Keep an eye on Lane Lambert as a name to join the Maple Leafs’ bench this offseason. The former Islanders bench boss is a candidate to land a role on new head coach Craig Berube’s staff in Toronto, Darren Dreger of TSN said Monday morning. The Leafs have at least one vacancy to fill after assistant coach Manny Malhotra left to take a head coaching job with the Canucks’ AHL … [Read more...] about Maple Leafs Notes: Lambert, Edmundson, Lyubushkin
Maple Leafs Open Contract Talks With Tyler Bertuzzi
Winger Tyler Bertuzzi is one of many pending unrestricted free agents for the Maple Leafs and is also one of their more prominent ones. It had been suggested previously that there was mutual interest in a contract extension and it appears those talks are now underway, according to David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period (Twitter link). He added that it’s way too early in the … [Read more...] about Maple Leafs Open Contract Talks With Tyler Bertuzzi
Free Agent Focus: Toronto Maple Leafs
Free agency is now just a month away and teams are looking ahead to when it opens. There will be several impact players set to hit the open market in July while many teams have key restricted free agents to re-sign as well. We continue our look around the NHL with an overview of the free agent situation for the Maple Leafs. Key Restricted Free Agents D Timothy Liljegren – … [Read more...] about Free Agent Focus: Toronto Maple Leafs
Latest On Dakota Joshua
Canucks forward Dakota Joshua could be one of the more appealing depth scoring options on the free agent market if he doesn’t sign an extension before July 1. While both he and the team have expressed a willingness to get a new deal across the finish line, they’re not close to an agreement with one month until July 1, Rick Dhaliwal said on CHEK’s “Donnie & Dhali” earlier … [Read more...] about Latest On Dakota Joshua
Mike Yeo Could Be On Radar For Assistant Coach Job
After parting ways with Vancouver yesterday, veteran coach Mike Yeo might not be out of a job for long. Postmedia’s Bruce Garrioch reports that the Senators have interviewed Yeo for an assistant’s job on Travis Green’s bench while suggesting that he could be on the Maple Leafs’ radar as well having worked with Craig Berube before. Yeo spent the last couple of years in that … [Read more...] about Mike Yeo Could Be On Radar For Assistant Coach Job