Simon Benoit

Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe behind the bench.

Is It Time for the Maple Leafs to Move On From Sheldon Keefe?

The Toronto Maple Leafs have had an up-and-down start to the 2023-24 season. With flashes of brilliance from Auston Matthews and William Nylander, there’s also been some serious regression from the Maple Leafs starting goaltender. Inconsistency is certainly an issue for the blue and white this season, which has many fans across the nation asking, […]

Opinion: Why Brad Treliving Can’t Just Sit Back

While the NHL Trade deadline is not until March 8th, 2024, in my opinion, Brad Treliving shouldn’t wait that long to pull the trigger on a trade. We know, according to reports from many NHL insiders such as Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman and TSN’s Chris Johnston, the Maple Leafs have shown strong interest in Calgary Flames […]

Last One Before the Break: Leafs Game Preview 31

The Leafs are coming off an embarrassing 9-3 loss to the Buffalo Sabres, and it’s their last game before the Christmas break. The Leafs will look to rebound off of a poor game offensively, defensively, and in net. With two regulation losses in a row, the Leafs need to play a strong game tonight to […]

Defense Line Changes: Leafs Game Preview 30

After a hard-fought game with many unlucky bounces, the Leafs lost in regulation after almost a full month without a regulation loss. The Leafs will look to rebound tonight against a Sabres team that hasn’t met expectations so far and is coming off of a humiliating loss to the Blue Jackets. The Leafs have two […]

Six Trade Targets For The Maple Leafs Defence

I, for one, thought the Leafs were set on defense after having six guys who can play NHL minutes signed for this season before July 1 and the signings of offensive defenseman John Klingberg and injury insurance in Simon Benoit, who played top four for the Anaheim Ducks last season. It’s not even Christmas, and […]

Testing the Defensive Depth: Leafs Game Preview 21

Another hectic game for the Maple Leafs on Tuesday night against the Panthers, but ultimately, due to a disallowed shootout goal and Woll playing incredibly well, the Leafs came out of the night with two points. This team will need to get much better, but as I’ve stated before, there is still time. The biggest […]

Pens Game Preview: vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs come into town tonight to take on the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena at 7:00 PM Eastern. The Leafs are currently 10-5-3 with 23 points, while the Pens are 9-10-0 with 18 points. Both teams are playing their second game of a back-to-back. The Leafs lost in overtime 4-3 to […]

Leafs Face Treliving’s Former Team: Leafs Game Preview 14

After yet another frustrating loss, mostly due to poor defensive play, the Leafs are back, and tonight it’s against the Flames. Woll will get the start as he looks to rebound and have a better effort as well. Klingberg, who many fans have complained about is out tonight with an injury. There’s lots to break […]

Robertson and Benoit Make Season Debuts: Leafs Game Preview 12

It’s a Monday night game today, as the Leafs face off against the Lightning. The Leafs haven’t found their stride yet and showed another relatively weak effort Saturday against the Sabres. The matchups don’t get easy, though, as the Lightning are a solid team. It’s important for things to start clicking soon for the Leafs […]

Leafs Place 6 Players on Waivers, Trade Lafferty to Canucks

Alas, preseason is over, and the final day to become cap-compliant has come. Starting Tuesday, there will be no more meaningless games filled with prospects and PTOs as the NHL regular season finally kicks off, and I mean finally, as this has felt like the longest preseason in memory. The Toronto Maple Leafs placed a […]