Maple Leafs’ Tavares Poised For a Big Season in 2022-23 Alex Hobson | August 15, 2022 On July 1, 2018, the Toronto Maple Leafs made the biggest splash in free agency for the first time in years. An improving team with a promising young core, they…
Maple Leafs Are Ditching the Softness Narrative The Old Prof | August 11, 2022 It’s time that Toronto Maple Leafs’ fans quit with the “Maple Leafs Are Soft” narrative. It no longer holds water. How many times have we read in the comments section…
Maple Leafs Who Must Be Traded – Now Kevin Armstrong | August 11, 2022 The Toronto Maple Leafs will hit the ice with a similar roster to last year and the previous year. In fact, this lineup may be weaker than the last two…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Bunting, Tavares, Matthews & Marner The Old Prof | August 6, 2022 In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs’ News & Rumors, I’ll take a look at what might happen next season with players on the current roster. First, I’ll wonder how…
4 Maple Leafs Who Will Be Under the Microscope for 2022-23 Peter Baracchini | August 2, 2022 In any season, there are always going to be players that are going to be heavily scrutinized. With the Toronto Maple Leafs, that scrutiny is even more magnified given the…
Maple Leafs’ News & Rumors: Robertson, Tavares & Fourth Line The Old Prof | July 29, 2022 In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs News & Rumors, I speculate about what might happen with young Nick Robertson this season. Second, I look at the team’s third line…
Maple Leafs Victimized Most By Flat Cap World Mark Scheig | July 23, 2022 When the pandemic struck the NHL, we knew that there would be lasting ramifications felt by everyone. But now in looking back, no team has felt those ramifications more from…
Maple Leafs’ Matthews, Marner & Nylander Contracts Are 3 of NHL’s Best The Old Prof | July 7, 2022 Toronto Maple Leafs’ general manager Kyle Dubas has been criticized left and right for the contracts he negotiated for William Nylander, Auston Matthews, and Mitch Marner. However, when these contracts…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Marner, Matthews, Tavares & Mikheyev The Old Prof | June 24, 2022 In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs News & Rumors, I’ll take a look at why fans see Mitch Marner’s recent NHL award as different from the awards that Auston…
Maple Leafs’ Forwards Ranked for Defensive Play – 2021-22 Season The Old Prof | June 21, 2022 In our series of articles ranking the play of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ players using five-on-five, on-ice stats tracked by naturalstattrick, we are going today to look at the defensive…
Maple Leafs Have Chance to Act on Rakell Rumours Peter Baracchini | June 16, 2022 For some time, going back to the 2021 trade deadline, the Toronto Maple Leafs have always been rumoured in the market to add a top-six forward to push them over…
Maple Leafs Commentary: Bower, Matthews, Tavares, Spezza & Marner The Old Prof | June 2, 2022 In a recent post, upon learning that Jason Spezza had retired and moved into management with the team, I wrote why he was my favorite Toronto Maple Leafs player. Then…