Leafs Czeched in for World Championship Alan Hudes | April 30, 2015 After a disastrous season in Toronto, four Leafs will suit up for their respective countries beginning Friday, at the annual IIHF World Hockey Championship in Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic.…
Leafs and Oilers Fans Need to Cheer on Caps and Flames James Tanner | April 30, 2015 When the Leafs traded Cody Franson and Mike Santorelli to the Nashville Predators a week before the Trade Deadline, part of the compensation was Nashville’s first round pick. Though adding…
Re-thinking the Phil Kessel Problem: Emotions Aside James Tanner | April 29, 2015 We’re all having fun discussing who the Leafs might trade and who they might get in exchange for virtually all their players. It seems all but certain the Leafs are…
Maple Leafs: Thieves of the 1986 NHL Draft Andrew Forbes | April 29, 2015 Normally, it’s hard to argue that any player taken in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft should be considered a steal – after all, these players are considered…
Dion Phaneuf: the Most Unfairly Lambasted Player in the NHL James Tanner | April 28, 2015 Someone has to say it. Dion Phaneuf is a great player who gets a bad rap. And I get that the Leafs have been garbage almost the whole time he’s…
Maple Leafs Minute – 2015 Draft Preview Nicco Cardarelli | April 28, 2015 The Toronto Maple Leafs enter the 2015 NHL Entry Draft armed with a total of eight picks. While there is no shortage of opinion throughout Leafs Nation on which prospects the team should…
The Nashville Predators’ Loss is the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Gain Kenneth Lam | April 26, 2015 The Nashville Predators’ (arguably surprisingly) defeat at the hands of the surging Chicago Blackhawks on April 25, 2015 in the 1st-round of the 2015 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs is the…
Strip-Mining the Maple Leafs James Tanner | April 25, 2015 Last week I wrote about what I would pitch to Leafs President Brendan Shanahan if he interviewed me for a job. What I proposed was a way for the Leafs…
The Most Trade-Worthy Maple Leafs Andrew Forbes | April 24, 2015 The day known to Maple Leafs fans and former employees as “Bloody Sunday” marked the first major steps in the club’s attempt at a full-scale rebuild. With that, however, the…
Hindsight Is 20/20: The 2009 NHL Draft Re-Done THW Archives | April 22, 2015 Featuring such super-stars as John Tavares and Oliver Ekman-Larsson, as well later picks like Ryan O’Reilly and Tomas Tatar, the 2009 draft stands as one of the better drafts in…
What I’d Pitch to Shanahan If He Interviewed Me James Tanner | April 20, 2015 The lottery is over and the Maple Leafs do not get to fast-track their rebuild with Connor McDavid. That’s OK, the guys they might get instead are still going to…
The Sensible Post-2015 NHL Draft Lottery Trade Strategy For the Maple Leafs Kenneth Lam | April 20, 2015 Time to forget about Connor McDavid Let me begin by stating the obvious, i.e., why Toronto needs a sensible post-2015 NHL Draft Lottery trade strategy. The reason is because the…