Ladies Talkin’ Leafs

The NHL Allstar game is almost upon us, and the Leafs are heading into the weekend in pretty good shape. The team will have some additional time off with their bye week attached to the All Star break, and will hopefully head into it in style, with a win over Boston on February 1st. They won't play again until February 10th, and this couldn't be coming at a better time! With Auston Matthews joining the injured ranks, we're hopeful he will be feeling good to go when their schedule resumes, and he and the rest of his teammates will be ready for the final push to the playoffs. But we're getting ahead of ourselves! Before Mitch heads to FLA, we still have lots of Leafs' news to dive into. In this episode we look at what's good and bad in Leaf Land, as well as give you our highlights from the latest 6 game segment. In our Third Period, we are pleased to welcome back, Mike Augello, our freshly minted Ladies Talkin' Leafs Insider, to discuss what's happening behind the scenes with the Leafs as we approach the NHL Tra

We are just past the halfway point of the season and we already know that the Leafs are playing Tampa in the 1st round of the playoffs! With 38 games left to play, it is still possible that the Leafs' fate can change, but we're not holding our breath! We mentioned early in the season that Chris would be monitoring the team's losses to sub-par competition, and she delivers her first report on how many points we have given away to date. To say that these losses have made a negative impact is an understatement. We're hopeful that with more on the line in the second half, we can make more of these games count! Despite these losses to the lesser lights, things are still looking pretty good for the Leafs since the start of the new year! In our GBU segment, we discuss the positive steps the coaching staff have taken in an effort to preserve our players for the post-season, and what we would like to see more of, and of course a spark in the play of a certain player has caught our eye! We also look at what's been happ

Happy New Year Leafs Nation! We had a lovely Holiday, and we hope all of you did too! Did everyone get all the Leafs inspired gear and gifts that they were dreaming of? We hope so! In this, our first episode of 2023, the Ladies take a look back at the year that was and pick out their favourite moments from 2022 for a special instalment of the LTL Highlight Reel! While there were some obvious contenders for the top spots, at least one highlight, while not as obvious, may prove to be a significant one! Of course no episode would be complete without Leaf Talk, and we discuss the good and bad in Leaf Land, as well as what's coming up for the Buds. To wrap up the show, we are looking ahead at what we have in the works for 2023. We have a lot of things in the pipeline for you! There'll be new ways to interact with us, including a new segment, and a special recurring guest Insider. We're excited to be rolling out this new content, and can't wait to share it with you, so tune in to hear what's coming! And of course,

It's our final show for this year and we’re going to have some fun going into the Christmas/New Year break! We're going to talk Leafs as always cuz well... that's what we do, but we have a a couple special segments planned in celebration of the Holiday Season and to close out the year in style! Before we get into the show line-up, one final reminder, there is still time to enter our Merry Leafy Christmas Giveaway! We are giving away a pair of tickets to the January 23rd game vs the NY Islanders. Contest closes December 31st, so you still have time to enter. Listen for the details or check out our social media to find out how to enter. Now on to the show! In our final instalment of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, we highlight one of the new kids in town that is making his mark, lament our fate in the standings, and take a closer look at the 2 games we dropped vs the Rangers and the Caps. Then its time to get in the festive spirit, as we run the first ever Ladies Talkin' Leafs Gift Reel! Yes, we were feeling ge

November was bittersweet for Leafs Nation. While the team rounded out November on a roll with Magic Mitch continuing his points streak and tying the Maple Leafs franchise record, we also said farewell to the King, Borje Salming, who left us too soon, passing away after a brief battle with ALS. We are grateful to MLSE for allowing us all the opportunity to say goodbye in person, and we are sure that the commemorative patch that they created in support of ALS, will find their way into many stockings this holiday season. In the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, we shine the spotlight on AM34. He's quietly collecting the points, helping his teammates shine, and doing all the little things at both ends of the ice. On the flip side, we try to make sense of the team's struggles this season 3 on 3, and make our case for how to fix it. November had no shortage of LTL Highlight Reel worthy moments. With the way Mitch Marner has played, the whole segment could've been devoted to him! We did manage to find at least one other t

