Sure, the Leafs should consider trading Dennis Hildeby.... for Quinn Hughes. The trade is 1-for-1.

Morgan Rielly is always going to be subpar defensively but it's a lot more palatable if he's scoring 60 points a season. It's a lot more problematic if he's a 35-40 point defenseman. On pace for 64 right now.

Leafs 2nd PP unit looks miles better than the 1st.

The Blues have a minus-27 goal differential but are suddenly just 2 points out of a playoff spot. What a strange league.

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Not the Leafs best effort but Dennis Hildeby steals them a point is not a sentence I thought I'd be typing in December of this season.

Very impressive stuff from Hildeby tonight. Moment does not look too big for him.

Gotta admire the Blue Jackets commitment to keeping basically the entire Eastern Conference in the playoff race by going to OT every night.

Tom Wilson on the small ice at the Olympics:

15 goals in 13 games. Contract and Olympic year Jason Robertson is something to behold. #TexasHockey

New for @sportsnet There are a handful of Canadian goalies having great seasons, but none with the big-game pedigree of Jordan Binnington. How much weight should that carry when choosing Canada's starter at the Olympics? #stlblues www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...

New for @sportsnet There are a handful of Canadian goalies having great seasons, but none with the big-game pedigree of Jordan Binnington. How much weight should that carry when choosing Canada's starter at the Olympics? #stlblues www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...

Troy Stecher has now been on the ice for the last 5 goals the Leafs have scored.

Alex Ovechkin on pace for 40 goals at age 40 is something. #ALLCAPS

Hard to believe the Leafs and Panthers played a second round 7-game series last May and will now battle to get out of last place in the East in December.

If the Leafs did do a soft sell, there probably would be a good market for some of their D (OEL, Carlo, dare I say Rielly) based on the 2026 UFA class of D-men. Carlson, McDonagh, Andersson will likely be off the board by then, too. Not exactly a loaded class. #LeafsForever

Sunday Overreactions for @sportsnet The Avalanche are on pace for 138 points this season, which is 3 more than the all-time record the Bruins posted in 2022-23. Are they destined for the greatest regular season we've ever seen? #GoAvsGo www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...

Sunday Overreactions for @sportsnet The Avalanche are on pace for 138 points this season, which is 3 more than the all-time record the Bruins posted in 2022-23. Are they destined for the greatest regular season we've ever seen? #GoAvsGo www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...

The more I watch Hildeby play, the more infuriated I get about the Cayden Primeau waiver claim. Make it make sense.

If the Avs hold on for the win today (they will), they'll be on pace for a 138-point season. That's 3 more than the all-time record set by the Bruins in 2022-23. #GoAvsGo

New for @Sportsnet The Jets are a different team when Dylan Samberg is on the ice and he'll have to be at his absolute best while Connor Hellebuyck is out. #GoJetsGo  www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...

I do not believe Scott Laughton’s hockey DB page that he once scored 18 goals in a season.

New for @Sportsnet The Jets are a different team when Dylan Samberg is on the ice and he'll have to be at his absolute best while Connor Hellebuyck is out. #GoJetsGo  www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...

Has a team ever been as balanced as Colorado is this year? - 1st in goals for per game (4.09) Nearly half a goal more than the next closest team. - 1st in save percentage (.920) Have not allowed a goal in 3 straight games. #GoAvsGo

3 shutouts in a row for the Avalanche. Just give them The Presidents' Trophy now. #GoAvsGo

Where there's a Woll there's a way.

The Ottawa Senators looking for the other Canadian teams in the playoffs this spring

Marner on pace for 78 points is interesting. I assumed his numbers would drop slightly without Matthews & because VGK wouldn’t lean on him as much as TOR did but his TOI is roughly the same & he’s getting over a minute more per game on the PP than he did last year. #VegasBorn

If you told Leaf fans one of their biggest offseason acquisitions would be a player who wears #63 and their last name starts with MA, it would’ve been pretty darn exciting. But alas…..

Three shutouts for Jesper Wallstedt in his past 4 starts. Stopped 138 of the last 141 shots. #mnwild

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Sabres win today pushes the Leafs down to last in East.

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The Mikko Rantanen heel turn this week

For anyone still talking about the Leafs playoff chances, I’m not sure that classic Jim Mora gif has ever been more applicable to anything.

Something that irks me…. the Leafs are about to move to 2-5 on Saturday night. It’s the biggest night of the week, HNIC, you know your opponent is going to be fired up and the Leafs are rarely ever ready to play.

Little thing but a big thing: A common theme with the Leafs defensive zone coverage. Enough guys back but multiple missed assignments. 3 out of 4 are covering no one.

New for @sportsnet What has changed in Nick Robertson's game this season? How Robertson went from one foot out the door to roster mainstay. #LeafsForever www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...

New for @sportsnet What has changed in Nick Robertson's game this season? How Robertson went from one foot out the door to roster mainstay. #LeafsForever www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...

Oilers allow 4 goals for the 11th time this season. #LetsGoOilers

Yaroslav Askarov's goals allowed per game in his 6 starts this month: 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2 That's a .964 save percentage. Celebrini is really overshadowing how good Askarov has been lately and this Sharks team is going to be scary good pretty soon. #TheFutureIsTeal

Best game for Steven Lorentz as a Leaf last night? A goal, +2 and played 15:27. For perspective, he had barely been averaging over 10 minutes per game this season. He's done a respectable job moving over to centre.

That felt like a Game 7 on November 18th.

Well…. William Nylander finally has a shot on goal.

“Don’t let us win tonight. If you let us win tonight, we’ve got Laughton (hopefully) on Thursday, Matthews on Saturday (maybe but the who the heck knows anymore) and anything can happen next Wednesday.”

Bobrovsky about to win a game with this statline. #TimeToHunt

The beautiful game

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