Maple Leafs Early Season Storylines Ben Shelley | October 16, 2017 We’re only five games into the regular season but fans still have a lot of thoughts about the Toronto Maple Leafs. The team is off to a 4-1-0 start and…
Top 10 Surprisingly Impressive Defensemen Leah Dyck | October 15, 2017 Some teams in the NHL have already played as many as six games so far this season and although it’s still pretty early, we’re seeing a lot of changes from…
Maple Leafs 3 Stars of Week One Devin Slawson | October 11, 2017 It’s finally October and the 2017-18 NHL season is underway. One week into the 82-game-long gruel and the Toronto Maple Leafs remain undefeated, carrying a 3-0-0 record. The Leafs are…
The Maple Leafs’ Achilles Heel Devin Slawson | August 28, 2017 The Toronto Maple Leafs are entering the 2017-18 season with massively increased expectations after a miraculous run that was the 2016-17 campaign. Some are predicting an Atlantic Division title and…
Maple Leafs’ Jake Gardiner Quiets Critics Branden Poelzer | August 23, 2017 Ever since Jake Gardiner’s rookie season, fans have worried about his defensive play, always thinking he would turn the puck over. Defensemen develop at different speeds and some need a…
Who’s Jan Rutta & Why’s Edmonton So Interested? Shane Sander | June 5, 2017 Through the early parts of the offseason, the Edmonton Oilers are tied to a free agent European defenseman named Jan Rutta. The 26-year-old was a member of the Czech Republic…
Maple Leafs Round Table: Zaitsev, Free Agents & the Draft Andrew Forbes | May 15, 2017 After a relatively successful year in the just their second season since announcing a full-fledged rebuild, the Toronto Maple Leafs will be looking to improve as they will definitely want…
Maple Leafs Making Defense a Priority Anthony Fusco | May 4, 2017 It’s no secret that the Toronto Maple Leafs were a bit porous on the blueline this past season. That group still managed to help propel the Leafs into the postseason…
Zaitsev’s Deal Good for the Leafs? Will Billinghurst | May 4, 2017 When Nikita Zaitsev came over to the Toronto Maple Leafs from the KHL there were questions about how well he would perform. Where would he slot in on defense? How…
Zaitsev Happy With New Contract Alessandro Seren Rosso | May 3, 2017 One of the top summer acquisitions of 2016 free agency, Russian defenseman Nikita Zaitsev was signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs to a seven-year contract on Tuesday. In this translated…
Leafs’ First Round Series Hinges on Defense Brett Slawson | April 17, 2017 When the Toronto Maple Leafs dropped their final regular season game of the 2016-17 campaign against the Columbus Blue Jackets, it slotted the young team into a matchup with the…
Maple Leafs News: Playoffs and Nikita Zaitsev Anthony Fusco | April 13, 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…