Free agency opens tomorrow and it will prove to be a big day for the Leafs. After a boring NHL Entry Draft, where the team selected just 3 players and stayed away from the trading game (of which there were many) due to lack of trade capital, they are now in a situation where they … Read more
There’s really very little to say about this year’s NHL Entry Draft. The Leafs hold just 3 picks this year and none are very high on the board. With picks #57, 153 and 185, even if they decide to pull off a patented Dubas-trade-back to recoup more picks, we still shouldn’t expect much action. For … Read more
Just going to drop a little news here on the day of the expansion draft: Leafs Nation erupted after seeing this video leak from Seattle that appears to show them recording the teams selection of Alex Kerfoot: However, word grew that they were recording multiple takes for different players, one of those players being newly … 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
Bruce Boudreau, former Toronto Maple Leaf player, former head coach of the Washington Capitals, Anaheim Ducks and Minnesota Wild and long time Leaf fan, is still on the open market. Just sitting there. Waiting. With the news today that Dave Hakstol, also a former head coach in the NHL, having spent parts of 4 seasons … Read more
The dust has sort of settled on another disappointing playoff performance by the Toronto Maple Leafs. But, there is certainly plenty of anger, bitterness and sadness still out there over this stinging playoff defeat at the hands of the Montreal Canadiens. However, there isn’t much that can be done about it now. The team lost, in … Read more
For the sake of passing some time and not having to hear about the playoffs, I thought I’d throw out some free agent names that might interest the Leafs this offseason. I won’t preface this with anything. We all know that simply signing bargarin free agents and running into next season won’t change much, but … Read more
I’m going to start this off by saying that I don’t believe Mitch Marner will be traded this offseason. In fact, I think he ends up having a long career as a Toronto Maple Leaf. I’d like to follow that up by saying if he figures out how to be successful in the playoffs, nothing … Read more
On April 11, 2014 the Toronto Maple Leafs hired Brendan Shanahan as the Toronto Maple Leafs President and associate governor, officially signaling the end of the Brian Burke/Dave Nonis truculence era. Within a few months Shanahan announced that young executive Kyle Dubas would be joining the organization as an Assistant General Manager to Dave Nonis, … Read more
Luck? I’m not sure we can attribute it to luck but there has to be something going on in Toronto. Game 7 to Washington, then Boston twice and now Montreal? What is the missing ingredient leading to continuous frustration year after year. Right from the 1st period of the 1st game in the playoffs the leafs lose their … Read more