Posts About "Maple Leafs Roundtable"
Maple Leafs’ Round Table: Predicting the Team’s MVP
September 20th, 2019 It’s that time again, when the heads come together and The Hockey Writers’ Toronto Maple Leafs’ team sits down to discuss what is going on in Toronto. With new faces ready to wear the blue and white, the Maple Leafs will be looking for someone to take the team upon their shoulders and lead them to a better outcome in...
Maple Leafs Round Table: Should Leafs, Dubas Give Marner a Deadline?
September 6th, 2019 With a new season around the corner comes a new year of The Hockey Writers’ Maple Leafs Round Table. New faces donning the blue and white, with commentary from new faces here at THW. While there’s been a lot of commentary surrounding the issue, we have yet to set up a group discussion on the Mitch Marner negotiations and where...
Maple Leafs Round Table: Matthews Missing and Their Impact Player
November 13th, 2018 The Toronto Maple Leafs are six games in to what should be a month without Auston Matthews after the forward suffered a shoulder injury against the Winnipeg Jets and while the team is playing .500 hockey, there have been a few players who’ve stepped up in his absence. This week, the Maple Leafs Round Table got together...
Maple Leafs Round Table: Handing Out the Leafs' Letters
September 23rd, 2018 The 2018-19 NHL season is just around the corner and questions are slowly getting answered for the Toronto Maple Leafs and their fans. While rumours surfaced regarding the captaincy in Toronto, the situation was quickly settled with news that there would be three key players donning letters for the coming season. With no ‘C’ on...
Maple Leafs Round Table: Johnsson, Babcock and Bold Predictions
August 27th, 2018 It’s been a while since the round table convened, but with the NHL season just around the corner, it will become a regular meeting place for THW’s Toronto Maple Leafs coverage team to get together and talk about the major discussion points surrounding the team. With that in mind, the Maple Leafs Round Table is back with some bold...
Maple Leafs Round Table: Dubbing Dubas' First Priority
June 4th, 2018 A number of free agents lingering as the deadline approaches, and still they might not be the biggest priorities for the new general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs - Kyle Dubas. Following an early first-round exit at the hands of the Boston Bruins this spring, the Maple Leafs will be looking to add the pieces that will get them over...
Maple Leafs Round Table: Nylander's Next Contract
May 14th, 2018 With the offseason upon us and a new general manager at the helm, the questions surrounding the Toronto Maple Leafs are aplenty. From what Kyle Dubas will do to better the team to what the next contract looks like for William Nylander, the Leafs and their fans will be looking for some answers this offseason. With that, the Maple Leafs...
Maple Leafs Round Table: Debating the Soshnikov Trade
February 22nd, 2018 The trade deadline is coming and the Leafs have already jumped into the fray by trading 24-year-old Nikita Soshnikov to the St. Louis Blues for a fourth-round pick and followed that up by shipping Eric Fehr to the San Jose Sharks for a seventh-round pick. While both are minor deals, they are ones that impact the team’s contract...
Maple Leafs Round Table: Borgman a Victim of Leafs Logjam
February 12th, 2018 The Toronto Maple Leafs are continuing to toy with the lineup as the season progresses, filling holes where they need it and plucking some players off the roster and either scratching them or loaning them to their AHL affiliate Toronto Marlies. Kasperi Kapanen and Frederik Gauthier have been up and down, while Matt Martin has spent...
Maple Leafs Round Table: Bozak, Leivo Among Trade Bait
February 9th, 2018 The Toronto Maple Leafs are on the verge of another playoff season with some still questioning the level to which they are contenders in an Eastern Conference that boasts some strong talent. Still, with the NHL Trade Deadline fast approaching, the team’s management will have some tough decisions to make. Do they move pending...
Maple Leafs Round Table: Who Else Belongs on Legends Row?
January 22nd, 2018 It took a long time, but now if you visit the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, you’ll see a lineup of statues enshrining some of the most legendary players to play for the Maple Leafs. From Ted Kennedy to Mats Sundin and Johnny Bower to Borje Salming, the names represent a history of a storied NHL franchise. While the team announced...
Maple Leafs Round Table: Relying Heavily on Matthews, Andersen
January 12th, 2018 The Maple Leafs are entering their bye week and it couldn’t come at a better time. They’ve lost two winnable games in a row to the Blue Jackets and Senators and haven’t scored more than three goals in a game since December 28 when they beat Arizona 7-4. That’s a span of seven games. While averaging three goals shouldn’t be a...
Maple Leafs Round Table: Mending Leafs Mini-Slump
December 27th, 2017 Aside from their 8-1 thrashing of the Carolina Hurricanes in the Next Century Game, the Toronto Maple Leafs had hit a mini slump over the past couple weeks. Losses to the Flyers, Wild and Red Wings without Auston Matthews in the lineup had Leafs Nation wondering what this team was going to do on a night-to-night basis. Questions...
