Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Dahlstrom, Amadio & New Team Leadership The Old Prof | August 3, 2021 In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs News & Rumors, I’ll share news about three new signings for the team. Second, I analyze some of the similarities and differences between…
Maple Leafs’ Fans Need to Temper Expectations for 2021-22 The Old Prof | July 31, 2021 As every Toronto Maple Leafs’ fan knows, the last five seasons have been frustrating. It’s been regular-season success and playoff failure. The Maple Leafs haven’t been able to move past…
Maple Leafs Are a Victim of Their Own Success The Old Prof | July 27, 2021 Once again, I’m privileged to be collaborating with long-time Toronto Maple Leafs’ fan Stan Smith to write this post. In it, we trace the recent history of the team in…
Do You Know Your Toronto Maple Leafs Trivia? All-Time Goal Scoring The Old Prof | July 12, 2021 I don’t know about other Toronto Maple Leafs’ fans, but I love learning about the team I cover. In fact, I try to learn more regularly. I’ve decided to do…
How Do Current Maple Leafs’ Players Stack Up Against the All-Timers? The Old Prof | July 5, 2021 I’ve always admitted that many of the readers of my THW’s Toronto Maple Leafs’ posts have (a) been Maple Leafs’ fans much longer than I have and (b) know so…
Maple Leafs’ Marner Can Find Success to Excel in Playoffs Peter Baracchini | July 5, 2021 Things were going very well for Toronto Maple Leafs Mitch Marner during the regular season. He matched his previous season point total with 67 points in four fewer games and…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Matthews, Marner, Andersen & Hyman Too? The Old Prof | July 1, 2021 In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs’ News & Rumors, I’ll share the news that the team’s great duo of young forwards – Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner – just…
2021 Hart Award Finalists: Who Should Take Home the Trophy? Jeff Middleton | June 29, 2021 The final and most prestigious player award on the docket is the Hart Trophy. Handed out annually to the player dubbed most valuable to his team, the Hart Trophy is…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Now What? Getting More from Marner The Old Prof | June 28, 2021 Yesterday’s edition of Toronto Maple Leafs’ News & Rumors employed advanced hockey statistics to compare the regular season and playoff performances of Mitch Marner and Auston Matthews. The specific task…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Marner’s “Poor” Playoffs By The Numbers The Old Prof | June 27, 2021 In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs News & Rumors, I’m going to once again collaborate with long-time Maple Leafs’ fan Stan Smith to take a look at the numbers…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Learning from the Canadiens’ Playoff Success The Old Prof | June 25, 2021 Almost every day I find something to appreciate about the THW readers who read my posts. Sure, sometimes people disagree, but mostly it’s done in a barbershop(ish) sort of way…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Two Views from a Place of Disappointment The Old Prof | June 22, 2021 It’s just over three weeks since the Toronto Maple Leafs May 31st disappointing seventh-game playoff loss to the Montreal Canadiens. During those three weeks, it seems as if the mood…