It feels like a lot has happened with our Leafs since our last episode. Coming back to the east coast seems to have been just what the doctor ordered. Top it all off with Hall of Fame weekend and a poignant tribute to Borje Salming, its been a memorable and moving couple of weeks! In our GBU segment, we are happy to report that some of our stars are starting to look like their old selves, and one even made our LTL Highlight reel again for only the second time this season! It was nice to not have any ugliness quickly come to mind, which we hope is a sign that the team has turned a corner. In our Third Period Segment, we have a new instalment of "On the Road with Chris and Syl", as we recount our latest trip to Raleigh, North Carolina! We were fortunate enough to be able to travel to see the Leafs play the Hurricanes on Nov 6th, on a tough back to back. We had a great time, and we're excited to share the highlights of the trip and all our travel tips with you! The schedule seems to be a bit better for the leafs

Things unfortunately have not gotten any better for the Leafs since our last episode.  Their record is 4-4-1 after the loss to the L.A. Kings, which oddly enough was the same record they had last season at the end of October. No doubt there's lots to dissect as we try to make sense of the teams stagnant start. While LeafsNation laments all the things that are going wrong, we did manage to find some bright spots to discuss in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Considering how nervous the goaltending situation made us at the start of the month, Ilya Samsonov has really taken the puck and skated away with it. Can’t even imagine where we would be right now if our goaltending was still a problem! The aforementioned goalie also makes his first appearance on the LTL Highlight Reel, sharing the spotlight with a stellar goal, and our one "W" in the win column. Here's to hoping that he continues to hold the fort, giving his teammates the support they need to dig their way out of this funk. Finally, in the Third

The NHL schedule makers weren’t very kind to the Maple Leafs giving them a back-to-back to start off the regular season and 3 games in 4 nights! It kicked off a somewhat tumultuous start with the team having a less than stellar performance vs. the Canadiens and once again, the injury bug hit the goaltending department with Matt Murray placed on LTIR dealing with an adductor injury. Even the Home Opener seemed low-key, and the Ladies break it all down in our segment The Good, The Bad and The Ugly! The Ladies Talkin’ Leafs Highlight Reel is back and we roll it with players who stood out in a positive way! Maybe Joey Slick and Bradley Scarborough will make an appearance after being stars at the Tim Horton’s drive thru! In the Third Period Segment we give our thoughts on the latest developments emerging from the Hockey Canada scandal. With the resignation of its Board of Directors, we discuss what the future may hold for the organization. Lastly, we wrap the show on a positive note, with the announcement of the w

Welcome to October and Season 4 of Ladies Talkin’ Leafs! The excitement of a new hockey season is building and soon our Maple Leafs will be embarking on their 106th NHL season! The pre-season schedule of games is almost complete and there are a lot of decisions to be made. For us there is no better way to address those decisions than by talking about it with Leafs reporter and the host of The Leafs Convo podcast, Mike Augello! We ask Mike his thoughts on the Leafs training camp and players that have stood out. What will the Leafs do to get under the cap? Is this the last kick at the can for Kyle Dubas? So many questions and Mike gives us a lot to think about as we consider what the Leafs opening night line-up could look like. The Ladies have also been brainstorming ways to make this 4th season of the podcast even better for you, our listeners! We are always aiming to improve the show, and in this episode we give you an update on what to watch for from us during the 2022-23 Leafs season! We drop a hint as to w

Welcome to our final Patio Season episode which we are recording on the last weekend of the summer! It’s been a great summer and for the first time in quite a while we are recording in person from the shores of Georgian Bay! The crickets have continued to sing into September, and it's remained hushed on the Leaf's news front. With training camps set to open mid-week, we expect all this to change in short order. With the aforementioned training camps getting underway, we begin this episode with a preview of some of the players vying for jobs, and our expectations surrounding the bottom six and goaltending. Then we have a special edition of the LTL Highlight Reel featuring our top three moments from the summer. Our top pick was a tough one! Let's just say it involves at least one very high-performing athlete. And for The Third Period, we take a look at the Coaching Carousel in the NHL. Find out which teams have a new voice behind the bench as we discuss who went where and the potential implications these moves

