Former Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Tomas Kaberle was impressed with the job head coach Craig Berube did in getting his team prepared for Game 1. The Leafs set the tone right off the hop with an emphatic win over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday.
If the Maple Leafs wanted to add some much-needed offensive firepower to their defense, they could look to Europe and sign a star blueliner playing in Sweden.
There’s a pretty long list of offensive defencemen that Maple Leafs fans have blissfully chased out of town. Jake Gardiner, Larry Murphy, and Bryan McCabe are prime examples of that but players like Tomas Kaberle were not without their detractors as well, and John Klingberg…well…what I can say, sometimes running players out of town is justified.
The NHL began awarding the Conn Smythe Trophy to the most valuable player of the postseason beginning in the 1965 season. How many of the past winners can you name in six minutes?
We have now entered the dog days of hockey, at least for the Toronto Maple Leafs. They have essentially locked up a playoff spot; they need to wait for the standings to fall into place.
On this day in 2011, the Toronto Maple Leafs traded Tomas Kaberle to the Boston Bruins in exchange for a first-round pick in the 2011 NHL Draft, a second-round pick in 2023, and Joe Colborne.
The 2024 NHL All-Star Weekend in Toronto doesn't officially begin until Feb. 1 but that hasn't stopped the league from promotional kickoff events leading up to the league's annual exhibition showcase.