The Toronto Maple Leafs have made waves with the acquisition of defenseman Chris Tanev and their strategic moves in the 2024 NHL Draft. Let's dive into the details of these significant developments.

The Leafs have bolstered their defensive lineup by trading for Chris Tanev, a move that has generated a lot of buzz among fans and analysts alike.

At 34 years old, Tanev's age is a consideration, and there are rumors that his contract term could be between 6-7 years. While this long-term commitment has potential risks, the immediate benefits he brings to the team could outweigh these concerns.

If the Leafs do lock him up, the team stands to gain a proper shut down pair in Tanev and McCabe or a legitimate partner for Morgan Rielly. Tanev's fit within the team will be crucial, and fans are eager to see how he integrates with the existing defensive structure.

The Leafs' approach to the 2024 NHL Draft was both strategic and forward-thinking, involving several trades and carefully considered selections.

The Leafs traded their 23rd overall pick to Anaheim in exchange for the 31st and 58th picks. Subsequently, they traded the 58th pick for Florida’s 2025 second-round pick and the 225th pick. This maneuvering means the Leafs have no picks in the first four rounds of 2025, but the additional second-round pick, though likely late, provides flexibility for future trade deadline acquisitions or restocking their prospect pool.

The Leafs selected Ben Danford from the Oshawa Generals with the 31st overall pick. Danford, standing at 6'1" and weighing 194 lbs, is seen as a promising prospect. According to those familiar with his play, Danford has a range of translatable skills to the NHL level, which is a significant asset for a player selected late in the first round.

Scouting reports from various experts have praised Danford’s potential. The Director of Scouting for McKeen’s Hockey noted that Danford possesses several key attributes that could make him a valuable player at the NHL level.

For those interested in detailed draft analysis and prospect breakdowns, Scouching.ca is a recommended resource. Additionally, understanding NHLE (NHL Equivalency) models can provide further insight into how well a player's performance in junior leagues might translate to the NHL.

The acquisition of Chris Tanev and the strategic moves in the 2024 NHL Draft reflect the Leafs' commitment to strengthening their roster and planning for the future. Tanev's addition brings a seasoned, defensively reliable presence, while the draft picks add promising talent to the team's prospect pool. As the season progresses, it will be exciting to see how these changes impact the Leafs' performance on the ice.

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Welcome back to another episode of the Rink Rat Report Podcast. THE LEAFS GOT IT DONE! After a bit of a tough game 1 the Leafs are headed home with a 1-1 series tie against the Bruins. We do a deep dive into game 1 including: What changes did we see in the Leafs vs. the changes we were looking for and what were the keys to the Leafs winning this game.

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00:00 recapping the Leafs last 3 games against the San Jose Shark, the Los Angeles Kings and the Anaheim Ducks 05:30 Key takeaways from the 3 games and looking into the problem of the Leafs so far this year 19:00 Discussing the Sheldon Keefe line deployment like the Robertson, Nylander, and Malgin and the lineup decision in bringing in the forwards 28:30 Discussing some hand tracked stats from Cam Charron and some underlying issues that may not be sorted throughout the year 36:29 Theory crafting some forward lines 50:00 Defense structure 1:09:41 Goaltending discussion with Matt Murray coming back, Ilya Samsonov and Erik Kallgren 1:38:29 Around the league

(00:00) Starting off with the Dallas Stars game, where Nick Robertson scored 2 goals to help win the game, (09:30) Next we move to the Winnipeg Jets game where the leafs dominated 4-1 with the help of Wayne Simmonds and Kyle Clifford and touching on our goalie situation (23:36) Last game recap of the week is the 3-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights and our issue with the depth scoring (30:00) tangent on the depth scoring and the holes the leafs need to fill after losing Ilya Mikheyev, Ondrej Kase and Jason Spezza (45:08) Victor Mete and the defensive pairings as well as looking back at Ilya Lyubushkin

