#Canadian Division

The pandemic forced a lot of leagues to be creative, and the NHL was able to make a unique situation for the Montreal Canadiens two years ago. Playing in an all-Canadian division to help work with travel restrictions, Montreal finished in fourth place and defied NHL futures odds by making a run to the Stanley Cup Final before being dropped by…

After a disappointing season last year, the Toronto Maple Leafs are primed to have success in 2021. They will get a full season under their new coach, they've supplemented their team with a massive amount of talent (Mikko Lehtonen, T.J Brodie, Nick Robertson, Joe Thornton) while losing almost nothing. The Leafs will also get a huge bonus by moving…

The Toronto Maple Leafs (19-8-2) come off a 5-2 loss against the Winnipeg Jets on home ice Saturday and make the short trip to the nation's capital to visit the Ottawa Senators (9-20-1) Sunday at Canadian Tire Centre. Puck drop will be at 7 p.m. ET between the North Division rivals. Below, we analyze the Maple Leafs-Senators odds and lines,…

In net, the whole position was obviously an unknown. Jack Campbell was an unrestricted free agent and Petr Mrazek was coming off of a nightmare first season in Toronto. Both are in the other conference now. Logically, betting on any two goalies in the league that have flashed ability/shown some form of extended success in their careers to better…

The Leafs have made a few predictable moves that we discussed in previous editions: adding more draft picks, signing unqualified restricted free agents to cheap prove-it contracts (Nicolas Aube-Kubel and Ilya Samsonov were two players we mentioned specifically), and choosing not to trade any of their top players (the assumption being there weren't…