Everything You Think You Know About Hockey Is Wrong James Tanner | November 3, 2014 Analytics, or advanced stats, are here to stay. Though it may seem like a fad due to their explosion into the mainstream over the last year, the fact is, the…
50 Years Ago in Hockey – Gardens to Expand? Rick Cole | November 3, 2014 With no on-ice action to report from last night, other matters made some news in the hockey world today. Possibly the most significant item concerns the plans by the Toronto…
Stuart Percy Rejoins the Toronto Maple Leafs William Wilson | October 31, 2014 Stuart Percy Rejoins the Toronto Maple Leafs That didn’t take long. On Sunday, young defenceman Stuart Percy was reassigned to the Toronto Marlies by the Toronto Maple Leafs. Yesterday, the…
Leafs Trade Rumours James Tanner | October 30, 2014 We all love trade rumours. Or, at least I assume we do. Outside of watching an actual game, and after an actual trade, a trade rumour is just about the…
Dear Abby: Jimmy Answers Your Leafs Tweets James Tanner | October 29, 2014 The world is filled with people and those people have opinions. Some of those opinions are about the Leafs. I thought it would be fun to take a sampler and…
Hapless Toronto Maple Leafs Spank Hopeless Buffalo Sabres William Wilson | October 29, 2014 Hapless Toronto Maple Leafs Spank Hopeless Buffalo Sabres After Saturday’s ugly 4-1 loss to the Boston Bruins (5-6-0) at the Air Canada Centre, the Toronto Maple Leafs (4-4-1) desperately needed…
50 Years Ago in Hockey – Hawks Howl as Leafs Win Rick Cole | October 28, 2014 The Toronto Maple Leafs scored three second period goals, and that’s all it took as they edged the Chicago Black Hawks 3-2 at the Chicago Stadium in last night’s only…
How to Fix the Leafs James Tanner | October 27, 2014 Once again the Leafs appear to be in no-man’s land when it comes to their place in the NHL: Not good enough to compete, not bad enough to truly ever…
A Detailed Analysis of Splitting Up Kessel and Van Riemsdyk James Tanner | October 24, 2014 A large part of hockey writing is about second guessing the decisions of management and coaches. Now, obviously a lot of this is done with the benefit of hindsight and…
Tape2Tape: Hockey’s United Stand Andrew Forbes | October 23, 2014 On Wednesday, the game of hockey took a backseat to tragic events taking place in Canada’s capital city. Much like the attack on the Boston Marathon in 2013, the assault…
Maple Leafs Front Office an Awkward Mess James Tanner | October 23, 2014 I have defended Dave Nonis in the past. I think that Dave Nonis is a patient and smart man – which makes him a good GM. I think, also, that…
Ottawa Shootings, Senators vs. Leafs Postponed Callum Fraser | October 22, 2014 Before we get to the hockey game, I’d like to focus on the more important news. At 9:52 a.m. ET this morning, there was a shooting that took place at the…