The Leafs Geeks Podcast

The Leafs Geeks Podcast episodes:

• 01.28.2020

  Systems Analyst with Justin Bourne

  Justin Bourne from Sportsnet joins The Athletic's Ian Tulloch to break down the tactical side of the game, Toronto's playoff chances, and the surprisingly deep Eastern Conference this season.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  
• 01.20.2020

  Dimitri Filipovic

  Dimitri Filipovic from ESPN joins The Athletic's Ian Tulloch to break down the Gerard Gallant firing, San Jose's disaster of a season, and Dimitri's unhealthy obsession with John Marino.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  
• 12.16.2019

  Andrew Berkshire on Keefe's Leafs, measuring defensive value, and Jim Montgomery

  Andrew Berkshire from Sportsnet joins Ian Tulloch this week to discuss Sheldon Keefe's impact on the Leafs, how we should be measuring defensive value in 2019-20, and the bizarre Jim Montgomery situation.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  
• 12.05.2019

  Daniel Carcillo on abuse, mental health, concussions, and "hockey culture"

  Daniel Carcillo joins Ian Tulloch this week to have a conversation about abuse in minor hockey, concussion research, and how to improve the culture of the sport moving forward.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  
• 11.21.2019

  Steve Dangle on the Mike Babcock firing, Sheldon Keefe, and our time playing with Eric Lindros at his charity tournament

  Steve Dangle joins Ian Tulloch to discuss the Mike Babcock firing, where Sheldon Keefe and the Leafs go from here, and also our on-ice chemistry with Eric Lindros last week at his charity hockey tournament.Learn more about your ad choices....

  
• 11.15.2019

  Don Cherry, Tyson Barrie, and the #FireBabcock debate with Arvind

  Arvind from Pension Plan Puppets joins Ian Tulloch this week to discuss the Don Cherry firing, Toronto's struggles 20 games into the season, and whether or not the Leafs should #FireBabcock.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  
• 11.12.2019

  Tyson Barrie and other disappointments around the NHL with Sean Tierney, the Rangers are 2014-16 Buffalo bad, what's going on in LA, and are

  Sean Tierney (@ChartingHockey) joins Ian Tulloch to discuss the biggest stories around the NHL. What's going on with Tyson Barrie in Toronto? Why are the Rangers so bad? The Kings are "fun" according to Sean...what? And how the heck is...

  
• 11.07.2019

  What's Wrong with the Leafs, "Playoff Hockey" and Andrew Berkshire's Top 5 NHL teams

  Andrew Berkshire from Sportsnet joins Ian Tulloch to break down the Leafs' confusing start to the season, what qualities best describe "playoff hockey" and our Top 5 NHL teams that meet that definition.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  
• 11.02.2019

  Travis Dermott, Trevor Moore, and Our Other Unhealthy Obsessions

  Mike Stephens from The Leafs Nation joins Ian Tulloch this week to discuss their favourite Toronto Marlies who have graduated to the NHL level, along with some players that are still developing at the AHL level (Rasmus Sandin, Timothy Liljegren...

  
• 10.28.2019

  Early Season Concerns, Offseason Recap, and Sean Tierney!

  The Leafs Geeks Podcast is BACK baby! Ian Tulloch starts off by breaking down the concerns of the 2019-20 season, then gets into his discussion with Sean Tierney about Toronto's...interesting offseason to say the least.Learn more about your ad choices....

  
• 08.13.2019

  Jamie "Noodles" McLennan

  Jamie "Noodles" McLennan from TSN joins Ian Tulloch this week to discuss goaltending in the modern game.Music by Punch DeckLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  
• 07.18.2019

  Top 10 Leafs Prospects

  Scott Wheeler from The Athletic joins Ian Tulloch this week to go through their Top 10 prospect lists from the Maple Leafs organization.8:57 – Rasmus Sandin (LD) 18:08 – Timothy Liljegren (RD) 29:48 – Jeremy Bracco (RW) 41:45 – Nicholas Robertson (LW) 48:27 –...

  
• 07.04.2019

  Tyson Barrie, Cody Ceci & Company

  Arvind from Pension Plan Puppets joins Ian Tulloch this week to break down the Tyson Barrie trade, the Cody Ceci situation, and some of Toronto's low-risk depth signings on July 1st (Jason Spezza & company).Music by Punch DeckLearn more about...

  
• 06.27.2019

  The 2019 RFA Market

  Dom Luszczyszyn joins Ian Tulloch to break down the RFA landscape in the NHL, and most importantly, how it affects the Toronto Maple Leafs.Music by Punch DeckLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  
• 06.26.2019

  Evaluating Toronto's 2019 Draft

  Ryan Biech from The Athletic joins Ian Tulloch this week to break down Toronto's 2019 Draft.Music by Punch DeckLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  
• 06.21.2019

  1st Round Prospects

  Cam Robinson and Ian Tulloch break down their favourite prospects in the 1st Round of the NHL Draft.2:38 – Jack Hughes vs. Kappo Kakko debate. 11:47 – Alex Turcotte vs. Bowen Byram at #3 overall. 17:28 – Vasili Podkolzin. 27:47 – Moritz Seider...

