Toronto Maple Leafs’ 2011-2012 Season in Review: The Surprises & Disappointments Lukas Hardonk | April 18, 2012 Follow @LukasHardonk This is the third and final part of the three-part series titled “Toronto Maple Leafs’ 2011-2012 Season in Review.” In this edition we take a look at some…
Toronto: Where Do They Go From Here? Mark Ascione | April 16, 2012 It’s guaranteed to be an interesting off season for the Toronto Maple Leafs. The daggers are out. LeafsNation is unhappy, and with good reason. Things looked so good, then turned…
Toronto Maple Leafs’ 2011-2012 Season in Review Lukas Hardonk | April 15, 2012 The 2011-2012 regular season has finally come to a close and the playoffs have begun, which means it’s now time to take a look back at the season that was…
Pressure Mounting on Leafs GM Brian Burke Tom Yawney | April 10, 2012 When you include the lockout, the Toronto Maple Leafs haven’t been to the playoffs in eight seasons. Leafs General Manager Brian Burke was supposed to change all that when he…
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…
Toronto Maple Leafs’ Bottom-Six Consists of Too Much Diversity Lukas Hardonk | March 31, 2012 The Toronto Maple Leafs have had a very rough season in 2011-2012. Has a poorly constructed bottom-six forward group played a key role in that?
Five Things about the Maple Leafs in 2011-12 Mark Ascione | March 30, 2012 In Toronto, a 5-16-3 run since February 6 has eliminated the Maple Leafs’ from the playoffs, again. You’d think LeafsNation would be used to an early spring. But it’s different…
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…
Maple Leafs Panel: Who’s Expendable, Brian Burke & Nikolai Kulemin Lukas Hardonk | February 20, 2012 The panel discusses which Leafs players are most expendable, if Brian Burke should be on the hot seat and what the team should do with Nikolai Kulemin…
Maple Leafs Panel: Grabovski, Stepping Up & What Needs to be Done Lukas Hardonk | February 6, 2012 This week the panel discusses where Mikhail Grabovski stands, who needs to step up and what the Leafs need to do best…
The Tim Connolly Concern Mark Ascione | February 4, 2012 Brian Burke made a pitch to acquire Brad Richards this past off-season. But after Richards decided on the bright lights of Broadway, Burke invoked his back-up plan, and gambled on…
Are the Toronto Maple Leafs a Playoff Team? Lukas Hardonk | January 2, 2012 The Toronto Maple Leafs could not have gotten off to a better start this season. A 4-0-1 record to open the season and a brief stretch as the league’s best team had Leafs fans all across the planet rejoicing.