Anthony Petrielli
Anthony Petrielli has been writing at MLHS since 2011. He is known for his weekly “Leafs Notebook” feature, and also writes specific analysis pieces. Anthony has been featured on GlobalTV, CBC Radio 1, Sportsnet590 and TSN 1200. You can contact him at petrielli.a@gmail.com or find him on Twitter at @APetrielli.
As the buy vs. sell debate rages on, how should Brad Treliving approach the...
As the All-Star break approaches, the Maple Leafs find themselves in a playoff spot, but several quality teams are nipping at their heels. As...
Leafs Notebook: TJ Brodie’s regression, the struggling special teams, secondary scoring, and the bizarre...
The Maple Leafs finished their four-game West Coast trip at 2-2-0 and were tied in the third period of both regulation losses.
It’s not an...
Leafs Notebook: The Atlantic Division landscape at the halfway mark, Sheldon Keefe’s odd line...
With the Maple Leafs officially reaching the halfway point of their 2023-24 schedule, it’s a good time to take a look around at the...
Game in 10: Major line shakeup fails to pay immediate dividends, Maple Leafs blow...
The Maple Leafs officially hit the halfway point of the season and celebrated it with what’s turning into a habit this season: blowing a...
Game in 10: Maple Leafs forfeit three-goal lead, lose the power-on-power matchup against the...
On a night when the NHL announced all of William Nylander, Mitch Marner, and Morgan Rielly are joining Auston Matthews on the All-Star roster,...
The William Nylander contract: How big of a leap of faith is it, and...
The worst-kept secret in the league is out: On Monday, the Maple Leafs officially announced that they have come to terms with William Nylander...
Leafs Notebook: The ice-time breakdown on defense, Tyler Bertuzzi heating up, and what’s the...
Putting aside the William Nylander contract extension (my analysis can be found here), there is a lot to discuss around the Maple Leafs' three-game...
Leafs Notebook: A model game vs. LA, Mitch Marner’s ice time, power-play tweaks, David...
First and foremost, Happy New Year to the MLHS community!
I hope the holidays treated you all nicely.
For the Leafs, the holiday break was...
Game in 10: More defensive miscues, bad goaltending from Ilya Samsonov leads to another...
Well, the good news is that the Toronto Maple Leafs don’t play the Columbus Blue Jackets again this season.
Two brutal 6-5 losses in overtime,...
Leafs Notebook: What’s driving the defensive regression so far in 2023-24?
Early in the season, Joseph Woll took over the Maple Leafs’ net and was stringing quality starts together. His .916 save percentage is well...
Leafs Notebook: Takeaways from the nine-game point streak, sorting out the defense pairings, and...
After earning a least a point in 14 of their last 15 games, the Maple Leafs have climbed to sixth in the NHL in...
As the blueline gets healthy and the depth options impress, where do the Maple...
The Maple Leafs’ defense has been a major talking point throughout the 2023-24 season in part because General Manager Brad Treliving has been fairly...
Game in 10: Maple Leafs fall in OT on an otherwise storybook night on...
All the focus was on John Tavares' 1,000-point milestone heading into this one -- we’ll get to that in a minute -- which understandably...
Leafs Notebook: The early returns on Matthews – Nylander / Tavares – Marner, Simon...
You wouldn’t always know it based on the discourse around the team, but the Maple Leafs are 7-2-1 in their last 10 and are...
The critical timeline and fair contract parameters for William Nylander amid a (so far)...
As the numbers continued to pile up night after night during William Nylander’s season-opening 17-game point streak, it felt like his asking price in...
Leafs Notebook: Chris Tanev’s fit in Toronto, Matthew Knies & Nick Robertson’s development, and...
December has arrived, and we're now past the first quarter mark of the season.
To mark the occasion, we have an extended notes version...
Game in 10: Mitch Marner breaks out offensively, Maple Leafs survive third-period collapse to...
The Maple Leafs continue to collect points, even if they're not coming in the form of regulation victories. Whether that’s concerning is a story...
Leafs Notebook: Matthews & Marner’s struggles together start with the forecheck
An offseason of change in Toronto was proceeded by an adjustment period for the players and coaches to start the 2023-24 season.
A feeling-out process...
Leafs Notebook: PK improvement, a special week for William Nylander, Jake McCabe’s transition to...
An exciting week for the Maple Leafs featured two dramatic wins during their stay in Sweden.
Only two games in a span of 12 days...
Evaluating the potential fits of Nikita Zadorov and Chris Tanev on the Maple Leafs
Before the season, General Manager Brad Treliving was asked a bit of a loaded question about whether the Maple Leafs’ defense is good enough...
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Game 3 Analysis: Familiar special teams failures doom the Leafs
It's pretty hard to win in the playoffs when you have the worse goalie and are massively outplayed on special teams.
For the second time...
