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Ben Fisher

I may be a Leafs fan at heart (I've witnessed their highs and lows first-hand as a Scotiabank Arena employee), but I'm also a veteran freelance sportswriter who loves a good story. And there's been no better story in hockey over the past few years than the Vegas Golden Knights. I'm excited to be covering the NHL again on the Golden Knights' beat.

Maple Leafs’ Mason Marchment Trade Still Stings 5 Years Later

Ben Fisher | February 19, 2025

On Feb. 19, 2020, days before the 2020 NHL Trade Deadline and weeks before the world shut down on account of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Toronto Maple Leafs agreed to…

Categories Toronto Maple Leafs

3 Maple Leafs Who Need to Turn Their Season Around

Ben Fisher | February 19, 2025

With exactly two weeks off in between NHL games, the 4 Nations Face-Off break has given the Toronto Maple Leafs plenty of time to rest and re-focus (unless your name…

Categories Editor's Choice, Toronto Maple Leafs

Ranking the 4 Nations Face-Off Injuries by Impact

Ben Fisher | February 12, 2025

We have officially arrived at the NHL break, with the 4 Nations Face-Off set to get underway tonight. That means that, with some players bound for Montreal and others off…

Categories 4 Nations Face-off

5 Maple Leafs Forwards Who Could Lose Their Spot Amidst Injury & Trade Additions

Ben Fisher | February 7, 2025

The Toronto Maple Leafs are now 2-0-0 since John Tavares and Matthew Knies returned to the lineup on Saturday night in Edmonton. Meanwhile, Anthony Stolarz could be back in net…

Categories Editor's Choice, Toronto Maple Leafs

4 Different Types of Centres the Maple Leafs Might Target in Trades

Ben Fisher | February 5, 2025

The Toronto Maple Leafs need an added boost down the middle at the centre position. For anyone who has followed the club this season, this is hardly breaking news. In…

Categories Editor's Choice, Toronto Maple Leafs, Trade Deadline

What Team Czechia Would Look Like at the 4 Nations Face-Off

Ben Fisher | January 30, 2025

When it comes to the 4 Nations Face-Off, there has been no shortage of focus on the digit at the beginning of the event’s name: “4”. With no disrespect to…

Categories 4 Nations Face-off

Alex Pietrangelo Withdrawing From 4 Nations Face-Off Could Set a Troubling Precedent

Ben Fisher | January 28, 2025

After weeks of “no news is good news” regarding the 4 Nations Face-Off rosters, the dominoes (and players) have unfortunately started to fall. Goaltender Jacob Markstrom’s sprained UCL will prevent…

Categories 4 Nations Face-off

4 NHL Coaches With Maple Leafs Connections in Race for 2025 Jack Adams Award

Ben Fisher | January 24, 2025

At the start of the 2024-25 NHL season, the Toronto Maple Leafs already appeared poised to factor into the Jack Adams Award race – one way or another. Not only…

Categories NHL Coaching, Toronto Maple Leafs

Mitch Marner’s Under-Appreciated 2024-25 Season

Ben Fisher | January 21, 2025

In the hockey-crazed city of Toronto, where anything that the Toronto Maple Leafs do becomes a much-discussed focus of social media, many stories have the tendency to get covered and…

Categories Toronto Maple Leafs

4 Nations Face-Off All-Snubs Team

Ben Fisher | January 15, 2025

When the 4 Nations Face-Off rosters were announced back in early December, reactions focused just as much on who didn’t make the teams as who did. Such is the hockey-rich…

Categories 4 Nations Face-off

Maple Leafs’ Biggest Second-Half Storylines

Ben Fisher | January 14, 2025

We are three games into the second half of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 2024-25 season and, really, we’ve already been offered a glimpse into the best and worst of what…

Categories Toronto Maple Leafs

3 Players Whose Health Makes 4 Nations Face-Off Participation Worrisome

Ben Fisher | January 10, 2025

The 4 Nations Face-Off is a month away, and we already know who will be representing Canada, the US, Sweden and Finland in what is the closest facsimile to a…

Categories 4 Nations Face-off, Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vegas Golden Knights
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