John Matisz from The Score joins me this week to break down Toronto's successful rebuild and what other teams in the East can learn from it. 1:00 – Toronto's rebuild. 26:00 – Buffalo Sabres. 45:18 – New York Rangers . 52:38 – Detroit Red Wings & New Jersey Devils . 1:02:39 – Quick thoughts on Ron Hainsey’s usage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rachel Doerrie (former video coach for the New Jersey Devils) joins us this week to break down the ramifications of the Auston Matthews contract. I also had Mike Augello ("Mike In Buffalo") and Totally_Offside join me later in the show to help get some differing perspectives on the extension. Here's the link to my Patreon if you want to help support my work ($5 a month gets you a bonus episode every week!) www.patreon.com/iantulloch 2:13 - Rachel Doerrie 40:00 - Mike Augello 59:00 - Totally_Offs...
Cam Robinson from Dobber Prospects joins me this week to break down some of our favourite players from the 2019 NHL Draft. Here's the link to my Patreon if you want to help support my work ($5 a month gets you a bonus episode every week!) www.patreon.com/iantulloch 3:15 – Jack Hughes (5'10 168lb C, USNDP, USHL) 5:21 – Kaapo Kakko (6'2 190lb RW, TPS, Liiga) 7:34 – Vasili Podkolzin (6'1 190lb RW, SKA, VHL) 11:34 – Philip Broberg (6'3 203lb LHD, AIK, Allsvenskan) 14:45 – Trevor Zegras (6'0 168lb C,...
JD Bunkis from Sportsnet 590 the FAN joins us this week to break down every angle of the Jake Muzzin trade. Here's the link to my Patreon if you want to help support my work ($5 a month gets you a bonus episode every week!) www.patreon.com/iantulloch 3:36 – Thoughts on the trade. 27:00 – What do the D-pairings look like now? 42:00 – Trading for ANOTHER defenceman. 54:12 – Could the Leafs trade for a winger at the deadline? 1:02:10 – Final thoughts. Music by Punch Deck Learn more about your ad ch...
Adam Wylde joins us this week to break down the Chiarelli drama in Edmonton, Toronto's blueline, and potential RHD targets for the upcoming trade deadline. Here's the link to my Patreon if you want to help support my work ($5 a month gets you a bonus episode every week!) www.patreon.com/iantulloch Music by Punch Deck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Justin Bourne from The Athletic joins me this week to break down the human element of players going through a slump (e.g. Nylander), the question marks on the blueline, and some good old-fashioned Jake Gardiner debate! Here's the link to my Patreon if you want to help support my work ($5 a month gets you a bonus episode every week!) www.patreon.com/iantulloch 1:57 - What it's like going through a slump. 11:10 - Thoughts on Toronto's defence. 18:58 - The positives in Zaitsev's game. 27:09 - Dermo...
Catherine Silverman from The Athletic joins us this week to break down Toronto's goaltending this season. Here's the link to my Patreon if you want to help support my work ($5 a month gets you a bonus episode every week!) www.patreon.com/iantulloch 1:46 – Garret Sparks 18:33 – Michael Hutchinson 33:10 – Frederik Andersen 48:29 – Joseph Woll Music by Punch Deck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Acting The Fulemin joins me this week to grade each Leaf's performance over the first half of the season. Here's the link to my Patreon if you want to help support my work ($5 a month gets you a bonus episode every week!) www.patreon.com/iantulloch Forwards 5:11 – Auston Matthews. 10:32 – Andreas Johnsson. 14:50 – Kasperi Kapanen. 19:18 – William Nylander. 24:48 – Mitch Marner. 28:14 – John Tavares. 29:19 – Zach Hyman. 32:37 – Nazem Kadri. 35:52 – Patrick Marleau. 39:24 – Connor Brown. 42:45 – P...
Sean Tierney (@ChartinHockey) joins me this week to break down what is (and isn't) sustainable from the Leafs this year, especially on the back-end. Here's the link to my Patreon that we're starting up again this year ($5 a month gets you a bonus episode every week!) https://www.patreon.com/iantulloch 3:43 – PDO and sustainable scoring talent (CAR vs TOR, TB, or WSH) 22:44 – Rielly’s Norris hype. 32:34 – The Gardiner-Zaitsev conundrum. 46:08 – How to upgrade Toronto’s defence. Again, big shoutou...
Kevin Papetti from Maple Leafs Hot Stove (and Pension Plan Puppets) joins us this week to preview the World Juniors. 2:37 – Canada 🇨🇦 14:54 – USA 🇺🇸 20:03 – IIHF Rule Changes on Late Hits 24:26 – Finland 🇫🇮 32:08 – Russia 🇷🇺 36:57 – Czech Republic 🇨🇿 42:24 – Sweden 🇸🇪 54:11 – Players to watch on Denmark, Switzerland, Slovakia, and Kazakhstan 1:03:14 – Wrapping things up (each team’s leading scorer, best defencemen, and our hottest takes) Big thanks to Sean Kelly (@seankellyvoice) for...
