Posts About "Nazem Kadri"
Kadri Could Flourish as Leafs' Third-Line Centre
July 16th, 2018 For those who've kept track of the NHL off-season, it's clear the Toronto Maple Leafs now have an embarrassment of riches down the middle. They already had a franchise-calibre centre in Auston Matthews, as well as a resurgent Nazem Kadri. Now with John Tavares in the fold, they have one of the best trios at centre in the league -- a...
NHL Headhunters: The Sentence Must Match the Crime
May 6th, 2018 It doesn't take an Einstein to realize that the NHL has a huge problem. The league is plagued by a breed of players who lack self-control and respect for their opponent. It is the NHL's major crux -- headhunters. Players targetting the head has been a big topic in the league for a long time now. Debates are had on how the Department...
Defining Maple Leafs Early Playoff Exit
April 26th, 2018 It was a back and forth Game 7 between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Boston Bruins, but in the end the Bruins came out on top and are headed to the second round to take on the Tampa Bay Lightning. While the Maple Leafs’ season can be watched and critiqued, much of their success and failure to advance in this year’s playoffs can...
Will Kadri Be Maple Leafs’ Salvation?
April 20th, 2018 Nazem Kadri is set to return from his three-game suspension Saturday night, Game 5 of his Toronto Maple Leafs’ first-round series against the Boston Bruins. Kadri’s return couldn’t be timelier for the Maple Leafs, who are facing elimination after a 3-1 loss Thursday night at the Air Canada Centre. Though Toronto's play...
Bruins’ Shenanigans Licking Maple Leafs
April 16th, 2018 If there’s anything we’ve learned the first two games of the first-round series between the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs, it’s that the Bruins are still, very much, the Bruins of old. Now, obviously, they can’t exactly replicate the Big Bad Bruins of the 1970s in the modern National Hockey League. But the team that...
Nazem Kadri Suspended 3 Games
April 13th, 2018 Toronto Maple Leafs' forward Nazem Kadri has been suspended three games by the NHL's Department of Player Safety following his illegal and forceful hit to the head of Boston Bruins' forward Tommy Wingels in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. Kadri was assessed a five-minute major penalty for the charging and was also handed a...
