Maple Leafs Should Have a Quiet Trade Deadline The Old Prof | January 31, 2022 I like this Toronto Maple Leafs’ team. And, I’ll offer seven reasons. Reason One: I think it has a forward core matched by no other team in the NHL –…
Maple Leafs’ Improved Special Teams Play Key to Playoff Run The Old Prof | January 18, 2022 During the 2020-21 season, the Toronto Maple Leafs finished fifth overall in the NHL regular season with 77 points and a .688 winning percentage. They were also fifth in goals for…
Mikheyev’s Return Gives Maple Leafs Potent Third Line Peter Baracchini | January 5, 2022 When you think of teams that put themselves in a position to make a deep playoff run, they tend to rely more on their depth forwards to provide energy and…
Maple Leafs’ 5 Key Offseason Additions: Pass or Fail The Old Prof | January 1, 2022 As has been documented and discussed ad nauseam, the Toronto Maple Leafs, under team president Brendan Shanahan and general manager Kyle Dubas, have gone with a plan where the star…
Maple Leafs’ 5 Most Valuable 2021 Free Agent Signings Alex Hobson | December 24, 2021 When the Toronto Maple Leafs suffered yet another first-round exit last season, fans wanted little to do with any of general manager Kyle Dubas’ offseason plans, unless it involved firing…
Maple Leafs’ Kämpf Looking Like Their Most Important Offseason Acquisition Andrew Forbes | December 20, 2021 When the Toronto Maple Leafs kicked off the 2021-22 regular season, 25 percent of their lineup were new faces trying to build chemistry with a core that still had so…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Campbell, Liljegren, Clifford & Kampf The Old Prof | December 16, 2021 Today is an odd day for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Instead of gearing up for what was supposed to be their next game in Calgary against the Flames, they’ll be…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Judging the Damion Kabuka Deal The Old Prof | December 8, 2021 All NHL teams, including the Toronto Maple Leafs, make changes. At the same time, NHL players regularly move from team to team. Sometimes it’s by the team’s choice; sometimes a…
3 Things to Like About the Maple Leafs Right Now The Old Prof | December 3, 2021 Welcome to the first week of December. The 2020-21 regular season is a quarter of the way finished, and the Toronto Maple Leafs – to the surprise of many, including…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Kampf, Kase, Woll, Simmonds & Ritchie The Old Prof | November 26, 2021 In his edition of Toronto Maple Leafs’ News & Rumors, I’ll take a look at the game coming up tonight against the San Jose Sharks and comment on some of…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Campbell, Kampf, Tavares & Marleau The Old Prof | November 25, 2021 It was a game vastly different from November 8th when the Los Angeles Kings came to town and took it to the Toronto Maple Leafs by a 5-1 score. Last…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Woll, Marner, Kampf & Clifford The Old Prof | November 22, 2021 Two different nights and two different outcomes. In the second back-to-back game for both teams, the Toronto Maple Leafs engaged an overwhelming offense to beat the New York Islanders by…