If his job is on the line, and it might be as he enters his eighth season as president of the Maple Leafs, Brendan Shanahan doesn’t show it.
... k Photo by Jack Boland / Jack Boland/Toronto Sun Toronto Maple Leafs forward Wayne Simmonds (24) caught in the middle on the ice at their practice facility in Etobicoke ...
If his job is on the line, and it might be as he enters his eighth season as president of the Maple Leafs, Brendan Shanahan doesn’t show it.
... k Photo by Jack Boland / Jack Boland/Toronto Sun Toronto Maple Leafs forward Wayne Simmonds (24) caught in the middle on the ice at their practice facility in Etobicoke ...
Ilya Mikheyev came into the Leafs’ organization as a relative unknown after signing as an undrafted free agent out of the KHL in the 2019 offseason. It didn’t take long for him to ende…
... ent. The three forwards ahead of him – Alexander Barabanov, Adam Brooks, and Wayne Simmonds – all played fewer, more sheltered minutes than Mikheyev as well, save for a ...
There have been a lot of small moves over the summer, a lot of change, and it’s easy to see how someone could get lost in the shuffle of the bottom of the Leafs roster. To some extent that is…
... also zero goals against. The other option is that they could be paired with Wayne Simmonds and the speed and positional play of Mikheyev and Semyonov could allow for S ...
Nick Robertson and Alex Steeves have set the table for a feast of points next week in Traverse City.
... Michael Bunting and Jason Spezza, while William Nylander was at centre with Wayne Simmonds. The six expected starting defencemen were with regular season partners, Mor ...
Nick Robertson and Alex Steeves have set the table for a feast of points next week in Traverse City.
... Michael Bunting and Jason Spezza, while William Nylander was at centre with Wayne Simmonds. The six expected starting defencemen were with regular season partners, Mor ...
Nick Robertson and Alex Steeves have set the table for a feast of points next week in Traverse City.
... Michael Bunting and Jason Spezza, while William Nylander was at centre with Wayne Simmonds. The six expected starting defencemen were with regular season partners, Mor ...
For an NHL rookie making the roster at 18-years-old should be an accomplishment. But for fans and front offices, that isn't enough anymore.
... ne with a former MVP. When not playing with the two of them, Pavel Zacha and Wayne Simmonds were his most common linemates. This role was more suited to his skill level ...
Wayne Simmonds always seemed to be the dream Toronto Maple Leaf for a lot of fans, especially in his 30 goal power forward days from the early 2010s. Of course, when he finally joined the Leafs las…
... hat struggled for most of the year. Last Season… It didn’t take too long for Wayne Simmonds to find his way into most Leafs fans hearts. On opening night, he got in a f ...
The best second round pick gets a top five spot for the third time.
... g, not to mention returnees Ilya Mikheyev, Pierre Engvall, Jason Spezza, and Wayne Simmonds to all compete with prospects for ice time on the big team. However, the Mar ...
Strong performances in special teams usually leads to high placement in the standings. Looking back at previous Stanley Cup Champions, the Tampa Bay Lightning had the 9th best power play and 4th best penalty kill in 2020-21 and the 5th best power...
... outside of a few players, the offense wasn’t great. Giroux, Jakub Voracek, Wayne Simmonds, and Shayne Gostisbehere were the motors that made that power play churn. Th ...
A NHL GM has to do more than just put a good roster together. There is much more to literally manage. And one of the best games on the market to express is actually about being a soccer manager. This post explains what I learned from Football...
... , trading for P.K. Subban, trading for and signing Nikita Gusev, and signing Wayne Simmonds. Many were excited. I was excited. It all started to fall apart in the first ...
Taking a look at the forwards that the Maple Leafs could utilize this season as well as predictions as to who will be in the starting lineup.
... team like the Leafs hope to be. Extended for two more years this offseason, Wayne Simmonds could very likely make the Leafs top four lines next season to provide some ...
The Devils made some key additions. Will it make them a playoff contender in the Metropolitan Division?
... d Hughes, traded for P.K. Subban and Nikita Gusev and also signed free agent Wayne Simmonds. A team that looked like a darkhorse playoff contender, however, was so disa ...
