Leafs Geeks Podcast: Toronto Maple Leafs

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

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

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

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

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. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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 Vanocuver playing so well? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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 and company). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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 – MIkko Kokkonen (LD) 53:57 – Joseph Woll (G) 1:00:35 – Ian Scott (G) 1:03:53 – SDA: Semyon Der-Arguchintsev (C?) 1:07:51 – Mac Hollowell (RD) 1:12:15 – Joseph Duszak (RD) 1:19:41 – Mason Marchment (LW) 1:27:42 – Pierre Engvall (C) 1:32:24 – Adam Brooks (C) and Dmytro Timashov (LW) Music by Punch DeckLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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

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 (the Pascal Siakam of this draft!) 33:11 – Philip Broberg. 38:57 – Victor Soderstrom. 42:13 – Bobby Brink 45:25 – Arthur Kaliyev 51:56 – Spencer Knight. 55:46 – Our hottest takes about the 2019 NHL Draft. Music by Punch DeckLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Kniazev (LD)13:00 - Zach Jones (LD)15:35 - Domenick Fensore (LD)26:20 - Ethan Keppen (LW) and Antti Tuomisto (RD)35:36 - Nathan Legare (RW)40:36 - Leevi Aaltonen (F) and Antti Saarela (F)47:53 - Kirill Slepets (RW)54:05 - Dustin Wolf (G)55:50 - Ilya Konovalov (G) and some other fun goalie prospects.1:03:28 - Carter Berger (LD) & Pontus Englund (RD)1:10:54 - Lightning round (quickly name-dropping a few guys we forgot to mention).Music by Punch DeckLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 (RD)8:40 – Jordan Spence (RD)13:49 – Mikko Kokkonen (LD)17:15 – Alibn Grewe (LW)21:30 – Samuel Fagemo (LW/RW)25:35 – Patrik Puistola (LW)29:21 – Pavel Dorofeyev (LW/RW)36:53 – Henry Thrun and Domenick Fensore (LD)40:55 – Why we don’t love tall, immobile defencemen like Alex Vlasic.45:45 – Mads Sogaard (6’8 G)50:01 – Shane Pinto (F)52:57 – Lightning round (going through a few guys we forgot to mention)Music by Punch DeckLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Marleau. 23:44 – The Jake Gardiner debate. 53:38 – Forecasting RFA contracts (Marner, Kapanen, Johnsson) .1:16:26 – Big announcement: LIVE Leafs Geeks Podcast in July (proceeds go to charity!)Music by Punch DeckLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 of basketball in an easy-to-understand manner.4:10 – Kawhi Leonard’s historic playoff performance13:10 – The Raptors' elite defence (#1 in the playoffs)18:45 – The Warriors’ incredible offence (even without Durant)25:55 – Injury updates on Durant & Demarcus Cousins.33:52 – The X-Factor: Danny Green (...and his 3P%)44:06 – Who’s going to be the Raptors' #2 option in this series? 50:45 – Quickly touching on some Leafs stuff.Music by Punch DeckLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices