#Mark Giordano

The Leafs last game was an away game on January 12 against the Detroit Red Wings, which Toronto lost by a score of 4-1. The Leafs have a record of 26-10-7 so far. The Boston Bruins last played at home on January 12 against the Seattle Kraken. The Bruins lost by a score of 3-0, and their current league record is 32-5-4. The team we love to hate the…

The Toronto Maple Leafs are having a very fun season so far. The Toronto Maple Leafs have points in 16 of their last 18 games after defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning earlier this week. The early going has seen the Leafs become the most injured team in the NHL, but defy the odds to post one of the best records in the league. Not only did Mitch…

The Toronto Maple Leafs' defence is looking like Swiss cheese going into tonight's game against the streaking New Jersey Devils, at the Prudential Center, starting at 7 p.m. ET. Yesterday came the news that Morgan Rielly is going to be out long-term after sustaining a knee injury in a collision with the New York Islanders' Kyle Palmieri during New…

It's now been almost a year since longtime captain of the Calgary Flames Mark Giordano was taken by the Seattle Kraken in the expansion draft, which also means it's been almost an entire year since the Flames had an official captain. While the lack of captain over the last year seemed to allow many players to rise up as leaders, it's time the team…

Hockey players used to come from places like Moose Jaw and Medicine Hat and Prince Albert. Now they come - some of the biggest stars, it seems, some of the most explosive players - from Scottsdale and Phoenix and suburban Los Angeles. When Tage Thompson scored five goals the other night for the Buffalo Sabres, bringing his total to 21 in 26 games…

Vancouver-native Morgan Rielly was chosen by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round (fifth overall) of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. At the end of the 2012-13 season, he made his professional debut with the American Hockey League's (AHL) Toronto Marlies. He didn't stay there long. Rielly made the Maple Leafs roster out of the team's 2013-14…

Toronto Maple Leafs at Tampa Bay Lightning: GAME# 24 Time: 7:00 pm Eastern Time Location: Amalie Arena Broadcast/Streaming: BSSUN, NHLN, SN Opponent SBNation Site: Pension Plan Puppets DraftKings Odds: Lightning -1.5 O/U 6 The Tampa Bay Lightning and the Toronto Maple Leafs haven't played since the first round of the 2022 NHL Playoffs last spring.…

Changes are coming to the Seattle Kraken this summer. General manager Ron Francis says he plans on being aggressive in free agency, he has draft capital to make trades, and with a slew of draft picks he is looking to stock the pipeline. Safe to say the roster will look different, and that includes the naming of a new team captain. The captain of a…

Seattle faces off against San Jose in the closing contest of Sunday's eight-game NHL card, so we bring you the best Kraken vs. Sharks betting pick along with the latest odds update on Bovada Sportsbook. The Kraken meet the Sharks for the third time this season. Seattle has earned 16 wins thus far, and two of those have come against San Jose. The…

The notion that never seemed to make sense in the big picture: The idea of the always reserved O.G. Anunoby growing into an NBA star of any kind. He has been the quiet man playing his quiet game in an overly noisy NBA for years. He doesn't say much for attribution. He doesn't care to create controversy on social media or anywhere else. He even…

The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Pittsburgh Penguins prepare to face off while being on opposite ends of the Eastern Conference. While Pittsburgh have only won two of its previous ten games and have a 6-6-3 record, the Maple Leafs have an 8-5-3 record. The next game will be important for both clubs as they are both trying to advance in their…

Roster updates: D Jake Muzzin is out indefinitely due to a cervical spine injury. His status will be re-evaluated in late February. D TJ Brodie has been placed on injured reserve (oblique injury). D Mac Hollowell and F Pontus Holmberg have been recalled from @TorontoMarlies. - Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) November 14, 2022 First and foremost, let's hope for…

The New Jersey Devils are coming off of a huge win against the Rangers yesterday, as they now head into Toronto to take on the Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs were unsuccessful at bringing in another goaltender at the trade deadline, so they'll be looking to just outscore opponents to win games. With that said, it's time to continue our NHL odds…

Let this much be said: The Toronto Maple Leafs are not playing favourites in the Connor Bedard sweepstakes. So far they've lost to the Montreal Canadiens, Arizona Coyotes and now the San Jose Sharks, teams that will all be closer to the bottom rather than the top of the NHL standings by the time April comes. They'll be clutching lottery tickets…

This content was produced in partnership with The Hockey News' sponsor, BetMGM. As the NHL playoffs inch ever closer, a number of teams are deserving of Stanley Cup futures consideration. Some, like the Tampa Bay Lightning (+1000), Florida Panthers (+550) and Carolina Hurricanes (+1000), are strong contenders with enticing NHL playoff odds. While…

The Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens kick off their regular seasons with a rivalry match at the Bell Centre. The pregame narrative: Auston Matthews looks to begin his Hart Trophy defence with a bang, Cole Caufield is a candidate for a breakout year and former Norris winner Mark Giordano has taken on a more conservative role with the…

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…

When Mark Giordano signed a two-year, $1.6 million extension with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the spring, it gave him a chance to settle into his hometown and spend every day in Etobicoke making use of the team's practice facility. "I've really learned a lot being here," Giordano told SI. "You can be really strong but not really be able to use it…

While the star players remain the same, the Leafs added two new goaltenders, plenty of depth forwards, and will now benefit from a full season of Mark Giordano. On paper, this team looks as strong as ever. Toronto's dominant top line is back. Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, and Michael Bunting finished second, fifth, and seventh in points last…

Imagine a starting rotation of Luis Castillo, Alek Manoah and Kevin Gausman. And then add in a little hope for the future with Jose Berrios and Hyun-jin Ryu, and the dependability of Ross Stripling. It could have happened had Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins beat the Seattle Mariners to the punch at baseball's trade deadline this summer. It…

If the story sounds at all familiar, it's because you've heard it before. Or something like it. MacKenzie Weegar's road to the NHL has some similarities to that of a former Calgary Flames defender. That would be the team's former captain, Mark Giordano. It's not an identical path, but the underlying theme of it all is. Odds stacked against them.…

The Toronto Maple Leafs are looking to snap an unwanted streak of first-round playoff exits in 2022-23, and heading into the campaign, there's optimism that this could be the year they make a run. The Maple Leafs have plenty of star talent, yet whether it be due to tough first-round matchups or key players failing to show up, they have not made it…

The NHL pre-season also brings with it prediction season. I always get a kick out of whipping up my hottest of takes and watching the frenzied replies trickle in on social media. Bring'em on. So let's dive into prediction season with a fantasy hockey twist. Here are my 10 boldest takes for the 2022-23 fantasy campaign. Makar amassed 117 points in…

How you feel about the Toronto Maple Leafs' 2021-22 is a matter of perspective. Sunny side up: it was the best, most memorable regular season in team history. Toronto smashed its single-season bests for wins (54) and points (115), and superstar center Auston Matthews rewrote the franchise record books. His 60 goals leapfrogged Rick Vaive's…

This season Nick Robertson cracks the Leafs lineup as a regular and will be on a scoring line with Tavares and Nylander. The only way Robertson is pushed out of the lineup is if a trade for Patrick Kane happens near the NHL trade deadline with Robertson likely traded as part of a package deal for Kane. First pair Morgan Rielly - TJ Brodie Second…

A year ago, if we were going to give name to the three stars of the NHL trade deadline, Jarmo Kekalainen would have been named one of them. It's not nearly as much fun selling as it is the other way around, but the Blue Jackets GM's haul for pending UFAs David Savard and Nick Foligno was podium-worthy. I was not convinced either pending UFA would…

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…

The Boston Bruins (25-14-3, 53 pts) welcome the Seattle Kraken (14-26-4, 32 pts) to TD Garden for the first-ever meeting between the B's and the NHL's newest expansion club (7:05 PM ET, NESN, ROOT-NW). The Bruins will look to bounce back from a humiliating 6-1 loss to the Stars in Dallas on Sunday and head into their week break on a positive…

The team is currently just about at the upper limit of the salary cap with Rasmus Sandin still to sign. There is little doubt that a trade will happen prior to the start of the season; it's only a matter of when. While any player could be traded in theory, let's not waste our time worrying about any potential blockbuster that has a 0.1% chance of…