The NHL’s trade deadline is in exactly one month, and with it will come each team’s last big chance to meaningfully upgrade its roster on the path to the playoffs. But some of the most important moves of the 2021 season have already happened, with effects already evident on the ice and in the standings […]
neil (Neil Paine, senior sportswriter): We’re about 40 percent of the way through the 2021 NHL season now, and it’s already had a lot of twists and turns — both on and off the ice. To talk about those shifts, we’re bringing together a bunch of people who love to watch and study hockey for […]
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: The Toronto Maple Leafs are finally, finally starting to realize their full potential. After defeating the Edmonton Oilers 3-0 Monday night, the team has won six of its past seven games and 17 of 23 overall this season. Toronto now leads the NHL’s all-Canadian North division by […]
A new NHL season is about to begin, and it comes after one unlike any other in the history of the league. After the coronavirus pandemic forced the NHL to pause for nearly five months, the 2019-20 season resumed play inside two bubbles in Canada, with the Tampa Bay Lightning exorcising some pretty nasty demons […]
There’s never a dull moment these days when it comes to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Usually just mediocre-to-bad, the Leafs tantalized their long-suffering supporters by actually showing flashes of real potential over the last few seasons. And for a fan base that celebrates the slightest success, playing in the media capital of Stanley Cup-starved Canada, […]