Randy Carlyle Firing: What Changes Moving Forward?
Randy Carlyle’s inevitable firing brought about as crazy a day in Leafs land as any in recent memory. Phil Kessel and Dave Feschuk arguing, with Kessel calling Feschuk disrespectful and an idiot....
View ArticleGDT: Game #42, Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (7:30 p.m., TSN4)
Reasonably happy with the team’s possession performance versus the Capitals, Peter Horachek’s message will be to stick with it while cracking down on some of the avoidable errors of last game. The...
View ArticleGDT: Game #44, Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Los Angeles Kings (10:30 p.m., SN)
The Maple Leafs look to keep building on the positive possession performances of the past two games against one of the best teams in the League at possessing the puck. The Kings have recently been...
View ArticleGDT: Game #45, Toronto Maple Leafs at Anaheim Ducks (10 p.m., SNO)
The Ducks sound prepared for a Leafs team identity they’ve been trying to stray away from under new interim coach Peter Horachek. That’s been the flummoxing paradox with this Leafs team the past few...
View ArticleGDT: Game #45, Toronto Maple Leafs vs. San Jose Sharks (10:30 p.m., TSN4)
The Maple Leafs are looking to score a goal tonight in San Jose. In arguably their toughest back-to-back turnaround of their schedule (besides the strength of the teams, the Leafs would’ve gotten in...
View ArticleGDT: Game #46, Toronto Maple Leafs at St. Louis Blues (7 p.m., CBC)
Peter Horachek’s Toronto Maple Leafs have Ken Hitchcock’s St. Louis Blues preparing for Barry Trotz’s Nashville Predators. That’s the way he described it in a great interview today with the Toronto...
View ArticleGDT: Game #47, Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Carolina Hurricanes (7:30pm, TSN4)
The Maple Leafs return home to host the Hurricanes after a miserable trip down South. The Leafs went to Carolina just before Christmas and got thoroughly outcompeted in a 4-1 loss and outshot by a 36...
View ArticleGame 47 Scoring Chances: Senators 4 vs. Maple Leafs 3
The Leafs had another disaster of a first period in Ottawa, as after getting the first two chances, they were out-chanced 10-2 the rest of the way, and fell behind 3-0. While the Carolina game saw them...
View ArticleMaple Leafs Rumours: Cody Franson, Mike Santorelli and Daniel Winnik “highly...
Maple Leafs Hot Stove This from Bob McKenzie on the radio today: McKenzie: Santorelli, Winnik, and Franson highly likely to be traded. Would love to keep Franson but can't afford to pay him UFA rate. —...
View ArticleLeafs Notebook – February 3
Maple Leafs Hot Stove Since the hiring of Peter Horachek, the Maple Leafs have reduced their shots against, but have been ice cold offensively. Horachek has begun implementing a 5-5-5 system where the...
View ArticleGame 54 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 5 vs. Oilers 1
Maple Leafs Hot Stove The Toronto Maple Leafs finally managed a win, as the Edmonton Oilers showed that the Leafs still have a lot to learn about being a truly bad team. Toronto dominated the chances...
View ArticleLeafs Notebook – February 10
Maple Leafs Hot Stove Rumour season is in fine form as the Toronto Maple Leafs, yet again, limp to the finish line. There are a lot of big names being thrown around that carry big contracts, and while...
View ArticleShanahan’s rebuild starts with a tough but fair call on Cody Franson
Did the Maple Leafs miss out on a chance to include Cody Franson in their core going forward? Yesterday’s trade with Nashville has some asking the question. The Leafs had two additional opportunities...
View ArticleLeafs Notebook – February 17
The Maple Leafs completed their first trade of the season with something expected: Moving out a couple of pending UFAs they were in tough to retain. There are essentially two ways to view the move. You...
View ArticleLeafs Notebook – February 23rd
The NHL is officially a week away from the NHL trade deadline. Leafs fans in seller mode rejoice. I’ve written before about selling high and selling low, and I thought this would be a good time to...
View ArticleLeafs Notebook – March 4
A deadline of selling rentals and stockpiling depth picks was expected, until the Columbus Blue Jackets came calling with an offer too good to be true. Somehow, Toronto got out of the David Clarkson...
View ArticleLeafs Notebook – April 1
The old saying goes that one man’s garbage is another man’s treasure, but perhaps sometimes the opposite is true. This season the Leafs conducted a fire sale because they had no other choice; the team...
View ArticleToronto Maple Leafs’ Kyle Dubas on Brady & Walker
Kyle Dubas joined Brady and Walker earlier this afternoon to discuss the Toronto Marlies, the lottery results, the management dynamics under Brendan Shanahan, the upcoming 2015 NHL draft and the NHL...
View ArticleCody Franson: “100%. I hope Toronto is in the mix”
Cody Franson hopes that the Toronto Maple Leafs make him an offer to come back this off-season. The post Cody Franson: “100%. I hope Toronto is in the mix” appeared first on Maple Leafs Hotstove.
View ArticleAttempting to quantify Mike Babcock’s on-ice impact
There are potentially a number of impacts that the Mike Babcock signing could have on the Toronto Maple Leafs, including off-ice impacts such as free agent recruitment. We already heard yesterday that...
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