Canadiens Have Very Little Pressure Heading Into Game 7 Ben Wagner | May 31, 2021 After Saturday’s thrilling, season-saving overtime victory in Game 6 against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Montréal Canadiens are prepping to face-off against their forever rivals in the decisive game tonight.…
Marner’s “Dumb Play” Costly in Maple Leafs Loss [Video] Kevin Armstrong | May 30, 2021 The Toronto Maple Leafs’ Mitch Marner has a history of shooting the puck over the glass and getting a delay of game penalty during the playoffs. In fact, he has…
Maple Leafs News & Notes: Mistakes, Penalties & Game 7 Coming The Old Prof | May 30, 2021 I’m stunned. Like every other Toronto Maple Leafs’ fan, it seems, I said all the right things. “It’s not over until it’s over.” Or, “We can’t take the Montreal Canadiens…
Matthews & Marner Playing Well Despite Scoring Scarcity The Old Prof | May 29, 2021 The bottom line for the Toronto Maple Leafs’ head coach Sheldon Keefe this. Goals or no goals, his Maple Leafs’ duo of Mitch Marner and Auston Matthews is playing great…
3 Keys to the Maple Leafs Closing Out the Habs Series Alex Hobson | May 29, 2021 So far, the Toronto Maple Leafs’ series against the Montreal Canadiens has been delievered exactly as advertised. After Game 1 went to Montreal and the Leafs lost captain John Tavares…
Tavares Injury Rocks Both the Maple Leafs and Canadiens [Video] Kevin Armstrong | May 21, 2021 When the Toronto Maple Leafs’ captain slowly got to his knees, there was a split second of hope that he might be okay. That moment disappeared as John Tavares fell…
Maple Leafs Are Going To Be Tougher to Beat This Postseason The Old Prof | May 18, 2021 In a Sportsnet video from two days ago, Jason Spezza announced that ‘We’re built for the playoffs.” Last season, the team wasn’t; this season, they are. What’s the change? What…
Maple Leafs’ 2020-21 Season Saw a Mitch Marner Transformation The Old Prof | May 17, 2021 From the very beginning, hockey people knew that the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Mitch Marner was a great young player who had a chance to be a star in the NHL.…
Maple Leafs Trying to Tamp Down the Habs Series Hype Kevin Armstrong | May 12, 2021 The Toronto Maple Leafs will meet the Montreal Canadiens in the playoffs for the first time since 1979. You are already well aware of that if you’ve been on social…
Maple Leafs’ Matthews & Marner: Chemistry Cultivated by PlayStation The Old Prof | May 12, 2021 The first time the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Mitch Marner met Auston Matthews it was in an elevator in Helsini at the 2016 world juniors. That was before the Maple Leafs…
Maple Leafs News & Notes: Nylander, Campbell, Marner & Andersen The Old Prof | May 9, 2021 In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs News & Notes, I’ll share short news items and commentary emerging from the Maple Leafs’ team and organization. I’ll also try to put…
Maple Leafs Lounge: 3 Stars, Resting Stars, Hyman’s Return and Playoff Predictions Kevin Armstrong | May 3, 2021 The writers who cover the Toronto Maple Leafs for The Hockey Writers get together once a week in the Maple Leafs Lounge. Our tenth episode marked the first show that…