To kick off the show we recap all the games that happened since the last episode starting with a 3-2 win over the Washington Capitals with Auston Matthews getting his first goal of the season to give the Leafs the lead.  From there they talk about the 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators at home with two of the most offensivley prolific players on the leafs scored to help vault the team to victory, Justin Holl and David Kampf.  Finishing with the brutal 4-2 loss to the Arizona State Coyotes at home where the leafs were booed off the ice.  The boys discuss what happened in that game and look for any bright spots.  With only 4 games into the season we discuss the sentiment around the leafs and their fanbase.  Then we get into the injury news with Matt Murray being moved to LTIR and Jake Muzzin being moved to IR.  We breakdown the possible options for the leafs and the potential long term impact of these injuries if either of these players are out long term.  Moving behind the bench, we talk about the lineup changes coming for the next game and the blender lines we saw in the 3rd period against the Coyotes with michael bunting moving off the first line and Alexander Kerfoot getting the opprotunity to play with Mitchell Marner and Auston Matthews.  As well we talk about Sheldon Keefe calling out the elite players on the team only to backtrack the next day.  Finally we touch on the upcoming week of games between the Dallas Stars, the Winnipeg Jets and the Vegas Golden Knights.  Into around the league we look at the most suprising starts for players and teams and the injury situation for Ekblad and Landeskog

The boys break down the first game of the year which was a 4 - 3 loss to the Montreal Canadiens.  WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED???? We discussed our thoughts on the lines, the new look 2nd line, how our defence core played and how the goaltending played.  Then we look ahead to see if there are any changes we would like to see moving forward to next game and over the coming weeks

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(00:00) Recapping the last preseason game and seeing how Adam Gaudette, Rasmus Sandin and Denis Malgin played (10:27) Reacting to the leafs opening day roster from the decision to send nick robertson down, to starting the season with Matt Murray in net and Denis Malgin securing a position on the opening day lineup, as well as gushing over Mitch Marner and Auston Matthews (28:42) Breaking down the decision to go with John Tavares and William Nylander together vs the potential of splitting them up as well as Denis Malgin (51:56) Michael Bunting contract extension talks (57:00) Quick goalie talk about Matt Murray and Ilya Samsonov (1:02:37) Projecting the teams we think will make the NHL Playoffs
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(00:00) recapping the last 3 preseason games between the Habs and the Senators, covering Nicholas Robertson and Denis Malign among other forwards (15:00) Discussing the leafs powerplay in the preseason game against montreal with Michael Bunting in the net front position and as a low pass option (20:00) Discussing some potential AHL guys who we could see in the lineup later in the year as an insurance policy (26:25) Looking at the goalie tandem of Matt Murray and Ilya Samsonov (41:07) Looking into the leafs opening day roster and who could slot in where with the leafs regular season around the corner (1:13:58) Around the league with Logon Thompson, Jason Robertson and Matthew Barzal

(00:00) Introduction and a little gripe with sportsnet (03:30) Injury bug takes a bite out of Jake Muzzin and John Taveres, Alexander Kerfoot and Calle Jarnkrok look to fill in that role in the meantime and what the Leafs top 6 might look like (15:01) Getting into the first preseason game with standouts from William Nylander, Denis Malgin, and Ponuts Holmberg (21:44) Adam Gaudette (28:10) Zach Aston-Reese and final thoughts on the first game (42:59) Getting into game 2 with standouts from Calle Jarnkrook, Ilya Samsonov and Michael Bunting (43:11) Matt Murray (48:43) Nicholas Aube-Kubel and Bobby McMann (57:55) Guys to keep an eye on next game (1:00:44) Around the league, Spencer Knight.

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(00:00) Prospect tournaments and the low down on Nicholas Abruzese, Nicholas Robertson and Fraser Minten and why did Matthew Knies, Topi Niemla and Roni Hirvonen miss this tournament? (20:30) Injuries to Pierre Engvall and Timothy Liljegren has caused some questions with what our lineup will look like and how does it relate to Rasmus Sandin (44:58) Who we think we should be looking out for the Leafs pre-season (53:34) Nathan Mackinnon new deal and how it relates to Auston Matthews new contract and if it has any bearing on the Kyle Dubas contract (01:07:20) In very serious news, the Toronto Maple Leafs have announced a sponsorship with the Dairy Farmers of Ontario to have MILK on the leafs jersey.

