Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Drouin, O’Brien, Bobrovsky & August Questions The Old Prof | August 8, 2026 August is a funny month if you’re following the Toronto Maple Leafs. Unless there’s a huge surprise roaring down the tracks, the big moves have mostly been made, and the…
Canucks News & Rumours: Chytil, Mancini & Tipping Points That Change the Season The Old Prof | August 7, 2026 There are plenty of obvious questions surrounding the Vancouver Canucks heading into this season, but sometimes the more interesting ones are hiding a little further down the roster. Filip Chytil…
Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Tavares, Clarkson & Chayka’s New Contracts? The Old Prof | August 7, 2026 There are some Toronto Maple Leafs free-agent signings that get remembered for what they accomplished, and others that get remembered for what went wrong. The interesting thing is that history…
Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Domi, Lorentz, Joshua, Hiller & Training Camp Moves? The Old Prof | August 6, 2026 The Toronto Maple Leafs will head into training camp with an advantage they haven’t had enough of in recent years: competition for jobs. General manager John Chayka has spent the…
Canucks News & Rumours: Kurashev, Regenda, Rogowski & Gambles Worth Taking? The Old Prof | August 6, 2026 The Vancouver Canucks are still trying to figure out exactly what the team will look like over the next few years. That’s what makes some of the smaller or potential…
Canucks News & Rumours: Pettersson, Boeser & “Blow It Up Real Good” The Old Prof | August 5, 2026 There has been a lot of trade chatter around the Vancouver Canucks, particularly involving Elias Pettersson and Brock Boeser. If you spend enough time reading the rumours, the impression we…
Maple Leafs News & Rumours: SDA, Chayka, Matthews & Competing in the Atlantic? The Old Prof | August 5, 2026 The Toronto Maple Leafs have certainly changed things this summer. John Chayka has brought in more size, more depth and a collection of forwards who seem designed to give Toronto…
Canucks News & Rumours: Braeden Cootes, Elias Pettersson & Odd New Partnerships The Old Prof | August 4, 2026 Sometimes the most interesting training camp battles are not really battles at all. They’re decisions. A young player shows he’s ready, but the organization has to decide whether “ready” means…
Canucks News & Rumours: Rossi, Öhgren, Chytil, Pettersson, Gallagher & Where’s the Offence? The Old Prof | August 4, 2026 The Vancouver Canucks finished the 2025-26 campaign with the NHL’s worst record. They didn’t score enough goals, and then lost a bunch of the players who helped them score the goals…
Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Fletcher, Matthews, Roslovic & Chayka’s Bigger Plan? The Old Prof | August 4, 2026 There’s something different about the way new general manager John Chayka is putting his Toronto Maple Leafs team together. It’s easy enough to look at the names coming in and…
Devils News & Rumors: Depth Signings, PTO Candidates, and Brett Pesce at Shoulder Check Showcase Donnah Campbell | August 4, 2026 Slowly but surely, the New Jersey Devils are building the ideal group for the upcoming season. After acquiring a third goalie in David Rittich, a veteran top-line wing in Anthony…
Maple Leafs News & Rumours: A New Era & Jim Hiller’s Biggest Challenges The Old Prof | August 3, 2026 What I enjoy most about August is that it gives us a chance to stop reacting to every headline and start looking at the bigger picture. The games haven’t started…
