Jonas and James look back on Brendan Shanahan, Kyle Dubas and Sheldon Keefe's press conference after the Leafs were eliminated in seven games to Tampa Bay and take a look at some of the pressing concerns for the team this off-season including possibly moving John Tavares to the wing, re-signing Ilya Mikheyev, finding a right handed shot defender to play with Morgan Rielly, strengthening the fourth line, shoring up the goaltending and gaining much needed cap space. Plus the guys stick tap the tea...
May 24, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jonas and James take a look back on the Maple Leafs 2-1, game seven loss to Tampa Bay on Saturday night and the first round series with the defending Stanley Cup champions overall. The guys discuss the failure of the power-play which ultimately may have cost the Leafs the series, the officiating, which players the team needs to bring back, and which ones they might have to turn the page on, and why it isn't yet, time to blow up the core of this team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...
May 15, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast In episode two of the Future of Sports series, The Athletic's Mike Smeltz looks at how the team experience may change in the future: increased use of technology in gameplay, robotic umpires and the unique initiatives of a startup sports league. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 14, 2022•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the nine year anniversary of the Maple Leafs collapse in Boston in game 7, Jonas and James look back on the game 6 overtime loss to Tampa Bay on Thursday night. The guys praise Auston Matthews, John Tavares, William Nylander and Jack Campbell and the overall effort by the team. They discuss the glaring errors by Alex Kerfoot and Ilya Mikheyev and the penalty trouble that the team got into in the third, ahead of another playoff edition of the Maple Leafs pod-bag. Learn more about your ad choic...
May 13, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jonas and James praise the work of John Tavares, William Nylander, Mitch Marner and Auston Matthews as the Maple Leafs win the pivotal game 5 vs the Lighting, setting up an elimination game 6 on Thursday night in Tampa Bay. The guys look at Jack Campbell's bounce back game, the positive contributions from Justin Holl and Mark Giordano and that inspirational intermission speech from Jason Spezza ahead of another edition of the playoff pod-bag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...
May 11, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jonas and James sift through a listless effort by the Maple Leafs in the game four, 7-3 loss to Tampa Bay. The guys dissect the play of Captain John Tavares and his line, Auston Matthews line, Jack Campbell's effort and the guys try to figure out defensive pairings that might work for coach Sheldon Keefe, ahead of game five. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 09, 2022•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jonas and James breakdown the game three win by the Maple Leafs on a special Saturday playoff edition of the Leaf Report. The guys praise the play of Jack Campbell and David Kampf and the evolution of Pierre Engvall and Ilya Mikheyev and discuss the changes that Sheldoin Keefe made to the Leafs lineup in game three. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 07, 2022•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jonas and James recap a disappointing game two for the Maple Leafs which sees their series with Tampa Bay tied at a game a piece. The guys discuss too many penalties, special team struggles, a cold John Tavares and a fourth line that continues to hamper Toronto. Jonas and Mirtle praise the work of Matthews and Marner and look ahead to what changes the Leafs should make to the lineup for game three on Friday, May 6th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 05, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jonas and James break apart the Maple Leafs 5-0 win over defending Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay on night one of the NHL playoffs. The guys discuss the penalty kill on the five minute major to Kyle Clifford, the crowd factor, Mitch Marner's overall performance, David Kampf's contributions and Auston Matthews and Jack Campbell playing huge rolls in the Leafs win. Plus the guys look ahead to game two and what the Leafs can expect from a motivated Tampa lineup and they take your questions in a pla...
May 03, 2022•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jonas Siegel and James Mirtle host a live Leaf Report and welcome you to the show, taking your questions ahead of the playoffs for the Maple Leafs. Originally recorded at 3pm ET on Thursday, April 28th, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 28, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jonas and James dissect the Maple Leafs three game road swing which included the beat down in Tampa Bay, the bounce back loss in OT to Florida and an ordinary performance in a shootout win vs Washington on Sunday night. The guys talk about Jack Campbell's resurgence, load management for John Tavares and Timothy Liljegren, Jake Muzzin's injury, Ilya Mikheyev fantastic season which will have him ringing the bell in free agency and how the injuries to Ondrej Kase and Michael Bunting are exposing th...
