While it’s generally outside the bounds of good policy to ease into a seven game playoff series, the Toronto Maple Leafs did just that. The club was tentative, unsettled and clearly outmatched in the opening salvo of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs against a more experienced Boston Bruins squad. Everyone knew there would be changes ...
By Mike Miccoli In Game 2 on Saturday night, the story wasn’t that the Bruins couldn’t keep up the momentum, it was that the Maple Leafs played on a higher level, looking like a different team than Game 1. As for the Bruins? Well, they just weren’t good enough. Make no mistake about it though, ...
Ladies and Gentlemen: this is Barret Jackman. At 6 feet tall, weighing a robust 205 lbs, Jackman is the epitome of the term “defensive-defensemen”. During this current lockout shortened season, Jackman has been, statistically, the Blues best overall defenseman. In fact, Jackman is the only Blues defenseman to have positive numbers in both the HARO ...
Without a doubt, Nazem Kadri has been the best player for the Toronto Maple Leafs this season. All this, after struggling to stay in the lineup just a year ago.
Right when the stars appeared to be aligning for the Battle of Ontario to regain some relevance in the greater hockey landscape, a wild of week of freak injuries and harsh realities have placed the rivalry between the Ottawa Senators and the Toronto Maple Leafs on a more Prometheus-like plateau, ie: much ado about not ...
With the fantasy hockey season under way, managers are most likely looking to add some free agent gems before another manager gets to them. While some leagues might have a very notable player hit the waiver wire at some point during the fantasy hockey season, most managers cannot afford to bank on such a possibility. ...
While the NHL season may only be 7 games old for the Toronto Maple Leafs, one guy is catching everyone by surprise. Nazem Kadri is the Leafs leading point getter through the first 7 games, with 3 goals and 4 assists for a point per game pace. That marks his 21 game total from last ...
Heading into the 2012 NHL season NHL.com ranked the top ten prospects in the Toronto Maple Leafs system. Joe Colborne was ranked number one while, Jesse Blacker, Brad Ross, Tyler Biggs, Morgan Rielly, Greg McKegg, Jerry D’Amigo, Matthew Finn, Leo Komarov and Korbinian Holzer rounded out the top ten. Another trusted online source, Hockey’s Future, ...
Expectation: Nazem Kadri is a three-part series. Part II is available here. Part III is available here. It seems all peaks and valleys when it comes to the still-young career of Nazem Kadri. The now 22-year-old forward hasn’t played a full season with the Maple Leafs, and yet since being drafted June 26, 2009 ...
With the off-season all but upon us, one thing is clear, the Toronto Maple Leafs have some decisions to make in order to improve for next season. It’s evident that one year of additional experience for players like Matt Frattin, Nazem Kadri, Jake Gardiner and even Luke Schenn will make the Leafs a better team. ...
