As Toronto Maple Leafs’ fans well know, the team under team president Brendan Shanahan and general manager Kyle Dubas has engaged in a financial plan to field a team where the star core earns a majority of the team’s salary. That plan was initiated prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Related: MAPLE LEAFS GM KYLE DUBAS:…
Is the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Kyle Dubas playing It safer than other NHL general managers when it comes to signing players? Maple Leafs’ general manager Dubas is constantly critiqued for signing big-money contracts. And that’s true for players he believes are essential to the Maple Leafs’ future. However, Dubas also resists some contracts that he…
In this post, I’m going to look at the upcoming 2022-23 regular season to offer some thoughts to Toronto Maple Leafs’ fans – and random thoughts they are – as the team heads into the season. I think this could be a great season for the Blue and White. Related: Maple Leafs News & Rumors:…
For any Toronto Maple Leafs’ fans who have watched Auston Matthews since his rookie season in 2016-17, his growth toward stardom has been phenomenal. For the past two seasons, he’s been the Rocket Richard Trophy winner for scoring goals. In a COVID-shortened 2020-21 season, he scored 41 goals. This past season, although it wasn’t a…
In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs Random Thoughts, I’ll take a look at the Maple Leafs’ Alex Kerfoot. On Trading Alex Kerfoot The Maple Leafs don’t seem to know what to do with Alex Kerfoot. He has a contract that almost begs him to be traded. First, he provides the Maple Leafs with some…
This offseason, there’s never – in my time covering the Toronto Maple Leafs – a group of unhappier fans. However, there are two things that I have noticed in almost four years of covering this team. First, fans have not always been happy about the moves that Maple Leafs’ management has made to improve the…