Just prior to today’s 3pm trade freeze, GM Kyle Dubas arranged a trade that sees the Leafs acquiring C/LW Jared McCann from Pittsburgh. In return the Penguins receive Filip Hallander and a 2023 7th round pick. Hallander was a former Penguins draft pick, taken in the 2nd round of the 2018 draft and was part … Read more
What do you even say about Travis Dermott? With good mobility, not much offensive flare, some questionable defensive instincts and not much else, he isn’t exactly lighting the NHL on fire. With this said, he does serve as good depth. The question is if you should pay $1.5M per season for good depth? According to … Read more
First off, I’d like to welcome back the Wayne Train!! I’d also like to explain the title of this (very short) article. Briefly. You all know what it means anyway, I assume. The Wayne Simmonds that start this season with the Toronto Maple Leafs would be a STEAL of a player at 900K per season. … Read more
Jason Spezza signed a MASSIVE 1 year extension today, taking up a large percentage of the teams remaining cap space. It’s valued at $750,000. Spezza will enter his 3rd season with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He has suited up in 112 regular season games for the Leafs over the past 2 years, recording 19 goals … Read more
It’s finally over. The anti-climactic hype of another trade deadline has passed us by. While most of the deals were made yesterday, the Leafs kept a couple of small deals in the chamber until today just to keep us all interested. Ben Hutton is a Leaf and Alex Barabanov’s brief stint with the Leafs organization … Read more
The Leafs made a trade tonight for Alex Galchenyuk, the forward 3rd overall pick of the Montreal Canadiens from the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. This was the same draft that saw the Leafs take Morgan Rielly 5th overall, while Nail Yakupov was the 1st overall selection. In return for Galchenyuk the Carolina Hurricanes have received … Read more
Today marks the day that training camps open around the league for teams that qualified for last summers 24 team, return to play tournament. The other 7 teams’ (Ottawa, Buffalo, Detroit, New Jersey, San Jose, Anaheim and Los Angeles) camps opened a few days ago, but that’s for their sites to cover. Teams won’t get … Read more
It appears that hockey will return on January 13th, as the NHL and NHLPA have reached a tentative agreement to begin regular season play on that date. Camps will open on January 3rd for all teams that qualified for the play-in round last summer, with the rest getting a few days more to prepare via … Read more
With the financial issues put on the back burner, the NHL and NHLPA are now discussing a schedule, start date, and season length (among other things). As things progress we should get more clarification on the rumoured “taxi squad” the NHL may allow teams to carry. I’m expecting the particulars of that agreement (or another … Read more
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