The Leaf Report: A show about the Toronto Maple Leafs

Jonas and James praise the training camp and pre-season for winger Nick Robertson and where he best fits in on the roster. The guys project how the rest of the team will shape up, they comment on the signing of Rasmus Sandin and look ahead to contract extensions for Auston Matthews and William Nylander, ahead of another edition of the Leaf Report pod-bag. Subscribe to The Athletic Hockey Show on Y...

Jonas and James tackle a number of issues as training camp for the Maple Leafs is well underway. The boys take a closer look at Ilya Samsonov, Denis Malgin, Jordie Benn, Victor Mete, Calle Järnkrok, Adam Gaudette, Nick Robertson, Zach Aston-Reese and Nicolas Aube-Kubel have faired so far in camp. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Johnston joins James and Jonas to discuss the contract extension for Nathan MacKinnon and how it will affect Auston Matthews. CJ provides an update on the ongoing contract negotiations between the Leafs and Rasmus Sandin's camp, the injuries to Timothy Liljegren and Pierre Engvall and how it will affect the teams cap, and GM Kyle Dubas, without a contract for next season. Plus the guys answe...

On the season premiere of the Leaf Report, Jonas and James tackle the nine biggest storylines ahead of Maple Leafs training camp, including the fourth line, the salary cap numbers crunch, who will skate with John Tavares, will Rasmus Sandin sign and and how the new goaltending tandem of Matt Murray and Ilya Samsonov will work out. Plus, it's a jam packed pod-bag as James and Jonas take your questi...

Jonas and Mirtle welcome Sean McIndoe, Down Goes Brown from the Athletic to the season finale of the Leaf Report. DGB, Mirtle and Jonas go down an awesome rabbit hole, looking back on past Maple Leaf front office failures and relating those nightmare stories to how the current front office has done this off-season. The guys discuss the goaltending duo of Matt Murray and Ilya Samsonov, the possible...

Jonas and James look back on the Maple Leafs activity during free agency, acquiring Matt Murray via trade, and signing Ilya Samsonov, Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Adam Gaudette, Victor Mete and Jordie Benn as free agents. Jonas and Mirtle debate if the Leafs are any better after these player acquisitions, the relationship between the Leafs and Rasmus Sandin, and we wrap the podcast with breaking news, as C...

Jonas and James look back on the 2022 NHL draft, discuss the trade of Petr Mrazek to Chicago and the Leafs being linked to Ottawa goalie Matt Murray. Mirtle and Jonas look at the future of Rasmus Sandin, Ondrej Kase and Pierre Engvall in Toronto and take a look at players who might be available ahead of the qualifying offer deadline on Monday afternoon ahead of a pre NHL free agent Leaf pod mailba...

Jonas and James discuss the contract extension for blueliner Timothy Liljegren, what it means for Rasmus Sandin's contract negotiations, and weather Rasmus can adjust to the right side defence when he signs. The guys take a look at goaltending options including Marc-Andre Fleury, Ville Husso and Alexandar Georgiev, and Jonas and James stick tap Hart Trophy winner Auston Matthews and Stanley Cup ch...

Jonas and James tackle the Maple Leafs most pressing off-season need: goaltending. The guys discuss what it would take to bring Jack Campbell back to the fold, and if not Soup, then who are the most realistic goaltending options for the Maple Leafs. The guys discuss the challenges of re-signing RFA's Pierre Engvall and Ondrej Kase and if the Leafs will end up unloading Petr Mrazek, with Chicago an...

Jonas and James look back on Brendan Shanahan, Kyle Dubas and Sheldon Keefe's press conference after the Leafs were eliminated in seven games to Tampa Bay and take a look at some of the pressing concerns for the team this off-season including possibly moving John Tavares to the wing, re-signing Ilya Mikheyev, finding a right handed shot defender to play with Morgan Rielly, strengthening the fourth...

Jonas and James take a look back on the Maple Leafs 2-1, game seven loss to Tampa Bay on Saturday night and the first round series with the defending Stanley Cup champions overall. The guys discuss the failure of the power-play which ultimately may have cost the Leafs the series, the officiating, which players the team needs to bring back, and which ones they might have to turn the page on, and wh...