  
• 06.21.2019

  Sleepers in the Draft

  Will Scouch (@Scouching) joins Ian Tulloch this week to break down their favourite draft sleepers in the 2019 NHL Draft. Here is a timestamped list of the prospects they discuss:4:36 - Jamieson Rees (C)7:07 - John Beecher (C)8:40 - Artemi...

  
• 06.20.2019

  Leafs Draft Preview

  Ryan Biech from The Athletic joins Ian Tulloch this week to break down their favourite draft targets for Toronto at picks 53 and 84 in the upcoming NHL Draft. Here's a timestamped list of prospects we discussed:2:45 – Antonni Honka...

  
• 06.06.2019

  Offseason Preview with Sean Tierney

  Sean Tierney joins Ian Tulloch this week to preview Toronto's offseason. They break down why the Leafs might have significantly more cap flexibility than we expected this summer and what they should do with that money.1:56 – Trading Zaitsev and...

  
• 05.30.2019

  Breaking Down the Raptors

  JD Bunkis (Sportsnet) joins Ian Tulloch (The Athletic) to break down the Raptors' first NBA Finals appearance. We know that most of our listeners are probably hockey fans, so we tried our best to explain some of the finer points...

  
• 05.05.2019

  Sandin, Liljegren & Company

  Hailey Salvian from The Athletic joins Ian Tulloch this week to discuss some of their favourite Toronto Marlies as the team gears up for another Calder Cup playoff run.1:19 – Kasimir Kaskisuo.5:41 – Rasmus Sandin.15:47 – Timothy Liljegren.19:38 – Jeremy...

  
• 04.28.2019

  The #FireBabcock Debate

  Theo joins Ian this week to discuss the pros and cons of the Leafs moving on from Mike Babcock this summer.Music by Punch DeckLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  
• 04.09.2019

  Leafs-Bruins Preview

  Andrew Berkshire from Sportsnet joins Ian this week to break down some of the key matchups in the Leafs-Bruins series, which should be a much closer series than most pundits think.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  
• 04.04.2019

  Tactics with Justin Bourne

  Justin Bourne joins Ian this week to break down the tactical decisions that go into a 7-game playoff series (like say...against the Boston Bruins).1:16 – Assessing the Leafs heading into the playoffs.7:45 – Tactically preparing for a 7-game series against...

  
• 03.26.2019

  Steve Dangle

  Steve Dangle from Sportsnet (and The Steve Dangle Podcast) joins Ian this week to break down Toronto's season from a "fanalyst" perspective.Music by Punch DeckLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  
• 03.23.2019

  Evaluating Dubas' First Season

  Theo (yes, THEO) joins Ian this week to break down Kyle Dubas and Mike Babcock's performance in the 2018-19 season.3:20 – Landing Tavares in free agency.6:03 – The Nylander contract.14:21 – Cost-efficient signings for the bottom half of the roster...

  
• 03.06.2019

  Top 10 Leafs Prospects Update

  Scott Wheeler from The Athletic joins Ian this week as the two break down Toronto's Top 10 prospects (along with some honourable mentions).Top 10 5:06 – Rasmus Sandin. 16:22 – Timothy Liljegren. 25:30 – Trevor Moore. 29:53 – Calle Rosen....

  
• 02.26.2019

  Trade Deadline Recap

  Dom Luszczyszyn from The Athletic joins Ian this week to recap the 2019 NHL Trade Deadline.2:33 – Mark Stone trade.10:06 – Ottawa’s other moves.12:33 – Boston adding forward depth.16:45 – Columbus going all-in.19:51 – Winnipeg adding Kevin Hayes (and Nathan...

  
• 02.21.2019

  The Importance of Passing

  Harman Dayal from The Athletic joins Ian this week to break down the importance of passing in the modern game.2:23 – Why passing AFTER a zone entry is so important. 8:05 – How Kapanen can improve his offensive game. 14:43 – How...

  
• 02.18.2019

  How Important is Handedness?

  Andrew Berkshire from Sportsnet joins me this week to break down the Leafs' defence.Here's the link to my Patreon if you want to help support my work ($5 a month gets you a bonus episode every week!) www.patreon.com/iantulloch8:42 – Jake...

  
• 02.11.2019

  What We Learned From Toronto's Rebuild

  John Matisz from The Score joins me this week to break down Toronto's successful rebuild and what other teams in the East can learn from it.1:00 – Toronto's rebuild.26:00 – Buffalo Sabres. 45:18 – New York Rangers .52:38 – Detroit Red...

  
• 02.06.2019

  Episode 134: The Auston Matthews Contract

  Rachel Doerrie (former video coach for the New Jersey Devils) joins us this week to break down the ramifications of the Auston Matthews contract. I also had Mike Augello ("Mike In Buffalo") and Totally_Offside join me later in the show...

  
• 02.03.2019

  Episode 133: 2019 NHL Draft Preview

  Cam Robinson from Dobber Prospects joins me this week to break down some of our favourite players from the 2019 NHL Draft.Here's the link to my Patreon if you want to help support my work ($5 a month gets you...

