James Tanner

The Toronto Maple Leafs have now made it through half of their pre-season schedule after a solid 2-1 victory over the hated Montreal Canadiens Friday Night. The victory evened out the Toronto Maple Leafs pre-season record at 2-2. After opening the year with two straight losses to the Senators, the Leafs bounced back with victories […] Toronto Maple Leafs: Injuries, Trade Rumours and News - Editor In Leaf - Editor In Leaf - A Toronto Maple Leafs Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More

The Toronto Maple Leafs are going to be making a trade soon.  The reason I know that the Toronto Maple Leafs are going to make a trade sooner than later is because it’s obvious that their blue-line is not up to the standards of a Cup Contender. Also, they are almost $3 million over the […] Toronto Maple Leafs and NHL Trade Rumour Update - Editor In Leaf - Editor In Leaf - A Toronto Maple Leafs Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More

The Toronto Maple Leafs signed John Klingberg in the off-season for one year and a $4 million dollar cap hit. The Toronto Maple Leafs already have an entire blue-line’s worth of decent to great puck moving defenseman, and lack physicality, so the signing was a surprise.  I am of the opinion that that isn’t really […] Toronto Maple Leafs: John Klingberg’s Special Teams Play Doesn’t Matter - Editor In Leaf - Editor In Leaf - A Toronto Maple Leafs Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More

The Toronto Maple Leafs are going to win the Stanley Cup this year. I have many predictions for the upcoming season, but that’s the main one: 2024 will be the year the Toronto Maple Leafs finally break the curse and win their first Stanley Cup since the NHL expanded beyond six teams back in 1967. […] Predictions for the Toronto Maple Leafs 2023-24 NHL Season - Editor In Leaf - Editor In Leaf - A Toronto Maple Leafs Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More

The Toronto Maple Leafs have played – and lost – two pre-season games so far. While this is embarrassingly exciting for the team that beat them, the Toronto Maple Leafs have been around long enough to know that the results of pre-season games are not relevant. It’s all about the family process. And so far, […] Toronto Maple Leafs: A Trade Is Coming and Other Thoughts About Camp - Editor In Leaf - Editor In Leaf - A Toronto Maple Leafs Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More

The Toronto Maple Leafs had a very long and eventful summer. The Toronto Maple Leafs fired their GM, took their goalie to arbitration, re-signed their franchise player, re-signed their coach, and signed a whole bunch of name-brand but-not-very-good players  for a whole bunch of money, seemingly using the formula of the Expendables movies to fill out […] Toronto Maple Leafs Kick Off Preseason vs Senators - Editor In Leaf - Editor In Leaf - A Toronto Maple Leafs Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More

The Toronto Maple Leafs celebrated the 20 year anniversary of John Ferguson Jr by seemingly hiring his doppelganger. That may seem harsh, but that’s my take on new Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving:  he is the Leafs worst manager since the fabled JFJ. Treliving can still win me over, but he’s off to a […] Toronto Maple Leafs: Brad Treliving Can Still Win Fans Over - Editor In Leaf - Editor In Leaf - A Toronto Maple Leafs Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More

The Toronto Maple Leafs are running it back again. This is the correct move for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and anyone suggesting they should have traded Marner or Tavares is ridiculous. However, the team seems stale and I think they missed a really good opportunity to “run it back” in a fresh way. Instead, they […] Maple Leafs Could Have “Ran It Back” In a Fresh Way – They Didn’t - Editor In Leaf - Editor In Leaf - A Toronto Maple Leafs Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More

The Toronto Maple Leafs, like a lot of people, overrate Max Domi. Hopefully, that doesn’t lead to the Toronto Maple Leafs playing Max Domi in their top six, because that would be an extremely bad decision. Max Domi isn’t a very good NHL player. In fact, he’s a borderline replacement player, and signing him for […] Toronto Maple Leafs: Playing Max Domi In Top-Six a HUGE Mistake - Editor In Leaf - Editor In Leaf - A Toronto Maple Leafs Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More

The Toronto Maple Leafs are going to be in tough to repeat the success of the last four years. The Toronto Maple Leafs are not the team they were entering the playoffs, which is to be expected since they had 10 expiring contracts and lost a lot of talent. The problem is that the Leafs […] 3 Things the Toronto Maple Leafs Need to Compete for the Stanley Cup - Editor In Leaf - Editor In Leaf - A Toronto Maple Leafs Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More

The Toronto Maple Leafs will being training camp this week and the prospect tournament and preseason are both also right around the corner. Despite some obvious errors and some terrible decisions, the Toronto Maple Leafs are going to be a top contender once again this year. They have been the 3rd best team, with a […] Toronto Maple Leafs: Breaking Down the 2023-24 Blue-Line - Editor In Leaf - Editor In Leaf - A Toronto Maple Leafs Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More

The Toronto Maple Leafs don’t need to sign William Nylander until next season, but that won’t matter if the club decides to trade him. The Toronto Maple Leafs were successful in getting Auston Matthews signed, but have yet to deal with Nylander. Recently Treliving said that signing Nylander was a priority, but he can’t possibly […] Toronto Maple Leafs Prediction: William Nylander Is Getting Traded - Editor In Leaf - Editor In Leaf - A Toronto Maple Leafs Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More

The Toronto Maple Leafs are, probably, Cup Contenders. In fact, if things were to break right for them, the Toronto Maple Leafs might be the NHL’s best team. Their forwards are certainly the class of the NHL. Not only do the Leafs have two of the best five players alive in the world today, they […] The Toronto Maple Leafs Are (Probably) Stanley Cup Contenders - Editor In Leaf - Editor In Leaf - A Toronto Maple Leafs Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More

The Toronto Maple Leafs deserve all the criticism they get for the clumsy and stupid way in which they changed general managers this summer. The Toronto Maple Leafs also deserve criticism for paying big-money to name-brand players who are statistically no different than replacement players,  however those contracts are still very low-risk due to not […] The Toronto Maple Leafs Still Don’t Have a Single Bad Contract - Editor In Leaf - Editor In Leaf - A Toronto Maple Leafs Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More

The Toronto Maple Leafs are, and have been, in a weird and annoying place for a while. The Toronto Maple Leafs had an excellent young GM, but because they didn’t win immediately, and because he replaced a respected Hall of Fame Legend, and because he wasn’t an ex-player, but mostly (I posit) because he was […] Thoughts on the Toronto Maple Leafs GM Wars: Treliving v. Dubas - Editor In Leaf - Editor In Leaf - A Toronto Maple Leafs Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More