Posts About "Maple Leafs Daily"
Maple Leafs 7-2 Loss Better Than It Looks
February 16th, 2016 LEAFS DAILY Not only did the Toronto Maple Leafs lose last night and gain valuable points in the reverse standings, they did so in spectacular fashion, losing 7-2 to the Chicago Blackhawks. Now, when you lose by five, it might seem like a stretch to find any positives, but the Maple Leafs played a much better game than the score would...
Has There Ever Been a Maple Leafs Season This Boring?
February 8th, 2016 LEAFS DAILY Well, another week closer to the trade deadline. That's about all you can say for the last week of the Leafs season. They won two games during the week and then were blown out Saturday by the Senators. But who cares? It's hard to get up for losses and even harder to get up for wins that only hurt the...
The Maple Leafs Trade Deadline Plan
February 2nd, 2016 LEAFS DAILY The Toronto Maple Leafs begin what is ostensibly the second half of the season tonight in Boston. Considering the kind of run the Leafs would have to go on in order to make the playoffs, the best outcome the Leafs can have in this game is an entertaining loss. I feel like if Mike Babcock read that last sentence, he'd be...
Leafs Daily: Bernier Let Down By Defense + @Penguins
December 30th, 2015 LEAFS DAILY: Leafs vs. Islanders That was a tough one to watch. In a game that the Leafs pretty much dominated, putting up 61 shot-attempts to the Islanders 36 (and sure, when you're down it is easier to do so) another bad goaltending performance (and occasionally lazy play) sank the team. While it's frustrating, it is also...
Leafs Need to Trade Komarov, Bozak Now
December 29th, 2015 The Leafs have been gifted with a present from above. Or wherever it is unexpected good fortune comes from. The play of Leo Komarov has been nothing short of miraculous, and the play of Tyler Bozak has been surprisingly great as well. At the start of the season, virtually everyone thought that Bozak, without Kessel, would be...
Maple Leafs Dangerously Close to No-Man's Land
December 29th, 2015 LEAFS DAILY: The Leafs are about to play the back end of a home-and-home with the Islanders. The first game was a nice little post-Christmas 3-1 victory that saw Nazem Kadri put another two points, and a strong performance from Jon Bernier. Kadri in particular had himself a game, putting up 2 assists, a 63% possession rating, and...
Why Nazem Kadri Is Better Than You Think
December 24th, 2015 Hello and Merry Christmas. I thought I would use this column today to talk about the most misunderstood and polarizing player in Leafs Nation: Nazem Kadri. Frustratingly, the Leafs best draft-pick since Wendel Clark had the misfortune of timing his breakout year with a terrible streak that saw his great play sandbagged by horrible...
Leafs Daily: Checking the Stats at Christmas
December 22nd, 2015 LEAFS DAILY: Please Note: This article contains player stats current before the start of the Leafs/Avalanche game on Monday, December 21st. The Leafs beat the Avalanche last night in an extremely entertaining game, and while they do have another game left before the break, holiday activities will prevent me from writing this on...
Leafs Daily: The Return of Bernier
December 20th, 2015 LEAFS DAILY: The Leafs played three games this week - and say what you will about this team - they were three of the most entertaining games all season. This week the Leafs scored at least four goals in three straight games, and made us forget all about how low goal-scoring has been in the NHL this year. On Tuesday, the...
Leafs Daily: Moving Hunwick, Phaneuf and Polak
December 12th, 2015 LEAFS DAILY: The Leafs are off until Tuesday, when they'll face the Lightning, and in the meantime we don't have much to talk about other than another Steve Stamkos rumour. We'll get to that later, but today I just want to assess the team at this break in the schedule and talk about their defense. The Leafs have played 28 games...
Leafs Daily: What a "Scorched Earth" Rebuild Would Look Like
December 10th, 2015 LEAFS DAILY: The other day I wrote about how the Leafs, having assembled a large collection of quality former first-round picks, could consider themselves much farther ahead in the rebuild than generally acknowledged. Ultimately the purpose of that article was to try to get people to think about different ways to construct a hockey...
Should the Leafs Extend Kadri?
December 6th, 2015 LEAFS DAILY: Giving Kadri a New Contract Despite playing the best hockey of his career, leading the Leafs in ice-time among forwards and being consistently praised by Mike Babcock, Nazem Kadri just can't seem to get any respect. I feel like Kadri is the perfect example of the level of discourse permeating the NHL. When the team...
Leafs Daily: Facing the Blues & Marlies Update
December 5th, 2015 LEAFS DAILY: The Leafs (8-13-5) are in St.Louis tonight to take on the Blues (15-7-4). While the Blues will start emerging superstar Jake Allen, the Leafs will counter with Garret Sparks for his third NHL start because James Reimer re-injured himself Thursday against the Wild. It was a nice story when Sparks shutout the Oilers to...
