Steven Lorentz put it pretty perfectly ahead of the Toronto Maple Leafs‘ fourth-last game of the season and final game against the Montreal Canadiens. Steven Lorentz, beauty: "I know people want to see another Canadian team in the playoffs, but we don't care about another Canadian team in the playoffs. We care about our team, … Read more
I only have two words. Matthew Knies. There genuinely has to be some kind of superior force at work here. Ever since Knies lost the Frozen Four on the sheet of ice at Amalie Arena, completely unrelated to the Tampa Bay Lightning at all, he has turned into a complete and utter force against that … Read more
If you’re facing the Florida Panthers when they’re on their game, you’re often going to have a bad time unless you show up with everything firing on all cylinders. The Toronto Maple Leafs, unfortunately, were not. The Panthers were losers of five straight games heading into Tuesday night’s contest and subject to lighthearted speculation that … Read more
In the midst of all of the discourse surrounding the Toronto Maple Leafs’ third line, the Leafs have found themselves a unit of a second line emerging ahead of the playoffs. In the days following a win over the New York Rangers featuring seven combined points between the trio of Bobby McMann, John Tavares, and … Read more
The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Colorado Avalanche and it was all thanks to the refs. Typical! No, seriously. Maybe it wasn’t ALL thanks to the refs, but before we address anything else that happened in this game, we need to discuss the primary assist of the year coming from none other than 25-year veteran … Read more
The Toronto Maple Leafs, for the first time in what felt like forever, showed up and dominated their opponent from start to finish. Coming off of two straight home losses to divisional rivals in a crucial playoff race, the Leafs bounced back from a 1-4-1 stretch with a 6-2 win over the Calgary Flames. It … Read more
The Toronto Maple Leafs hadn’t won a game in regulation at United Center in 22 years until tonight. You can fact check it. The last time they came out of the Chicago Blackhawks’ building with a win after 60 minutes was February 12, 2003. The Leafs won 3-1 thanks to goals from Alyn McCauley, Jyrki … Read more
That’s the kind of return to Calgary that Brad Treliving could get behind. After a slow start, the Toronto Maple Leafs came to life in the second finding the scoresheet four times in the period and putting the game out of reach. The Leafs would add two more in the third to close out the … Read more
The Battle of Ontario hasn’t had a ton of juice since the days of perennial playoff matchups and Darcy Tucker taking on the Senators’ bench. The Leafs have been near the top of the Atlantic Division for the last several years, while the Senators have been stuck in a perpetual rebuild, but Ottawa has taken … Read more
Find somebody who loves something as much as Matthew Knies loves scoring goals on the Tampa Bay Lightning. Back in 2023, before Knies made his debut for the Maple Leafs, he suffered a heartbreaking loss on the ice at Amalie Arena in Tampa Bay. Not with a Leaf on his chest, but with a Minnesota … Read more