Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsTied 1-1 Yesterday night the Toronto Maple Leafs were able to bounce back in their series against the Boston Bruins and tie it at one after a disheartening game one loss. Leafs brass spent two days focusing on the mistakes from game one, looking over video and vowing not to make the same mistakes ...
So, your Toronto Maple Leafs have qualified for the playoffs again, eh? First time since 2004. There’s a palpable excitement in Toronto as the city’s hockey heroes have finally made their way into the post-season. It’s been so long. A Lot Has Changed You know, back in 2004, the White House was occupied by Republican ...
Playoff Hockey in Toronto More hockey?! Holy-canoly the Leafs are in the playoffs and the city is going to go bonkers. The Toronto Maple Leafs will play in the post season for the first time in nine years. According to the WeWantACup handy-dandy playoff ticker, the last Maple Leafs playoff game was played 3281 ...
It’s a historic rivalry.
Le bleu-blanc-rouge vs. the Buds; the Habs vs. the Leafs; French vs. English; Quebec vs. Ontario.
However you put it, the rivalry between the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs is one that’s purely Canadian.
Win In Jersey The thought of some people entering the trade deadline was that the Toronto Maple Leafs may need a veteran goaltender to provide some insurance down the stretch for James Reimer. Those people also claimed that Reimer did not have the ability to “steal” games in the way a vet like Mikka ...
Kadri and Lupul There is not much to say about these two. Their play on the ice has done the talking, but neither has ever shied away from chirping the opposition. It is that ability to get under the skin of the opponent that provided the duo with a swagger of their own. A ...
More Ice for Nazem Nazem Kadri has been the best Leaf all season long. That has been said numerous times by now. Head coach Randy Carlyle is quietly starting to increase his ice time. He played above 18 minutes against the Bruins, above 21 minutes against the Sabres, and above 15 minutes against the ...
Just over half way into the season, the Maple Leafs have enjoyed a 15-10-0-1 record and are sitting in fifth in the Eastern Conference. They have accomplished a lot without the services of Joffrey Lupul their second leading scorer from a season ago, a man who elicits about as much excitement as anyone on the ...
Phaneuf Burdened Dion Phaneuf has been solid this year, despite starting the first eight games with only one point. He has tallied four goals and 15 assists, playing on the same line with rookie defensemen. The nasty statistic is the -10 on the plus/minus category, of which most can be blamed on the fact ...
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.
