Shoots Left and Writes

  Simon B The NHL trade deadline is exactly one week away. With the Leaf's goaltending in a critical state, it's clear that a netminder is of top priority for Kyle Dubas and his team. Jack Campbell is still more than a week away from returning from a rib injury and he's still a huge question mark. On the other hand, Petr Mrazek has been extremely unreliable of late. As many people have said, Toronto is still a top-tier team in the NHL and they haven't gotten Big League goaltending since the end of November. We can only sit and imagine where they'd be if they had gotten a save or two when it mattered. That said, here are a few trade propositions I believe the Leafs could possibly make in the upcoming days. Semyon Varlamov This one is complicated on many levels. First off, Dubas will have a very tough negotiator on the other side in Lou Lamoriello and it's going to be difficult for him not to give up many future assets to get Varlamov. The good thing here though i...

  Simon B Hi, website! It's been a while since I posted here, to say the least. Sometimes, life gets in the way of the things you wish you could do and unfortunately, that's what happened with this website.  That said, things have cleared up in my schedule and I'm super excited to be able to start writing again! I've got a few projects going for " shoots left and writes" and I get to wait to launch them! But for now, I can say that I will be posting two to three times a week on this website and I will continue to do it once the other projects get underway very very soon.  All I can say about these new projects is that shoots left and writes is going to become a cross-platform operation which will hopefully allow me to expand to more people! As I said, for now, I will start the website again as well as the Twitter page so be sure to check those out and give them a follow to help get this back up and running.  That's all for now! You can also follow this web...

 Game 2: Leafs vs. Sens Simon B It's literally the second game of the season and this team has already found a way to infuriate its entire fan base. The Leafs lost 3-2 to the Ottawa Senators in what was the Sens season opener last night, and they did it in a way that makes me feel like they didn't come to play. Sure, Ottawa is playing their first game of the season and the Leafs are on the second half of a back-to-back, but it's the Senators for crying out loud! Not only that, but their best player and, in my opinion, the future captain was in the stands waving to the crowd after signing his contract extension hours earlier. This entire game felt like the Leafs were possessed by some sort of evil dark-magic force that was preventing them from doing anything all while giving Ottawa almost every single lucky bounce in the world (except for that time they hit the post). I can tell you who that dark force is: themselves. The Toronto Maple Leafs’ worst enemy isn't the Canadi...

Game 1: Habs vs. Leafs Simon B Well, here's another season of Leafs hockey and for the second season in a row, I will post an article after every single Leafs game this season. It's a commitment, sure, but a fun one. So here we go! Sadly, I couldn't watch the whole game live because I had my own game to play last night. However, I watched a bunch of highlight packs so I’ll go based on what I saw there.  They were playing the Habs on home ice. The last time that happened...well, let's not go down that road. It's a new season, new players, and a new beginning. The seemingly impossible task of bringing the Stanley Cup to Toronto began last night with a pretty solid 2-1 win over Montreal.  Before I talk about the game though, I did notice something different about this home opener and I think you might've too: There were fans! A full house of fans. It was kind of weird at first when the background of the ice wasn't those tarps with ads on them anymore but it ...