How the Marner–Babcock Incident Sparked a Culture Shift in Hockey The Old Prof | October 11, 2026 Few coaching decisions have aged worse than when Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock engaged in his so-called “rookie test” of Mitch Marner. It wasn’t just awkward—it became a…
Toronto Maple Leafs’ Top-20 Goal Scorers All-Time Spencer Lazary | October 10, 2026 *This archive was updated in Oct. 2026 The Toronto Maple Leafs have been around for more than a century. With 100-plus years of history, they have had several characters and…
3 Maple Leafs Chapters That It’s Finally Time to Close The Old Prof | October 9, 2026 Watching the Toronto Maple Leafs come back from 3–0 down to beat the Nashville Predators 5–4 in overtime got us thinking about something that had very little to do with…
Golden Knights Week Ahead: Schedule & Storylines – Finding Rhythm, Injury Updates and More THW Staff | October 6, 2026 The Vegas Golden Knights opened their 10th NHL campaign by taking three out of a possible four points over the weekend, capped off by a hard-fought 3-2 victory in Vancouver…
NHL’s 10 Best Right Wingers for 2026-27: Preseason Update Jacob Billington | October 3, 2026 While the top of the list hasn’t seen too much movement, there are some fresh names entering the top 10 right-wingers in the NHL. As the 2025-26 season comes out…
How the Senators Can Learn From the Maple Leafs’ Mistakes John Mikhail | September 22, 2026 On the surface, the 2025-26 Toronto Maple Leafs and this season’s Ottawa Senators have more in common than either team would probably like to admit. Both teams saw a core…
The Mitch Marner Shadow Is Already Following Gavin McKenna in Toronto The Old Prof | September 4, 2026 For nine seasons, Mitch Marner wasn’t simply a very good Toronto Maple Leafs player. He was part of the emotional experience of the Core Four era. That era brought enormous…
Maple Leafs’ 5 Best Wingers of All-Time The Old Prof | August 31, 2026 In 2015, my THW colleague Andrew Forbes wrote a series of posts on the all-time best forwards in Toronto Maple Leafs history. I wrote this during the 2019-20 NHL regular…
“Mitch Who?” Gavin McKenna Will Help Maple Leafs Fans Forget About Marner The Old Prof | August 13, 2026 There may not have been a more polarizing Toronto Maple Leafs player over the past decade than Mitch Marner. There also shouldn’t be much debate about his talent. We have…
Brad Treliving’s Worst Moves as Maple Leafs General Manager Peter Baracchini | July 29, 2026 The Toronto Maple Leafs firing general manager Brad Treliving came as a surprise this late into the season with seven games remaining. While it was a decision that needed to…
The Maple Leafs Pressure Cooker: Appreciation Often Comes Too Late The Old Prof | July 29, 2026 The Toronto Maple Leafs have missed the playoffs only once in recent years, but something interesting seems to be happening around the way fans are talking about the team’s recent…
Did the Maple Leafs Fail Mitch Marner? Darren Ferris Thinks So The Old Prof | July 23, 2026 When Mitch Marner’s agent Darren Ferris went on the PuckPedia podcast and said Marner “was never protected by his organization,” I found myself thinking about that phrase. I’m not sure…
