Alex Hobson

1 week ago | yardbarker.com | Alex Hobson

The Toronto Maple Leafs are headed into another offseason following an early playoff exit, and for the first time, it seems like there may actually be seismic changes coming to the organization. The departure of Brendan Shanahan from the President of Hockey Operations role got the ball rolling, and with both Mitch Marner and John Tavares in need of new contracts, we may be looking at a Leafs team without all parts of the ‘Core Four’ take the ice for the first time since 2018-19.

1 week ago | theleafsnation.com | Alex Hobson

1 week ago | yardbarker.com | Alex Hobson

Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment CEO Keith Pelley’s first season at the helm of the Toronto Maple Leafs featured some progress whether you agree with it or not. It doesn’t mean the progress was anywhere close to good enough, especially not for year 9 of the current era of Leafs, but they took strides in areas that they were never able to accomplish under in previous years.

1 week ago | theleafsnation.com | Alex Hobson

2 weeks ago | yardbarker.com | Alex Hobson

Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment CEO Keith Pelley held a press conference on Friday afternoon following the departure of President of Hockey Operations Brendan Shanahan. The hot button topic following the departure of somebody in such a highly-regarded role with a team like the Toronto Maple Leafs was whether or not they planned on replacing Shanahan, to which Pelley said it was not in their plans at the moment. “Winning is the only thing that matters,” Pelley told media at the podium.