Maple Leafs Goaltending
Maple Leafs Bolster Goalie Depth with Hutchinson
December 31st, 2018 Last season the Toronto Maple Leafs had some of the best goaltending depth in the NHL. Now, having lost Curtis McElhinney and Calvin Pickard to waivers at the start of the season, the Maple Leafs have quickly realized that they need help. With Frederik Andersen...
Sparks Proving Dubas Was Right
November 28th, 2018 The Toronto Maple Leafs had a big offseason, one that included signing John Tavares, naming Kyle Dubas as general manager and the ongoing William Nylander contract dispute. When the season finally started, those three things set the tone for the 2018-19 season,...
Frederik Andersen: Toronto Maple Leafs’ Best Player By Far
November 28th, 2018 On Monday night, Frederik Andersen was amazing leading the Toronto Maple Leafs to yet another victory. Except for two goals by the Boston Bruins’ young star David Pastrnak, Andersen stopped 38 of 40 shots in Monday's 4-2 win. That’s a lot of shots, and...
Maple Leafs' Andersen Has Stepped Up
November 8th, 2018 Frederik Andersen has quietly been the backbone of the Toronto Maple Leafs this season. Now in his third season wearing the blue and white, the Maple Leafs knew they had a strong goalie, someone who has helped guide them to back-to-back playoff...
Sparks Should Lessen the Load for Leafs' Andersen
September 11th, 2018 The Toronto Maple Leafs are about to enter one of their most exciting seasons since the 1967-68 NHL expansion. In 1967-68 the Leafs were defending Stanley Cup champions, fresh off their last Cup in 1966-67. Yeah, it’s been a long time for Toronto fans and there have been...
Top 3 Atlantic Division Goaltenders
August 25th, 2018 Widely considered the best teams in the Atlantic Division, the Tampa Bay Lightning, Boston Bruins, and Toronto Maple Leafs found themselves in the playoffs last season. The Bruins were able to edge out the Maple Leafs in a seven-game first-round series before falling to the...
Where Does the Maple Leafs’ Goaltending Go From Here?
June 2nd, 2018 Earlier this week, the Toronto Maple Leafs announced they had re-signed goaltender Kasimir Kaskisuo to a two-year, two-way contract, keeping him in a blue and white uniform until at least the end of 2019-20. With Kaskisuo’s spot on the crowded Maple Leafs’...
Leafs' McElhinney Has Found a Home
March 20th, 2018 After Curtis McElhinney's latest shutout, a 33-save whitewash of the lowly Montreal Canadiens on Saturday – his third in 16 games this season, and on St. Patrick's Day, no less – it seemed like the appropriate time to look back on the 34-year-old's journey to Toronto....
Andersen: The Underrated Vezina Candidate
February 23rd, 2018 The Toronto Maple Leafs success this season can be attributed to one player, Frederik Andersen. Although Auston Matthews has led the way with timely goals and dominance in the offensive zone, Andersen has been the one to have elevated this team to be the third best team in...
Should the Maple Leafs Trade a Goalie?
January 29th, 2018 To say that the Toronto Maple Leafs have received excellent goaltending throughout the 2017-18 NHL season thus far would be a massive understatement. Led by Frederik Andersen, the Leafs have boasted a brick wall in goal on a nightly basis, as he and backup Curtis...
McElhinney Fighting for Job as Leafs Backup
November 15th, 2017 Over the summer, there was concern over the Toronto Maple Leafs re-signing Curtis McElhinney as their backup goalie. He played half a season with the Leafs, with most of his play being mediocre and only the odd game where he was solid in net. The Leafs also had Garret...
What Pickard Means for the Maple Leafs
October 9th, 2017 Well it didn’t take long, but the Toronto Maple Leafs have made a trade with the Vegas Golden Knights. More importantly, it’s a trade that will be very helpful for the rest of the season and beyond. The Maple Leafs acquired goaltender Calvin Pickard in return for...
Better Maple Leafs Means Better Andersen
August 16th, 2017 The Toronto Maple Leafs knew they would speed up their rebuild by trading for Frederik Andersen last offseason. However, no one was sure how he would handle the heavy workload as this was his first crack as a definite NHL starting goalie, a sure lock to play at least 60...
