Posts About "Ron Hainsey"
Maple Leafs Depth and Defense Leads to Loss
October 7th, 2018 The Toronto Maple Leafs created some momentum and buzz with their overtime win over the Montréal Canadiens on Wednesday. Then on Saturday, said momentum skidded to a halt as the Leafs lost a 5-3 contest to the Ottawa Senators in the newest chapter of the “Battle of Ontario”. The offense looked as competitive as ever,...
Maple Leafs Not Great on Opening Night
October 4th, 2018 The Toronto Maple Leafs began their 2018-19 season with a thrilling 3-2 overtime victory over the Montréal Canadians on Wednesday night, providing a happy ending for John Tavares' first regular season game in Toronto and for general manager Kyle Dubas. The team statistics, however, are surprising. The Habs outshot the Leafs...
Maple Leafs X-Factors for 2018-19
September 28th, 2018 The 2018-19 National Hockey League regular season is fast approaching, and the time for season previews is upon us. The vast majority of people agree that, barring some sort of biblical catastrophe, the Toronto Maple Leafs will make the playoffs. What’s definitively less certain is where they’ll qualify. Will they snag a...
Change of Scenery Revived These Ex-Hurricanes
June 9th, 2018 Sometimes a change of scenery can revive the career of a professional athlete. It could be new coaching styles and personalities, a different fan vibe, a spouse's approval or any number of other reasons why a new venue rejuvenates some players' careers. In the case of the Carolina Hurricanes, there are three players whose recent...
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...
Leafs' Comeback Requires Lineup Change
April 15th, 2018 For the Toronto Maple Leafs, the first two games of their quarterfinal playoff series against the Boston Bruins could not have started any worse. From a costly suspension to Nazem Kadri that still has two games remaining to Boston's playoff leading 12 goals scored, nothing has gone their way and many are beginning to question how much...
