Maple Leafs’ Forgotten Ones: Phil Housley Andrew Forbes | May 21, 2024 One game. That’s all it takes for a player to be considered a former member of a franchise. But rarely are those player remembered when it comes to historical conversations…
Ranking the Maple Leafs’ Best Goalies Since 1990 The Old Prof | May 9, 2024 I’ve enjoyed the past five years as I’ve covered the Toronto Maple Leafs. As many readers know, I come to writing about hockey from my history of being a teacher,…
The Journey of a Legend: Valter Skarsgård Becomes Börje Salming The Old Prof | May 9, 2024 This past week marked the North American debut of the six-part miniseries Börje—The Journey of a Legend on the Viaplay streaming service. Directed by the talented Amir Chamdin, it focused…
Matthew Knies in Maple Leafs’ Exclusive Under-22 Playoff Goal Scorers Club Ben Fisher | May 2, 2024 The significance behind Matthew Knies’ Game 5 overtime winner wasn’t lost on anyone on Tuesday night. For one game, at least, it saved the Toronto Maple Leafs’ season, helping them…
Maple Leafs Still Have (Limited) Reasons for Optimism Ahead of Game 5 Ben Fisher | April 30, 2024 There is plenty of noise around Leafs Nation these days. From talk about bench squabbles to the health and availability of Auston Matthews to questions related to the future of…
Revisiting the Maple Leafs’ Darcy Tucker Trade Spencer Lazary | April 16, 2024 It has been 24 years since the Toronto Maple Leafs acquired Darcy Tucker from the Tampa Bay Lightning in a trade on Feb. 9, 2000, and it had fans very interested. Although…
Phil Kessel – Biography Brandon Share-Cohen | April 14, 2024 Few players in the NHL have dealt with a rollercoaster-like career quite like the one Phil Kessel has. From being drafted high in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft to his…
Mitch Marner Climbing the Maple Leafs’ All-Time Assists Ladder The Old Prof | April 7, 2024 Mitch Marner made the most of his return to the ice last night with the Toronto Maple Leafs. In his first game back after sustaining an ankle injury on March…
Maple Leafs’ Forgotten Ones: Gerry Cheevers Andrew Forbes | March 22, 2024 Recognized as maybe one of the more well-known goaltenders in Boston Bruins history, many don’t know where Gerry Cheevers’ career started. Now, bitter rivals, the former Bruins netminder began his…
Revisiting Calder Trophy Seasons: Syl Apps’ 1936-37 Season Andrew Forbes | March 18, 2024 His name was Charles Joseph Sylvanus Apps. To those around the hockey world, he was simply known as Syl Apps — a former Olympic pole vaulter and member of the…
2015-16 Maple Leafs: Celebrating the “Worst” Team in Franchise History The Old Prof | February 11, 2024 It seems like a lifetime ago, but it was only seven years since the Toronto Maple Leafs were one of the worst teams in the NHL. During the 2015-16 season,…
Terry Sawchuk – How the Maple Leafs Snagged the Hall of Fame Goalie THW Archives | December 28, 2023 The following is one of our many posts written as if it were 1964, as the events unfolded. It’s a slow hockey news day this 27th of September 1964, so we…
