Deploying Cowan with Matthews and Knies off the hop feels like an act of desperation: Leafs Morning Take

Deploying Cowan with Matthews and Knies off the hop feels like an act of desperation: Leafs Morning Take

Happy Thanksgiving! Unfortunately, from a Leafs Nation perspective, there’s not much to be thankful about so far in the early season. The Leafs got skunked on Saturday night in Detroit, but ultimately, they can atone for their ugly outing this afternoon on home ice against the very same Red Wings squad. Most notably, Easton Cowan … Read more

Dakota Joshua jokes that training camp ‘feels hard again’ after reuniting with Craig Berube

Dakota Joshua jokes that training camp ‘feels hard again’ after reuniting with Craig Berube

Dakota Joshua may be a new face for the Toronto Maple Leafs, but he’s no stranger to Craig Berube. Joshua played under Berube through the first two seasons of his NHL career with the St. Louis Blues. Speaking at camp Friday, the 29-year-old says it feels all too familiar being back in training camp under … Read more

Why NHL expansion feels like a given, but not in Toronto

One of the biggest surprises of this summer is that we haven’t reached the league expansion discourse until now. Maybe it’s because there are Olympic rosters to project. Maybe the insiders that we rely on to normally start the discourse of this topic aren’t back from their cottages yet. Or maybe the league isn’t actually … Read more

Will Jacks feels enjoying his cricket has helped him find form again

Will Jacks feels enjoying his cricket has helped him find form again

Will Jacks is enjoying his cricket again and fully embracing the mantra of England head coach Brendon McCullum to have fun. Jacks was dropped by England midway through last June’s T20 World Cup and then left out of the squad for a disappointing Champions Trophy campaign at the start of 2025. Since then England Test … Read more

The Leafs are hanging onto Nick Robertson, but it still feels temporary: Leafs Morning Take

The Leafs are hanging onto Nick Robertson, but it still feels temporary: Leafs Morning Take

We’re now David Kampf days away from the 2025-26 regular season for the Maple Leafs kicking off. Of course, who knows if Kampf will be on the roster in 64 days, but it sure is nice to countdown to something. Summer’s dragging on. At any rate, we kicked off the latest summer edition of Leafs … Read more

Dale Hunter feels that Easton Cowan has what it takes to crack Maple Leafs roster out of camp

London Knights head coach Dale Hunter expects to see Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Easton Cowan push for a spot in the lineup for the 2025-26 season. The team’s top prospect has recently wrapped up his OHL career, where he was once again one of the team’s most important pieces en route to their second consecutive … Read more

Zak Crawley feels like ‘part of the team again’ after Trent Bridge century

Zak Crawley feels like ‘part of the team again’ after Trent Bridge century

Zak Crawley admitted he felt like “part of the team again” after ending his lean patch with one of three England centuries on day one of their Test against Zimbabwe. The hosts powered to 498 for three on day one at Trent Bridge, the highest ever score on an opening day in this country, with … Read more

Nick Robertson feels his game evolving under Craig Berube, wants to be impactful for Maple Leafs

Nick Robertson feels his game evolving under Craig Berube, wants to be impactful for Maple Leafs

Nick Robertson feels his game evolving under Craig Berube, wants to be impactful for Maple Leafs Photo credit: © Sergei Belski-Imagn Images By Michael Mazzei 13 hours ago Comments Editorials Nick Robertson feels his game evolving under Craig Berube, wants to be impactful for Maple Leafs Maple Leafs’ Chris Tanev listed as day-to-day with upper body … Read more

Barcelona in-form superstar feels ‘happy and privileged’ to be one of the club captains

Barcelona in-form superstar feels 'happy and privileged' to be one of the club captains

Raphinha has enjoyed a superb turnaround this season. From being a second-choice player for Xavi Hernandez, the Brazilian has become an attacking lynchpin for Barcelona, under the leadership of Hansi Flick. Flick’s trust in Raphinha has been repaid well by the player, who has been involved in 31 goals in just 29 competitive matches this … Read more