Maple Leafs Commentary: The Top 3 Trade Candidates The Old Prof | July 19, 2022 The Toronto Maple Leafs are in a position where they have to trade away salary. If they pare their present roster down to the minimum 20 players, it puts them…
Maple Leafs Commentary: Trade? No More If, But When and Who? The Old Prof | July 17, 2022 At the end of the 2021-2022 season, there were four areas of need we believed the Toronto Maple Leafs needed to address. First and foremost was the goaltending. Like it…
Maple Leafs Must Still Trade Justin Holl For Maximum Flexibility Mark Scheig | July 15, 2022 The Toronto Maple Leafs have been active in the first few days of free agency. However they are nowhere near done with the business they need to attend to. Among…
Blue Jackets News & Rumors: Free Agency, Marchenko & More Mark Scheig | July 13, 2022 Welcome to the start of Free Agency 2022 for the Columbus Blue Jackets. With a glut full of forwards on their roster and some decisions to make otherwise, they are…
Maple Leafs Have 4 Offseason Moves to Maximize Their Options Mark Scheig | July 5, 2022 The Toronto Maple Leafs have no shortage of business they need to attend to in the coming weeks. The pressure is on at all levels of the organization to make…
NHL Rumors: Canucks, Maple Leafs, Oilers, Canadiens Jim Parsons | June 28, 2022 In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the talk is picking up around J.T. Miller of the Vancouver Canucks. Is he going to be traded? Meanwhile, the Toronto Maple Leafs have some…
Maple Leafs’ Commentary: Would P.K. Subban Be a Good Fit? The Old Prof | June 27, 2022 As readers of our posts know, sometimes Stan Smith and I collaborate to produce co-authored pieces. Although Stan and I often are on the same page, sometimes we disagree. Specifically,…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Kampf, Kerfoot, Holl & Carbery The Old Prof | June 19, 2022 In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs’ News & Rumors, I’ll take a look at what watching the Stanley Cup Final might mean for the Maple Leafs as a team.…
The Maple Leafs’ Defensemen Ranked for Overall Play – 2022 Playoffs The Old Prof | June 17, 2022 We recently published a series of three articles ranking the Offensive play of the Maple Leafs’ defensemen, the Defensive Play of the Maple Leafs’ defensemen, and the Overall ranking of…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Kessel, Holl, Bear & Ho-Sang The Old Prof | June 14, 2022 In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs’ News & Rumors, I’m going to focus on some of the trades the team has made, is thought to be considering, and might…
NHL Rumors: Oilers, Golden Knights, Canadiens, Canucks, Maple Leafs Jim Parsons | June 11, 2022 In today’s NHL rumors rundown, Jesse Puljujarvi comments on his status with the Edmonton Oilers. Meanwhile, the Vegas Golden Knights have identified Bruce Cassidy as a name they’d like to…
Maple Leafs Commentary: Trading Jake Muzzin, Why? and How? The Old Prof | June 9, 2022 On January 28, 2019, Kyle Dubas acquired defenseman Jake Muzzin from the Los Angeles Kings in return for the Maple Leafs’ first-round pick in the 2019 entry draft, forward Carl…