Maple Leafs improve defence, but 'run back' forward group again

Jonas and James welcome TSN and The Athletic Hockey show analyst Frankie Corrado to talk about one encouraging, one surprising and one concerning issue with this year's edition of the Maple Leafs, three games into the start of the season. Plus the guys discuss Timothy Liljegren's future with the Leafs, possible landing spots and the Leafs ongoing lack of centre depth.  Hosts: Jonas Siegel and James Mirtle With: Frankie Corrado Producer: Jeff Domet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonas and James discuss the Maple Leafs first two games of the season, including the surprising goaltending duo of Anthony Stolarz and Dennis Hildeby, if Joseph Woll is indeed injury prone, the lacklustre power-play, the bottom six depth, the new look penalty kill and only one point so far from Matthews, Nylander, Marner and Tavares through two games. Plus the guys look ahead to the Maple Leafs home opener vs the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night.  Hosts: Jonas Siegel and James Mirtle Producer: Jeff Domet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the Maple Leafs opening roster set, Jonas and James discuss five roster revelations, including Timothy Liljegren slotting 8th on the depth chart behind Conor Timmins and Philippe Myers, if Nick Robertson's breakout at camp can translate to the regular season, the Leafs giving up on William Nylander at centre before the experiment could really begin and Max Pacioretty and Steven Lorentz officially signing one year deals with the Leafs.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonas and James tackle five reasons for pessimism with the Maple Leafs upcoming 24/25 season, including the age of the team, especially on the blue line, the inexperience of the goaltending duo of Joseph Woll and Anthony Stolarz, the lack of an impact forward on the penalty kill, injury concerns, and the recent history of the Leafs lack of success in the postseason.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonas and James breakdown five reasons to be optimistic for the upcoming Maple Leafs season, including Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and William Nylander entering their prime playing years, an improved defensive core, the penalty kill potential, Craig Berube's impact behind the bench and Matthew Knies set for a breakout season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonas Siegel and The Athletic and TSN hockey insider Chris Johnson deep dive, the next contract for polarizing Maple Leaf star player Mitch Marner. The guys compare and contrast previous extensions signed by fellow core four players Auston Matthews and William Nylander and they look at the pros and cons of signing him in season, or waiting til the end of the 2024/2025 NHL season, ahead of Marner's free agency on July 1st. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonas Siegel and Joshua Kloke discuss 5 storylines from the first few days of training camp, including William Nylander playing centre, the defensive pairing of Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Jake McCabe, Nick Robertson paired with John Tavares and Bobby McMann, Easton Cowan's chances of breaking camp with the big club and what Max Pacioretty's role will be, if he makes the team.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Leaf Report returns for an all new season with host Jonas Siegel and guest co-host, former Maple Leaf and current TSN hockey analyst Frankie Corrado, filling in for James Mirtle. Jonas and Frankie answer a six pack of questions on the Leafs, including what Craig Berube's impact will be on the group this year? What should be expected from Mitch Marner with the microscope zeroed in on him in his free agent season? Who are the offseason additions they like the most and least? Which player is Frankie and Jonas looking forward to watching the most at training camp and what the teams biggest question mark is, going into the start of training camp on Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the final Leaf Report of the season, Jonas and James discuss the departure of Wes Clark, the director of scouting for the Maple Leafs. The guys look back on the year that was for the Leafs, what went right, what went wrong and look ahead to how the team fares with the new additions Chris Tanev, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Anthony Stolarz, the return of Max Domi and why the signing of Jani Hakanpää isn't official yet. Plus, can youngsters Matthew Knies, Easton Cowan, Fraser Minton, Nick Robertson and Pontus Holmburg take the next step to strengthen the Leafs secondary scoring.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonas and James recap the Maple Leafs free agency activity, signing Chris Tanev, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Jani Hakanpaa and extended Timothy Liljegren to bolster the blue line, Anthony Stolarz joining the extended Joseph Woll and the re-signed Matt Murray in goal and Max Domi returning to the forward group. The guys discuss the lack of improvement on the Leafs forward units, Nick Robertson's trade request and they take questions from Leafs nation in another edition of the Leaf Report Pod-bag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices