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Matthew Lombardi

Maple Leafs’ Recent Dealings With the Flames

Andrew Forbes | March 5, 2018

Best known for giving the Toronto Maple Leafs their 21st captain in franchise history, the Calgary Flames have been dance partners at the trade table with the Leafs a number…

From Geneva to the Garden: Matthew Lombardi Joins the New York Rangers

Josh Smith | July 16, 2014

His exile to the land of chocolates, fine timepieces, and movie-villain banking accounts is over.  Matthew Lombardi is back in the NHL. The native of Hudson, Quebec, will now be playing…

NHL Trade Deadline 2013: Winners and Losers (Part I)

Anatoliy Metter | April 4, 2013

After all the dust settles from the 2013 NHL Trade Deadline, hockey fans can finally start picking apart the trades that have occurred over the last several days. While a…

Matthew Lombardi Traded To Phoenix

Mark Ritter | January 16, 2013

Several sources, including TSN, are reporting that the Toronto Maple Leafs have moved tough-luck centre Matthew Lombardi to the Phoenix Coyotes. The deal will see the Maple Leafs get a…

Toronto Maple Leafs: 5 Worst Player Contracts

Lukas Hardonk | October 30, 2012

Contract issues can get any team into serious on-ice issues in the future. Have these five contracts done that to the Toronto Maple Leafs?

Maple Leafs Panel: Coaching Change, Veteran Players & Aulie Traded

Mark Ascione | March 5, 2012

Maple Leafs Panel is a weekly feature that is published every Monday here on The Hockey Writers. It is a feature where THW Toronto Maple Leafs correspondents Lukas Hardonk, Mark Ascione and Alex Mamalis answer three questions that concern the…

Are the Toronto Maple Leafs Better off Without Tim Connolly For Now?

Lukas Hardonk | October 25, 2011

Last season’s infamous all-star Phil Kessel scored once again on Monday night when the Toronto Maple Leafs played the Philadelphia Flyers, giving him nine on the season and at least one goal in six of eight games this season

Will New Concussion Detection Technology Improve Treatment and Prevention in the NHL?

George Scoville | October 19, 2011

X2IMPACT, a Seattle-based company focused on the prevention of Real Sports Brain Injury (rSBI), has partnered with Bite Tech, Inc. to develop mouth guards and headbands that measure the impact…

Maple Leafs Veterans Must Continue to Step up After One Week Hiatus

Lukas Hardonk | October 9, 2011

The Toronto Maple Leafs are hot out of the gate for a second straight season, which could mean good or bad things depending on how you look at it.

10 Thoughts from NHL’s 2011 Opening Night

James Neveau | October 7, 2011

Jim Neveau, NHL Senior Columnist While it may not have the pageantry of the NFL’s opening Thursday night game, or the tradition of Opening Day in MLB, the start of…

Maple Leafs Bottom 6-Pack: Revisited

Mark Ascione | September 17, 2011

As training camps opened yesterday, it’s time to measure the speculation of my article projecting the Maple Leaf ‘bottom-6’ against what Brian Burke has done over the summer. As last…

Toronto Maple Leafs: Winners or Losers of the 2011 Off-Season?

Lukas Hardonk | September 11, 2011

The Toronto Maple Leafs were one of the teams that made a fair amount of moves during the summer of 2011. Now it’s time to examine if those moves helped improve the Leafs, or if they just made the team worse

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