#Timothy Liljegren

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…

A team that's halfway through the NHL schedule with less than 10 regulation losses should feel good about itself and provide fans ample positives ahead of playoffs. But these are the Maple Leafs, whose string of six first-round defeats in the Shanaplan era keep clouding such semi-annual midway mirth. You can sense the pessimism in Leafs Nation.…

The Coyotes give up a ton of shots, and Toronto LW Michael Bunting has not been afraid to let them rip as of late. Considering his juicy spot on the top line and top PP unit, our free NHL picks love the value for the Over on his SOG total tonight. The Toronto Maple Leafs continue their three-game road trip with a stop in Arizona to take on the…

Stop me if you have heard this one before: Exiting the holiday break, the Toronto Maple Leafs are well- positioned in the NHL standings and are starting to build a resume of what looks like a Stanley Cup contender. You could have stopped me in most of the seasons under Kyle Dubas' watch, to be sure. Toronto has had a knack for dominating the…

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…

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…

It has been the case of the rich getting richer with the Boston Bruins and New Jersey Devils continuing their sizzling starts to the season while the star-studded Toronto Maple Leafs are making a run at the Bruins in the Atlantic Division. It's been a different deal with St. Louis as points have been hard to come by. They are joined by some…

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.…

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 Toronto Maple Leafs head to Central Florida to take on the Tampa Bay Lightning in a potential first-round playoff preview. It's time to continue our NHL odds series with a Maple Leafs-Lightning prediction and pick. The Maple Leafs steamrolled the Philadelphia Flyers 6-3 on Saturday night. With the game scoreless in the second period, Kevin…

The Penguins have been on thin ice lately, and in brutal form against a Leafs team that's been limiting shots of late, Pittsburgh might not be able to overcome its own blue-line injuries. Find out why with our NHL picks. Fresh off snapping a seven-game losing skid, the Pittsburgh Penguins roll into Toronto Friday night to take on the Maple Leafs,…

Fresh off snapping a seven-game losing skid, the Pittsburgh Penguins roll into Toronto Friday night to take on the Maple Leafs, as both clubs will be playing the first game of a back-to-back. The Leafs are dealing with issues in net, while the Penguins have some serious injury concerns on the blue line - but that doesn't mean we're going to see a…

Pittsburgh Penguins vs Toronto Maple Leafs 11/11/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The Pittsburgh Penguins will go against the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada on Friday, November 11, 2022, at 8:00 PM (EDT). The Penguins are in seventh place in the Metropolitan Division with a record of 5-6-2. The team escaped its eighth…

imago images/Icon SMI, Gerry Angus/Icon Sportswire Toronto Maple Leafs looking to bounce back to winning ways after a recent defeat Pittsburgh Penguins recorded a victory in their previous game, but that was only the third win in ten games If you're looking for the latest Penguins vs Maple Leafs predictions and odds, then look no further than Vegas…

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…

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…

TORONTO - Training camps so often bubble with giddy excitement and high hopes for the 82 winnable games laid out on the calendar. This guy is fitter. That guy is stronger. So and so is faster. And am I crazy, or can you not just taste the chemistry our new winger has with his linemates? It is against this familiar backdrop that Harvard man…

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…

Toronto Maple Leafs fans have a few reasons to be nervous over the future of Auston Matthews, and that's just one of the things they have to worry about. The team hasn't won a playoff series in well-nigh 20 years and is still in the NHL's most difficult division. There's also the small matter of having a GM without a new contract, while they've…

GRAVENHURST - Morgan Rielly wouldn't mind speeding up the clock. His Maple Leafs teammates might agree. A lengthy, intense practice at the Centennial Centre on Thursday afternoon brought an end to the Leafs' trip to Muskoka, and if only the start of the regular season was next up. But there's a pair of pre-season games against the Detroit Red Wings…

Most betting sites have the Toronto Maple Leafs as the most favoured Canadian team to win the Stanley Cup in 2022-23 and the second or third most likely in the NHL (from'NHL Stanley Cup Odds: 2022-23 Winner Futures Betting', The Philadelphia Inquirer, 7/21/22). Considering what the Edmonton Oilers accomplished last season, making it to the Western…

Let's clear all the necessary caveats up front: I am not a gambling "expert," which I believe in proper parlance would be a "sharp," or perhaps a "tout" if I sold my picks. I am none of those things. What I am though, is a brand ambassador for Coolbet, because I already liked to bet on sports well before it was government sanctioned, and I…

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…

Thu., Sept. 22, 20224 min. read Article was updated 2 hrs ago Jordie Benn is about as grizzled a veteran as they come. Bearded, 35, knows his role as a physical left-side defenceman heading into his 13th NHL season on his sixth NHL team. But walking around these days as a Maple Leaf seems to have brought out the kid in him. "You see some of the…

That, more than anything else, is the subtext of the opening of Maple Leafs training camp. Kyle Dubas doesn't have a contract for next year and there are no offers coming in the immediate future. Sheldon Keefe is the betting man's favourite to be first coach fired in the NHL this season. Brendan Shanahan has a deal - but basically, his future as…

But the major questions that will swirl around and shape the Toronto Maple Leafs' 2022-23 season are readily available to debate, even as we wait one more week for training camp to begin. Here's a glance at the big-picture storylines set to unfold over the winter and - maybe, just maybe - deep into spring. Will the double-down gamble on goaltending…

Our feature grading the positional depth of each NHL team continues this week, with a focus on the blueline. If you missed our prior talent tiers, they are referenced below - please check them out. Our approach to grading defencemen will be similar, but not identical to the way we evaluated forwards. We overweight top-four defenders - for most…