0:00 Zach Aston Reese signed to a PTO 8:00 leafs possible line combinations 22:00 Projected Leaf player production. Over Under? Nylander improvement? Tavares step back? 26:00 Matthews 32:00 Marner 38:00 William Nylander 45:00 John Tavares 54:00 Morgan Rielly 57:30 Michael Bunting 1:02:00 Rapid Fire

(00:00) going over our NHL pretender’s based on their Draftkings point totals (20:00) going over our NHL contender’s based on their Draftkings point totals (35:00) How do these contenders compare to the leafs, the leafs top 6 with Matthews and Marner and the leafs d-core with Muzzin and Rielly (50:00) other teams around the league that could compete.

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Welcome back to the Rink Rat Report Podcast. Spoiler alert, the Leafs lost game 1. We take a deep dive into Game 1 and look for what the Leafs should look to change in order to have better results in Game 2.

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(05:39) Goalies for Team Canada (17:50) Defenceman for Team Canada (26:47) Owen Power vs. Noah Dobson side bet (27:10) back to defenceman, does Morgan Rielly make it? (33:10) Team Canada Forwards, Mitch Marners a lock does John Taveres make it?  (49:04) Team USA Goalies (57:50) Team USA defenseman (1:07:18) Team USA Forwards, Matthews is a lock! (1:12:33) Kreider vs. Larkin side bet (01:22:50) Nazem Kadri signing and a little blurb about Nick Robertson development curve and the leafs odds to win the cup
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(00:00) 2022 breakout player of the year (07:00) Our picks from last year (14:30) Nine of our Breakout Forwards (37:50) the forwards who we didn’t pick (44:40) Six of our Breakout Defensemen (1:09:48) Three of our Breakout Goalies

(00:00) A quick touch on FA signings (04:12) Jonathan Huberdeau (9:50) John klingberg (14:01) Andrew Mangiapane (16:00) Jesper Bratt (17:45) Lawson Crouse (18:50) Pavel Zacha (20:20) Jonas siegenthaler and Mario Ferraro (25:00) Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci (27:50) Miles Wood (29:39) Kayler Yamamoto and Jesse Pulijarvi (30:50) Nicolas Roy (32:35) Mathieu Joseph (33:42) Oliver Kylington (35:17) Ethan Bear (36:30) Yakov Trenin and the rest (39:19) Bounce Back candidates

(00:00) outlining our criteria and our “top tier” (16:36) running through the next set of players in tier 2 (32:22) deciphering whos in and out of our tier 3 (43:00) we change the rules and round out the list

(00:00) Breaking down the Tkatchuk for Huberdeau and Weegar (26:59) Patrick Laine signing for 4 years x 8.7 mill and Bjorkstrand trade (35:20) a deep dive into Nino Niedereiter on his 2 year x 4 mill deal and Sonny Milano (40:28) introducing the rinkies and giving out our first award to Brandon Lemuiex (43:08) Top media member (47:35) Top defensive defenseman (52:05) Biggest underachieving team (58:06) Most overrated season (1:04:08) Most underrated season (1:09:18) Grit Grinder of the year (1:13:38) The Rick Nash New York Ranger award

(00:00) what the leafs lost in free agency, an ode to Jack Campbell (08:37) Discussing the Matt Murray trade and Matt Murray the player (21:55) Ilya samsonov  (47:01) Calle Jarnkrook (53:16) Nicolas Aubé-Kubel (57:16) Adam Gaudette and Denis Malgin (1:01:01) Victor Mete & Jordie Benn (1:06:39) Pierre Engvall (1:10:45) Rasmus Sandin (1:19:20) Rating the Leafs offseason so far (1:27:39) Around the league (2:00:30) Free Agents that are available

(00:00) Recapping the Mrazek trade and using a wee bit of hindsight

(17:37) Other trades throughout the league

(21:19) Matt Murray and what will the leafs goaltending situation look like?

