Canadiens’ Legend Says Matthews, McDavid Get Canada Closer to Cup Jim Parsons | June 23, 2022 How much do individual awards actually mean to professional hockey players? If you were to ask Auston Matthews — who won the Hart Trophy and the Ted Lindsay Award on…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Matthews, Marner, Bunting & Campbell The Old Prof | June 22, 2022 In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs’ News & Rumors, there’s some good news for Maple Leafs’ players after the NHL awards last night. Two of the team’s best players…
NHL Rumors: Panthers, Maple Leafs, Hurricanes, Ducks, Capitals Jim Parsons | June 22, 2022 In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Florida Panthers have found their head coach, but it isn’t the Jack Adams finalist they already had in house. Meanwhile, Auston Matthews won a…
Maple Leafs’ Forwards Ranked for Defensive Play – 2021-22 Season The Old Prof | June 21, 2022 In our series of articles ranking the play of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ players using five-on-five, on-ice stats tracked by naturalstattrick, we are going today to look at the defensive…
Maple Leafs’ Forwards Ranked for Offensive Play – 2021-22 Season The Old Prof | June 20, 2022 We previously wrote four articles ranking the play of the Maple Leafs’ defensemen in offense and defense during the regular season and playoffs. Now we turn our attention toward the forwards. …
2021-22 Maple Leafs Team Was Franchise’s Best in 17 Years The Old Prof | June 15, 2022 We have stated a number of times recently that we feel the 2021-22 roster that the Toronto Maple Leafs finished the regular season with was the best roster we have…
Rutger McGroarty’s Journey Has Made Him a Potential 1st Round Pick Peter Baracchini | June 8, 2022 There have only been three players from the state of Nebraska to play in the NHL. Johnny Matz, Jed Ortmeyer and most recently, Neal Pionk of the Winnipeg Jets. 2022…
Maple Leafs Should Bring Back Original Agitator Kevin Armstrong | June 7, 2022 The Toronto Maple Leafs got far more than they could’ve imagined with the emergence of Michael Bunting. The Calder Trophy nominee not only led all rookies with 63 points, but…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: The Hillman Hex, Bieber & Matthews’ Future The Old Prof | June 5, 2022 In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs’ News & Rumors, I’m going to share that former Maple Leafs’ defenseman Larry Hillman has passed. Although Hillman was one of the Top…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Muzzin’s Trade & Campbell’s New Contract? The Old Prof | June 4, 2022 In today’s edition of Toronto Maple Leafs News & Rumors, I’ll focus on two imminent decisions the organization must make about its roster heading into next season. Obviously, one of…
Maple Leafs Commentary: Bower, Matthews, Tavares, Spezza & Marner The Old Prof | June 2, 2022 In a recent post, upon learning that Jason Spezza had retired and moved into management with the team, I wrote why he was my favorite Toronto Maple Leafs player. Then…
Maple Leafs’ Summer of Kawhi Will Not Work The Old Prof | May 26, 2022 The “Summer of Kawhi?” Seriously, this is an idea the Toronto Maple Leafs should avoid like the plague. It is so perfectly ridiculous, and I wish I would have thought…