First-Third Season’s Grades: Toronto Maple Leafs’ Backend The Old Prof | December 8, 2018 With 29 games of the 2018-19 NHL season now behind the team, there’s even more to say about the Toronto Maple Leafs than when I graded the Maple Leafs’ forwards…
William Nylander at Practice with the Maple Leafs The Canadian Press | December 7, 2018 TORONTO — William Nylander jumps on a loose puck during a power-play drill and rifles a shot inside the far post. That lightning-quick release is on display again a couple minutes later, the puck on and off his stick in a split second for a&n…
Did Babcock Throw Nylander to the Wolves? The Old Prof | December 7, 2018 Heading into Thursday night’s game against the now 13-12-4 Detroit Red Wings, Toronto was on a five-game winning streak and had the second-best record in the NHL, chasing only the…
Nylander to Make Season Debut With Matthews and Marleau The Canadian Press | December 6, 2018 TORONTO — Mike Babcock mused about potential line combinations moments after the Maple Leafs signed star centre John Tavares in free agency on July 1. Toronto’s head coach will finally put the plan he envisioned into action Thursday against the De…
Maple Leafs’ Coach Mike Babcock: Pedigree or Problems? The Old Prof | December 6, 2018 More than three and a half years ago, on May 20, 2015, the Toronto Maple Leafs’ signed Mike Babcock to be their Head Coach. With his hire, they immediately added…
NHL Rumors: Flyers, Marner and Matthews, Quick, More Jim Parsons | December 5, 2018 In today’s rumor rundown, there is news out of Philadelphia with a new GM ready to roll. The Toronto Maple Leafs will refocus their efforts on the Marner and Matthews…
What We Learned from the Maple Leafs’ Win Over the Sabres The Old Prof | December 5, 2018 I was wrong. The Buffalo Sabres did NOT beat the Toronto Maple Leafs last night as I had predicted. For Maple Leafs’ fans, the right team won. For Sabres’ fans,…
First-Third Season’s Grades: Toronto Maple Leafs’ Forwards The Old Prof | December 5, 2018 With 27 games of the 2018-19 NHL season now behind the team, there’s plenty to say about the Toronto Maple Leafs. They’ve been through drama and injury, and they seem…
Maple Leafs Down Sabres – Matthews With OT Winner The Canadian Press | December 5, 2018 BUFFALO, N.Y. — Auston Matthews scored his second goal with three seconds on the clock in overtime, and the Toronto Maple Leafs matched their best start in 84 years with a 4-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night. The Maple Leafs won their fift…
Dubas Kicks the Cap Down the Road Jeff Seide | December 4, 2018 OTTAWA — A second group has expressed its interest in developing Ottawa’s LeBreton Flats, and it says an NHL arena is part of its plan. DevCore Group, which submitted a bid to develop the area near Parliament Hill in 2016 but lost to a group co-he…
Maple Leafs Trade Leivo to Canucks, Keep Their Promise Jim Parsons | December 3, 2018 OTTAWA — A second group has expressed its interest in developing Ottawa’s LeBreton Flats, and it says an NHL arena is part of its plan. DevCore Group, which submitted a bid to develop the area near Parliament Hill in 2016 but lost to a group co-he…
NHL News & Notes: Flyers General Manager, Leivo & More Brandon Share-Cohen | December 3, 2018 In today’s News & Notes, the Philadelphia Flyers have reportedly hired a general manager, Josh Leivo has been traded and Ilya Kovalchuk is out for up to a month. Fletcher…