(43:15) Qualifying offers and what the leafs might do

(56:30) A quick discussion on roster construction

(1:02:00) Forwards to look at heading into free agency

(00:00) Leafs draft day memories

(7:50) what the leafs could do on draft day

(19:00) storylines leading up to the draft

(34:00) Leafs Forwards outlook going into next season

(45:10) Leafs Defence outlook going into next season

(59:10) Leafs Goaltending outlook going into next season

(1:10:13) around the league

(00:00) The price of winning the cup going deep in the injuries

(16:00) what a team needs to win in the NHL and other stanley cup storylines

(28:00) Goaltending and some tactical edges for the team

(34:20) Controversy after controversy after controversy

(42:00) How does this affect the leafs (lol)

(49:20) Nazem Kadri

(56:12) Leafs goalie talk

(1:02:35) Timothy Liljegren extension

(1:21:50) favourite storylines of the year

The regular season is finally over and the playoffs are just around the corner. In a bit of an unexpected turn to finish the season the Leafs will play the Boston Bruins in the first round of the playoffs. The years 2013, 2018 and 2019 are behind us. How do the current day Toronto Maple Leafs stack up against the Boston Bruins?

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Who will win Boston or Toronto and in how many games?

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(02:10) Game 2 and the blowout of tampa

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(00:00) Goalie coach Steve Briere and Toronto Maple Leafs part ways

(05:50) Avalanche defeat the Oilers and advance to the stanley cup finals

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(39:20) New York vs Tampa Bay 3-2 heading back to Tampa

(1:02:20) Bruce Cassidy fired

(01:20) We love Spezza and some rasmus sandin “rumours”

(09:12) Carolina and Calgary post mortem

(38:10) Stat surfing

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(44:20) Preview of the Eastern Conference finals and reaction to blowout in game 1

(1:03:10) Preview of the Western Conference finals and reaction to the controversy in game 1

(01:26) Giordano signing and William Nylander controversy (shocker???) 

(20:46) Goalie stat surfing

(23:59) Nylander vs Ehlers vs Fiala

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(32:55) Tampa sweeps Florida after a strip club escapade

(53:50) Battle of Alberta is absolutely bananas

(1:04:00) Carolina vs New York… will Carolina get an away win?

(1:10:30) Colorado vs St. Louis giving the battle of Alberta a run for their money

(00:00) meandering thoughts

(06:10) survey questions

(07:14) Should sheldon keefe be back next year?

(20:58) do you bring Kyle Dubas and Brendan Shanahan back?

(26:00) What are your biggest need for the leafs to address

(34:10) Would you trade william nylander, auston matthews or mitch marner

(41:07) What level of changes are needed with the current roster?

(43:50) What archetype of forward do the leafs need to add?

(51:10) Would you give Jack Campbell 5mill a year for 4 years?

(56:00) Who would you rather have Jack Campbell, Villie Husso or Darcy Kuemper?

(1:01:00) Rate the leafs season out of 10.

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(1:12:00) Who should stay and who should go?

(1:40:00) around the league

00:00) game recap and giving tampa their respects

(15:00) Tough calls and who played well?

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(23:21) who we thought struggled?

(38:20) Inflection point for this core and underrated storylines

(40:32) Listener DM’s

(00:00) Recapping the game

(13:35) Sportsnet related rant

(18:50) touch on officiating

(23:00) pain

(24:37) more pain

(30:58) more more pain

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(39:10) how we feel going into game 7

(00:00) Initial thoughts after the game

(21:00) How the leafs defenceman played

(29:40) Jack Campbells play tonight

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(50:20) our first star of the nights

(00:00) recapping game 4 and our lineup decisions going in

(08:05) recapping the beats of the game

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(54:00) The Leafs moving forward and looking at other series

Welcome back to another episode of the Rink Rat Report Podcast. The regular season is slowly coming to a close as the Leafs only have 4 games remaining. We take you through the games against the Habs, Penguins and Devils. Were these games on par with expectations and was there anything that needs adjusting before playoffs?

