Maple Leafs News & Rumors: CBA Issues, Spezza & Mikheyev The Old Prof | June 30, 2020 As part of my research for this post on the Toronto Maple Leafs, I read Bob McKenzie’s tweets over the past 24 hours. This guy is busy. Related: Maple Leafs…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Postseason Play, Robertson & Mikheyev The Old Prof | June 5, 2020 Although nothing is happening yet, decisions are being made. Yesterday, the NHL and the NHLPA (Players’ Association) agreed on structuring the 24-team format. The play-in round will take place between…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Marner, Spezza, Pietrangelo & Mikheyev The Old Prof | April 24, 2020 The NHL’s season has been suspended in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but there is news emerging from NHL teams and the NHL in general. Specifically, there are so many…
Should the Maple Leafs Bet Big on Ilya Mikheyev? Chris Faria | April 13, 2020 Last spring, Ilya Mikheyev was a relative unknown in the hockey world outside of Russia. The then 24-year-old winger had just scored a team-leading 23 goals and 45 points for…
Maple Leafs Team Review: Matthews, Marner, Mikheyev & Muzzin The Old Prof | March 16, 2020 Toronto Maple Leafs fans, we are absolutely in uncharted territory. The NHL regular season is now likely finished, as per a news release on March 15. What we don’t know…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Nylander, Hyman, Matthews & Souperman The Old Prof | February 28, 2020 Probably no one in the Toronto Maple Leafs organization would have named it a “must-win” game. However, it was a game that was going to be a litmus test that…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Mikheyev, Johnsson & Dubas’ Interview The Old Prof | February 15, 2020 It’s an active time of the season, and there’s much happening with the Toronto Maple Leafs. As the team prepares to play two back-to-back road games on Saturday (against the…
Maple Leafs’ Dubas Connects On a Different Level Josh Pederson | January 5, 2020 If you ever grew up playing minor hockey, or any sport for that matter, you’d know that a certain level of professionalism is expected at all times, both on and…
Stitching Together the Mikheyev Surgery Stories The Old Prof | January 3, 2020 Consider this: you’re a young hockey player from Russia. You’ve been recruited by an NHL team, and you sign a one-year contract for just under $1 million. You leave home…
NHL Rumors: Maple Leafs, Hurricanes, Penguins, More Jim Parsons | January 2, 2020 In today’s NHL rumor rundown there is news on Toronto Maple Leafs GM Kyle Dubas going above and beyond for one of his forwards, but also unfortunate news that a…
NHL Rumors: Ovechkin, Kovalchuk, Maple Leafs, Oilers, Rangers, More Jim Parsons | December 28, 2019 In today’s NHL rumor rundown, the Edmonton Oilers have demoted a couple of players on the heels of a terrible run, there could be a suspension coming for one of…
Ilya Mikheyev Recovering in Hospital, Expected to Miss at Least 3 Months The Canadian Press | December 28, 2019 NEWARK, United States — The Toronto Maple Leafs announced on Saturday that Ilya Mikheyev had successful surgery to repair an artery and tendons in his wrist that were severed during the…