Welcome back to another edition of NHL Rumours with the crew here at Last Word on Hockey. The Toronto Maple Leafs are looking to shake up their roster and improve their forward core.
There was a time when the question of who was a better superstar, Auston Matthews versus Connor McDavid, was an honest debate. Believe it or not, it was not a hot-take exercise.
We can all agree with Craig Berube’s lamentation of his team’s lack of urgency to start the third period while down a goal in this game. The contest obviously ended inside the first two minutes of the final frame when the Leafs came out, played in their own end, punted pucks back to the Oilers […]
The Toronto Maple Leafs don’t deserve the fans they have. Yesterday, my parents went to the Leafs game. Every year, my parents try to go, if possible, to a Leafs home game against the Edmonton Oilers.
Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson cited poor puck management as a key factor in the team’s collapse in the third period against the Edmonton Oilers.
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
With the World Junior Championship just weeks away, the Toronto Maple Leafs may not have quantity in terms of their prospects attending the event, but they will have quality.
For the second consecutive contest, a poor third period effort from the Toronto Maple Leafs cost them a game. Toronto surrendered a two-goal lead and lost in overtime against the San Jose Sharks on Thursday.
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube called out his team’s leadership and sustained poor efforts during the third period, following a 6-3 loss to the Edmonton Oilers.
Craig Berube wasn’t searching for the right words after the game; he already had them. Down 3-2 heading into the third period, the Toronto Maple Leafs came out flat against the Edmonton Oilers.
The Connor McDavid show made a stop in Toronto on Saturday night, and the Maple Leafs didn’t have an answer. McDavid put together an incredible night in front of family and friends, scoring two goals and adding an assist in the Edmonton Oilers’ 6-3 shellacking of the Maple Leafs.
Troy Stecher probably didn’t mark this one on his calendar, but the timing is hard to ignore. Tonight he’s in Toronto Maple Leafs blue, facing the Edmonton Oilers — the team that let him go just a few weeks ago.
The Toronto Maple Leafs shared an injury update on William Nylander ahead of Saturday’s game against the Edmonton Oilers. Team PR confirmed Nylander did not take part in the morning skate due to illness.
Toronto Marlies forward Michael Pezzetta has been suspended for three games, for an illegal check to the head of an opponent, the American Hockey League announced Saturday.
Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson will play Saturday against the Edmonton Oilers. Ekman-Larsson suffered a lower-body injury against the San Jose Sharks on Thursday and did not return to the contest.
The Toronto Maple Leafs continue their homestand on Saturday night, hosting the Edmonton Oilers, as they look to rebound from an overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks on Thursday.
After a lacklustre start to the season, the Leafs seemed to be the opposite of what GM Brad Treliving and coach Craig Berube intended. The team was porous defensively and lacked abrasiveness.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are entering one of those stretches that test any team’s mettle. Injuries, lineup juggling, and the emergence of young players have made each game unpredictable, forcing the team to adapt on the fly.
The Toronto Maple Leafs may have dodged a bullet with defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson. Ekman-Larsson got injured during the third period of Thursday night’s loss against the Sharks.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have spent years trying to solve their goaltending puzzle, and now, almost out of nowhere, they have the opposite problem: too much of a good thing.
The injury bug is not being kind to the Toronto Maple Leafs this season. Both of the Leafs’ regular starting goaltenders are out with injuries. Anthony Stolarz is expected to miss a significant amount of time.
Maple Leafs defenseman Brandon Carlo underwent foot surgery last week and will be out of the lineup for at least another month, head coach Craig Berube told reporters following last night’s loss to the Sharks (via Luke Fox of Sportsnet).
The intense original six rivalry between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens has been a cycle of eras of dominance on both sides. Still, for nearly a decade, Toronto has been the more consistent contender.
The Toronto Maple Leafs entered Thursday’s 3-2 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks already without key defensemen Chris Tanev and Brandon Carlo, and by the end of the game they had lost another defender in Oliver Ekman-Larsson.
Veteran tough guy Ryan Reaves has always made for a good interview, including during his two-year stint with the Toronto Maple Leafs that ended last season.