Next we get into the Leafs’ lines. With Mitch Marner back into the lineup it made things a bit clearer, but there are still some utilization questions that we have.

If the Leafs are up 1 in the 3rd period with 4 minutes left, which lines are they going to be rolling? Who is going to take the tough matchups against the other teams’ best players.

Lastly we close it out with a look at the Eastern conference playoff race.

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(00:00) Recapping the game
(24:13) Listener questions live
(40:00) are we worried about john tavares
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(50:00) DM questions

(00:00) Recapping the goals this game

(16:34) Fan submitted question

(23:00) Forward group and our lines

(40:00) Best players this game for the leafs

(00:00) Recapping the 5 goals from the Leafs
(19:00) the group looking confident throughout the game
(24:00) How we thought the D core played
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(31:30) Quick takes and recapping the line brawl
(38:50) Lineup decisions and what is next for tampa?
(48:00) Next steps for the leafs

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(01:30) recap of last week games

(19:10) optimal forward lines 

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(39:02) Muzzin looks REALLY hurt, Lybushkin woes

(55:30) Preview of playoff matchups

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• Recap of the 4 games this week
• How did the goalies play this week
• New look Liljegren w/ Reilly, Muzzin injury?
• JT and Nylander with and without stats, The BLENDER and prospect musing
• Who would YOU rather play in the first round?

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(1:50) Recap of the 4 games this week

(11:23) Return of the Jack, Some discourse on the back to back

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(28:10) Lineup decisions, Strong defensive efforts, Coach’s lines vs our lines

(47:05) Nick Abruseze debut, figuring out lines 2-4, William Nylander struggles at 5 on 5

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(01:50) recap of the games of the week

(14:24) Liljegren and Giordano, how we’ll look for the playoffs, more injuries

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(35:30) First line is the best 5on5 line in the NHL, Mikheyev and Nylander swapped how it affects 2nd and 3rd, 4th line is a doozy

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(00:00) Quick trade deadline recap

(02:22) Review of the games this week

(11:30) The revolving door at second line left wing, nick robertson and Colin Blackwell

(32:48) Giordano rundown, New pairings injury and acquisitions

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(42:10) The almost Fleury trade, Kallgren vs Mrazek

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(00:00) Leafs trade for Giordano and the effect on our Defensive core, Colin Blackwell causing a kerfuffle at forward and where he fits and Dermott gets moved and the moves we didn’t make

(34:30) Mrazek and goalie situations

(41:15) Atlantic division trades - Tampa, Boston, Florida, and more eastern division moves

(54:00) How do we feel about the price for forwards and the deadline in general

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Welcome back to another episode of the Rink Rat Report podcast. We are inching towards the Stanley Cup Playoffs and it’s starting to become more clear who the Leafs’ first round opponent will be.

We took a look at the games from the week that was against the Capitals, Sabres, Panthers and the Lightning. Also took a deeper look into the Lightning game and broke down some clips on a couple of the goals against.

To cap it off we compared 5 on 5 stats between the Leafs, Panthers and the Bruins. Who is a better matchup for the Leafs: The Bruins or The Panthers.

Who would you rather the Leafs play?

Comment with your thoughts!

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(00:48) Last week in review

(07:46) 2nd & 4th Line, Nick Robertson’s impact and some forward prospect talks

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(29:28) Lyubushkin vs. Liljegren with Rielly, Dermott scratched, Holl and Brodie pair

(45:08) Petr Mrazek woes vs. Eric Kallgren, who gets the crease?

(1:03:40) Around the league

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03:30 the week in a few words

07:17  Critique of the goalies this week

20:55 Defence man and some trade talk

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52:43 Forward group and Kyle Clifford signing

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(02:34) recapping our criticisms from last week and how they apply to the leafs this week (forwards) 

(28:48) recapping our criticisms from last week and how they apply to the leafs this week (defence) 

(45:48) recapping our criticisms from last week and how they apply to the leafs this week (goalies) 

(56:34) Stat surfing - Seattle Kraken, Michael Bunting for Calder rant, 5on5 points for forwards 

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