That’s the word from Brendan Shanahan, Kyle Dubas and Sheldon Keefe right now. One more kick at the can (at least). I’m not about to write much on this. I’m too disconnected to really care at the moment, but will have some thoughts as the days pass by. Next up for the Leafs is the … Read more
This tweet seems to have Leafs Nation talking: Which is hilarious to me because nobody seemed to pay attention when I said this exact same thing 5 months ago. They didn’t pay attention when I said it every 2-3 days since then either, but big shot Chris “hey look at me and my hipster beard” … Read more
This is it. This is your Toronto Maple Leafs playoff roster. Forward Lines Michael Bunting-Auston Matthews-Mitch Marner Alex Kerfoot-John Tavares-William Nylander Pierre Engvall-David Kampf-Ilya Mikheyev Colin Blackwell-Jason Spezza-Ondrej Kase* Wayne Simmonds Defence Pairs Morgan Rielly-Ilya Lyubushkin Mark Giordano-TJ Brodie Jake Muzzin*-Justin Holl Rasmus Sandin*-Timothy Liljegren Goalies Jack Campbell*-Petr Mrazek *injured currently Spares: Nick Robertson, Kyle … Read more
There are a lot of people talking about how this trade deadline was a failure by Kyle Dubas. I see things a little differently. The Leafs approached this deadline with the need for three major things, aside from depth: A top 4 defenseman A top 6 forward to help John Tavares and William Nylander A … Read more
I’ll do a quick run through the rumour mill: Jacob Middlton My personal favourite. Call me a pessimist if you’d like, but losing to the Montreal Canadiens last year still has me doubting this core’s will to win. For this reason I don’t think I’d be thrilled with paying, for instance, a 1st and two … Read more
So many people are going to hate this opinion, but here it is nonetheless. The Leafs aren’t a contender and they shouldn’t buy assets for the playoffs at the deadline. Despite the fact that the Leafs are 7th in the NHL in points percentage, this team simply isn’t in a place where they should consider … Read more
It has been a pretty whirlwind week in Leaf Nation. We have seen both individual players and the team as a whole struggle, especially in losses to non-playoff teams like Montreal and Columbus and even in strange wins.We’ve seen questions now come up about goaltending that was thought to be ok, but has seen some issues … Read more
It’s always tough to peg down what teams may be interested in moving players with term on their contract. More often than not players are on the move due to their team struggling and their contract’s being due to run out. But with Kyle Dubas saying that they’d be more interested in acquiring players with … Read more
We are still 6 weeks away from the NHL trade deadline. So much can happen between now and March 21st when no further trades can be made after 3pm Eastern. Everyone in the NHL world pretty much knows what the Toronto Maple Leafs are looking for and targeting to help their team improve. A defenceman who can … Read more
You can tell by the title of this article just how thrilled I am to be talking about what the Leafs might do at the deadline. I just can’t wait to see which players they spend assets on, just to get a few regular season and playoff games out of before bowing out in the … Read more