James Tanner

New York

Hockey writer at Editor in Leaf

Articles

Stats say Maple Leafs are the NHL's most overrated team; Regression is coming

2 months ago | editorinleaf.com | James Tanner

Should the Toronto Maple Leafs still be worried about a hidden saboteur? The Toronto Maple Leafs are racking up wins at an unprecedented rate (for them). With only four games to go, the Leafs are more or less cruising to their first ever Atlantic Division title and things are going great. The Toronto Maple Leafs are 9-2-1 in their last 12 games. They are fifth overall, and have a decent chance of finishing as high as third. By any standard, it has been a great season.
The 4 Nations was so good it ruined the Toronto Maple Leafs regular season

2 months ago | editorinleaf.com | James Tanner

The Toronto Maple Leafs are fine, but I can't keep wait until the playoffs The Toronto Maple Leafs are in the middle of the season's supposedly most exciting part - the stretch run. Unfortunately, the hockey is boring and sub-par compared to what we were treated with earlier in the year. The fact is, that the Toronto Maple Leafs playoff run is just not that interesting this year.
Auston Matthews poised to give the NHL a goal scoring leader you can respect

2 months ago | editorinleaf.com | James Tanner

Auston Matthews will eventually usurp Alex Ovechkin as the NHL's all-time goal scoring leaderWhen Auston Matthews scored on Saturday night, it was his 398th career goal, and it put him two ahead of Dave Keon and comfortably into the 112th spot on the all-time NHL scoring list. Auston Matthews needs just 15 goals to pass Phil Kessel and enter the top 100. From there, it's a long climb to number-one, but he can do it.
The Florida Panthers are not trying to face the Toronto Maple Leafs on purpose

2 months ago | editorinleaf.com | James Tanner

The Toronto Maple Leafs can wrap up the Atlantic this week. The Toronto Maple Leafs are the top team in the Atlantic, and if they beat the Florida Panthers tonight, the odds are they win it. The two Atlantic rivals will face off tonight and if the Toronto Maple Leafs win, then that means they will have put the Panthers chances of a division title to bed.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are the second hottest team in the NHL right now

2 months ago | editorinleaf.com | James Tanner

The Toronto Maple Leafs are on fire. The Toronto Maple Leafs took the Columbus Blue Jackets playoff hopes and disrespected them thorgoughly on Saturday night. The Blue Jackets came into the game needing a win to stay alive in a playoff race that is increasingly favoring the Montreal Canadiens, and the Toronto Maple Leafs laughed in their faces on the way to a 5-0 beatdown. The Jackets are now six points back of Montreal with seven games to play.
3 Reasons the Toronto Maple Leafs will win the Stanley Cup

2 months ago | editorinleaf.com | James Tanner

The Toronto Maple Leafs are finally going to go on a playoff run for the ages. The Toronto Maple Leafs are in a great position heading into the stretch run of the NHL season. The Toronto Maple Leafs played the Columbus Blue Jackets last night, and while this was written ahead of time, I can say for sure that their lead in the division could be anywhere from one to five points right now. Either way, they are in great shape with six games to go.
Toronto Maple Leafs news and injury updates for the stretch run

2 months ago | editorinleaf.com | James Tanner

The Toronto Maple Leafs news and injury report for the second last weekend of the seasonThe biggest story right now concerning the Toronto Maple Leafs is their quest to win the Atlantic Division for the first time ever. The Toronto Maple Leafs have won the Canadian Division, and they once won the North-East division in 1999, the year after the Coen Brothers changed the world with their cinematic masterpiece the Big Lebowski, which is, to my mind, the greatest movie ever made.
Why the Toronto Maple Leafs aren't going to break your heart this year

2 months ago | editorinleaf.com | James Tanner

The Toronto Maple Leafs are not going to blow it this time around. The Toronto Maple Leafs have been among the best teams in the NHL for the last nine years. Sure, they've never won a division title, a Stanley Cup and only won a single round of playoffs during this time, but since the Toronto Maple Leafs drafted Auston Matthews, they have been a competitive team. Other teams take forever to get going - the Oilers drafted McDavid a year before the Leafs and just made the finals last year.
Toronto Maple Leafs and Atlantic Division Battle Royal: Weekend Preview

2 months ago | editorinleaf.com | James Tanner

The Toronto Maple Leafs are trying desperately to win the division. The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Florida Panthers on Wednesday night by a score of 3-2. For the Toronto Maple Leafs, it was their fourth win in five games (in the one loss, they came back with two empty-netters, forced OT only to lose to San Jose) where they have pickd up nine out of ten points.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are a crazy statistical anomaly, but who cares?

2 months ago | editorinleaf.com | James Tanner

Should we care that the Toronto Maple Leafs are winning, but not in the right way? When I first started writing about the Toronto Maple Leafs for Editor in Leaf, it was 2016. I realized that without access to the team, and without a budget to travel and see them in person, the thing thatwould differentiate me from the thousands of other Leafs writers was that I would attack the dumb narratives, when they occurred, with statistical evidence.