In today's podcast, we look at all the Canadian teams and what they have accomplished this off-season and where the Leafs stack up against their Canadian rivals. Will it be the great Blue and White North next year as we take on Craig Button's take on who the best Canadian team will be next season.... Continue Reading →
When will the NHL gamble on giving Canada more expansion teams?
As one of the founding organizations when the NHL was founded in 1917, beginning as the Toronto Arenas and Toronto St. Patricks before becoming the Toronto Maple Leafs, we often take the rich history of ice hockey in the capital of Ontario for granted. The sport has been established for so long in the city,... Continue Reading →
All Roads to Lord Stanley Go Through the Atlantic: Predicting the Toughest Division in Hockey
The wait is over everyone, it is finally GAMEDAY in Leafs Nation! What better way to kick off the season opener than with some predictions of how I think the division standings will finish in April. Boston Bruins (3rd) This team's aging core has some hard miles on them after a trip to the Cup... Continue Reading →
Maple Leafs: New year, same story
Game 7’s have officially become less fun and entertaining, and more stressful and disheartening. The worst part about this game 7 in particular, was that Toronto sat in the driver seat for most of the series, and could not finish the job. They looked as though they were going to bring home the series and... Continue Reading →
Erik Karlsson was never going to be a Maple Leaf
Talk about coming out of the gates hot, but I wanted to touch on Howard Berger's latest column “Leafs Following Or Bucking Trend?”, Howard makes the argument that the Maple Leafs missed the boat by not trading for Karlsson. The main reason is that the Maple Leafs defense needs some work, and Karlsson would put... Continue Reading →
Free Agency 2019: Drew Doughty
This past week the rumor mill was red hot after comments made by Drew Doughty about his pending free agency hit the NHL and social media by storm. Doughty openly discussed that he should earn more than P.K. Subban; Doughty also shared that he feels that he and fellow 2019 UFA standout Erik Karlsson should... Continue Reading →