Posts About "Toronto Marlies"
Maple Leafs News: Morgan Rielly Injury and Seth Griffith Claimed
January 20th, 2017 The Toronto Maple Leafs are fighting for a playoff spot. It's an unusual situation for the young Leafs to be in, especially considering that many expected a bottom ten finish for the club this year. Their early success can be attributed directly to the rookies, many of whom are occupying important positions on the Leafs...
Maple Leafs News: Marlies Advance, Leafs in Memorial Cup
May 19th, 2016 There is always some kind of news going on in the hockey world that involves the Toronto Maple Leafs. While the team itself isn't making news, it is actually their prospects who have really stepped up and propelled themselves into the spotlight. In this edition of Maple Leafs News, we'll be discussing the Toronto Marlies advancing in...
Prospect to Watch: Josh Leivo
February 25th, 2016 For all the fanfare a first round draft pick gets in the NHL, there have been many star players that went unheralded throughout their junior career, not attracting much attention until blossoming into stars at the NHL level. From Pavel Datsyuk (171st in 1998) to Jamie Benn (129th in 2007), the league is littered with late-round picks...
Nikita Soshnikov Developing in the AHL
November 29th, 2015 The AHL season is underway and Nikita Soshnikov is showing his worth playing for the Toronto Marlies. The young Russian is not only developing, but also playing in roles he's unfamiliar with while he adapts to a new country and a new environment. In this translated interview, originally appearing on the Russian website Russia-hockey.ru,...
NHL Expansion Roundtable: Toronto
October 6th, 2014 NHL expansion was discussed in exhaustion this summer when it broke that the league was considering adding four franchises. The NHL has flirted with Las Vegas for quite some time, Seattle is the attractive date and Quebec City has always been the one that got away from the NHL. The fourth city is the one in which the NHL has already had...
Another Team in Toronto? No Thanks
September 5th, 2014 Make no mistake about it - Toronto is thee definition of a hockey town. Despite qualifying for the post-season only once since the 2004-05 NHL lockout, the Leafs are not only Forbes Magazine's most lucrative NHL franchise, they're the only NHL team to crack the publication's top 50 list, which ranks all franchises in sports. Naturally,...
Dallas Eakins to Oilers: Good Move?
June 10th, 2013 Craig MacTavish had just made his first big move since becoming Oilers GM and that was the very surprising firing of first year coach Ralph Krueger. It was a shocking move by MacTavish, Krueger only had a half season to implement his style of hockey on a young squad and it didn't pay off. Krueger should have gotten another chance, but...
Toronto Maple Leafs Top Prospects Report
December 20th, 2012 Heading into the 2012 NHL season NHL.com ranked the top ten prospects in the Toronto Maple Leafs system. Joe Colborne was ranked number one while, Jesse Blacker, Brad Ross, Tyler Biggs, Morgan Rielly, Greg McKegg, Jerry D’Amigo, Matthew Finn, Leo Komarov and Korbinian Holzer rounded out the top ten. Another trusted online...
Expectation: Nazem Kadri – Part III
December 3rd, 2012 Expectation: Nazem Kadri is a three-part series. Part I is available here. Part II is available here. Expectation. Everyone deals with expectation. It's ever-present for those trying to make it in the NHL. And the weight of expectation is heavier for some than for others. For Nazem Kadri, expectations have been high. He was...
Expectation: Nazem Kadri - Part II
November 27th, 2012 Expectation: Nazem Kadri is a three-part series. Part I is available here. Part III is available here. Nazem Kadri's medial collateral ligament sprain during the 2011 Maple Leaf training camp had given the organization an out. The injury meant Kadri couldn't start the season with the NHL club, regardless of his play. But the...
Expectation: Nazem Kadri - Part I
November 23rd, 2012 Expectation: Nazem Kadri is a three-part series. Part II is available here. Part III is available here. It seems all peaks and valleys when it comes to the still-young career of Nazem Kadri. The now 22-year-old forward hasn't played a full season with the Maple Leafs, and yet since being drafted June 26, 2009 there's...
Is Leo Komarov A Team Player?
November 16th, 2012 Several sources are reporting that Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Leo Komarov is looking to return to the KHL to play with the Moscow Dynamo. Komarov, who stands 5’10 and weighs in at 187 pounds, was selected in the sixth round (180th overall) by the Maple Leafs in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. Known as a “pest”,...
Jekyll and Hyde Opening Weekend for the Toronto Marlies
October 17th, 2012 It certainly wasn’t the opening weekend that Brian Burke was hoping for when their Baby Leafs were eliminated from the Calder Cup Final in four straight games last June. Ideally the Leafs Brass would be gathered in a booth at the ACC ready to watch their summer plans come to fruition as the other Blue and White team takes the...
