Posts About "Mats Sundin"
Comparing Today’s Maple Leafs’ Forwards With Best of All-Time
December 28th, 2018 In 2016, the Toronto Maple Leafs celebrated their Centennial Anniversary home opener. Attendant to that 100-years’ celebration was a retrospection of Maple Leafs’ history. At the time, a number of lists of “the best Maple Leafs’ players” of all time being were constructed. In 2015, THW’s Andrew Forbes...
Is Matthews the Best Maple Leafs’ Center Ever?
December 16th, 2018 On March 14, 2017, on the 35th anniversary of Darryl Sittler becoming the all-time leading goal scorer in Toronto Maple Leafs history, The Hockey Writers' Andrew Forbes wrote a thoughtful post titled “Then and Now: The Maple Leafs All-Time Centres.” In this post, Forbes reviewed his choices for the greatest Toronto Maple Leafs...
Top 10 Offensive Seasons in Maple Leafs History
August 10th, 2018 In 2011-12, as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Phil Kessel tallied 37 goals and 82 points for a team that would go on to miss the NHL playoffs for the seventh straight season since the 2004-05 lockout. He was the last Maple Leafs player to surpass the 80-point plateau, while also hitting the 80-point mark exactly in...
Maple Leafs' Recent Dealings With the Avalanche
March 16th, 2018 While the Toronto Maple Leafs have only had four trades with the Colorado Avalanche in their 22-year existence, their dealings go back much further to a time when the Avs resided in Quebec as the Nordiques. At that time, the Leafs acquired a player that would play a major role in the franchise’s history and would eventually wear the...
Looking Back on the Maple Leafs: 10 Years Ago
October 23rd, 2017 Fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs are enjoying what are the most successful days the franchise has seen since the infamous 2004-05 lockout, when six years of consecutive playoff berths came to a crashing halt. The team's longest-tenured fans know what it's like to be an annual contender, but also the feelings of being a perennial bottom...
What Mats Sundin Meant to Toronto Hockey
October 3rd, 2017 Though Sundin was a quiet leader, fans and members of the media alike will never forget what Mats Sundin did for Toronto hockey. Anyone who's a legitimate Maple Leafs advocate will say it doesn't matter that Sundin never won hockey's most hallowed prize.
