Re-Doing the Atlanta Thrashers’ 1999 Expansion Draft Josh Lewis | September 13, 2020 The Atlanta Thrashers were the second of four expansion teams to hit the ice around the turn of the 21st century, playing their inaugural season in 1999-2000. Like the others,…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Dubas, Trade Thoughts, Domi & Loponen The Old Prof | March 21, 2020 It’s surprising that in a post-hockey world – at least for this regular season, there’s still news. One thing that happened was the Toronto Maple Leafs took the lead in…
Max Domi: Balancing Life and Hockey Steve Beisswanger | November 10, 2019 It is somewhat uncommon for a father and a son to share the same idol. Generational differences often create interests and tastes that are disparate to the point of generating…
5 Biggest Villains in Red Wings History Jake Rivard | July 24, 2019 Every Detroit Red Wings fan knows their names. Some fill us with dread, and others awaken an anger we haven’t felt in years. Whether they’ve backstopped opposing nets or agitated…
Maple Leafs’ Recent Dealings With the Predators Andrew Forbes | June 25, 2018 Separated by conferences with no real tension between them, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Nashville Predators have found ways of coming together at the trade table over the years. While…
Maple Leafs 7 Best Tough Guys THW Archives | December 11, 2017 “If you can’t beat them in the alley, you can’t beat them on the ice.” The man who created, owned, coached and managed the Toronto Maple Leafs, Conn Smythe,…
This Day in Flyers History: Fan Fights Tie Domi THW Archives | March 29, 2014 How do you etch your name into the annals of Philadelphia folklore? You can start by busting through the glass into the penalty box to fight one of the NHL’s…
The Most Hated Toronto Maple Leafs Of All-Time Mark Ritter | November 1, 2012 As sports fans, most of the allure is drawn from our longing to see our favorite teams bring home a championship. Championships are great, but not every team or fan…
2013 NHL Draft Top 30 Preseason Rankings THW Archives | July 16, 2012 It has only been three weeks since the conclusion of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, but talk has already begun on next year’s outstanding crop of young players looking to…
Winnipeg Hockey History – Jets ties to Toronto Jon Waldman | March 3, 2012 With the hiring of Randy Carlyle today by the Toronto Maple Leafs, it’s an apropos time to look back in history to the interactions between the Buds and Winnipeg Jets.…
Philadelphia Flyers: If Only I Could See Them One More Time… THW Archives | February 10, 2012 So I got to chatting with my old man today. Whenever chats like these occur there is usually a great deal of wisdom bestowed upon me. But this wasn’t like…
“Dad, Who’s Teemu Selanne…?” The Hockey Writers | December 9, 2011 All in a Flash, a young man breaks free from his captors. The sound of a single shot is quickly drowned out by the deafening screams that surround him from every…
