Lucas did an amazing job in his most recent blog offering his thoughts as to what went wrong in the playoff series against the Boston Bruins. He also correctly highlighted a lot of structural issues that haunted the Maple Leafs right from the regular season all the way through to the series loss to the... Continue Reading →
What has become a habit are the slow starts and playing catch up while playing games at home. The Maple Leafs came out flat again, the aggressive forecheck and high octane speed that we have become used to from this team in the last month just wasn't there yet again. Similar to the game against... Continue Reading →
In two years, the Leafs will be or should be in the conversation for playoff contention at the very least and/or possibly Stanley Cup contenders if a couple more moves go the Leafs way. What needs to go right in the next two years are the following to really be considered contenders in the 2019-2020... Continue Reading →
Since the Leafs last made the playoffs (albeit in a shortened season) all this team has achieved is losing. The psyche of losing has been in full effect and much of that has framed what is being reported in the media and discussed on amongst Leafs Nation. Have we become so pessimistic that we are... Continue Reading →
Last couple of weeks there has been a lot of chatter about playoffs in relation to the Leafs between fans and media alike. Currently the Leafs find themselves outside of the playoff picture and one point out of the Eastern Conference basement, however they have played in some cases 4 less games than the teams above... Continue Reading →
After 5 games of the 2016-2017 we are starting to hear about potential trades involving our beloved Leafs. We knew coming into this season that the one Achilles heel for the Leafs would be their defense and the requirement to close out the top 4 on defense by acquiring a match for Morgan Reilly. With... Continue Reading →
