John Tavares

Maple Leafs: Top 5 Potential Free Agent Targets

We are now less than one month away from the draft, and rumors around the league are heating up. There have been many rumors around the Maple Leafs and their attempt to try and clear some cap space for the coming off-season, mainly around trading away Jake Muzzin, Petr Mrazek, and even Justin Holl to […]

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Maple Leafs: Season Review

It was a season like no other, the best season in franchise history with 115 points, that saw so many individual players have record seasons of their own. Still, it all came to a halting stop after the Toronto Maple Leafs were bounced from the playoffs in game seven, in the 1st round, again. Now we […]

Leafs: My Game 7 Experience in Maple Leaf Square

You could tell just by the feeling in the air that it was game 7. From the train station to the street, everyone was on edge. Everyone in Toronto shared the same thought, what if this is our year? And other than the Leaf haters, most fans thought it would be. Or at least that […]

Maple Leafs: Season Ends After Game 7 Loss

It was a very emotional ending to a well-fought series that ultimately saw the Toronto Maple Leaf’s season come to an end. Game 7’s haven’t been a good thing in Toronto’s Marner/Matthews era, but it felt this year could have been different. The game even felt different than in past years; the team came out […]

Will Coach Keefe’s Lack of Lineup Changes Prove Costly in Game 5?

Ahead of Game 5, the Toronto Maple Leaf’s coach Sheldon Keefe lineup changes have been made during today’s media availability. The lack of changes has left some fans wondering why the staff decided to essentially play the same lineup as Game 4, where the team showed a lack of urgency. During the media availability today, […]

A Mother’s Day Meltdown For Toronto

It is something fans feared throughout the first four games, and now it has become a reality. The Toronto Maple Leafs seem to be falling back into their old ways of the past. After a 7-3 loss at the hands of the Tampa Bay Lightning, the series now shifts to Toronto for game five in […]

Keefe makes changes ahead of Game 3

After a Game 2 loss that saw the penalty not as good as Game 1 and some bad penalties taking, Sheldon Keefe has decided to shake up the lines ahead of Game 3 in Tampa Bay. Today at practice in Tampa, we saw a few changes to the line-up, both upfront in the forward group […]

Maple Leafs face Reality Check

Coming off a fantastic start to the series against the Tampa Bay Lightning in game one, the Toronto Maple Leafs received a reality check in game two. Although they attempted to make it a game in the third, the Maple Leafs dropped the second game 5-3. Now, the series turns to a best-of-five with three games […]

Bruce Cassidy Makes Decision On Resting Players

With the playoffs starting next week and the Bruins playing their final game of the season tonight, they will look to get some much-needed rest. Even though the Bruins can still challenge for third place in the Atlantic if they gain a point tonight and Tampa Bay loses, they are happy to be healthy and […]

Opinion: Erik Haula And Charlie Coyle Are the Center Of Attention For The Bruins

When David Krejci decided to leave the Boston Bruins and head back to play in his native Czech Republic last off-season, the Bruins immediately needed a second-line center. Krejci had been in a full-time role with Boston since the 2007-08 season. Captain Patrice Bergeron is entering the last year of his contract, and Charlie Coyle […]