Just after the Toronto Maple Leafs were eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs by the Tampa Bay Lightning, the team’s general manager Kyle Dubas named a number of players who might make the jump from the Toronto Marlies to the Maple Leafs’ roster. Young Swedish forward Pontus Holmberg was among them. Dubas noted that Holmberg…
The Toronto Maple Leafs are blessed with two exciting mega-stars – Auston Matthews at the center and Mitch Marler at the right wing. Currently, those two have been playing as linemates on probably the best first line in the NHL. And, there might not be a reason to break up that line because it’s going…
There’s great news coming down the road for the Toronto Maple Leafs. The NHL’s salary cap is projected to proliferate in 2024-25. One of the most significant issues the Maple Leafs have faced since the impact of the pandemic is the damage lower NHL hockey revenues have had on the team’s plans and salary structure.…
Toronto Maple Leafs’ fans seem to be on general manager Kyle Dubas’ case all the time because of the salaries he’s paying his top players. Let’s leave William Nylander out of the conversation because his contract at one time seemed such an overpayment at $6.962 million. It now looks quite team-friendly. Let me take a…
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…