Charlie O'Connor from The Athletic joins us this week to break down the many ways we can go about evaluating defencemen in the modern era. 1:58 – How to evaluate defencemen in the modern era. 13:02 – The importance of transitional play (zone exits/entries) 21:12 – Radko Gudas…how the hell does he drive possession? 39:14 – That 3rd pairing D with ridiculous microstats (e.g. Mackenzie Weegar, Julius Honka) 52:57 – Trading for Alex Pietrangelo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...
James Mirtle from The Athletic joins me this week to break down the Leafs' performance this season, and how they can go about upgrading at RD. 1:00 - The impact of “Chemistry” 4:46 – How good are the Leafs? 10:45 – Trading for a Top 4 RD (e.g. Pietrangelo/Parayko) 20:08 – Less sexy potential targets at RD. 29:08 – Wrapping things up with important #content (Leafs puns, Marleau’s junior days, and Mirtle’s beer league woes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jordan Samuels-Thomas from The Athletic joins me this week to break down the William Nylander signing and how it affects the Maple Leafs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dom Luszczyszyn from The Athletic joins me this week as we grade each Leaf's performance a quarter way through the season. 3:56 – Kasperi Kapanen. 8:23 – Auston Matthews. 13:14 – Patrick Marleau. 18:40 – Mitch Marner. 23:24 – John Tavares. 28:26 – Zach Hyman. 33:01 – Nazem Kadri. 35:31 – Connor Brown. 40:39 – Par Lindholm. 42:32 – Andreas Johnsson. 47:02 – Ennis & Leivo. 50:12 – The Goat. 54:05 – Morgan Rielly. 59:08 – Travis Dermott. 1:05:16 – Jake Gardiner. 1:09:22 – Nikita Zaitsev. 1:15:4...
Andrew Berkshire from Sportsnet joins us this week to break down the Leafs' defence so far this season. 3:07 – How should we evaluate defencemen? 7:38 – Morgan Rielly’s play this season? 13:15 – The Gardiner-Zaitsev pairing (why is it so bad?) 28:34 – Our love for Travis Dermott. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff Veillette joins Ian Graph™ this week to break down some current and former Marlies - most of whom are Swedish 🇸🇪 2:35 – Kapanen’s upside. 12:34 - Johnsson and Gauthier. 25:27 – Liljegren and Sandin. 41:17 - Ranking Toronto’s defensive prospects: 47:43 – Rosen and Borgman. 54:28 – Trevor Moore and Mason Marchment 1:04:23 – Grundstrom and Engvall. 1:10:28 – Bracco and Timashov. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Murat Ates from The Athletic joins us this week to break down the similarities between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Winnipeg Jets...despite what Jim Hughson might think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Meghan Hall joins us this week to break down the Leafs power play this season, and how it differs from last year. 1:00 – PP Research on Toronto’s top unit last year 5:14 – This year’s top unit PP 16:35 – 2nd Unit 22:05 – Pros & Cons of stacking your top unit. 31:26 – Age Curves & the Leafs elite young talent. 39:01 – Andreas Johnsson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jonathan Willis from The Athletic joins us this week to go break down every team in the wonky Western Conference. Central Division 1:59 – Nashville Predators. 5:58 – Winnipeg Jets. 11:47 – St Louis Blues. 18:38 – Dallas Stars. 22:39 – Minnesota Wild. 26:55 – Chicago Blackhawks. 31:09 – Colorado Avalanche. Pacific Division 34:20 – San Jose Sharks. Vegas Golden Knights. 42:35 – LA Kings. 46:28 – Anaheim Ducks. 51:54 – Calgary Flames. 57:40 – Edmonton Oilers. 1:08:30 – Arizona Coyotes. 1:13:50 – Va...
Andrew Berkshire from Sportsnet joins us this week to break down every team in the Eastern Conference heading into the 2018-19 season. Atlantic Division 1:13 – Tampa Bay. 7:28 – Boston Bruins. 13:00 – Florida Panthers. 13:30 – Montreal Candiens. 29:25 – Buffalo Sabres. 35:12 – Ottawa Senators. 38:11 – Detroit Red Wings. Metropolitan Division 41:24 – Pittsburgh Penguins. 44:57 – Columbus Blue Jackets. 50:23 – Washington Capitals. 55:39 – Philadelphia Flyers. 1:01:07 – Carolina Hurricanes. 1:05:21...
Dom Luszczyszyn from The Athletic joins us this week to preview the Leafs' 2018-19 season. 4:00 – Toronto’s incredible Forward group. 12:00 – Point Projections for the Top 9. 21:00 – The Defence. 26:00 – Systemic issues that’ve held them back. 30:00 – The impact of fatigue. 35:00 – Hot takes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sean Tierney (@ChartingHockey) joins us this week to break down some of the things we learned at the Ottawa Hockey Analytics Conference this weekend, as we apply some of those concepts to the Leafs heading into the preseason. 3:33 – Takeaways from #OTTHAC18 7:26 – Accounting for context. 18:16 – The importance of elite talent. 28:07 – Toronto’s ability to take advantage of 3rd pairings. 32:07 – Running 11 Forwards & 7 Defencemen. 38:34 – Nikita Zaitsev...what is he? 43:11 – Forecasting Nylan...
