The Leafs are in desperate need of a top end 3rd line centre. They traded for Scott Laughton at the deadline as a means to fix that problem, but as soon as he hauled on his Toronto jersey his production tanked to the tune of 2 goals and 4pts in 20 regular season games, followed … Read more
Free agency is less than two weeks away and there really isn’t a lot of excitement surrounding it. When I’d imagine the end of the Core 4 era, it came via trade and offered hope via open capspace, returned assets and a new and more positive look to the roster. However, it’s Mitch Marner’s world … Read more
It is hard to fathom that we have reached this same place again for the 9th year in a row. Once again the Toronto Maple Leafs left themselves and their fans extremely disappointed with yet another devastating playoff exit. The same story reigned supreme again as the Leafs withered in a game 7 with everything on … Read more
To say the least, goalies are very tough to pin down in terms of career projections and almost none of them make an immediate impact at the NHL level. If you draft one it’s understood that you have taken on a project. Take Joseph Woll for example, who was selected in the 3rd round of … Read more
Centres, centres, centres!! The Leafs need them and they continually fail to draft and develop their own. Since the beginning of this rebuild, which we’ll mark as the William Nylander draft in 2014, for arguments sake, the Leafs have had one of their own draft picks play at the centre position for 837 regular season … Read more
The Edmonton Oilers dropped game 3 to the Florida Panthers and did so in commanding fashion. On one hand, it’s nice to see that it’s not just the Leafs that can lose games to Florida by way of a 6-1 score, but on the other hand the Leafs own the Panthers’ 2nd round selection in … Read more
The jadedness continues for Leafs fans, as the Stanley Cup Final drags out. For myself, this is shaping up to be the worst offseason in a very long time. Yes, finally, it appears that there will be a change to the core group of forwards, and it’s far beyond time for such a change, but … Read more
It was reported recently that the Maple Leafs may be considering the buy out route for some of the players that are closer to the bottom of their lineup. For the sake of discussion we’ll run through some of their options, to see if it makes sense. David Kampf: This is likely the first option … Read more
This has been a tough offseason so far in terms of keeping the give-a-shit meter above zero and it’s just begun. I’m dreading the long summer ahead because I’m so sure that, once again, the lip service provided by Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving, when he says the “DNA” of this team needs to change … Read more
That’s the question, isn’t it? What now? What could you possibly do with a core group of skaters that have let you down, time and again? Also, how much of that is in the hands of management? Mitch Marner’s future certainly doesn’t appear to be up to them. Let’s start with the good things we … Read more