Leafs are looking to score a goal tonight in San Jose. In arguably their toughest back-to-back turnaround of their schedule (besides the strength of the teams, the Leafs would’ve gotten in...
View ArticleGDT: Game #46, Toronto Maple Leafs at St. Louis Blues (7 p.m., CBC)
Peter Horachek’s Toronto Maple Leafs have Ken Hitchcock’s St. Louis Blues preparing for Barry Trotz’s Nashville Predators. That’s the way he described it in a great interview today with the Toronto...
View ArticleGDT: Game #47, Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Carolina Hurricanes (7:30pm, TSN4)
The Maple Leafs return home to host the Hurricanes after a miserable trip down South. The Leafs went to Carolina just before Christmas and got thoroughly outcompeted in a 4-1 loss and outshot by a 36...
View ArticleGame 47 Scoring Chances: Senators 4 vs. Maple Leafs 3
The Leafs had another disaster of a first period in Ottawa, as after getting the first two chances, they were out-chanced 10-2 the rest of the way, and fell behind 3-0. While the Carolina game saw them...
View ArticleLeafs Notebook – January 22
The evaluation period might not be over, but the reality has hit Leafs Nation. This team is not very good, and it needs a face lift. Not a face lift to the bottom six this time, but to the top players...
View ArticleWill NHL Teams Start Using NBA Cap Relief Ideas?
Maple Leafs Hot Stove More than ever before, NHL management involves getting out of bad contracts. Always better to move a contract a year early, than a year late. When the full season lockout lifted,...
View ArticleSaturday Mashup: In Philly Tonight
Maple Leafs Hot Stove Saturday Links: Damien Cox: Rebuilding Maple Leafs need to get value in a Dion Phaneuf trade – The Star Chapin Landvogt: SHL Prospects Notebook – Hockey’s Future Sam Carchidi:...
View ArticleBob McKenzie on Tyler Bozak & Dion Phaneuf interest, Phil Kessel rumours
From Bobby Mac’s Friday afternoon segment on TSN Drive with Dave Naylor: On moving Tyler Bozak: Especially now, when you trade a player with term on his deal, the team almost inevitably wants you take...
View ArticleLeafs Notebook – February 17
The Maple Leafs completed their first trade of the season with something expected: Moving out a couple of pending UFAs they were in tough to retain. There are essentially two ways to view the move. You...
View ArticleMcKenzie/Ferraro on: O’Reilly, Bozak, Polak & Leafs Coaching Candidates
The odds of Bozak moving, Ryan O’Reilly’s status ahead of the deadline, the Leafs coaching situation, Roman Polak’s value, and more. Bob McKenzie on TSN Drive on TSN 1050: Tyler Bozak: There are teams...
View ArticleLeafs Notebook – February 23rd
The NHL is officially a week away from the NHL trade deadline. Leafs fans in seller mode rejoice. I’ve written before about selling high and selling low, and I thought this would be a good time to...
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