GDT: Game #22, Toronto Maple Leafs vs Washington Capitals (7 p.m., HNIC)
In the battle of the middling teams, Washington (10-8-4) is in Toronto to take on a Maple Leaf squad (11-8-3) looking to build on three solid games (2 wins & 1 OT loss). The Leafs are 5-3-2 in...
View ArticleGDT: Game #24, Toronto Maple Leafs vs Dallas Stars (7:30pm, TSN4)
For the disappointing — relative to off-season hype — Dallas Stars, the key to victory has been quieting/limiting Seguin, Spezza and Benn. After that, the Stars have been dealing with a pretty big drop...
View ArticleGDT: Game #25, Toronto Maple Leafs vs. New Jersey Devils (7:30 p.m., TSN4)
The struggling New Jersey Devils are in Toronto to take on the warm-getting-warmer Maple Leafs. The key for the Maple Leafs in this game will be avoiding falling into the trap of playing down to a...
View ArticleGame Review: Game #27, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 vs. Calgary Flames 1
If you’re Randy Carlyle, in terms of process, you’re probably only really happy with the middle 20 minutes in this game (and of course Jonathan Bernier’s performance). That sounds bizarre after a 4-1...
View ArticleGDT: Game #28, Toronto Maple Leafs vs Detroit Red Wings (8 p.m., SN)
The Toronto Maple Leafs (6-3-1 in their last 10) are in Detroit to take on the Red Wings (8-2-0). Detroit has been one of the hottest team’s in the League since they were defeated by Toronto 4-1 in...
View ArticleGame 29 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 4 vs. Red Wings 1
Over the last couple of seasons, these types of games from the Leafs have been rare; they were the better team and carried the play against Detroit. This season, they’ve been much more common, a...
View ArticleJVR, PDO and the Leafs Defense
I didn’t have any particular topic I wanted to write about this week, so yesterday morning I asked my twitter followers what they wanted me to write about as far as a statistical analysis of the Leafs...
View ArticleGDT: Game #32, Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Carolina Hurricanes (7 p.m., TSN4)
The league’s hottest team pays a visit to its coldest tonight in Carolina. The two teams are riding opposite streaks, the Leafs winners of six straight and the Hurricanes losers of six consecutive....
View ArticleGDT: Game #34, Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Chicago Blackhawks (7 p.m., CityTV)
The Maple Leafs take on the Blackhawks in a quick turnaround following an embarrassing defensive effort last night against Philadelphia. It’s the second weekend in a row where the Leafs play...
View ArticleGDT: Game #36, Toronto Maple Leafs vs Florida Panthers (5 p.m., SNO)
This will be the third week in a row with a Sunday game for the Maple Leafs, something we should probably get used to as Rogers pushes their new Hometown Hockey Sunday night program (with poor ratings...
View ArticleGDT: Game #40, Toronto Maple Leafs vs Winnipeg Jets (7 p.m., HNIC)
The banged-up Maple Leafs will look to salvage something out of a back to back after a tough loss to the Minnesota Wild last night. The Leafs played a pretty good game considering the circumstances...
View ArticleLeafs Notebook – January 5
With the NFL playoffs currently unfolding, the storylines in football circles revolve around the usual topics—Can Peyton Manning win another Superbowl, can Tom Brady get a step closer to winning the...
View ArticleGDT: Game #42, Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (7:30 p.m., TSN4)
Reasonably happy with the team’s possession performance versus the Capitals, Peter Horachek’s message will be to stick with it while cracking down on some of the avoidable errors of last game. The...
View ArticleGame 42 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 5 vs. Blue Jackets 2
The Toronto Maple Leafs had their first victory in the post-Carlyle era, as a great opening period powered them past the Columbus Blue Jackets. In that twenty minutes, they went out to a 4-1 lead that...
View ArticleDarryl Belfry – Macko and Cauz – Jan.9
Leafs Skills Development Consultant Darryl Belfry joins Macko and Cauz to talk about David Clarkson and the on-going development of Leaf prospects. The post Darryl Belfry – Macko and Cauz – Jan.9...
View ArticleGDT: Game #44, Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Los Angeles Kings (10:30 p.m., SN)
The Maple Leafs look to keep building on the positive possession performances of the past two games against one of the best teams in the League at possessing the puck. The Kings have recently been...
View ArticleLeafs Notebook – January 13
When Peter Horacek was hired in the summer, it was a reasonably safe bet that at some point the man who served as interim head coach of the Florida Panthers last season would be doing so again for the...
View ArticleGDT: Game #45, Toronto Maple Leafs at Anaheim Ducks (10 p.m., SNO)
The Ducks sound prepared for a Leafs team identity they’ve been trying to stray away from under new interim coach Peter Horachek. That’s been the flummoxing paradox with this Leafs team the past few...
View ArticleGDT: Game #45, Toronto Maple Leafs vs. San Jose Sharks (10:30 p.m., TSN4)
The Maple Leafs are looking to score a goal tonight in San Jose. In arguably their toughest back-to-back turnaround of their schedule (besides the strength of the teams, the Leafs would’ve gotten in...
View ArticleGDT: Game #46, Toronto Maple Leafs at St. Louis Blues (7 p.m., CBC)
Peter Horachek’s Toronto Maple Leafs have Ken Hitchcock’s St. Louis Blues preparing for Barry Trotz’s Nashville Predators. That’s the way he described it in a great interview today with the Toronto...
View ArticleGDT: Game #47, Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Carolina Hurricanes (7:30pm, TSN4)
The Maple Leafs return home to host the Hurricanes after a miserable trip down South. The Leafs went to Carolina just before Christmas and got thoroughly outcompeted in a 4-1 loss and outshot by a 36...
View ArticleWill NHL Teams Start Using NBA Cap Relief Ideas?
Maple Leafs Hot Stove More than ever before, NHL management involves getting out of bad contracts. Always better to move a contract a year early, than a year late. When the full season lockout lifted,...
View ArticleLeafs Notebook – February 10
Maple Leafs Hot Stove Rumour season is in fine form as the Toronto Maple Leafs, yet again, limp to the finish line. There are a lot of big names being thrown around that carry big contracts, and while...
View ArticleDave Nonis on Hockey Central at Noon
Dave Nonis speaks to Hockey Central at Noon about rebuilding the Maple Leafs, the Franson & Santorelli trade, and more. How long were you working on the trade? Quite a while. We played in Nashville...
View ArticleLeafs Notebook – March 4
A deadline of selling rentals and stockpiling depth picks was expected, until the Columbus Blue Jackets came calling with an offer too good to be true. Somehow, Toronto got out of the David Clarkson...
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