In episode two of the Future of Sports series, The Athletic's Mike Smeltz looks at how the team experience may change in the future: increased use of technology in gameplay, robotic umpires and the unique initiatives of a startup sports league. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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On the nine year anniversary of the Maple Leafs collapse in Boston in game 7, Jonas and James look back on the game 6 overtime loss to Tampa Bay on Thursday night. The guys praise Auston Matthews, John Tavares, William Nylander and Jack Campbell and the overall effort by the team. They discuss the glaring errors by Alex Kerfoot and Ilya Mikheyev and the penalty trouble that the team got into in th...

Jonas and James praise the work of John Tavares, William Nylander, Mitch Marner and Auston Matthews as the Maple Leafs win the pivotal game 5 vs the Lighting, setting up an elimination game 6 on Thursday night in Tampa Bay. The guys look at Jack Campbell's bounce back game, the positive contributions from Justin Holl and Mark Giordano and that inspirational intermission speech from Jason Spezza ah...

Jonas and James sift through a listless effort by the Maple Leafs in the game four, 7-3 loss to Tampa Bay. The guys dissect the play of Captain John Tavares and his line, Auston Matthews line, Jack Campbell's effort and the guys try to figure out defensive pairings that might work for coach Sheldon Keefe, ahead of game five. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jonas and James breakdown the game three win by the Maple Leafs on a special Saturday playoff edition of the Leaf Report. The guys praise the play of Jack Campbell and David Kampf and the evolution of Pierre Engvall and Ilya Mikheyev and discuss the changes that Sheldoin Keefe made to the Leafs lineup in game three. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jonas and James recap a disappointing game two for the Maple Leafs which sees their series with Tampa Bay tied at a game a piece. The guys discuss too many penalties, special team struggles, a cold John Tavares and a fourth line that continues to hamper Toronto. Jonas and Mirtle praise the work of Matthews and Marner and look ahead to what changes the Leafs should make to the lineup for game three...

Jonas and James break apart the Maple Leafs 5-0 win over defending Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay on night one of the NHL playoffs. The guys discuss the penalty kill on the five minute major to Kyle Clifford, the crowd factor, Mitch Marner's overall performance, David Kampf's contributions and Auston Matthews and Jack Campbell playing huge rolls in the Leafs win. Plus the guys look ahead to game t...

Jonas Siegel and James Mirtle host a live Leaf Report and welcome you to the show, taking your questions ahead of the playoffs for the Maple Leafs. Originally recorded at 3pm ET on Thursday, April 28th, 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jonas and James dissect the Maple Leafs three game road swing which included the beat down in Tampa Bay, the bounce back loss in OT to Florida and an ordinary performance in a shootout win vs Washington on Sunday night.  The guys talk about Jack Campbell's resurgence, load management for John Tavares and Timothy Liljegren, Jake Muzzin's injury, Ilya Mikheyev fantastic season which will have him ri...

Jonas and James return with a new Leaf Report on the heels of the Leafs win over Philadelphia on Tuesday Night. The guys discuss who the 2nd place Maple Leafs match up against best, the Tampa Bay Lightning or Boston Bruins in round one of the Stanley Cup playoffs.  Jonas and Mirtle play a Siegel copyrighted game, 'Concerned or Not Concerned', where we discuss Auston Matthews mysterious injury, the...

Jonas and James look back on what went wrong in the loss to Buffalo on Tuesday night and try to figure out why the team has struggled in all games played against the Sabres this season. The guys take a look at Auston Matthews scoring pace, and what number he might end up with by seasons end, they provide an update on unsigned Leafs prospect Matthew Knies, how veteran Mark Giordano has strengthened...

Chris Johnston from NorthStar Bets, TSN and The Chris Johnston Show podcast at the Athletic joins Jonas and Mirtle to discuss the Maple Leafs win over Tampa Bay and their OT loss in Florida which included the return of Jake Muzzin on defence, Jack Campbell having to play back to backs because of an in game injury to Erik Källgren and Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner's torrid scoring pace. We take...

Jonas and James look back on the Maple Leafs injury riddled win in Boston which saw the team lose goalie Petr Mrazek and defenders Justin Holl and Ilya Lyubushkin. The guys discuss Auston Matthews quest for 50 goals, and the path that the Leafs centre is on to becoming one of his generations best players. Plus the Leaf Report critique the play of Mark Giordano and how the veteran has solidified th...