Posts About "Jake Muzzin"
Muzzin Injury Raises Questions for Maple Leafs' Defence
August 6th, 2020 The Toronto Maple Leafs delivered perhaps their best performance of the season on Tuesday afternoon with a dominating 3-0 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets. Any reason to celebrate, though, was overshadowed by an apparent neck injury to defenceman Jake Muzzin, who was stretchered off the ice late in the third...
Maple Leafs' Keys to Success in Game 3
August 6th, 2020 While the Toronto Maple Leafs had an overall good performance in Game 1, it wasn’t the result they wanted as they fell to the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-0. They were smothered by the Blue Jackets’ defensive structure while also facing the stellar play of goaltender Joonas Korpisalo. In a short series like this, there is very little...
NHL Rumors: Oilers, Maple Leafs, Devils, More
August 5th, 2020 In today's NHL rumor rundown, Jesse Puljujarvi has signed a one-year extension in Finland, but there's still reason to think a return to Edmonton is possible. In Toronto, the Maple Leafs got good and bad news when it comes to the status of defenseman Jake Muzzin. And, how many New Jersey Devils' players will head to Europe before the...
5 Takeaways From Maple Leafs' Game 2 Shutout
August 5th, 2020 Two days after being shutout in the opening game of their qualifying series with the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Toronto Maple Leafs turned the table and did the exact same to their play-in opponents. That is, on Tuesday night, the Maple Leafs - behind a strong performance from Frederik Andersen - took home a 3-0 victory to even the...
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Andersen, Matthews, Robertson & Muzzin
August 5th, 2020 The Toronto Maple Leafs came out against the Columbus Blue Jackets and won Game 2 Tuesday by a 3-0 score to even their series at 1-1. In this edition of Maple Leafs News & Rumors, I’ll discuss the play of Frederik Andersen and Nick Robertson in Games 1 and 2. I’ll also compare Auston Matthews’ response to the Toronto Sun’s...
Maple Leafs Muzzin Stretchered Off Ice
August 4th, 2020 In a scary incident Tuesday late in the third period of Game 2 between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Columbus Blue Jackets, defender Jake Muzzin was taken off of the ice on a stretcher after an unfortunate collision to his head. https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1290781093642338304?s=20 Muzzin was originally knocked off balance...
Maple Leafs Defense Will Be Their X-Factor
July 20th, 2020 A few weeks ago, I wrote about how the Toronto Maple Leafs' ability to heal after a season plagued with injuries and their past experiences in the playoffs could help them this time around. This year, the postseason is going to be a lot different. It will be longer and even more grueling than usual. The new play-in series could...
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Muzzin, Charitable Work & Barrie
May 1st, 2020 There was actual news this week from the NHL front office about the continuation of the 2019-20 regular season. In short, although games are still too far into an unforeseeable future, the NHL sent a memo to players announcing that they were effectively moving into “Phase 2” of a plan to get back to NHL action. Related: Maple...
Maple Leafs Roundtable: Individual Awards Voting
April 28th, 2020 Now that it's all but confirmed that the 2019-20 NHL season is done (fingers crossed for the playoffs!), I thought it would be fun to cap off the year with some individual awards voting for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Joined by fellow THW writer Peter Baracchini, and with the help of Twitter, we will be sharing our votes for eight major...
Kings or Maple Leafs - Who Won the Muzzin Trade?
April 3rd, 2020 In January of 2019, the Los Angeles Kings signalled to the hockey world that a rebuild was imminent. They traded defenseman Jake Muzzin to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Carl Grundstrom, the rights to Sean Durzi and a first-round pick, which LA used to get Tobias Björnfot. At the time, there was a mixed response as to who won the...
Maple Leafs Team Review: Matthews, Marner, Mikheyev & Muzzin
March 16th, 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...
Maple Leafs Win the Biggest Game of the Season Over Panthers
February 29th, 2020 Hockey’s a funny sport. It was less than a week ago that the Toronto Maple Leafs were the laughing stock of the National Hockey League following their embarrassing loss to Zamboni driver turned goaltender David Ayres and the Carolina Hurricanes. Beyond the pure humiliation of losing to an emergency backup goaltender, the 6-3 loss...
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: A Youthful Defense & Thornton in Toronto?
February 27th, 2020 It’s really quite simple. The Toronto Maple Leafs won’t catch either the Boston Bruins or the Tampa Bay Lightning for the top two spots in the Atlantic Division. And, given the number of points teams in the Metropolitan Division have racked up, both wild-card spots in the Eastern Conference will come from that division. That means...