  
• 01.29.2019

  Episode 132: Buzzin for Muzzin

  JD Bunkis from Sportsnet 590 the FAN joins us this week to break down every angle of the Jake Muzzin trade.Here's the link to my Patreon if you want to help support my work ($5 a month gets you a...

  
• 01.25.2019

  Episode 131: Born To Be Wylde

  Adam Wylde joins us this week to break down the Chiarelli drama in Edmonton, Toronto's blueline, and potential RHD targets for the upcoming trade deadline.Here's the link to my Patreon if you want to help support my work ($5 a...

  
• 01.20.2019

  Episode 130: Bourne To Be Wild

  Justin Bourne from The Athletic joins me this week to break down the human element of players going through a slump (e.g. Nylander), the question marks on the blueline, and some good old-fashioned Jake Gardiner debate!Here's the link to my...

  
• 01.17.2019

  Episode 129: Goaltending (Voodoo) Analysis

  Catherine Silverman from The Athletic joins us this week to break down Toronto's goaltending this season. Here's the link to my Patreon if you want to help support my work ($5 a month gets you a bonus episode every week!)...

  
• 01.10.2019

  Episode 128: Midseason Report Cards

  Acting The Fulemin joins me this week to grade each Leaf's performance over the first half of the season.Here's the link to my Patreon if you want to help support my work ($5 a month gets you a bonus episode...

  
• 01.03.2019

  Episode 127: PDO, Sustainability, and Defencemen

  Sean Tierney (@ChartinHockey) joins me this week to break down what is (and isn't) sustainable from the Leafs this year, especially on the back-end.Here's the link to my Patreon that we're starting up again this year ($5 a month gets...

  
• 12.25.2018

  Episode 126: World Juniors Preview

  Kevin Papetti from Maple Leafs Hot Stove (and Pension Plan Puppets) joins us this week to preview the World Juniors.2:37 – Canada

  
• 12.22.2018

  Episode 125: The Radko Gudas Hour

  Charlie O'Connor from The Athletic joins us this week to break down the many ways we can go about evaluating defencemen in the modern era.1:58 – How to evaluate defencemen in the modern era.13:02 – The importance of transitional play...

  
• 12.13.2018

  Episode 124: James Mirtle and the RD Conundrum

  James Mirtle from The Athletic joins me this week to break down the Leafs' performance this season, and how they can go about upgrading at RD.1:00 - The impact of “Chemistry”4:46 – How good are the Leafs?10:45 – Trading for...

  
• 12.02.2018

  Episode 123: The Nylander Signing

  Jordan Samuels-Thomas from The Athletic joins me this week to break down the William Nylander signing and how it affects the Maple Leafs.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  
• 11.21.2018

  Episode 122: Report Cards with Dom Luszczyszyn

  Dom Luszczyszyn from The Athletic joins me this week as we grade each Leaf's performance a quarter way through the season.3:56 – Kasperi Kapanen.8:23 – Auston Matthews.13:14 – Patrick Marleau.18:40 – Mitch Marner.23:24 – John Tavares.28:26 – Zach Hyman.33:01 –...

  
• 11.15.2018

  Episode 121: Evaluating The Defence

  Andrew Berkshire from Sportsnet joins us this week to break down the Leafs' defence so far this season.3:07 – How should we evaluate defencemen?7:38 – Morgan Rielly’s play this season?13:15 – The Gardiner-Zaitsev pairing (why is it so bad?)28:34 –...

  
• 11.07.2018

  Episode 120: Kapanen-Johnsson, Sandin-Liljegren & Company

  Jeff Veillette joins Ian Graph™ this week to break down some current and former Marlies - most of whom are Swedish

  
• 10.31.2018

  Episode 119: More Advanced Team?

  Murat Ates from The Athletic joins us this week to break down the similarities between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Winnipeg Jets...despite what Jim Hughson might think.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  
• 10.15.2018

  Episode 118: Toronto's Insane Power Play

  Meghan Hall joins us this week to break down the Leafs power play this season, and how it differs from last year.1:00 – PP Research on Toronto’s top unit last year5:14 – This year’s top unit PP16:35 – 2nd Unit22:05...

  
• 10.05.2018

  Episode 117: Western Conference Season Preview

  Jonathan Willis from The Athletic joins us this week to go break down every team in the wonky Western Conference.Central Division1:59 – Nashville Predators.5:58 – Winnipeg Jets.11:47 – St Louis Blues.18:38 – Dallas Stars.22:39 – Minnesota Wild.26:55 – Chicago Blackhawks.31:09...

  
• 10.04.2018

  Episode 116: Eastern Conference Season Preview

  Andrew Berkshire from Sportsnet joins us this week to break down every team in the Eastern Conference heading into the 2018-19 season.Atlantic Division1:13 – Tampa Bay.7:28 – Boston Bruins.13:00 – Florida Panthers.13:30 – Montreal Candiens.29:25 – Buffalo Sabres.35:12 – Ottawa...