A Realistic Look at the Toronto Maple Leafs Lukas Hardonk | March 15, 2012 The Toronto Maple Leafs’ season has been nothing but a disappointment lately. Now it’s time to get realistic and take a serious look at the team…
Maple Leafs Panel: Jonas Gustavsson, Core Players and Nik Kulemin Mark Ascione | March 12, 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…
Burke, Leafs Stay Quiet on Deadline Day Mark Ascione | February 29, 2012 Brian Burke has always held that he prefers to do his deals well ahead of the NHL trade deadline. This season, he made no major deals, though he did find…
Yawns All Around: NHL Trade Deadline Winners and Losers James Neveau | February 27, 2012 Jim Neveau, Senior NHL Columnist Another trade deadline is now in the books in the National Hockey League, and despite the huge expectations and people calling it the league’s “Christmas”,…
Fantasy: Goalies To Buy-Low for 2012-13 – Nabokov, Harding, Markstrom and more Brandon Landry | February 15, 2012 Over the first 3/5ths of the NHL season, stars in goal have stumbled while hidden talents have shined over the hockey world. It was expected that Philadelphia would finally have the goaltending…
Gagner, Oilers keep rolling Marcy Di Michele | February 6, 2012 The Oilers roll into Toronto today with a 3-game win streak in hand. The Leafs haven’t allowed a goal in 2 straight games. Something’s gotta give tonight, but all eyes…
Penguins Struggle with Consistency After All-Star Break Justin Glock | February 5, 2012 Lately the Pittsburgh Penguins have not quite played as they did going into the 2012 All-Star break when they won seven straight games. The Pens were on a roll and…
Do the Maple Leafs Have Another Goaltending Controversy? Lukas Hardonk | February 5, 2012 With James Reimer playing exceptionally well, there is another goaltending controversy in Toronto…
Hockey’s Evolution – Goalies and the Butterfly Style Paul Bruno | January 20, 2012 Do you find the current butterfly goalie style leaves behind some of the basic tenets of goaltending? I sure do. I remember when the goalie stick was actually…
Ten Fantasy Thoughts: Opportunity for Sam Gagner, Derick Brassard and more Brandon Landry | January 10, 2012 Each Tuesday, Ten Fantasy Thoughts brings you valuable insight to line changes, buy-low candidates and updates on why a player may be struggling or surging for the past few weeks.…
How the Toronto Maple Leafs Can Make the Playoffs Lukas Hardonk | January 7, 2012 The Toronto Maple Leafs will enter tonight’s game against the Detroit Red Wings in search of their third consecutive win, …
Are the Toronto Maple Leafs a Playoff Team? Lukas Hardonk | January 2, 2012 The Toronto Maple Leafs could not have gotten off to a better start this season. A 4-0-1 record to open the season and a brief stretch as the league’s best team had Leafs fans all across the planet rejoicing.