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The crease has been an area of concern in Toronto for a while. In fact, the Toronto Maple Leafs goaltending pool remains a contentious topic amongst the club’s fanbase even after the departure of Frederik Andersen. Although the Dane’s time with the Maple Leafs started brightly, the 31-year-old’s stint in the Six ended in disappointing […] READ MORE
If the Toronto Maple Leafs are to succeed next season, Rasmus Sandin must become an effective, full-time NHL player. At the time of writing, the former 29th overall pick isn’t that, nor does the hockey world quite know how to measure what ‘success’ means in Kyle Dubas-land. Let’s start with Sandin, who is likely to […] READ MORE
Great Britain forward Liam Kirk has signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Arizona Coyotes, the 21-year-old’s representatives have confirmed. A seventh-round pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, Kirk played a starring role at this year’s IIHF World Championship. In seven appearances for Team GB, Kirk amassed seven goals and two assists. The Yorkshireman’s […] READ MORE
Team Great Britain has unveiled its roster ahead of the 2021 IIHF World Championships in Latvia, with Arizona Coyotes draftee Liam Kirk the headline name in Pete Russell’s roster. The former Peterborough Pete features in a roster comprised of a majority of players currently participating in the EIHL Elite Series, a month-long tournament organised to […] READ MORE
Top-flight ice hockey will return to the United Kingdom on 3 April, providing Team Great Britain with a boost ahead of the 2021 IIHF World Championships. The UK’s top competition, the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL), is set to return next month with a five-week mini-season. Four clubs, from the EIHL’s ten-club pool, will return […] READ MORE
The road to the KHL’s Gagarin Cup is set, with sixteen teams from Europe’s premier hockey competition battling for supremacy in the post-season. Like all things during the Covid-19 pandemic, this year’s competition will look a little bit different to usual. Finland’s Jokerit Helsinki, the fifth seed in the Western Conference, has conceded home advantage and […] READ MORE
The Toronto Maple Leafs snapped their two-game losing streak with a 2-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday night. Toronto’s win came after miserable collapses against North Division rivals Ottawa and Montreal. The role Frederik Andersen played in Toronto’s historic capitulation against the Senators has been among the main talking points of the week. […] READ MORE
For the first time this year, the Toronto Maple Leafs fell to an overtime defeat on Saturday evening. Toronto, outplayed on the road by the Edmonton Oilers, are now 7-2-1 through 10 games. With a couple of days off, Sheldon Keefe and his Leafs can rest. The Leafs played 10 games in 18 days to […] READ MORE
Sheldon Keefe’s Toronto Maple Leafs have endured a hectic start to the season. Injuries to Joe Thornton and Jack Campbell have forced Toronto to constantly shuffle their lines throughout January. Keefe, however, should make one more change: free Mikko Lehtonen. Lehtonen’s place in Toronto has been under constant scrutiny since he unveiled as a Maple […] READ MORE