This week we're joined by Kevin Papetti, Acting The Fulemin, and Arvind (three of my favourite writers at Pension Plan Puppet) to break down some of the Leafs' best prospects and young players under the age of 25. 2:57 – SDA. 13:10 – Timothy Liljegren. 24:27 – Adam Brooks. 37:50 – Jeremy Bracco. 47:07 – Dmytro Timashov. 53:40 – Fedor Gordeev. 1:02:30 – Pierre Engvall. 1:05:09 – Mason Marchment. 1:13:18 – Connor Brown. 1:28:28 – The Marner vs Nylander debate. 1:42:00 – Kapanen vs Johnsson. Learn ...
Gus Katsaros from McKeen's Hockey & Maple Leafs Hot Stove joins us this week to break down some of the question marks on Special Teams for Toronto this season. 2:15 – The Power Play. 9:25 – “Building” a PP unit with Toronto’s talent. 23:54 – Why not try a 5-Forward PP? 30:44 – The Penalty Kill. 39:23 – The role of modern-day defencemen on the PK. 45:43 – What we can learn from Carolina’s PK. 51:31 – Projecting Toronto’s PK units & final thoughts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...
CJ Turtoro joins us this week to break down the latest research on transitional play, and why it's so important (especially for defencemen). 2:12 – What we can do with Zone Exit, Zone Entry, and Passing numbers. 21:44 – Why puck-moving is more valuable than ‘puck-stopping’ for Defencemen. 31:22 – How does this affect the Maple Leafs? 42:34 – Why passing is SO important. 58:16 – Replacing JVR’s on-ice impact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Andrew Berkshire from Sportsnet joins me this week to break down the Leafs' roster heading into next season. 1:41 – The finer points of Tavares’s game. 8:15 – Auston Matthews’ defensive and transition play. 13:14 – Using skilled players on the PK. 19:24 – The Marner/Tavares dynamic in transition 28:49 – Wingers’ responsibility in the DZ (not much) 34:31 – Why are Centres more valuable than Wingers? 41:50 – Tom Wilson and the value of “complimentary” wingers. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...
Totally_Offside from Hockey Twitter joins us this week to break down what the Leafs should do with Jake Gardiner. 1:27 – Introducing Toronto's options. 4:47 – Keeping Gardiner as an "own rental" 17:01 – Trading Gardiner for assets (that you'd then flip for a RHD) 43:25 – Keeping Gardiner and re-signing him. 59:50 - Wrapping things up. If you want to help support the podcast, here's the link to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/iantulloch $5 Per Month gets you access to my weekly Patreon Mailbag Podca...
Jeff Veillette from The Faceoff Circle joins us this week to break down the craziness of the past couple days and how it affects the Toronto Maple Leafs moving forward. 1:36 – What the Tavares signing means. 10:04 – Forecasting Toronto’s lineup. 25:49 – What’s next for the Leafs? (ie. Defence) 35:31 – Justin Holl. 40:55 – Jordan Subban 44:44 – RHD trade…? 47:15 – Why trading Nylander is a terrible idea. 58:12 – Wrapping things up. If you want to help support the podcast, here's the link to our P...
Cam Robinson from Dobber Prospects joins us this week to break down the Leafs' 2018 Draft. 1:22 – 1st Round: Rasmus Sandin (5’11 LHD) 12:55 – 2nd Round: Sean Durzi (6’0 RHD) 19:46 – 3rd Round: Semyon Der-Arguchinstev (5'10 C) 23:26 – 3rd Round: Riley Stotts (6'0 C) 24:59 – 4th Round: Mac Hollowell (5'9 RHD) 27:39 – 5th Round: Filip Kral (6'0 LHD) 37:07 – 6th Round: Pontus Holmberg (5'10 LW/C) 38:20 – 7th Round: Zachary Bouthillier (6'2 G) 42:30 – 7th Round: Semyon Kizimov (6'0 RW) 43:25 – Wrappi...
Ryan Biech from Canucks Army & The Athletic joins us this week to break down some of our favourite players in the 2018 NHL Draft using both video & statistical analysis (combining 'the eye test' with 'the numbers') 4:47 – Ryan Merkley (RHD, Guelph, OHL) 7:36 – Isac Lundestrom (C/LW, Lulea, SHL) and “The 51% Rule” 11:27 – Jonatan Berggren (C/RW, Skelleftea J20, SuperElit) and Dominik Bokk (RW, Vaxjo J20, SuperElit) 14:13 – Grigori Denisenko (LW, Lokomotiv J20, MHL) 15:47 – Ty Dellandrea (...
