After a world of ups and a world of downs, we’ve officially reached the end of the 2023-24 Toronto Maple Leafs season. They improved in some areas from
Having absolute confidence in the Maple Leafs heading into the playoffs wouldn’t feel natural. The team has had varying levels of success heading into the post season over the past eight years and the results have largely been the same and very rarely has that involved not blaming the goaltender once things get rolling.
One of the consistent knocks against the Toronto Maple Leafs over the years is the team’s inability to have a goaltender who can get it done in the playoffs.
The Toronto Maple Leafs secured a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in an overtime thriller on Monday night. Jake McCabe scored the game-winning goal at 1:30 of the extra period to seal the win, while Auston Matthews notched his NHL-leading 65th goal and assisted on the game-winner.
The Maple Leafs took on a desperate Penguins team, and while they didn’t quite take care of business before overtime, they took a piece out of Pittsburgh’s playoff push with an overtime win. Ilya Samsonov was again excellent and is clearly the Leafs’ starter heading into the playoffs.
Although I’m thankful for all those who read my Toronto Maple Leafs posts, sometimes readers say mean-spirited and hurtful things. I suppose they believe that professional athletes, because they make far more money than they do (or I do), are fair game for the kind of abuse I believe they would never give others.
A look at the 2024 offseason market for goaltenders.
For the third and final time this season, the NHL’s longest-running rivalry between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens met on the ice last night for the second-last Hockey Night in Canada of the regular season, as the Maple Leafs welcomed Mitch Marner back into the lineup.
The PHWA has named Toronto Maple Leafs’ Ilya Samsonov as the team’s nominee for the Bill Masterton Trophy. The award is given to an NHL player who best exemplifies perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to ice hockey.
The Leafs are about to get a major boost up front as Mitch Marner is closing in on his long-awaited return. This falls in line with a projection that Sheldon Keefe provided on the All-Star winger earlier this week.
Ilya Samsonov has been through it all this season and it’s exactly why he has earned the honour of being Toronto’s nominee for the Bill Masterton Trophy.
About a week ago, I asked three questions for the Toronto Maple Leafs during the final stretch of the regular season. One was who will solidify their role as starter, especially come playoff time.
At first, the Toronto Maple Leafs seemed like they would run away with an easy win over the Florida Panthers. While that wasn’t to be, the team still clinched a 6-4 victory over one of the best defensive teams in the NHL.
When the Toronto Maple Leafs landed Ilya Samsonov in the summer of 2022, a lot of talk around the goaltender was his small sample size and lack of experience.
The sample size may still be relatively small but there’s no question that T.J. Brodie has turned a bit of a corner since his two-game mental reset. Almost like someone called for this?
With two weeks to go in the regular season, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers battled it out on the ice in Toronto for the third time this season and the first of two meetings in the next 16 days as both these teams get prepared for the playoffs, which could feature a rematch between the two Atlantic division rivals.
If you missed the game, you’re probably looking at the score and saying “We’re so back”. Then, you’d probably see that the Toronto Maple Leafs had a 5-1 lead over the Florida Panthers at one point in the game and say “It’s so over”.
A big week for the Maple Leafs starts with a much-anticipated matchup against the Florida Panthers. Earlier today, I examined the issues plaguing the Leafs’ 30th-ranked power play in the month of March.
Ilya Samsonov’s turnaround this season is one of the best storylines from the 2023-24 NHL season. The Toronto Maple Leafs chose to ‘reset’ the netminder three months into the year and his resilience and ability to forget and move on is going to serve the team very well come playoff time.
Toronto secured their second straight win after a 6-3 loss against the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday. The Maple Leafs were able to shutout the Buffalo Sabres 3-0 on Saturday, March 30th and Ilya Samsonov recorded his third shutout of the season, making a total of 34 saves for Toronto.
The Buffalo Sabres scored well in the Sabres Grades, but couldn’t score on Ilya Samsonov in their 3-0 shutout loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs. 13 of the 19 Sabres that touched the ice had an average grade or better.
In a standout performance, Ilya Samsonov showcased his brilliance in the net, leading the Toronto Maple Leafs to a controlling 3-0 victory over the Buffalo Sabres.
During Saturday’s game against the Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs’ goaltender Ilya Samsonov went down with an odd injury. While stretching from one post to another, awkwardly tweaked something and didn’t get up.
The injury bug continues to go around in Toronto, as Maple Leafs goaltender Ilya Samsonov left Saturday’s game against the Edmonton Oilers due to an injury.
In mid-December of 2023, goalie Ilya Samsonov found himself in a significant slump. The downward spiral was so overwhelmingly bad that it sparked concerns about his future as a quality goaltender for his Toronto Maple Leafs.
There’s no sugarcoating it: Ilya Samsonov’s season has been an absolute disaster. So much so that you had to wonder if he’d ever play an NHL game again after going on waivers in December.
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