Brenton Kemp
A diehard hockey fan from the get go, Brenton has honed his craft covering hockey on a journalistic basis at such sites as thesportsgeek.com and FantasyPros. While he maintains an interest in a wide variety of sports, hockey has always reigned supreme. After years working in the investment industry, Brenton decided to follow his true passion and turned to hockey journalism on a full-time basis.
Author's Posts
Toronto Maple Leafs Weekly: Waiver Wire, Roster Set, Rivals Next
October 1st, 2019 Welcome to my first edition of Toronto Maple Leafs Weekly — a piece I will be releasing every Monday summing up the past seven days for the club while taking a look at the week ahead. I wanted to get a piece out prior to the season getting underway so we are able to touch on some of these subjects in next week's piece....
Making Sense of the Maple Leafs' 23-man Roster
September 30th, 2019 On Monday morning, the Toronto Maple Leafs finalized their 23-man roster after placing bottom-six forward candidates Kenny Agostino and Nic Petan on waivers alongside the injured Garrett Wilson and depth defender Kevin Gravel. With that, the team now has 13 forwards and 8 defensemen on the roster leading up to Wednesday's season-opening...
Ranking the Top 5 Maple Leafs X-Factors in 2019-20
September 29th, 2019 Expectations are again high for a re-jigged Toronto Maple Leafs roster leading up their series opener on Oct. 2 against the Ottawa Senators. With plenty of new faces aboard, it will take some time to get used to the new-look group, but there's little doubt that the Maple Leafs remain one of the NHL's best teams - on paper for the time...
Predicting Maple Leafs' Penalty Killers in 2019-20
September 28th, 2019 There's plenty of hype surrounding the 2019-20 Toronto Maple Leafs. There's a plethora of new, exciting faces on board, Auston Matthews could make the leap into a true top-five player in the NHL and the thought of a William Nylander bounce back to his right is mouth-watering. Frederik Andersen could take a charge at his first career...
Maple Leafs' 3 Obstacles in 2019-20
September 26th, 2019 Expectations in Toronto haven't been this high in some time. The Maple Leafs haven't won a playoff series since Pat Quinn's club eliminated the Ottawa Senators in Game 7 of the 2004 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. After many losing seasons followed by three consecutive first-round playoff exits, the team is in a position to become a...
The Maple Leafs Will Dominate Faceoffs Again in 2019-20
September 26th, 2019 The casual NHL fan won't pay much attention to the art known as the faceoff. After all, there's dozens of them every game and, you know, you win some and you lose some, right? Not quite. Ask any player or coach involved in the league and every single one of them will tell you the value of winning a faceoff. Starting with or without...
