Anaheim Ducks Will Take Flight Again Ryan Fulford | April 13, 2012 You can call it many things, an aberration, an outlier, or quite simply a missed opportunity leading to a lost season. Whatever label you want to place upon the Anaheim…
The Leafs and Lightning: Similar But Oh, So Different Brent Lemon | April 2, 2012 Folks wearing Toronto Maple Leafs sweaters when the Buds arrive in town is a common hockey phenomenon – particularly in the NHL’s so-called Sunbelt arenas. And Tampa was no different…
Maple Leafs Panel: Kadri, Checking Role & Who Should Stay and Who Should Go Lukas Hardonk | April 2, 2012 This week the panel discusses if the Toronto Maple Leafs have been toying with Nazem Kadri’s success, players’ ice time and who on the Leafs’ roster deserves to stay and who deserves to go…
Five Maple Leafs Positives of 2011-12 Mark Ascione | April 2, 2012 No doubt the 2011-12 season has been a great disappointment in Toronto. Fans are unhappy there’s no playoffs. The team has a number of issues needing to be solved. Despite those negatives,…
Maple Leafs Panel: What to Play For, Dion Phaneuf & Nazem Kadri Lukas Hardonk | March 26, 2012 This week the panel discusses what the Leafs have left to play for, if Dion Phaneuf should remain captain and what the team should do with Nazem Kadri…
Maple Leafs Panel: Randy Carlyle, Luke Schenn & Brian Burke Lukas Hardonk | March 19, 2012 This week the panel discusses if Randy Carlyle is the right coach for the Leafs, if Luke Schenn fits on the team’s roster anymore and if Brian Burke should receive any blame for the second half collapse…
Toronto Maple Leafs: Five Reasons to Expect a Busy Off-Season Lukas Hardonk | March 11, 2012 With another playoff-less season about to wrap up, you’re presented with five reasons to expect the Leafs to be very active in the summer…
Looking Towards the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 2012-2013 Goaltending Situation Lukas Hardonk | March 9, 2012 With the Reimer/Gustavsson duo having struggled this season, what should the Maple Leafs do when it comes to goaltending next season?
Ducks Starting To Play Boudreau Hockey Amos Legault | March 7, 2012 With lines starting to click, and wins starting to come it seems as though the Ducks are getting used to Bruce Boudreau’s system. Whether this is a good thing or…
Leafs Lock Up Grabovski Mark Ascione | March 6, 2012 The Toronto Maple Leafs announced on Tuesday, March 6 that centre Mikhail Grabovski signed a 5-year extension with the club (salary not released but rumoured to be about $27.5M). The…
Last Chance for Ducks GM? Amos Legault | March 6, 2012 When their team underperforms for a season, fans get upset with the organization. When their team underperforms for several seasons, they own it. A good example is the firing of…
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…