Hope you are all enjoying these last few weeks of summer and welcome to our 3rd Anniversary show! It’s been a great 3 years and it’s all because of you LeafsNation, that we are going strong and we thank you so much for listening and following us! It's been very quiet in Leaf Land over the last month. Unusually so! Even the rumour mill has been struggling! But as many of you know by now, we can always find something to talk about when it comes to the Leafs! Since we recently joined the Bleav Network, we figured this is the perfect time to get reacquainted with our veteran listeners, and introduce ourselves to the rookies experiencing our show for the first time. In our first segment we share the story of how we became Leaf Fans, as well as some of the memories that we've shared over the years. The desire for Leafs news is strong no matter the time of year. Unfortunately, not much has happened with the Leafs since our last episode, which we kind of thought would be the case. Nothing on the newswire? No problem!

July has gone by super fast! We are now into August and we have some exciting news to share! We have been hinting at this for some time, and we can finally reveal that we have joined the Bleav Network! Our show has come a long way since we started in September 2019, and this milestone would not have been possible without you our incredible listeners! We thank you from the bottom of our hearts, and hope you will continue to join us at our new home on Bleav. Hard to believe we'll be welcoming a new NHL season in just about 6 weeks with training camps set to begin. While the offseason got off to a wild start, things have quieted some, but as always there's still plenty to talk about. We get this episode up and running with a look at Leafs Development Camp and at the 2022-23 season schedule. We have been dying to talk to you about all of Dubas's moves to date, so don't waste any time getting into whose out and whose in. We've each chosen our potential impact players. Listen in to see if you agree with our picks!

Now that he Cup has been handed out, we can officially say patio season is here!  The next few weeks are going to be a little crazy, and Chris and Syl are trying to stay calm despite the lack of news on the Leafs front.  So many questions need to be addressed, from what the defence is going to look like next season, to the never ending speculation about the goaltending , to what Kyle Dubas might do at free agency.  The Ladies have their thoughts on all of it, and like the rest of Leafs Nation are waiting to see how it all shakes out! One thing that there is no question about, is the greatness of Auston Matthews. For the 2021-22 NHL season Matthews won the Hart Trophy as League MVP, the Ted Lindsay Award and the Rocket Richard Trophy, and this episode we celebrate all his career milestones to date!  It’s been 67 years since a Leaf has won the Hart Trophy and that alone is unbeleafable! In honour of Auston Matthews, Chris and Syl have picked their top 3 AM34 career highlight reel moments in a special Patio Seas

The Stanley Cup Final is set to go, which means that we should start hearing a bit more chatter from NHL teams.  There has been some Leaf news and, of course, the Ladies are always set to bring you up to date with what’s been going on with the Blue and White!  We start the show discussing the NHL Draft, which is being held July 7th and 8th at the Bell Centre in Montreal.  This year’s draft is said to be quite deep with many talented hockey players and the Leafs have 3 picks.  We will highlight a few players that the Leafs could be looking at to add to and improve the organization’s prospect pool.When it comes to prospects who are currently a part of the organization, Kyle Dubas said he hopes to see the progression of players from the Marlies pushing for jobs at Leafs training camp in September.  We discuss a few Marlies who should get the opportunity to make the club next season.For our Third Period segment we are excited to have a special guest join us on the show! Mike Augello is a Leafs reporter, and co-ho

It’s been just over 2 weeks since the Leafs were eliminated from the playoffs, but it feels like such a long time ago!  The Ladies have been busy and the Leafs added to this by taking care of some business in the past couple weeks, giving us even more to discuss--which we love!In this episode we get you up-to-date with the latest team news and we give the team our grades for the 2021-22 regular season.  Find out who made our honour roll, where we saw improvements and where things didn’t go so well.  Leafs Nation is very much into the details, so as a bonus, we looked back and compared notes with our gradings from the 2019-20 season.  The comparison made for some fun discussion!Continuing with some fun, the regular season was impressive with a lot of player and franchise records being broken!  Many of these record breaking moments made our LTL Highlight Reel and we’ve chosen our top 3 highlight reel moments of the 2021-22 regular season.  Tune in to find out who made the best of the LTL Highlight Reel!No doubt

