On Monday afternoon, the final buzzer sounded for playoff-eligible trades to be made, and the Toronto Maple Leafs walked out of it with a deeper roster than when they entered. They made acquisitions up front, on defence, and in goal, and confidence in the team in the public eye is sky-high; about as united in…
The Toronto Maple Leafs made their biggest splashes on Sunday night via the acquisitions of Nick Foligno and David Rittich, but squeaked two more depth transactions in before Monday’s 3PM deadline. In a deal with the Anaheim Ducks, the team acquired defenceman Ben Hutton for a 5th round draft pick. In a deal with the…
Hot off the heels of acquiring Nick Foligno this afternoon – a strong addition to the forward core at a steep price – the Toronto Maple Leafs have solidified their goaltending depth. The team announced on Sunday evening that they have David Rittich from the Calgary Flames in exchange for a 2022 third round draft…
The Toronto Maple Leafs appear to have made their 2021 Trade Deadline splash a day ahead of schedule, acquiring forward Nick Foligno from the Columbus Blue Jackets in a complicated three-team deal. The move sees the team move out their 2021 first round draft pick, and fourth-round picks in 2021 and 2022 in exchange for…
For better or worse, the most reliable trope I have in my hockey analysis is that I’m a sucker for buying low on skill. If I were an NHL GM, I’d have to be stopped dozens of times a year from making waiver claims, and I don’t think I’d ever use my own pick in…
Is the key to being the best, poaching from the worst? That’s a million dollar, or perhaps $10.6 million dollar question that’s going around the hockey sphere right now, as the April 12th trade deadline looms and noteworthy names sit available for the picking on the NHL trade market. The biggest name of them all?…
For the next few weeks, I’m going to try something new; a more column-based approach to the content routine. The goal is to put these out on as many Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays as possible. Let me know what you think by leaving a comment – either on here if you have a membership, or…
After a week off, the mailbag is back! There’s actually a bit of a possibility that this feature may reshape itself in the near future – I’m considering some options for how I want to put out content down the stretch and the mailbag obviously has a role in that. Doing reader-response is going to…
The Toronto Maple Leafs have made the big, blockbuster move that fans have been waiting for all week… okay, that’s not exactly true, but they’ve made a move nonetheless. The organization announced today that they’ve signed forward Alex Steeves to a three year entry-level contract. Terms of the deal are yet to be disclosed, though…
On Tuesday night, the NHL had it’s most open secret blurted out. I, of course, am talking about “Game Management”, or the rather subjective form of officiating that plagues not just the highest level of the sport, but all levels of the game. I’m talking about the belief that calling penalties is a bigger disturbance…