If you are someone who reads this blog, there’s a very good chance that you’ll agree that the key storyline for the Toronto Maple Leafs this year has been player usage. Specifically, the fact that […]
Yesterday, Sportsnet analyst Corey Hirsch wrote a piece about the Vancouver Canucks that turned a lot of heads. In it, he suggested that the NHL’s 28th-seeded team were in the midst of a “model rebuild“. […]
The Tampa Bay Lightning are sending too many players to the All-Star Game and it’s impossible to blame them. The National Hockey League announced the rosters for this year’s late-January event, and what jumped out at […]
In the world of call-up hype, you often need a perfect storm to capture the everyone’s eyes. A supposed, gaping hole at the NHL level, and an immense run of form by the player looking […]
As we approach the end of the calendar year, one of Canada’s most beloved hockey traditions is about to get underway. The 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, best known as the World Juniors for […]
It’s a little before 7 PM on Christmas Day in Toronto, and as such, I’m doing what any normal person would do. By that, I mean I’m reading random message boards and watching old hockey […]
A couple of nights ago, Hockey Writer Jack Todd sent himself to Twitter Ratio Hell with a tweet that was to the effect of “Auston Matthews has a personality of Boiled Cauliflower, yet the Toronto […]
The Toronto Maple Leafs have been dominant at even strength to start the season. Through five games, they’re at the top of the league in Score-Adjusted Corsi For Percentage, and top five in Shots, Expected […]
[See the 2018 update to this piece by clicking here] Just a few days after the Toronto Maple Leafs lost defenceman Alexey Marchenko to CKSA Moscow, it appears that there’s a non-zero chance of them […]
First and foremost, thank you to the many followers and readers who believed that a career switch up meant that I was poached by a major player and apologies to any hockey team or media […]