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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.

Analyzing the Maple Leafs’ Depth Down the Middle

Brenton Kemp | September 4, 2019

There’s a handful of items that championship-caliber NHL teams have in common. Solid goaltending, sound defense and experience are a few of those items. That said, you will be hard-pressed…

Categories Editor's Choice, Toronto Maple Leafs

Predicting the Maple Leafs’ Power Play Units

Brenton Kemp | September 3, 2019

In the 2017-18 season, Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock went the ‘spread the wealth’ route in regard to his power play units, much to the dismay of many…

Categories Toronto Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs’ Top 2019-20 Career-Season Candidates

Brenton Kemp | September 2, 2019

As a whole, you would be hard-pressed to find an NHL team boasting more pure talent than the Toronto Maple Leafs. From the one-two punch of John Tavares and Auston…

Categories Editor's Choice, Toronto Maple Leafs

Can Morgan Rielly Win the Norris Trophy in 2019-20?

Brenton Kemp | August 30, 2019

Brent Burns, Erik Karlsson, Victor Hedman, Drew Doughty and John Carlson. As far as perennial Norris Trophy candidates go, these are the names that you will be forced to leapfrog…

Categories Toronto Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs’ Expectations for Johnsson & Kapanen in 2019-20

Brenton Kemp | August 29, 2019

There arguably hasn’t been a bigger topic of discussion this summer than the restricted free agent (RFA) stalemate. Some of hockey’s brightest young stars remain without contracts on the brink…

Categories Toronto Maple Leafs

Predicting the Maple Leafs’ Bottom Defense Pairing

Brenton Kemp | August 21, 2019

There was no shortage of offseason moves fashioned by general manager Kyle Dubas and his staff this summer. The Maple Leafs have a new bottom-six center duo, a couple of…

Categories Toronto Maple Leafs

Will Frederik Andersen Get His Vezina Trophy in 2019-20?

Brenton Kemp | August 20, 2019

If you follow the Toronto Maple Leafs, you are immensely aware that Frederik Andersen is one heck of a goaltender. Annually saddled with heavy workloads as a member of the…

Categories Maple Leafs Goaltending, NHL Goaltending

Setting Expectations for Maple Leafs’ Offseason Additions

Brenton Kemp | August 19, 2019

Going into the offseason we knew that Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas had some business to take care of. What we didn’t know is how it would unfold.…

Categories Editor's Choice, Maple Leafs Transactions
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