In the latest of a slew of end-of-season interviews and postmortem, the Toronto Maple Leafs elaborated on their plan for management to speak to the media.
“The challenge here in Toronto is not coming up with the plan. The challenge in Toronto is sticking to it.” Those were Brendan Shanahan’s famous words when he was hired as Leafs President and set out to rebuild the ailing, storied franchise.
As Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman put it himself in the latest episode of 32 Thoughts: The Podcast, Game 4 on Saturday night may have been rock bottom for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The Maple Leafs are eating another one of their own in the playoffs. The Toronto club isn’t expected to survive the Bruins, and once again, the first-round curse hits hard.
Playoff hockey is finally back tonight and with it the chance to cast off the 82-game audition and it is now time to see how the Leafs perform when it matters.
The trade deadline is now behind us and with that the opportunity to believe that the fix is as simple as bringing in some guy from a losing team and expecting him to be the fix the Leafs need to make everything work again.
The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired a familiar face from the Anaheim Ducks as right-handed defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin will make his return to the blue and white.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have had some interesting goaltending troubles in recent seasons. Matt Murray, Ilya Samsonov, and Petr Mrazek are just three names that come to mind when thinking about goaltenders who haven’t lived up to expectations after they joined the Maple Leafs.
Think about this: Marc-Andre Fleury on the Toronto Maple Leafs. It reportedly almost happened. According to John Shannon on The Bob McCown Podcast, Toronto had a deal to acquire Fleury from the Chicago Blackhawks in 2022.
All Toronto Maple Leafs fans know the backstory. Forward William Nylander has been growing as a player for several seasons, but this season, in particular, he’s delivered in ways that truly stand out.
For fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs who are worried that William Nylander is playing “too well” this season and pricing himself out of Toronto, Brendan Shanahan has a message for you.
Ask any Toronto Maple Leafs fan their thoughts on the team’s season so far, and while you’ll probably get a couple of extremes on either side proclaiming that it’s either the best or the worst season of the team’s 106-year history, most people would probably agree that it’s been average.
What’s done is done. Or, is it? This offseason’s curious and sudden decision by Toronto Maple Leafs’ team president Brendan Shanahan to not renew general manager (GM) Kyle Dubas’ contract is in the books.
As the NHL season ramps up, the Toronto Maple Leafs find themselves at a pivotal juncture with several intriguing storylines to follow. One narrative, in particular, stands out— the future of team President Brendan Shanahan.
Shanahan won a power struggle with former GM Kyle Dubas, but now his tenure as Leafs' president will be determined by the man he hired to be his new general manager.
Imagine signing up to be the GM in one of the biggest hockey markets in the world, then finding out that some, or all of your star players want to leave.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are in limbo right now. It has been a long 10 days since Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan announced that the team would not be renewing general manager Kyle Dubas’ contract.
Toronto Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan publicly admitted last Friday there was urgency for his team to find its next GM after walking away from Kyle Dubas.
A lot has been made in the media recently about the behind-the-scenes discourse between Toronto Maple Leafs’ president Brendan Shanahan and his recently departed general manager (GM) Kyle Dubas.
‘Sounds like the Toronto job is Brad Treliving’s to lose.” It’s an interesting choice of words because it suggests there’s something Brad Treliving could say to take himself out of the running as the early favorite to land the job.
We weren’t in the room with Brendan Shanahan and Kyle Dubas over the past few seasons when their relationship reportedly deteriorated as Toronto Maple Leafs president and GM, respectively.
The Maple Leafs’ recent elimination from the playoffs has not only left fans disappointed but the drama between President and the former GM has shined an extremely public spotlight on the internal dynamics of the front office.
A bombshell of a news day in Toronto this Friday as the Toronto Maple Leafs parted ways with general manager Kyle Dubas. While that news in and of itself is significant, it was also reported Friday afternoon that Jason Spezza, who had been working as a special assistant to Dubas this past season, tendered his resignation from the club.
Toronto Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan addressed the media at Scotiabank Arena on Friday night to discuss the team’s decision to let Kyle Dubas go as GM.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are sticking with the “Shanaplan.” The team has announced a six-year extension with president and alternate governor Brendan Shanahan through the 2024-25 season.
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