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Toronto Maple Leafs’ Bottom-Six Consists of Too Much Diversity

Lukas Hardonk | March 31, 2012

The Toronto Maple Leafs have had a very rough season in 2011-2012. Has a poorly constructed bottom-six forward group played a key role in that?

Categories Toronto Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs Panel: Coaching Change, Veteran Players & Aulie Traded

Mark Ascione | March 5, 2012

Maple Leafs Panel is a weekly feature that is published every Monday here on The Hockey Writers. It is a feature where THW Toronto Maple Leafs correspondents Lukas Hardonk, Mark Ascione and Alex Mamalis answer three questions that concern the…

Categories Toronto Maple Leafs, Trades Contracts and Transactions, Uncategorized

Examining the Maple Leafs’ Next Two Years of Free Agents

Lukas Hardonk | November 12, 2011

Free agency is arguably the biggest part of building a team in any league. When it comes to the NHL, we often see one summer with an unbelievable crop of free agents, followed up by a summer of a few top-line guys and a bunch of bottom-six players, similar to what we saw in 2011.

Categories Toronto Maple Leafs

Top 10 Players Most Important to the Maple Leafs’ 2011-2012 Success

Lukas Hardonk | October 1, 2011

This coming Thursday, the Philadelphia Flyers will face the Boston Bruins, the Pittsburgh Penguins will play the Vancouver Canucks, the Anaheim Ducks will taken on the Buffalo Sabres and the Toronto Maple Leafs will face off against the Montreal Canadiens. In other words, hockey is right around the corner.

Categories Previews and Predictions, Top 10 Lists, Toronto Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs Bottom 6-Pack: Revisited

Mark Ascione | September 17, 2011

As training camps opened yesterday, it’s time to measure the speculation of my article projecting the Maple Leaf ‘bottom-6’ against what Brian Burke has done over the summer. As last…

Categories Toronto Maple Leafs

Will the Toronto Maple Leafs Make the Playoffs in 2012?

Lukas Hardonk | July 23, 2011

Everyone knows all about the Toronto Maple Leafs’ struggles since 1967. However, taking things one step at a time, the Leafs must set their sights on the playoffs. Can they make it?

Categories Toronto Maple Leafs

Projecting the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 2011-2012 Forward Group

Lukas Hardonk | July 22, 2011

There are thousands of questions that surround the Toronto Maple Leafs entering the 2011-2012 regular season, many of which revolve around the forwards

Categories Toronto Maple Leafs

Just How Strong is the Maple Leafs’ Forward Group?

Lukas Hardonk | July 7, 2011

After failing to acquire Brad Richards, the Toronto Maple Leafs went out and signed Tim Connolly and then traded for Matthew Lombardi. Now, just how good is the Leafs’ forward group?

Categories Toronto Maple Leafs

Jordan Staal Gets Match Penalty for Sucker Punch

Mike Colligan | February 1, 2011

Late in the second period of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ battle with the New York Rangers on Tuesday night, Jordan Staal charged into a scrum and landed a blindside punch on…

Categories New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins

NHL Power Rankings, Dec. 21

Steve Kendall | December 21, 2010

Through games of Monday, Dec. 20: 1. (3) Philadelphia (22-8-5): Despite a 5-0 loss to Florida on Monday, not many teams are playing better than Philadelphia right now. The Flyers…

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