Auston Matthews won the Hart Trophy for the 2021-2022 season, becoming just the third player in Maple Leafs franchise history to win the award. Let’s take a closer look at his season and projections for 2022-2023.
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Pending UFA Check-in: Ilya Mikheyev – Jun 2022
With about a month until 2022 free agency and 28 teams now in offseason mode, I’m taking an in depth look at at some of this year’s pending free agents by examining their 21/22 season performance and future projections. Today’s subject: Ilya Mikheyev.
Ousted In Round 1: What Happened?
In this post, we’ll take a look at the playoff performance of the teams ousted in the first round of the 21/22 playoffs. The postseason gives us incredibly small sample sizes, where puck luck and ho and cold streaks can really have an impact. We’ll walk through the performance of the ousted teams to see where things went wrong.
UFA Signing Check-in: Michael Bunting (TOR) – April 2022
In the FA signing series, we take an in depth look at a deal signed by a restricted or unrestricted free agent along with their performance since the deal and future projections. Today’s subject: Michael Bunting and the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Roster News Roundup: 2022-FEB-23
In the roster news roundup, we take a look at some of the more noteworthy roster moves from around the NHL from the perspective of the current set of models. Read on for insights on moves made since the last roster news roundup post.
Armchair GM: Toronto Maple Leafs (Dec 2021)
The Toronto Maple Leafs have become a regular season powerhouse in recent seasons, yet still own the NHL’s second longest drought for a playoff series win. Today, we’ll put ourselves in Kyle Dubas’ chair and put together an Armchair GM plan aimed at breaking that drought.
Regular Season Brief: Nov 24
andings are starting to take shape as we approach the quarter mark of the season. Historically, most teams that sit in playoff positions at American Thanksgiving are still there at the end of the season. Yet there are most often a few surprises mixed in. This week, we’ll look for one team in each division that appears most likely to break into the playoff picture over the rest of the season, along with one team that looks most likely to fall out.
Regular Season Report Card: Toronto Maple Leafs (8 GP)
All is not well in Leaf-land. After a crushing first round exit last spring at the hands of the rival Canadiens, the supposed contender Toronto Maple Leafs have stumbled out of the gate in the 2021-2022 season. But are things really as bad as their early season record? Let’s take a deeper look.
2021-2022 Regular Season Update: Oct 27
After last night’s games, 30 of the league’s 32 teams have played at least five games. While it’s still too early to get a good sense of which early season performances are sustainable over the long haul, we’re starting to get a better picture of how the 2021-2022 standings may look.
2021-2022 Season Preview: Toronto Maple Leafs
For all my season previews, we’ll be utilizing my 2021-2022 team and player projections. You can find much more background on these models here, along with more on assessing value of contracts here. In this post, we’ll preview the Toronto Maple Leafs.