Posts About "Carl Grundstrom"
Kings Call Up Prokhorkin; Assign Bjornfot, Grundstrom to Reign
October 20th, 2019 The first homestand of the 2019-20 season hasn’t gone the way the Los Angeles Kings would have hoped. After back-to-back shutout losses, it prompted head coach Todd McLellan to make his first moves on the campaign. The team recalled forward Nikolai Prokhorkin, as announced by general manager Rob Blake on Friday. Tobias Bjornfot and...
Maple Leafs Call Up Candidates
October 7th, 2018 After a Calder Cup championship season, there are plenty of players from the 2017-18 Toronto Marlies who have deservedly earned spots with their parent club, the Toronto Maple Leafs. This leaves room for some of the Marlies' promising youngsters to earn a call up to the Leafs at one point or another this season. Travis Dermott and...
Calder Cup Final: Little Separates Stars & Marlies
June 9th, 2018 While the Stanley Cup Final offered some excitement, a 4-1 series speaks for itself. Meanwhile, in the AHL, the Toronto Marlies and Texas Stars are locked in a 2-2 battle for the Calder Cup. Every game has been decided by one goal. As the series goes deeper, the two teams’ dislike for one another is becoming more apparent as well....
5 Surging Leafs Prospects to Watch
March 7th, 2018 The Toronto Maple Leafs have come to be defined by their exceptional young talent. Boasting the likes of Auston Matthews, William Nylander, Mitch Marner, Kasperi Kapanen, and Travis Dermott, the Leafs' youth movement is in full swing and, fortunately, shows no signs of slowing down. And while the vast majority of Toronto's exceptional...
Three Maple Leafs Prospects to Watch at the Rookie Tourney
September 2nd, 2017 It's almost time for Toronto Maple Leafs hockey. It's been a long offseason that as has seen the team retool in an attempt to take the next step in their master plan. In that spirit, the management team went out and recruited some savvy veterans like Patrick Marleau, Dominic Moore and Ron Hainsey. Those players will bring a set of...
Projecting the Toronto Marlies 2017-18 Lineup
August 9th, 2017 As the Toronto Maple Leafs' AHL affiliate, the Toronto Marlies, head into the 2017-18 season, they will be presenting one of the deepest and most impressive lineups in the AHL. The Marlies will boast a mix of savvy veterans and young talented depth prospects. After defeating the Albany Devils 3-1 in the first round, the Marlies were...
Toronto Maple Leafs Top 20 Prospects
August 1st, 2017 With the promotion of a half dozen rookies into the NHL during the 2016-17 season, the Leafs prospect pool has been quickly diminished. With that, a great deal of young players have also moved up the depth charts, in the lower ranks. While the budding superstars are no longer around in the Leafs top prospects list, there are a litter...
Leafs 2016 NHL Draft: One Year Later
June 22nd, 2017 Heading into the 2017 NHL Draft, the Leafs will have a different perspective than they did in 2016. Just one year ago, Toronto had 11 draft picks, including five in the first three rounds. This year is a different story, with just seven total picks and only two within the first 109 selections. However, the minimal number of draft picks...
Offseason Changes to Leafs Offense
May 26th, 2017 The Toronto Maple Leafs offense was certainly a bright spot for the team after finishing with six players with more than 60 points and the fifth most goals for a team in the NHL. Now that is a great achievement for a team that was expected to finish at the bottom of the league again, but now the focus is on next season and on improving...
Leafs 2016 Draft Picks: Mid-Season Report
February 8th, 2017 Looking to the future has always been essential in the NHL. Whether it's looking forward to next season, looking at future contracts or the future of the salary cap. It's all about having a plan for what's next. And when it comes to future success of an NHL team it's dependent on drafting. The Toronto Maple Leafs came out of the 2016...
Is Sweden Unbeatable?
January 3rd, 2017 When asked about the idea that Sweden was in the weaker group and had yet to face a high-quality opponent, coach Tomas Monten paid respect to his Slovakian counterpart, as well as citing the pre-tournament games they played. But in reality, Sweden hasn't really played a team up to its talent level. In the semifinals, however, should all...
Why Sweden Can Win it All
December 29th, 2016 It's hard to call Sweden a dark horse considering all the talent they boast, but the Swedes are getting less attention than the big dogs over in group B. Add to the fact that the tournament is on Canadian soil, and Team Canada naturally has most of the spotlight. But Sweden is one team that you can't sleep on. They have what it takes to...
Leafs Prospects at the 2017 WJC
December 29th, 2016 The World Junior Championship has evolved greatly since it was first officially held in 1977. When the inaugural International Ice Hockey Federation WJC took place, held in Banska Bystrica and Zvolen, former Czechoslovakia, the tournament featured a mere eight teams. Further, there was little to no parity, as the Soviet Union and...
