FTB: competitive advantages from relaxing stay-at-home restrictions
The NBA is reportedly starting to let players into their team practice facilities, what will the NHL do?
Back to Excited Episode 103: The Leafs and proposed playoff plans
We also talk about new hockey stats
Weekend FTB: Thinking about how the pandemic dominos will fall
The NHL is close enough to returning that serious plans are being made, but what about other leagues?
NHL contingency planning for a resumption of the 2019-2020 season
The AHL, ECHL and CHL are in a very different boat, however.
The Barely a Maple Leaf All-Star Team
There are plenty of lists of the all-time best Leafs, and all-time worst Leafs, but what about those NHL players who briefly played for the Maple Leafs?
Thursday’s FTB: NWHL coming to Toronto, will the NHL follow?
Will hockey actually happen?
NHL mulling over having the draft in June
<strong>Could the NHL really put the draft cart before the playoffs horse?</strong>
Wednesday’s FTB: Rule change
If you could change one rule in the NHL, what would it be?
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.
Tuesday FTB: Thinking about the 2018 Toronto Marlies as Calder Cup Champions
Their roster was pretty ridiculous in hindsight
2020 NHL Draft: Looking for hidden gems in the QMJHL
Is there another Mikhail Abramov in the Q that could fall to the Leafs?
Back to Excited Episode 102: Offseason Planning
Goaltender successions, trading forwards, and more
FTB: Help me convince my dad to let us get a cat
and Nick Robertson gets nominated for Most Outstanding Player in the OHL.
FTB: What was Kris Versteeg’s best goal as a Maple Leaf?
Remembering the Leafs’ Versteeg era.
Thursday’s FTB: The Top 10 John’s to play for the Maple Leafs
Like, people named John, not the other kind.
FTB: Do we need to get our sports back right now?
And getting excited about Leafs prospects.
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?
Tuesday’s FTB: Playoff alternatives
Just because there’s no hockey doesn’t mean that they can’t award the Stanley Cup.
Maple Leafs Hiatus Pipeline
Who is signed to which team, and where are they going to play?
Monday’s FTB: Nick Abruzzese named to NCAA All American team
The forgotten Nick gets yet another honour.
Back to Excited Episode 101: Why bad teams stay bad
We chat about the mistakes teams make