Cathy Squires

Cathy Squires

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NHL Entry Draft Lottery and Playoff Format Nearly Finalized

In a fitting tribute to our times, this year’s lottery is also only half baked to go along with the playoff format which still isn’t actually finalized.

NHL release details of their Phase 2 training rules

This covers the return of players to small-group workouts and the rules for use of the facilities, but does not come with a firm date.

NHL’s 24-team playoff format is only half-baked

Nothing is decided, and no one knows anything. Just remember that when someone says something that upsets you.

Revisiting a contrarian take on the Kadri-Barrie trade

Today’s Retro May post is a fresh look back at the Kadri trade.

Useful sites that make writing and thinking about hockey possible

Time to give credit to the people who maintain the information we use every day.

2 Hubs are Better Than 4

Or so it now seems to the NHL.

Victoria Day FTB: All hail the queen

Please take the poll on what sort of Retro May posts you most want to see.

What If: Cody Franson had re-signed

We’ve long been resigned to him leaving as a UFA, but what if he’d stayed?

AHL season officially cancelled

Can the league find a way to survive intact in a world where fans might not return to games for months?

Kyle Dubas was named Leafs GM 2 years ago today

We’ve never stopped talking about him since.

Paul McFarland leaving the Leafs to become head coach of the Kingston Frontenacs

He will remain with the team for the rest of this season, if there is a rest of this season.

Have the Maple Leafs ever had a good right-shooting defenceman?

The Hockey Hall of Fame said yes to that five times.

Mikko Lehtonen has succeeded in 3 leagues

Is that enough to make him an NHLer?

Will a Maple Leafs return to play include Nick Robertson?

What about that other junior-aged player who is under contract?

KHL May Day Rumour Roundup

All 2019-2020 KHL contracts have now expired, and some of those players will sign in the NHL

Wednesday’s FTB: Pretending to play hockey

Even the news is imaginary now.

NHL extends transfer agreements, continues to contingency plan for a return to play

Everyone is rediscovering the old adage about where the devil lives. (It’s not the Prudential Center).

NHL contingency planning for a resumption of the 2019-2020 season

The AHL, ECHL and CHL are in a very different boat, however.

NHL mulling over having the draft in June

<strong>Could the NHL really put the draft cart before the playoffs horse?</strong>

Projecting the Marlies roster next season

The Marlies of 2020-2021 are just a rough sketch of a team so far. But we can still get an idea of the shape of things, and the scale of the job to improve the picture.

You want to watch baseball from Taiwan

You might not know you do, but you do.

Maple Leafs have some puzzle pieces missing in next year’s rosters

The NHLers under contract for next year plus the expiring RFAs are the core of the Leafs and the Marlies. Where is the roster thin?

Maple Leafs Hiatus Pipeline

Who is signed to which team, and where are they going to play?
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