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The Leaf Report: A show about the Toronto Maple Leafs

The Athletic

A weekly look at the Toronto Maple Leafs with The Athletic's Jonas Siegel and James Mirtle, featuring in-depth coverage of the Blue and White throughout the NHL season.

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United States

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A weekly look at the Toronto Maple Leafs with The Athletic's Jonas Siegel and James Mirtle, featuring in-depth coverage of the Blue and White throughout the NHL season.

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English


Episodes
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Marner leading the Maple Leafs in Matthews absence

11/18/2024
Frankie Corrado joins Jonas and James to discuss Mitch Marner's sollid play in the absence of the injured Auston Matthews, the lack of centre ice depth not only on the Leafs but throughout the NHL. The guys talk about the 5 game suspension to Ryan Reaves, and how that will shape the 4th line, taking a chance on Marlies call ups to fill the void for struggling Leafs like Nick Robertson, Pontus Holmberg and Connor Dewar and ask where in the world is Calle Järnkrok? Hosts: Jonas Siegel and James Mirtle With: Frankie Corrado Producer: Jeff Domet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:53:47

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How real are the Maple Leaf 5 on 5 goal struggles?

11/14/2024
Jonas and James look back on the Leafs ugly loss to Ottawa and their overtime win over the Capitals on Tuesday and Wednesday night. The boys look into the teams issues scoring 5 on 5, the injury concerns to Auston Matthews, if William Nylander can win the Rocket Richard, they discuss the Maple Leafs lack of centre depth and evaluate defender Jani Hakanpää's debut vs the Caps. Hosts: Jonas Siegel and James Mirtle Producer: Jeff Domet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:51:15

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Life without Matthews, for now

11/6/2024
Jonas and James discuss the injury to captain Auston Matthews, and who, if anyone can step up in his place. The guys praise the rejuvenated power-play, the solid goaltending of Anthony Stolarz, and take a closer look at William Nylander's ice time and the lack of goal scoring from the bottom six, and offensive minded players like Max Domi and Nick Robertson. Hosts: Jonas Siegel and James Mirtle Producer: Jeff Domet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:01:01:09

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Maple Leafs trade Timothy Liljegren to Sharks for Matt Benning, pair of picks

10/30/2024
Jonas and James discuss the breaking news, the Maple Leafs trading Timothy Liljegren to the San Jose Sharks for a 2025 third-round pick, 2026 sixth-round pick and defenseman Matt Benning. The guys look back on Liljegren's time in Toronto, and look ahead to the return of injured defenceman Jani Hakanpää. Hosts: Jonas Siegel and James Mirtle Producer: Jeff Domet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:23:35

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Maple Leaf report cards, 10 games into the season

10/29/2024
Jonas and James recap the Maple Leafs win in Winnipeg on Monday night, the new look power-play and Jake McCabe's five year contract extension, before filling out report cards for the Leafs forwards, defenders, goaltending and coaching, ten games into the season. Hosts: Jonas Siegel and James Mirtle Producer: Jeff Domet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:01:02:04

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Dreamer Nazem Kadri's life on the edge

10/25/2024
Former Maple Leaf Nazem Kadri, Stanley Cup champion and current member of the Calgary Flames joins Jonas and James on this special edition of the Leaf Report to discuss his new book, Dreamer: My Life on the Edge, covering his humble beginnings, to becoming a Maple Leafs first round pick, finding his way as a top 6 forward in the NHL, his controversial suspensions, the trade to the Avalanche and ultimately becoming a historic champion, as the first Muslim Stanley Cup winner in the history of the NHL. Hosts: Jonas Siegel and James Mirtle With: Nazem Kadri Producer: Jeff Domet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:35:13

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Will Berube make changes after poor effort in Columbus?

10/23/2024
Jonas and James dissect the last three Maple Leaf games, a brutal effort in Columbus, the big win over Tampa and the loss to the Rangers on Saturday night. They critique the play of Anthony Stolarz, praise Chris Tanev's insane shot blocking prowess, and wonder, what if anything Craig Berube might change, leading up to the game Thursday vs St. Louis? Plus the guys get into the pros and cons of the rumoured extension for defender Jake McCabe. The boys welcome Craig Custance, author of The Franchise: The Business of Building Teams and discuss the philosophy of the Maple Leafs three most recent General Managers, Lou Lamoriello, Kyle Dubas and Brad Treliving. Hosts: Jonas Siegel and James Mirtle With: Craig Custance Producer: Jeff Domet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:01:04:35

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Encouraging, surprising and concerning week 1 Maple Leaf storylines

10/15/2024
Jonas and James welcome TSN and The Athletic Hockey show analyst Frankie Corrado to talk about one encouraging, one surprising and one concerning issue with this year's edition of the Maple Leafs, three games into the start of the season. Plus the guys discuss Timothy Liljegren's future with the Leafs, possible landing spots and the Leafs ongoing lack of centre depth. Hosts: Jonas Siegel and James Mirtle With: Frankie Corrado Producer: Jeff Domet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:51:11

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Evaluating early season Maple Leaf trends

