May 21 will be an important day for the NHL. Late on Wednesday, Sportsnet’s Chris Johnston tweeted that the NHL would call teams to review discussions about a return-to-play format that’s been proposed. Related: Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Crazy Ideas, Pietrangelo, Coach & Gardiner There are many issues to resolve; but, for now, getting
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Luke Fox of Sportsnet: (mailbag) Even though he’s won two Stanley Cup, is not convinced that Matt Murray is a better goaltender than Toronto Maple Leafs Frederik Andersen. Murray could be had from the Pittsburgh Penguins for the right price. Andersen has another year left on his at $5 million, Murray is a pending RFA
A left-handed logjam Bob McKenzie: Newly signed Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Mikko Lehtonen shoots left and played the left side this past season. He did play on the right side for Finland at the World Championship. Lehtonen, and along with several other Leafs are left-handed candidates to play on the right side. Travis Dermott probably
Devils linked to Lehtonen Jokerit Helsinki: The team and Mikko Lehtonen have mutually agreed to terminate his contract. Andrew Zadarnowski: KHL free agent defenseman Mikko Lehtonen has been linked to the New Jersey Devils by the Russian site Championat. Brandon Holmes: On Lehtonen: “a mobile blueliner with excellent offensive skills. Led the KHL in points
Luke Fox of Sportsnet: (mailbag) As it stands, the Toronto Maple Leafs will rely heavily on Morgan Rielly, Jake Muzzin, and Justin Holl next season. Tyson Barrie and Cody Ceci won’t be back. Travis Dermott, an RFA with no arbitration rights, didn’t have the breakout season some may have hoped and will likely get a
A quick, long-term look at the Maple Leafs James O’Brien of NBC Sports: A long-term outlook at the Toronto Maple Leafs. Pending UFAs in Tyson Barrie, Cody Ceci, Kyle Clifford, Jason Spezza, Nathan Horton and David Clarkson. Pending RFA in Travis Dermott. The Maple Leafs are really forward heavy, and now have their backup goaltender
Now that it’s all but confirmed that the 2019-20 NHL season is done (fingers crossed for the playoffs!), I thought it would be fun to cap off the year with some individual awards voting for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Joined by fellow THW writer Peter Baracchini, and with the help of Twitter, we will be
Spezza hopes he be back with the Maple Leafs next season Mike Zeisberger of NHL.com: 37-year old Jason Spezza plans on playing next season, and he hopes he can re-sign with the Toronto Maple Leafs. “I definitely feel like I have game left and there is nowhere I’d rather be than play another year here
Coming off a middling 2009-10 season in Raleigh in which the Carolina Hurricanes finished 35-37-10, third in the Southeast Division, the team turned to the NHL Draft with optimism. In many ways, their optimism paid off. Let’s take a look at how the 2010 Draft went for them. First Round Jeff Skinner- C- Kitchener (OHL)-
No playoffs and potential flattening of the salary cap won’t help free agents Luke Fox of Sportsnet: Pending free agents may not get the stretch run and playoffs to help boost their stock. The potential flattening of the salary cap won’t help their situation either. This will have an impact on the top pending UFAs
What an odd game this hockey is. Two teams played on two nights and looked like two completely different teams each night. I’m sure that sounds confusing, but on Tuesday night in Pittsburgh, the Toronto Maple Leafs were simply steamrolled by the Penguins by a 5-2 score. Two nights later, the Penguins were completely overwhelmed
During yesterday’s Toronto Maple Leafs 8-6 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, I thought I had been transported 35 years back in time. As a professor at the University of Alberta in Edmonton for 40 years, I cut my hockey teeth watching the Edmonton Oilers dynasty of the mid-1980s. Related: Witnessing the Maple Leafs’ New Puck-Possession
What a good road trip for the Toronto Maple Leafs; the team left home with a record of 13-13-4 and came home 16-14-4 after playing four good teams and winning three of their four games. On Saturday night, the team beat the Edmonton Oilers by a score of 4-1. Related: Maple Leafs News & Rumors:
Thursday is Thanksgiving in the United States and it is an important date in the National Hockey League. Many pundits use the holiday as the date for when we are no longer “early in the season” and the playoff races begin for real. Over 75% of the teams who are in a playoff spot on
In today’s edition of the goalie news, we’ll discuss the goaltending woes in Canada’s largest city, a shutout for a Finnish legend, and two of the best Halloween costumes you’ll ever see. Is Andersen in Trouble? The Toronto Maple Leafs are third in the Atlantic Division, exactly where they finished last season. But anyone paying
It was a much needed win for the Toronto Maple Leafs who’ve had some iffy games out of the gate to start the 2019-20 season, but they got it done on Tuesday against the Minnesota Wild. It was on the back of a four-goal second period that the Maple Leafs were able to come out
On a Pietrangelo-Blues extension Jeremy Rutherford: Thoughts on an Alex Pietrangelo and St. Louis Blues extension. “with Armstrong trading a lot of term for lower AAV lately, do we see the Blues and Pietrangelo do the same thing? He turns 30 in January; does he get an eight-year deal at an AAV that helps keep
In the Toronto Maple Leafs’ second game of the season and their first road game, they beat the Columbus Blue Jackets, 4-1. Newly signed Mitch Marner scored three times (two goals and an assist), Auston Matthews had another goal, and defenseman Cody Ceci, who’s better known as a stay-at-home-defenseman, scored his first goal of the