View image | gettyimages.com Leafs prospect William Nylander is dominating the AHL despite being young enough to pass for a high school senior. There are compelling reasons to call him up to...
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View image | gettyimages.com The Maple Leafs kicked off their rebuild by trading star winger Phil Kessel to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a package of prospects and picks, finally ending the con...
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View image | gettyimages.com One of the biggest decisions the Maple Leafs must make this off-season is deciding what to do with Phil Kessel. Although Kessel is a dynamic offensive player, th...
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View image | gettyimages.com The Leafs landed the most impactful free agent of the off-season and it isn't even July 1. On Wednesday, the Leafs signed Mike Babcock to an 8-year, $50 million ...
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With the Leafs set to embark on a full-scale rebuild, the most pressing question among Toronto fans is simple: How long until the Leafs can contend. Re-building is not for the faint of heart. ...
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With the Leafs mired in another death spiral, the core is coming under increased scrutiny. The major question in Toronto is whether you can win with Phil Kessel and Dion Phaneuf. It's certai...
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Dave Nonis forgot one last Christmas present under the tree for Leafs fans, and delivered it on Tuesday, firing head coach Randy Carlyle. The move comes half a season and one contract extens...
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"Does it hurt to watch Tyler Seguin?" That's a common question many Leafs fans get, especially as Seguin launches an offensive assault on the league. You may have heard this before, but t...
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#458419034 / gettyimages.com From the press box to the top defensive pairing, Cody Franson has come a long way in his four seasons as a Maple Leaf. Now in the final year of his contract the Le...
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The 2013-14 NHL season gets underway on Oct. 8 with the Leafs and Canadiens renewing rivalries, and what better way to get set than a season preview giving you the five reasons to be optimisti...
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#484272755 / gettyimages.com Last year might have been my worst season at predicting sleepers in the history of this blog. But I somehow still ended up winning my fantasy league, so that shoul...
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Bad News Berezins As you get older many more and more things begin to take increasing importance in your life: family, work, house, dogs (I will begrudgingly list cats as well), etc. It's pe...
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The Montreal Canadiens are playing a dangerous game with star defenceman P.K. Subban, and it might cost them. Unbelievably, the two sides went to arbitration after a deal could not be worked...
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Once again it looks like the Vancouver Canucks' trash is the Toronto Maple Leafs' treasure. Last year the Leafs snagged Mason Raymond on a bargain deal and this year Dave Nonis went to his old...
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The Boston Red Sox ended an 86-year World Series drought after hiring a 28-year-old executive named Theo Epstein, and after the Maple Leafs hired 28-year-old Kyle Dubas as assistant GM on Tuesd...
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By Tuesday night, GMs had spent nearly $500 million on UFAs. As always, a ton of that money was spent recklessly and was used to sign future buyouts. Amidst the chaos there were some reasonabl...
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The Leafs finished last season ninth in team save percentage, meaning after years of wandering in the wilderness they have finally solved their goaltending problem. But nothing is simple in To...
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The Maple Leafs problem isn't scoring goals, it's keeping them out. But after being a top-10 team in goals scored from 2011-2013, the Leafs were middle of the pack last season suggesting defen...
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Despite great goaltending, the Leafs allowed the fifth most goals in the league last season. Sadly, that isn't surprising. The Leafs haven't been better than 18th in goals allowed since the st...
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#493968581 / gettyimages.com We're only a few weeks away from crowning this year's Stanley Cup champion and we have learned so much on this journey. CENTRE DEPTH IS IMPORTANT - Amazing t...
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Dave Bolland wants to be a Leaf for life, and a fellow Mimico boy might help make it happen. “I’d like to get him signed,” Brendan Shanahan told the Toronto Sun a few weeks ago . “He�...
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A team of destiny Montreal Canadiens are one round from the Stanley Cup Final. Really, hockey gods? This is how you treat me after a life devoted to hockey? I am a broken man, please do not a...
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Noted advanced stats pioneer Eric Tulsky killed some time on Twitter recently with a helpful Q+A on #FancyStats in hockey. Links to articles with more detailed information on the topic in questi...
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#487558253 / gettyimages.com One of the most exciting opening rounds of playoff hockey in recent years is sadly over, and the inevitable letdown of round two begins tonight. What did we lear...
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Heads have yet to roll in Toronto after another monumental collapse, but Tim Leiweke is about to make the first major change, hiring Brendan Shanahan as president. Damien Cox of the Toronto Star...
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