Saturday was a great day for Toronto Maple Leafs’ fans. With the win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, they broke a 19-year curse by winning their first playoff series since 2004. In this post, I’ll take a look at how I believe the Maple Leafs were able to pull off the win. Reason One: The
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On Thursday night, the Toronto Maple Leafs came roaring back from an embarrassing 7-3 loss in Game 1 on Tuesday to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning by an equally embarrassing 7-2 in Game 2. It was a great showing from the team. In the end, the Maple Leafs’ stars stepped up and dominated on both
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Chicago Blackhawks have announced that they will not be re-signing Jonathan Toews next season. Meanwhile, the Edmonton Oilers are reportedly hoping to get a bridge deal done with Evan Bouchard. Are the Los Angeles Kings hoping to re-sign Joonas Korpisalo? What is the offseason plan for the St. Louis
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Toronto Maple Leafs were forced to sign another amateur goalie after the NHL rejected their request for an emergency call-up. Meanwhile, the Ottawa Senators have confirmed they will qualify the contract of Alex DeBrincat even if there’s no guarantee of a long-term deal. Explore everything hockey with THW’s Hockeypedia
On Tuesday night, the Toronto Maple Leafs lost 7-2 to the New York Islanders. It was a frustrating game where the goalies made all the difference. The Islanders’ Ilya Sorokin clearly won the battle against Ilya Samsonov. It was the most lopsided loss Toronto has been handed all season. There was some good news. Sam
The New York Islanders and the Toronto Maple Leafs meet on Tuesday in a game that’s likely more important to the Islanders than the Maple Leafs. The teams have faced each other twice this season, with each team winning one game. Both teams have been playing well lately, with the Islanders coming off a successful
Fans of both the Minnesota Wild and the Toronto Maple Leafs got a taste of playoff hockey last night. The game between the Maple Leafs and the Wild was tight-checking, and both teams got solid goaltending. In fact, except for the occasional miscue during the first 60 minutes, the truth is that there wasn’t a
To be blunt, the Boston Bruins came to town and beat the Toronto Maple Leafs quite easily by a score of 5-2. The Maple Leafs’ performance in last night’s game had to be disappointing for most fans. The Maple Leafs simply made too many mistakes, and it seemed that the Bruins took advantage of most
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Boston Bruins are looking for ways to clear some NHL salary off of their books. Meanwhile, the Dallas Stars got a major contract done, but are they finished conducting business? Reports are they’re looking to make a trade. The Toronto Maple Leafs are getting Ilya Samsonov back and Roope
The NHL allows teams to negotiate contract extensions with their players who are signed to one-year deals now that the calendars have changed to 2023. The Toronto Maple Leafs have eight such players. Starting today players on 1 year contracts can now be signed to an extension. See list of all eligible players currently on
In the edition of Toronto Maple Leafs News & Rumors, we’ll look ahead at some of the team’s players and what might happen to them over both the near future and after this season. There are a number of “what if’s” for the team. We’ll explore some of them in this post. Item One: Another
After Thursday’s Toronto Maple Leafs’ victory over the Philadelphia Flyers, this season’s new Maple Leafs’ goalie Ilya Samsonov now carries a goals-against average (GAA) of 2.07 and a save percentage (SV%) of .924. That’s good, but it isn’t as good as it was just two games previously. Prior to meeting his former Washington Capitals team
Welcome to our daily rumours article brought to you by NHL Lines site Betway Goalie options for the Maple Leafs Jonas Siegel of The Athletic: The Toronto Maple Leafs are without goaltenders Matt Murray, Ilya Samsonov and Joseph Woll and are running with Erik Kallgren and Keith Petruzzelli.If the Maple Leafs are looking to go
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Boston Bruins may be making some changes to their scouting and management team after the fiasco that was all of the Mitchell Miller signing and then parting ways with the player. Meanwhile, the St. Louis Blues are a team that might need to make a change. Are they ready
Following a rather busy offseason around the NHL, it was only fitting that the game’s goalies began drafting their 2022-23 storylines early on in the campaign. From internal battles among new tandems, underperforming superstars, rookies earning a spotlight, and everything in between, October offered quite a glimpse into what fans should expect from their favourite
Remember that quote from Forrest Gump? “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.” Life, in this context, can also be swapped out for the Toronto Maple Leafs. The recurring theme with this hockey team over the past few years, or really, throughout the entire Auston Matthews/Mitch Marner era,
Well, we haven’t had one of these in quite some time and while we only two weeks into the new season, the Toronto Maple Leafs have their fanbase swirling in a mixture of emotion already. Losses to the Arizona Coyotes and Montreal Canadiens, injuries piling up and all of a sudden the storylines to this
We are four games into the regular season and the Toronto Maple Leafs have an unexpected and not-so-great record of two wins and two losses. Using Old-School insights and Analytics, in this post we’re going to look at who’s been playing well in those four games and who’s not. An Old-School Review Looking at the