3 Keys to the Maple Leafs Closing Out the Habs Series Alex Hobson | May 29, 2021 So far, the Toronto Maple Leafs’ series against the Montreal Canadiens has been delievered exactly as advertised. After Game 1 went to Montreal and the Leafs lost captain John Tavares…
Maple Leafs Turning Canadiens’ Physicality Against Them The Old Prof | May 24, 2021 The problem with playing a physical brand of hockey is that, if you’re not careful, it can be hard to keep your head about you. You can only be just…
Maple Leafs Are Going To Be Tougher to Beat This Postseason The Old Prof | May 18, 2021 In a Sportsnet video from two days ago, Jason Spezza announced that ‘We’re built for the playoffs.” Last season, the team wasn’t; this season, they are. What’s the change? What…
Maple Leafs’ 2020-21 Season Saw a Mitch Marner Transformation The Old Prof | May 17, 2021 From the very beginning, hockey people knew that the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Mitch Marner was a great young player who had a chance to be a star in the NHL.…
Maple Leafs Lounge: Montreal Canadiens Playoff Preview Kevin Armstrong | May 17, 2021 The Toronto Maple Leafs against the Montreal Canadiens in the playoffs is special. It’s so special we invited our The Hockey Writers colleagues, from the Habs crew, to the Maple…
Maple Leafs’ Matthews Learned His Hockey Skills in a Phoenix Thrift Store The Old Prof | May 14, 2021 Who are the best NHL players today – at the end of the 2020-21 season? It seems pretty clear that the mantle of the best current NHL hockey player has…
Maple Leafs’ Matthews & Marner: Chemistry Cultivated by PlayStation The Old Prof | May 12, 2021 The first time the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Mitch Marner met Auston Matthews it was in an elevator in Helsini at the 2016 world juniors. That was before the Maple Leafs…
Maple Leafs: 3 Burning Questions Heading Into the Stanley Cup Playoffs Kevin Armstrong | May 9, 2021 For the first time in 21 years, the Toronto Maple Leafs are division champions. They are heading to the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the fifth straight season. Toronto has remained…
Maple Leafs’ 2020-21 Are the Next Step in the Shanaplan The Old Prof | May 8, 2021 The Toronto Maple Leafs’ 2020-21 season started on January 13, 2021. The day before the season started, Sportsnet’s Chris Johnston wrote an article based upon an interview with Maple Leafs’…
Maple Leafs’ Tavares Shakes His Head at Matthews’ Incredible Skill [Video] The Old Prof | May 7, 2021 The Toronto Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews scored a goal in Thursday’s game. That goal added to his team’s 5-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens and helped push the Maple Leafs…
2021 NHL Award Watch: Evaluating the Hart Race Aaron Heckmann | May 6, 2021 The season is just a little over a week away from coming to an end, making it a perfect time to shift our focus to evaluating the NHL awards. This…
Maple Leafs’ Takeaways: Matthews, Caufield and a Playoff Preview Andrew Forbes | May 4, 2021 It may or may not have been an early preview of the first round of the North Division playoffs, but with the Montreal Canadiens beating the Toronto Maple Leafs in…