Luke Fox

Toronto

Staff Writer and Managing Digital Editor at Sportsnet Canada

nhl writer @sportsnet. author of ice-t shot me in the face & eleven other stories about rap music. freelance music writer.

Articles

Now what?: 67 stray thoughts on the Toronto Maple Leafs

1 week ago | sportsnet.ca | Luke Fox

TORONTO — Oh, we’re not done. We’re never done. We’ll scribble about free agency and the draft and the new assistant coach and the late-summer PTO hopefuls and all that. But before we flip our attention to the final teams contending for the Stanley Cup, let’s empty the ol’ 2024-25 Toronto Maple Leafs notebook. Here are 67 stray observations on the team that was and what might be. 1. Morgan Rielly was only speaking about the final series, but his words perfectly summed up the season.
Keith Pelley empowers Treliving, Berube in Maple Leafs’ summer of change

2 weeks ago | sportsnet.ca | Luke Fox

TORONTO — This is Brad Treliving’s hockey team now. And, for that matter, Craig Berube’s. In the wake of Thursday afternoon’s dismissal of Toronto Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan and the official end of the 11-year Shanaplan, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment CEO Keith Pelley is doing away with the hockey club’s presidency altogether and empowering the general manager and head coach to call the shots. To blaze a trail to the Stanley Cup, which has eluded this city for 58 years.
Maple Leafs' Shanahan era defined by comfort, not Cups

2 weeks ago | bvmsports.com | Luke Fox

TORONTO - The president's boss set the bar one year before he dropped the hammer. "The fans here not only deserve, they demand a championship. And there's no complacency," Keith Pelley declared in May 2024. Pelley, the brand-new chief of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, was just weeks on the job. This was the first time his direct report, Toronto Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan, had a single superior whom fans could identify. A boss with a face and emotions.
Maple Leafs' Shanahan era defined by comfort, not Cups

2 weeks ago | sportsnet.ca | Luke Fox

TORONTO — The president’s boss set the bar one year before he dropped the hammer. “The fans here not only deserve, they demand a championship. And there’s no complacency,” Keith Pelley declared in May 2024. Pelley, the brand-new chief of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, was just weeks on the job. This was the first time his direct report, Toronto Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan, had a single superior whom fans could identify. A boss with a face and emotions.
Will Marner, Tavares and Knies all re-sign with Maple Leafs?

2 weeks ago | bvmsports.com | Luke Fox

TORONTO - Before Mitch Marner began what most believe was his final meeting with the press as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, before he cleaned out his locker and set course for his summer of change, he did something unexpected. Marner publicly thanked a reporter for deleting a tweet sent after Game 7. The responses to that erased tweet, which stated Marner's indecisiveness about being a Leaf in 2025-26, weren't exactly kind.
Will Marner, Tavares and Knies all re-sign with Maple Leafs?

2 weeks ago | sportsnet.ca | Luke Fox

TORONTO — Before Mitch Marner began what most believe was his final meeting with the press as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, before he cleaned out his locker and set course for his summer of change, he did something unexpected. Marner publicly thanked a reporter for deleting a tweet sent after Game 7. The responses to that erased tweet, which stated Marner’s indecisiveness about being a Leaf in 2025-26, weren’t exactly kind.
Maple Leafs must end era of Marner, Shanahan

2 weeks ago | bvmsports.com | Luke Fox

TORONTO - During Mitch Marner's final shift as a Toronto Maple Leaf, which went on way too long, the fans of the hockey team he grew up loving booed when his blade touched the puck. Exhausted by a hopeless 6-on-5 shift that dragged on for 106 seconds and beaten down by a Jumbotron blaring the same score, 6-1, that triggered the first sleepless night of a recurring nightmare, Marner gave up the puck and glided to the Scotiabank Arena home bench for the last time on Sunday.
'Heartbreaking': Maple Leafs must end era of Marner, Shanahan

2 weeks ago | sportsnet.ca | Luke Fox

TORONTO — During Mitch Marner’s final shift as a Toronto Maple Leaf, which went on way too long, the fans of the hockey team he grew up loving booed when his blade touched the puck. Exhausted by a hopeless 6-on-5 shift that dragged on for 106 seconds and beaten down by a Jumbotron blaring the same score, 6-1, that triggered the first sleepless night of a recurring nightmare, Marner gave up the puck and glided to the Scotiabank Arena home bench for the last time on Sunday.
Maple Leafs' Matthew Knies must play hurt

2 weeks ago | bvmsports.com | Luke Fox

TORONTO - "He's good to go," Craig Berube said on the morning of Game 7. And with that, Leafs Nation exhaled. Matthew Knies will play, albeit hurt, with the Toronto Maple Leafs' season hanging in the balance Sunday, because hockey. "You're not injured because you're playing. You're banged up. You're hurt. And there's a lot of that. There's a lot of lot of teams and a lot of players (hurt)," Berube went on.
Game 7 Notebook: Maple Leafs’ Matthew Knies must play hurt

2 weeks ago | sportsnet.ca | Luke Fox

TORONTO — “He’s good to go,” Craig Berube said on the morning of Game 7. And with that, Leafs Nation exhaled. Matthew Knies will play, albeit hurt, with the Toronto Maple Leafs’ season hanging in the balance Sunday, because hockey. “You’re not injured because you’re playing. You're banged up. You're hurt. And there's a lot of that. There's a lot of lot of teams and a lot of players (hurt),” Berube went on.