For Toronto, is it a hurdle or a roadblock?
The Toronto Maple Leafs are in one of their biggest slumps since the start of this 2021/22 season. Over the past two weeks, following a six-game win streak, the team has now lost five of […]
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Who are the NHL’s collapsers and ralliers?
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a piece about the Toronto Maple Leafs’ supposed problem with blowing big leads, as it had happened several times in the span of about ten days and caused […]
The Lead-Collapse Fallacy
The Toronto Maple Leafs had a rough night last night. Let’s not take away from that – yes, they won on the Expected Goals, and the Deserve-to-Win-o-meter, but even as an analytics-inclined person, I can […]
Kent Hughes hiring a sensible one for Montreal
I’m going to defer the more serious deep dive on this to people more plugged into the Habs beat, but I did want to get a few words in on it. On Tuesday morning, the […]
Leafs do risky, but mostly-tidy work with Rielly extension
Out of nowhere, the Toronto Maple Leafs are making big news this afternoon. The team announced on Friday that they’ve signed their longest-tenured player, defenceman Morgan Rielly, to an eight-year contract extension that will pay […]
Do the Leafs really get “Goalied” more than other teams?
Last night, the Toronto Maple Leafs lost a very close, and at the end, extremely exciting 2-1 game to the New York Rangers. The “Big Four” were all engaged, including a returning Auston Matthews. Michael […]
The Problem With The Vancouver Extensions
On the surface, the soon to be official news coming out of Vancouver appears to be a bit of a relief. Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes, both represented by JP Barry, are ending their contractual […]
Should Montreal call Carolina’s bluff on Jesperi Kotkaniemi?
Most in the new-school hockey world feel that the offer sheet is one of the most under-used aspects of potential roster growth in hockey today. It’s a weapon that, if well used, could get you […]
It’s time to stop beating the Marner contract dead horse
On Thursday, two high-end NHL forwards signed matching eight-year, $62 million contract extensions with their teams. Andrei Svechnikov got his from Carolina, and Sean Couturier got his from Philadelphia. A little weird that they’d match […]
Some Leafs Thoughts on Late Free Agency Eve
Unrestricted free agency begins on Wendesday afternoon, and understandably, many are extremely excited about this. It’s the most active non-hockey time of the hockey season, after all! One team that’s been relatively quiet, though, is […]