Maple Leafs Face Long Odds to Acquire Matthew Tkachuk Mark Scheig | July 20, 2022 First it was Johnny Gaudreau who left the Calgary Flames. Could Matthew Tkachuk be next? The evidence seems to be pointing in that direction. On Monday night, the Flames tweeted…
Maple Leafs’ Matthews, Marner & Nylander Contracts Are 3 of NHL’s Best The Old Prof | July 7, 2022 Toronto Maple Leafs’ general manager Kyle Dubas has been criticized left and right for the contracts he negotiated for William Nylander, Auston Matthews, and Mitch Marner. However, when these contracts…
Maple Leafs’ Forwards Ranked for 2022 Postseason Play The Old Prof | July 1, 2022 Our Toronto Maple Leafs forwards rankings for the regular season included the top twelve forwards. We also tracked the numbers for Colin Blackwell and Kyle Clifford as the 13th and…
Maple Leafs’ Forwards Ranked for Overall Play – 2021-22 Season The Old Prof | June 28, 2022 We recently posted two articles rating the Maple Leafs’ forwards for offensive play and defensive play using six different five on five categories tracked by the website Naturalstattrick.com. Those categories…
Maple Leafs Can Replicate Avalanche’s Cup-Winning Path Peter Baracchini | June 28, 2022 The Colorado Avalanche have dethroned the Tampa Bay Lightning as they are the 2021-22 Stanley Cup Champions. While the Avalanche went 16-4 in the post season, getting to this point…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Marner, Matthews, Tavares & Mikheyev The Old Prof | June 24, 2022 In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs News & Rumors, I’ll take a look at why fans see Mitch Marner’s recent NHL award as different from the awards that Auston…
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Matthews, Marner, Bunting & Campbell The Old Prof | June 22, 2022 In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs’ News & Rumors, there’s some good news for Maple Leafs’ players after the NHL awards last night. Two of the team’s best players…
Maple Leafs’ Forwards Ranked for Offensive Play – 2021-22 Season The Old Prof | June 20, 2022 We previously wrote four articles ranking the play of the Maple Leafs’ defensemen in offense and defense during the regular season and playoffs. Now we turn our attention toward the forwards. …
2021-22 Maple Leafs Team Was Franchise’s Best in 17 Years The Old Prof | June 15, 2022 We have stated a number of times recently that we feel the 2021-22 roster that the Toronto Maple Leafs finished the regular season with was the best roster we have…
2015 NHL Draft Top 10: Where Are They Now? Eugene Helfrick | May 28, 2022 Heading into the 2015 NHL Draft, there was a feeling that this would be the draft class that defined the decade. Much like how Sidney Crosby was one of the seminal…
Maple Leafs Need Top Line Changes The Old Prof | May 28, 2022 The Toronto Maple Leafs have questions that need to be answered in all three areas on the team before next season. These areas are at forward, defense, and goaltending. Related:…
Maple Leafs’ Summer of Kawhi Will Not Work The Old Prof | May 26, 2022 The “Summer of Kawhi?” Seriously, this is an idea the Toronto Maple Leafs should avoid like the plague. It is so perfectly ridiculous, and I wish I would have thought…