Back a couple of weeks ago I commenced collecting our follower's thoughts on a Maple Leafs Dream Team through a series of polls via twitter. The debate was fierce, with some names making the cut and others that didn't. Below is the roster selected via the polls: Foward Lines Clark-Gilmour-Vaive Mahovlich-Matthews-Conacher Hyman-Kadri-Tucker Roberts-"Red" Kelly-Thomas Defence... Continue Reading →
Despite their most recent struggles, Toronto has entered the much-needed bye week a completely new team, regardless of what the standings may reveal.Over the last few months, the Toronto Maple Leafs have completely reinvented themselves or at the very least, began to play as expected. Aside from the obvious (hiring Keefe) Toronto has made changes... Continue Reading →
Since our previous post which was at the 30 game mark (13-13-4 for 30 points), The Maple Leafs have continued their scorching turn around by going 11-1-1 for 23 points or a total of 53 points on the season. A season that in early November looked to have gone off the rails has in a... Continue Reading →
It is quite clear now more than ever that Auston Matthews grew tired of Mike Babcock as his coach and was happy to see him fired whether he admits it publicly or not. The majority of a fanbase will blame Babcock for the never ending timeline of events where it was clear the two never... Continue Reading →
Thursday November 21st, 2019 marked the start of the Sheldon Keefe era with the Maple Leafs. You couldn't have scripted a better debut for the rookie coach, as the Maple Leafs put on a dominant game to win 3-1 over the Arizona Coyotes. Tyson Barrie's first goal of the seasson was probably one of the... Continue Reading →
FINALLY!!! "We can, and we will" was what Kyle Dubas famously said to Elliotte Friedman and Jeff Marek regarding contract negotiations with his 3 star young RFA's, and this just after landing the biggest UFA in the history of the NHL's cap era. All anyone could wonder was how Dubas going to make it all... Continue Reading →
The Mitch Marner contract negotiations took a turn to crisis levels after Darren Dreger reported that Marner wouldn't be putting pen to paper before Canada Day and could be visiting rival teams as of June 26th. Truly this shouldn't be a surprise, the seeds to this contract impasse started all the way back when the... Continue Reading →
Lucas did an amazing job in his most recent blog offering his thoughts as to what went wrong in the playoff series against the Boston Bruins. He also correctly highlighted a lot of structural issues that haunted the Maple Leafs right from the regular season all the way through to the series loss to the... Continue Reading →
Game 7’s have officially become less fun and entertaining, and more stressful and disheartening. The worst part about this game 7 in particular, was that Toronto sat in the driver seat for most of the series, and could not finish the job. They looked as though they were going to bring home the series and... Continue Reading →