10/11/2024
Jonas and James discuss the Maple Leafs first two games of the season, including the surprising goaltending duo of Anthony Stolarz and Dennis Hildeby, if Joseph Woll is indeed injury prone, the lacklustre power-play, the bottom six depth, the new look penalty kill and only one point so far from Matthews, Nylander, Marner and Tavares through two games. Plus the guys look ahead to the Maple Leafs home opener vs the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night. Hosts: Jonas Siegel and James Mirtle Producer: Jeff Domet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:34:00

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Timothy Liljegren's time with the Maple Leafs on thin ice

10/7/2024
With the Maple Leafs opening roster set, Jonas and James discuss five roster revelations, including Timothy Liljegren slotting 8th on the depth chart behind Conor Timmins and Philippe Myers, if Nick Robertson's breakout at camp can translate to the regular season, the Leafs giving up on William Nylander at centre before the experiment could really begin and Max Pacioretty and Steven Lorentz officially signing one year deals with the Leafs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:52:40

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Reasons for pessimism with the 24/25 Maple Leafs

10/3/2024
Jonas and James tackle five reasons for pessimism with the Maple Leafs upcoming 24/25 season, including the age of the team, especially on the blue line, the inexperience of the goaltending duo of Joseph Woll and Anthony Stolarz, the lack of an impact forward on the penalty kill, injury concerns, and the recent history of the Leafs lack of success in the postseason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:42:06

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Reasons for optimism for the 24/25 Maple Leafs

10/1/2024
Jonas and James breakdown five reasons to be optimistic for the upcoming Maple Leafs season, including Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and William Nylander entering their prime playing years, an improved defensive core, the penalty kill potential, Craig Berube's impact behind the bench and Matthew Knies set for a breakout season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:39:27

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Should the Leafs sign Marner now, or wait until free agency?

9/26/2024
Jonas Siegel and The Athletic and TSN hockey insider Chris Johnson deep dive, the next contract for polarizing Maple Leaf star player Mitch Marner. The guys compare and contrast previous extensions signed by fellow core four players Auston Matthews and William Nylander and they look at the pros and cons of signing him in season, or waiting til the end of the 2024/2025 NHL season, ahead of Marner's free agency on July 1st. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:45:10

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Are you buying William Nylander playing centre this season?

9/20/2024
Jonas Siegel and Joshua Kloke discuss 5 storylines from the first few days of training camp, including William Nylander playing centre, the defensive pairing of Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Jake McCabe, Nick Robertson paired with John Tavares and Bobby McMann, Easton Cowan's chances of breaking camp with the big club and what Max Pacioretty's role will be, if he makes the team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:45:48

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What should we expect from Mitch Marner this season?

9/17/2024
The Leaf Report returns for an all new season with host Jonas Siegel and guest co-host, former Maple Leaf and current TSN hockey analyst Frankie Corrado, filling in for James Mirtle. Jonas and Frankie answer a six pack of questions on the Leafs, including what Craig Berube's impact will be on the group this year? What should be expected from Mitch Marner with the microscope zeroed in on him in his free agent season? Who are the offseason additions they like the most and least? Which player is Frankie and Jonas looking forward to watching the most at training camp and what the teams biggest question mark is, going into the start of training camp on Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:40:58

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Have the Maple Leafs done enough to be a championship team?

7/9/2024
On the final Leaf Report of the season, Jonas and James discuss the departure of Wes Clark, the director of scouting for the Maple Leafs. The guys look back on the year that was for the Leafs, what went right, what went wrong and look ahead to how the team fares with the new additions Chris Tanev, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Anthony Stolarz, the return of Max Domi and why the signing of Jani Hakanpää isn't official yet. Plus, can youngsters Matthew Knies, Easton Cowan, Fraser Minton, Nick Robertson and Pontus Holmburg take the next step to strengthen the Leafs secondary scoring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:01:23:50

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Maple Leafs improve defence, but 'run back' forward group again

7/2/2024
Jonas and James recap the Maple Leafs free agency activity, signing Chris Tanev, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Jani Hakanpaa and extended Timothy Liljegren to bolster the blue line, Anthony Stolarz joining the extended Joseph Woll and the re-signed Matt Murray in goal and Max Domi returning to the forward group. The guys discuss the lack of improvement on the Leafs forward units, Nick Robertson's trade request and they take questions from Leafs nation in another edition of the Leaf Report Pod-bag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:01:32:04

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Defence targets for the Maple Leafs in free agency

6/25/2024
Jonas and James take a look at some of the intriguing names in free agency on the blue line that the Maple Leafs will be targeting on July 1st, including Brady Skjei, Brandon Montour, Matt Roy, Chris Tanev and Nikita Zadorov. Plus the guys address the Joseph Woll extension talks, what goalies could be brought in to support the youngster, and they provide an update on Mitch Marner's status as a Maple Leaf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:58:48

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Maple Leafs off-season mailbag

6/11/2024
Jonas and James answer your questions in an all mailbag edition of the Leaf Report, including who will round out Craig Berube's coaching staff, Mitch Marner moving to center, if the Leafs should move on from Timothy Liljegren and David Kampf, what players the Maple Leafs should target during free agency and so much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:01:06:48

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The future of Mitch Marner with the Maple Leafs

6/4/2024
Brian Hayes, the host of Overdrive on TSN Radio Toronto joins Jonas and James to discuss the Maple Leafs off-season including Mitch Marner's future in Toronto, the guys look at the Maple Leafs wants and needs, including punching up the goaltending, defence, second line centre and team depth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:52:15