Maple Leafs News & Notes: Is Bruce Boudreau on the Team’s Radar The Old Prof | June 26, 2021 Over the past week, the Toronto Maple Leafs lost Dave Hakstol, the team’s assistant coach in charge of the defense, to the Seattle Kraken. Hakstol will become the first head…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Rielly’s Contract, Spezza’s Family, Hakstol’s Hiring The Old Prof | June 24, 2021 In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs’ News & Rumors, I’ll focus on three items of good news for the team. One is the rumor that defenseman Morgan Rielly and…
Kraken Name Dave Hakstol as First Head Coach Tom P. | June 24, 2021 The Seattle Kraken officially have their first head coach in franchise history, and it’s not who most people were expecting. Dave Hakstol joins the NHL’s 32nd team after serving as…
Predators Have Options if They Decide to Make Coaching Changes Alex MacLean | February 24, 2021 The Nashville Predators are off to a poor start, and the fanbase isn’t happy about it. Rightly or wrongly, a lot of the blame seems to be pointed at head…
‘Drop the Puck: Hockey Every Day, Every Way’ – Book Review Nathaniel Oliver | January 2, 2020 “Drop the Puck: Hockey Every Day, Every Way” is the fifth installment in Jayne J. Jones Beehler’s The Official Adventures series. The focus of Beehler’s work is to demonstrate that…
Maple Leafs’ Offence, Not Defence, Causing Concern Chris Faria | November 13, 2019 We’ve heard it for years: the Toronto Maple Leafs need defence; they need to bring in better defencemen and commit to playing better defensively as a team. For a while,…
Maple Leafs Name Hakstol Assistant Coach The Canadian Press | June 29, 2019 TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs were busy on Saturday, naming former Philadelphia Flyers head coach Dave Hakstol as an assistant on Mike Babcock’s staff and signing two depth players ahead of free agency. Hakstol spent 3 1/2 seasons behind the Flyers…
NHL Rumors: Anisimov, Hakstol, Trade Talk, More Jim Parsons | June 1, 2019 In today’s NHL rumor rundown, there is news out of Chicago regarding Artem Anisimov, speculation that the Edmonton Oilers might be adding an assistant coach that used to be with…
Can Flyers’ Coaching Change Finally Set Them Straight? Matthew Mastrogiovanni | December 18, 2018 After conflicting reports and tons of speculation, Dave Hakstol was relieved of his duties as the Philadelphia Flyers head coach yesterday. Hakstol and his team dropped the last four out…
NHL News & Notes: Hakstol, Dzingel & More Brandon Share-Cohen | December 17, 2018 In today’s News & Notes, the Philadelphia Flyers are making a change at head coach, though not the change that was expected. Additionally, Ryan Dzingel left practice early after taking…
NHL Rumors: Panarin, Hakstol, the Roster Freeze, More Jim Parsons | December 17, 2018 In today’s rumor rundown, NHL trade talk is picking up just a couple days out from the roster freeze and there are at least three or four teams leading the…
Flyers Fire Hakstol Brandon Share-Cohen | December 16, 2018 The Philadelphia Flyers are firing Dave Hakstol as their head coach. Reports of the team hiring Joel Quenneville as their new coach, as reported by Dave Isaac of Courier Post, however,…