3 Takeaways from the Blues’ 5-3 Victory over Sharks – 11/10/22 Mike Meyer | November 11, 2022 The St. Louis Blues returned home to the Enterprise Center with a franchise-record eight-game losing streak hanging over their heads. The players and fans alike had grown frustrated but determined…
Blues 2021-22 Report Cards: Calle Rosen Stephen Ground | June 3, 2022 The St. Louis Blues 2021-22 season represented a major transition for the franchise. No longer a stout defensive team built from the blue line out, they finished second in the…
Recent Maple Leafs’ Roster Moves: Agostino, Lehtonen, Robertson & More The Old Prof | March 12, 2021 In this rather odd edition of what might be named Maple Leafs News & Rumors, I’m going to concentrate on recent roster moves that the Toronto Maple Leafs have made…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: New Divisions, Kossila, Rosen & More The Old Prof | December 10, 2020 In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs News & Rumors, I’ll try to offer fans more insight about the beginning of the 2020-21 NHL regular season. I’ll then take a…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: A Youthful Defense & Thornton in Toronto? The Old Prof | February 27, 2020 It’s really quite simple. The Toronto Maple Leafs won’t catch either the Boston Bruins or the Tampa Bay Lightning for the top two spots in the Atlantic Division. And, given…
Maple Leafs Trade Hutchinson to Avalanche for Rosen, Flyers Acquire Grant from Ducks Declan Schroeder | February 24, 2020 The Toronto Maple Leafs have sent goaltender Michael Hutchinson to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for defenseman Calle Rosen. Hutchinson Era Over in Toronto The Ontario-born Hutchinson was a lightning…
NHL Preseason: Potential Surprise Player for Every Team Larry Fisher | September 16, 2019 Everybody loves an underdog. And every fall, there are successful underdog stories coming out of NHL training camps. When the 31 teams declare their 23-man rosters on Oct. 1, there…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Korshkov, Rielly, Rosen & Salary Cap Fixes The Old Prof | May 5, 2019 Ironically, with the Toronto Maple Leafs out of the Stanley Cup playoffs, the news swirling around the team seems more constant than when the team was playing. In today’s news…
Calle Rosen: The Maple Leafs’ Defensive Reinforcement Brian Joyce | April 1, 2019 The Toronto Maple Leafs have a serious weakness on defence. This has been no secret as the team has struggled defensively since they re-emerged as a playoff contender in 2016-17.…
Maple Leafs’ Trade Bait: What Marlies’ Defensemen Might Leave? The Old Prof | December 27, 2018 There is hope both inside the Toronto Maple Leafs’ team and with their fans that this might be the year the team could finally break through and win their first…
Calder Cup: Marlies Win Highlights Bright Future Chris Quattrucci | June 19, 2018 When looking at the rosters of previous Calder Cup champions, each year tells a different story. Combing through history, there are some champions that had an abundance of future NHL…
Toronto Maple Leafs: Three Takeaways from the Loss to the Devils Anthony Fusco | October 12, 2017 The Toronto Maple Leafs are no longer undefeated. It wasn’t a realistic goal to expect them to go 82-0 at any rate, but I digress. The Leafs faced a hot…