Posts About "Ben Harpur"
Maple Leafs Dark Horse Contributors for 2019-20
September 14th, 2019 We know the superstars. Auston Matthews, John Tavares, Mitch Marner, William Nylander, Morgan Rielly, Tyson Barrie and Frederik Andersen will do much of the heavy lifting this season. As the leaders of the team, the 2019-20 Toronto Maple Leafs will only go as far as they take them. However, with injuries and lineup changes a fact of...
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Matthews, Spezza, Domi & Harpur
August 29th, 2019 In this news and rumors post, I will share what I’ve been reading and hearing. Will Auston Matthews leave the Toronto Maple Leafs? What will Jason Spezza bring to the team? How does Max Domi compare the Toronto market with the Montreal Canadiens market? And, will Ben Harpur add some grit to the roster? Related: Maple Leafs News...
Predicting the Maple Leafs' Bottom Defense Pairing
August 21st, 2019 There was no shortage of offseason moves fashioned by general manager Kyle Dubas and his staff this summer. The Maple Leafs have a new bottom-six center duo, a couple of new right-shot defenders, a couple of backup goaltending candidates and a wealth of league-minimum contracts that were handed out to depth players, most of whom will...
10 Tallest Senators of All Time
August 1st, 2019 At the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, former Minnesota Wild general manager Paul Fenton stirred up some controversy when he stated that the "...thing I liked is when guys came up to our table and they were taller than me." It was a strange statement that seemed to fit better in a decade long past, rather than in an NHL that is transitioning...
Senators and Leafs Swap Ceci, Zaitsev
July 1st, 2019 The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded Nikita Zaitsev, Connor Brown and Michael Carcone to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for Cody Ceci, Ben Harpur, Aaron Luchuk and a 2020 third-round pick. https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/1145659133221363712 The trade isn't a shock to the hockey world, as it comes two days after it was...
Overused Oduya Hurting the Senators
December 12th, 2017 When the Ottawa Senators signed Johnny Oduya this summer, it seemed like a natural fit. The team had just lost Marc Methot to the Vegas Golden Knights in the expansion draft and were looking for a veteran to replace him. And, with a blue line chock-full of young players, he seemed like the perfect mentor with two Stanley Cups to his...
Senators Defence Needs Young Legs
December 10th, 2017 When the Ottawa Senators lost top-pair defenceman Marc Methot over the summer, they knew they’d have to rely on younger players to replace him. So far, rookie defencemen like Thomas Chabot and Ben Harpur have been given a chance to contribute, and both players have shown some promise. Chabot, a first-round pick in 2015, has shown...
Disappointing Prospects: Senators' Development Camp Edition
July 20th, 2015 This post is the flip side of last week's Hope For Ottawa's Future post. Rather than celebrating the diamond in the rough, late-round draft steal and highlighting clever signings of undrafted prospects, in this post I am going to take a look at players whose performance during the 2015 development camp should raise red flags for...