Apr 25, 2022•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jonas and James return with a new Leaf Report on the heels of the Leafs win over Philadelphia on Tuesday Night. The guys discuss who the 2nd place Maple Leafs match up against best, the Tampa Bay Lightning or Boston Bruins in round one of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Jonas and Mirtle play a Siegel copyrighted game, 'Concerned or Not Concerned', where we discuss Auston Matthews mysterious injury, the recent power-play struggles, and injuries to Muzzin, Kase, Sandin and Mrazek. Plus the guys look at ...
Apr 20, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jonas and James look back on what went wrong in the loss to Buffalo on Tuesday night and try to figure out why the team has struggled in all games played against the Sabres this season. The guys take a look at Auston Matthews scoring pace, and what number he might end up with by seasons end, they provide an update on unsigned Leafs prospect Matthew Knies, how veteran Mark Giordano has strengthened the Leafs blue line, the ongoing ineffective 4th line, Ondrej Kase's potential season ending injury...
Apr 13, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chris Johnston from NorthStar Bets, TSN and The Chris Johnston Show podcast at the Athletic joins Jonas and Mirtle to discuss the Maple Leafs win over Tampa Bay and their OT loss in Florida which included the return of Jake Muzzin on defence, Jack Campbell having to play back to backs because of an in game injury to Erik Källgren and Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner's torrid scoring pace. We take a look at Michael Bunting's calder calibre season, how Ilya Mikheyev's play has priced him out of re...
Apr 06, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jonas and James look back on the Maple Leafs injury riddled win in Boston which saw the team lose goalie Petr Mrazek and defenders Justin Holl and Ilya Lyubushkin. The guys discuss Auston Matthews quest for 50 goals, and the path that the Leafs centre is on to becoming one of his generations best players. Plus the Leaf Report critique the play of Mark Giordano and how the veteran has solidified the Maple Leafs blue line, and we touch on Wayne Simmonds struggle to stay in the lineup and Sheldon K...
Mar 30, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jonas and James reconvene after their emergency Leaf Report on Sunday and Mark Giordano and Colin Blackwell's first practice with the Maple Leafs ahead of the leafs hosting New Jersey on Wednesday evening. The guys discuss the new additions, where they might suit up in the lineup and if GM Kyle Dubas did enough leading up to the deadline, especially with the Maple Leafs shaky goaltending. The guys also look into Dubas's harsh words for Chicago GM Kyle Davidson after news about trade discussions ...
Mar 22, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jonas and James provide Leaf nation with an emergency Sunday podcast, the day before the NHL trade deadline. The boys dissect the Leafs deal with the Seattle Kraken for Toronto native Mark Giordano, and right hand shooting bottom six centre Colin Blackwell with Toronto surrendering two 2nd round picks and a third rounder to the Kraken in the deal. Plus, the guys discuss the surprising decision by Leaf management to waive goalie Petr Mrazek, the signing of free agent goalie Harri Sateri and the s...
Mar 20, 2022•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jonas and James stick tap Erik Källgren who recorded his first NHL win and shutout in the Leafs 4-0 win over Dallas on Tuesday, but urge the fanbase to hit the brakes on anointing the young puck stopper the next great Maple Leaf goalie. The guys discuss possible Maple Leaf moves with the trade deadline now 5 days out, and which defenders and forwards fit best with the team including Justin Braun, Rickard Rakell, Andrew Copp, John Klingberg and Tyler Motte, and, can the team add a much needed goa...
Mar 16, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this edition of the Leaf Report, Jonas and James praise the play of Auston Matthews who is playing the best hockey of his young career, and is a leading contender to win the Hart Trophy this season. The guys take a look at the back to back wins over Columbus and Seattle, look ahead to the game vs Arizona on Thursday and the Heritage Classic in Hamilton vs the Buffalo Sabres. Mirtle and Jonas critique the play of the Tavares line, the good and bad with William Nylander, how Nick Robertson has ...
Mar 09, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jonas and James recap the Maple Leafs terrible effort at home vs Buffalo on Wednesday night, including a brutal performance from Petr Mrazek, the wobbly defensive units and an out of synch forward group, and the harsh words that coach Sheldon Keefe had for his group post game. The boys welcome 'Down Goes Brown', Sean McIndoe to discuss the Leafs needs for the trade deadline which includes a starting goaltender, a top four defencemen and a top six forward. Not much to ask for. Plus the guys stick...
