Tag: Toronto Maple Leafs

Blue Jackets prospects show offensive prowess in Traverse City

By Jim den Hollander  Editor/Publisher  Midwesthockey.info  For the past few days, the resignation of former head coach Mike Babcock before running his first practice has not just been the top story for the Columbus Blue Jackets.  The signing of Babcock earlier this season gave Columbus fans reasons to be optimistic of a quick turnaround and

Blues looking for quick turnaround and have tools to get it done

By Jim den Hollander   Editor/Publisher  Midwesthockey.info  This is the fifth and final off-season story giving a quick look at the past season and an early look at the season ahead for the five Midwest-based NHL teams.  Four seasons removed from hoisting the Stanley Cup for the first time in league history, the St. Louis

Rebuild made official for Hawks with 2022 Entry Draft moves

By Jim den Hollander   Editor/Publisher  Midwesthockey.info  When Chicago Blackhawks fans awoke on July 7, they had little to look forward to that night with no first-round selections in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal.  By the time they turned in for the night they had witnessed perhaps the busiest day in terms of moves

Leafs finally solve Korpisalo, even series with Blue Jackets

All things considered, it was just one game, but the Columbus Blue Jackets head to work today hoping it wasn’t a turning point in its Eastern Conference Best of Five Qualification series with the Toronto Maple Leafs. There’s two ways of looking at what happened in a 3-0 loss to the Leafs in Toronto Tuesday

Korpisalo shutout lifts Jackets to win in opener

An awesome defensive effort and standout goaltending from Joonas Korpisalo led the Columbus Blue Jackets past the Toronto Maple Leafs in their NHL Eastern Conference Qualifying Series opener Sunday. Korpisalo turned aside every one of the 28 Leafs’ shots and they needed every one of them as it wasn’t until an empty netter with 19