Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Shades of Babcock, Matthews & Marner The Old Prof | October 25, 2021 On November 16, 2019, then Toronto Maple Leafs’ head coach Mike Babcock took his team into Pittsburgh to play the Penguins. The team was on a four-game losing streak, and…
Maple Leafs No Longer the “Safe Place” Management Wanted to Create Kevin Armstrong | June 16, 2021 The Toronto Maple Leafs’ leadership group has worked hard to make the organization a safe place where players want to be. For a short period of time, it seemed like…
Sheldon Keefe Should Be a Jack Adams Award Contender Kevin Armstrong | May 7, 2021 After the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-2 on Thursday, a lot of attention went to Auston Matthews. He scored his 40th goal in 49 games, and he…
Sabres Have Good Options to Fill Head Coaching Position Julian Mongillo | April 27, 2021 With the Buffalo Sabres season going very different than everyone had thought, considering the offseason moves made by new general manager Kevyn Adams the team was forced to part ways…
NHL Rumors: Maple Leafs, Canadiens, Oilers, Red Wings, Sabres, Sabres, More Jim Parsons | February 24, 2021 In today’s NHL rumors rundown, there is coaching news as the Montreal Canadiens have made a massive change behind the bench and former Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock…
Ex-Maple Leafs Babcock Knew He’d Be Fired When Lamoriello Left The Old Prof | February 24, 2021 Former Toronto Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock has a Hockey Hall of Fame resume. He led the Detroit Red Wings to a Stanley Cup championship in 2008 and he was…
Red Wings News & Rumors: Raymond, Nielsen, Cheeka & More Devin Little | February 22, 2021 The Detroit Red Wings are in the midst of a six-game homestand and, to this point, they have won just one out of four games. They will close out this…
Maple Leafs Seeing in Spezza What Babcock Never Could The Old Prof | February 5, 2021 What was former Toronto Maple Leafs’ head coach Mike Babcock thinking when he seemed to accuse Jason Spezza about not caring last season? Last night, the 37-year-old Spezza went off…
Red Wings News & Rumors: Protocol, Rasmussen, Howard & More Devin Little | January 20, 2021 We are now one week into the 2020-21 season and the Detroit Red Wings are 2-2 four games in. While attention has mostly, and understandably, been on the ice, there…
NHL Rumors: Oilers, Maple Leafs, Canadiens, Stars, Panthers, More Jim Parsons | January 20, 2021 In today’s NHL rumor rundown, there is talk that the Florida Panthers are hoping the drama surrounding Keith Yandle’s near scratch from the lineup will act as a rallying cry.…
Babcock Bombs as Former Leafs Coach Tries to Clarify Marner Drama Jim Parsons | January 19, 2021 Former Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock and The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun sat down for a long talk. The topic of the conversation was Babcock’s reputation as a bench…
Red Wings News & Rumors: Ryan, COVID, Markstrom & More Devin Little | January 15, 2021 Let’s start off this week’s news column with a quick recap of the Red Wings’ season opener. They faced-off against the Carolina Hurricanes, a new division rival under the newly…