Mar 05, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jonas and James discuss the shocking news released by the Maple Leafs Wednesday morning, announcing that 2020 first round pick Rodion Amirov has been battling a brain tumour. The boys analyze the trade with Arizona, sending Nick Ritchie to the desert for defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin and forward Ryan Dzingel. Jonas and James breakdown the play of Lyubushkin in his debut in the loss to Columbus last night and lament the loss of Dzingel to San Jose via waivers as a player they could have used to stre...
Feb 23, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jonas and James return with an all new Leaf Report. With the Leafs dropping games in Calgary and Vancouver before winning over the expansion Kraken in Seattle on Monday, it's clear that the Maple Leafs will need to acquire a shutdown defenceman for the stretch drive. Since Jake Muzzin's return from injury, the Justin Holl, Jake Muzzin tandem has continued to struggle to be a viable unit for the Leafs blueline, so James and Jonas look at viable options on the trade market including Scott Mayfield...
Feb 16, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast On a new Leaf Report, Jonas and James discuss the health of Auston Matthews who is a game time decision vs the Flames in Calgary on Thursday night. The guys pick a part the midseason presser from Kyle Dubas, and wonder what prospects should be untouchable leading up to the deadline and they stick tap Mitch Marner's goal streak which is at eight games and counting. Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic's analytics writer joins Jonas and Mirtle to provide his analysis on this season's Maple Leafs, and he ...
Feb 09, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jonas and James share their optimism on the Leafs season as we have reached the unofficial midpoint at the all-star break. The special teams, forward depth and goaltending have all met or exceeded expectations, while the teams defence has taken a step back. We take a look at what defender Rasmus Sandin's next contract might look like, and stick tap Jack Campbell who had a bounce back game in the 7-1 win of the Devils and we take your questions in an extended pod-bag on the Leaf Report. Learn mor...
Feb 02, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast TSN's Leaf Reporter Mark Masters joins Jonas and Mirtle for a midseason discussion on the Maple Leafs. The boys talk about Sheldon Keefe's decision to put Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and William Nylander on separate lines, and how well the experiment worked in the win over the Anaheim Ducks. We wonder what the Leaf goaltending assignments will look like leading up to the all-star break, the prolific Leafs power-play and the resurgence of Marner since his return from injury and COVID-19 protoco...
Jan 28, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast MIrtle and Jonas recap the Maple Leafs 6-3 loss to the New York Rangers, the fourth game in their last four where they have coughed up a 3 goal or more lead. The boys breakdown the play of the defence which struggled mightily, most notably Timothy Liljegren, Travis Dermott and Alex Biega. Jack Campbell who missed some shots he should have stopped, and the struggles of the Tavares and Spezza lines. In the Pod-Bag, fans vent to James and Jonas about the Leafs play, even though for a team that has ...
Jan 20, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chris Johnston from the Toronto Star and TSN joins Jonas and James on the latest Leaf Report. The guys look back on the Maple Leafs disappointing 2-1 loss in Arizona on Wednesday night, but praise the game that Auston Matthews played in his home town. The guys discuss if William Nylander is all-star worthy this season, if Evander Kane and John Klingberg could be a fit with the Maple Leafs and if the buds should be willing to trade the likes of Nick Robertson or Rasmus Sandin to improve their def...
Jan 13, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jonas and James return with their first episode of the Leaf Report for 2022. The boys look at reasons for optimism and pessimism as the Leafs season rolls on. Salary Cap space and defence may still be a reason for pessimism, but the play of Jack Campbell in goal, the addition of Ondrej Kase and David Kampf to the third line, the resurgence of Morgan Rielly and John Tavares and the breakout season of William Nylander leave Leafs Nation and the Leaf pod listeners with plenty of optimism. Learn mor...
Jan 06, 2022•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jonas and James return for the final Leaf Report podcast of 2021. The boys discuss the league postponing the game between the Canucks and the Maple Leafs Saturday night, if Toronto will be able to play their next schedule game, which is December 23rd, and how the many postponed games in the NHL will be made up in the new year. Plus, the guys take your questions in the final pod-bag of the year, including questions on Jonas and Mirtle's favourite Christmas movies, who the Leafs might give up in a...
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