Posts About "Martin Marincin"
Maple Leafs' Recent Dealings With the Oilers
May 6th, 2018 While they don’t meet that often on the ice anymore, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Edmonton Oilers certainly have a history when it comes to swapping players. They haven’t engaged in a trade since the summer of 2015 and the majority of them weren’t groundbreaking. That said, it’s been nearly three years since the two teams made...
Is Mike Babcock Icing His Best Lineup?
January 10th, 2018 Few people – in fact, maybe none at all – would argue that Mike Babcock is the best bench boss to grace a National Hockey League franchise with his presence. He's a tactical genius, a player's coach and possesses a strong pedigree of success at several different levels. That said, several people who know the game well – myself...
Examining the Maple Leafs Expansion Draft Protection List
June 19th, 2017 This past weekend all 30 NHL teams released their list of protected players for the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft. Some teams will be scrambling over the next few days to try to work out deals with the Vegas Golden Knights so that they can keep a specific player. The Toronto Maple Leafs won't be one of those teams. Compared to the other...
4 Maple Leafs Vegas Fans Should Know
June 3rd, 2017 The Toronto Maple Leafs are one of the most exciting young teams in the NHL. This season they reached the playoffs for just the second time in a decade and gave the top-seeded Washington Capitals all they could handle in a first-round thriller. The Maple Leafs bowed out after six games, but anyone who watched that series with the Caps...
Competition Brewing for Leafs 3rd Pairing
May 31st, 2017 With the two most recent signings out of Sweden, Calle Rosen and Andreas Borgman, the Toronto Maple Leafs now have a total of six defensemen competing for a single spot in the starting lineup. This total could be increased to seven if Matt Hunwick returns in the 2017-18 season. Being that Mike Babcock only plays left-handed...
Maple Leafs News: Playoffs and Nikita Zaitsev
April 13th, 2017 The Toronto Maple Leafs are in the playoffs. Reading that sentence is a bit surreal because many pundits and fans believed that the team was destined for a bottom five finish and high draft pick. Instead, the Leafs wrote their own script, which saw Auston Matthews score 40, William Nylander and Mitch Marner both having over 60 point...