Why scratching Jason Spezza is a poor decision
Let’s be honest here – it wouldn’t be the start of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ regular season if we weren’t already arguing about the fringes of the lineup. It’s almost an annual tradition to lose […]
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How teams are balancing Salary and AAV in 2019/20
A lot is being made of the Ottawa Senators’ cap management right now, and for very good reason. The team’s financial struggles – both directly and indirectly through owner Eugene Melnyk’s balance sheet adventures – […]
Let’s talk about Mitch Marner
An article like this doesn’t need an introduction at this point. You’ve been hearing about Mitch Marner’s contract all year – he’s the last of the big four to need one, and there’s a lot […]
Why 2019’s Game 7 was Mike Babcock’s Tipping Point
After a long, slow burn, the court of public opinion on Toronto Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock has finally erupted, coming with it the weeks, months, and years of pent-up tight-lipped frustrations from around the […]
How teams can exploit the Special Teams construct in Hockey
Just so we’re all clear before we dive into this, this article isn’t about Game 2 in the Leafs/Bruins series. At the same time, the events that transpired definitely gave me the inspiration to finally […]
Tampa Bay’s process isn’t complicated, so why does it work so well?
The Tampa Bay Lightning are having the most impressive season of the salary cap era. There is no other way to describe it, really – their 61-16-4 record with one game remaining gives them the […]
The Big Four and Scoring Chances
An interesting tweet was sent to me this morning, amidst all the talk of Mitch Marner’s agent spilling the largest supply of tea the world has seen in 345 years. We’ll talk more about Mitch […]
Auston Matthews’ contract extension teaches lessons in opportunism
After William Nylander’s contract negotiation bled well into the season and all the way to the final minutes, fans and observers in Toronto were no doubt hoping that Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner’s second deals […]
What the Jake Muzzin trade means for the Toronto Maple Leafs
On a dark, stormy, snowy and freezy winter night in Toronto, while everyone else shut down their businesses a little bit earlier and pulled a few extra non-urgencies off of their to-do lists, Kyle Dubas […]
Are Offence And Defence Equal In Modern Hockey?
Late in last night’s Toronto Maple Leafs / New Jersey Devils game, Chris Cuthbert on TSN made a remark about Devils forward Travis Zajac that has been made many times about him before: “He used […]