It’s not the ending that we or any Leaf fan wanted or expected, but once again the Leafs lost in the first round of the playoffs in a Game 7. Yes, the core group of players lead the team in points. Yes the refereeing was horrible! And yes, they gave it their all, but ultimately it ended with the same, all too familiar result. Chris and Syl grade the team on their keys to the series in the segment, “Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down”, and in an extended “Third Period” segment we ask the question, where did it go wrong for the Leafs in this series? So many ways you can go with this question! Specific points in the series, special teams, depth players and the Ladies cover all the angles!LeafsNation is a passionate and knowledgeable fan base and we received many comments on our social media accounts about this series and how it ended. From the team’s play on the ice to the playoff format, while we couldn't get to them all, we enjoyed giving our opinions on what our followers had to say and we thank everyone who submitted co

It’s a big week for the Leafs with their series vs. the Tampa Bay Lightning becoming a best 2 out of 3! So far the series has been up and down and special teams have played a big role.In this playoff episode we are introducing a new segment to go along with the ups and downs of the playoffs. We are calling it “Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down”! We're reviewing our keys to the series and giving each of them a thumbs up or thumbs down. To this point, let’s just say the Leafs have some work to do!One area that the Leafs do have going for them, is the play of our bottom-6 forwards. Depth scoring plays a big role in the playoffs and there have been a few highlight reel moments that have made a difference for the Leafs in this series. Tune in to find out who impressed us and made the LTL Playoff Highlight Reel!Also in this episode, we check out a couple of the other series that are going on and give some thoughts on who’s making a difference for their team! We even give some praise to a player that we aren’t a fan of at all!

The Leafs quest for the Stanley Cup has begun anew! Chris and Syl are excited and ready to bring you more of Ladies Talkin’ Leafs on a weekly basis! Be sure to follow and listen  to our show and we will have you ready for all that is to come in this series vs. the Tampa Bay Lightning and beyond!We kick off our 2022 playoff edition of the show with some keys to the series! Special Teams have already played a factor and that will continue as the games are played. No doubt Game 1 was one of the best games the Leafs have played recently, but we know adversity will come. How will the Leafs face the adversity? Tune in to get our thoughts  on this and other keys to the series!Game 1 is in the books and it gave us a quite a few highlight reel moments! We are rolling the Ladies Talkin’ Leafs Playoff Highlight Reel, and for one of our selections we're taking a cue from Leafs Head Coach Sheldon Keefe. Can you guess what that is? Listen to the show to see if you are right!For the first instalment of our playoff edition T

A couple weeks left in the NHL season and the Leafs are in 2nd place in the Atlantic Division, which would give them home ice for the first round of the playoffs! There have been so many regular season milestone moments for the players and the team, but the focus remains on  what can be achieved in the post season. In this episode's segment of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, we give some love to Pierre Engvall, who has been in our doghouse and Sheldon Keefe’s for much of this season! We also explore the connection between the  2  Ilya’s and, while Justin Holl has been trying his best to make our LTL Highlight Reel, unfortunately the Ladies haven't been impressed!Our Highlight Reel includes a couple of players who have recently picked up their offensive production, and the milestone moments continue to add up for Auston Matthews! It’s been an incredible season for #34, and while there  is no doubt that he's proud of his accomplishments, he says he is focused on even bigger things! Leafs Nation is happy to hear

We are in the final month of the NHL’s regular season and it’s hard to believe we are closing in on the completion of our first full 82-game season of the podcast and the best is yet to come!The Leafs are on a bit of a roll coming out of the trade deadline and the additions of Mark Giordano and Colin Blackwell have been positive! In this episode we talk about the Giordano effect on the Leafs blueline. We are also blowing the whistle on the referees, and agree with Darcy Tucker that former Leaf coach Pat Quinn would not be happy at all with the refs! On a positive, the Leafs are leading the league in shorthanded goals and the player who leads the team in scoring shorty’s has made our LTL Highlight Reel! Tune in to find out who that player is!Over the past few weeks there have also been a lot of impressive stats, including the obvious one of Auston Matthews joining the 50-goal club. Mitch Marner hit a career high in goals and now has 30 goals and counting. The Ladies talk about the Leafs dynamic duo and we also