Now that the Toronto Maple Leafs seized the Battle of Ontario, we can get into some first-round superlatives. William Nylander led an authoritative performance from the Core Four in Game 6, scoring twice on his 29th birthday, Max Pacioretty notched the series winner, while Auston Matthews put the Leafs on the board with a well-placed … Read more
Facing the untenable proposition of squandering a 3-0 series lead, the Toronto Maple Leafs’ vaunted Core Four understood the assignment and delivered the signature performance that was asked of them. William Nylander, on his 29th birthday, perhaps understood this task better than anyone. It was Nylander who delivered the edict ‘good teams find their way … Read more
It hasn’t taken long at all for Ottawa Senators forward Ridly Greig to become public enemy number 1 in Toronto Maple Leafs territory. He was touted as the type of player you love to have on your team and hate to play against when he was drafted, and he wasted no time getting into the … Read more
At last, we’ve reached game No. 82 of the season. Manifesting a competitive game with no injuries. Needless to say, we didn’t spend much time teeing up the Leafs/Wings game on the Thursday edition of Leafs Morning Take. Instead, the final episode of the week acted as an all-encompassing Battle of Ontario preview. As we’ve … Read more
It always strikes a positive chord with the Toronto Maple Leafs fan base when the team acquires a guy who hails from Toronto and grew up a Leafs fan. We saw it with John Tavares, Michael Bunting, and Mark Giordano, to name a few, but so far, there hasn’t been a Toronto-born Leafs player who … Read more