Leafs Hour

Former NHLer Matthew Barnaby on Leafs-Sabres, return of William Nylander, Ryan Reaves hit on Tom Wilson (4:20); William Nylander returning Thursday night to face the Red Wings (34:07).

Former NHLer Matthew Barnaby on Leafs-Sabres, return of William Nylander, Ryan Reaves hit on Tom Wilson (4:20); William Nylander returning Thursday night to face the Red Wings (34:07).

Toronto is in Buffalo tonight and it feels like the cross-border rivalry is back on (1:49); Sportsnet's Andrew Berkshire doesn't think that the loss of Josh Leivo will hurt the Leafs at all, knows the rise in next year's NHL salary cap will help Toronto out, believes there's no way Mitch Marner will get more than Nikita Kucherov on his next contract, William Nylander is more impactful than people realize, and Seattle can take some lessons from the Vegas expansion draft (6:45); Former Buffalo Sabre and current radio host Andrew Peters believes that with the Leafs and Sabres both so successful right now the rivalry is definitely back on, Buffalo has seen their fan base come back, and tonight's game is going to be a physical one (33:03).

Toronto is in Buffalo tonight and it feels like the cross-border rivalry is back on (1:49); Sportsnet's Andrew Berkshire doesn't think that the loss of Josh Leivo will hurt the Leafs at all, knows the rise in next year's NHL salary cap will help Toronto out, believes there's no way Mitch Marner will get more than Nikita Kucherov on his next contract, William Nylander is more impactful than people realize, and Seattle can take some lessons from the Vegas expansion draft (6:45); Former Buffalo Sabre and current radio host Andrew Peters believes that with the Leafs and Sabres both so successful right now the rivalry is definitely back on, Buffalo has seen their fan base come back, and tonight's game is going to be a physical one (33:03).

JD couldn't be happier about the William Nylander contract (0:57); Justin Bourne, Good Show's Leafs Analyst, believes the Nylander contract will look like a bargain in no time, Kyle Dubas is doing exactly what he said he would, the lineup decisions with Nylander back are going to be interesting, the Leafs are going to look terrifying with another offensive weapon, this contract will of course affect future Leafs negotiations, and Marner & Matthews on same power play continues to be ridiculous (5:46); Steve Dangle joins JD & Ashley Docking to go over his Nylander thoughts: how relieved he is, how happy he is, why the Leafs overabundance of star players is a good problem to have, and why this is the best Leafs team of his lifetime (32:22).

JD couldn't be happier about the William Nylander contract (0:57); Justin Bourne, Good Show's Leafs Analyst, believes the Nylander contract will look like a bargain in no time, Kyle Dubas is doing exactly what he said he would, the lineup decisions with Nylander back are going to be interesting, the Leafs are going to look terrifying with another offensive weapon, this contract will of course affect future Leafs negotiations, and Marner & Matthews on same power play continues to be ridiculous (5:46); Steve Dangle joins JD & Ashley Docking to go over his Nylander thoughts: how relieved he is, how happy he is, why the Leafs overabundance of star players is a good problem to have, and why this is the best Leafs team of his lifetime (32:22).

Ben & JD give their final predictions for what happens with Nylander this weekend; NHL Insider Chris Johnston is still optimistic around William Nylander but is hearing that he and the Leafs are having a hard time bridging their divide in negotiations, he believes that it's more likely Nylander sits the year than gets traded, and he knows that Mike Babcock and the team absolutely want him around (8:12); Ben & JD run through some Saturday scenarios; Leafs Nation's Marc Savard thinks Nylander will sign with Toronto, but if he doesn't sign with the team by Saturday there will be too much bad blood for him to ever play in Toronto again (33:52).

Ben & JD give their final predictions for what happens with Nylander this weekend; NHL Insider Chris Johnston is still optimistic around William Nylander but is hearing that he and the Leafs are having a hard time bridging their divide in negotiations, he believes that it's more likely Nylander sits the year than gets traded, and he knows that Mike Babcock and the team absolutely want him around (8:12); Ben & JD run through some Saturday scenarios; Leafs Nation's Marc Savard thinks Nylander will sign with Toronto, but if he doesn't sign with the team by Saturday there will be too much bad blood for him to ever play in Toronto again (33:52).

The new look Leafs lines looked pretty excellent last night (5:44); Former NHLer Anthony Stewart was super impressed with the return of Auston Matthews, looks at how long it will take Nylander to get back into game-shape if he comes back, says the Leafs power play is their calling card, and wasn't surprised that the Sharks are finally over Nazem Kadri (3:06); Ian Tulloch, Host of The Leafs Geeks podcast, thinks Andreas Johnsson is a legitimate top-9 NHL player and may stick on Matthews' line in the near future, Nazem Kadri isn't playing quite as well as he was earlier in the year, and Dermott would be ideal on the 2nd Leafs defensive pairing (30:50)

The new look Leafs lines looked pretty excellent last night (5:44); Former NHLer Anthony Stewart was super impressed with the return of Auston Matthews, looks at how long it will take Nylander to get back into game-shape if he comes back, says the Leafs power play is their calling card, and wasn't surprised that the Sharks are finally over Nazem Kadri (3:06); Ian Tulloch, Host of The Leafs Geeks podcast, thinks Andreas Johnsson is a legitimate top-9 NHL player and may stick on Matthews' line in the near future, Nazem Kadri isn't playing quite as well as he was earlier in the year, and Dermott would be ideal on the 2nd Leafs defensive pairing (30:50)