Maple Leafs Top Five Prospects James Tanner | May 31, 2015 The Maple Leafs don’t exactly have the greatest prospect system in the NHL. Hockey’s Future – a website devoted to NHL prospects – has them ranked at 19th in the…
Franson or Beleskey: Leafs Should Say No James Tanner | May 26, 2015 You’re all set up for your long overdue rebuild with assurances that your team won’t take short-cuts and won’t undercut the process, even if it brings in a big-name coach,…
5 Potential Phil Kessel Trade Destinations James Tanner | May 25, 2015 I think the Leafs have to trade Phil Kessel. It doesn’t matter who their coach is or whether or not Kessel has ever even been put in a position to…
Even With Babcock, Kessel Must Be Traded James Tanner | May 22, 2015 It sure didn’t take long for the pundits to start questioning how much rebuilding the Leafs should do in the wake of their hiring of Mike Babcock. The Toronto Star’s…
Responding to Thoughts on the Leafs Hiring Babcock James Tanner | May 21, 2015 It’s a given that whenever there is a big story, there will be a lot of (let us diplomatically say) odd thoughts coming out in the surrounding commentary. It’s not…
BREAKING NEWS: Leafs Hire Babcock James Tanner | May 20, 2015 According to TSN the Toronto Maple Leafs have signed Mike Babcock to a $50 million dollar deal to coach the team for the next eight years. The deal comes after more than…
Why It Doesn’t Matter if Leafs Hire Coach Before GM James Tanner | May 20, 2015 The hockey world is a very conservative place. Not in the sense of politics, just in the more general sense where changes are small, gradual and usually met with disdain.…
No Babcock For Leafs Not That Bad James Tanner | May 19, 2015 Tuesday morning on TSN Radio, Bob McKenzie said that Mike Babcock is “definitely not going to the Leafs.” And so ends another round of dreaming for the Maple Leafs…
Why the Leafs Should Pursue Jordan Staal At All Costs James Tanner | May 15, 2015 O.K, I know a lot of people are going to see this and immediately say that Jordan Staal has a career high of 50 points and that therefore he is…
Leafs @4th: Must Make Mitch Marner Their Man James Tanner | May 14, 2015 When the Leafs select fourth overall in the upcoming NHL entry draft, I contend that the player they should select is Mitch Marner. Now, I don’t own a Crystal Ball…
Now That Leafs Are Past Rock-Bottom, Excitement Looms James Tanner | May 13, 2015 For me, and I realize this is entirely subjective, the Leafs hit rock-bottom sometime around 10:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on January 9th when they lost to the Hurricanes 4-1,…
A Kessel-centric Maple Leafs Mailbag James Tanner | May 7, 2015 Welcome to another addition of the Maple Leafs Mailbag. While you no doubt are familiar with the concept of mailbags, this one comes straight from under the desk of the Toronto…
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