Justin Holl

One of the best practices in Toronto is ignoring anything that comes out of Steve Simmons’ mouth. At worst it’s going to make you stupider, at best you’re giving attention to someone who should be fading away into obscurity. Press conferences are a different beast though, and if he actually gets called on to ask a question, we all have to suffer. That’s what happened after Game Four.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will shuffle up their offence by moving William Nylander back down to the third line while Justin Holl remains in the lineup when the they host the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 5 at Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday. The Leafs also reunited Michael Bunting on the...

TAMPA — Jason Spezza admitted that it hasn’t been easy to watch the games from the up in the press box. After sitting for the first two games of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ first-round playoff series with the Tampa Bay Lightning, the 38-year-old will draw in to play on Toronto’s fourth line on Friday.

Holl will likely slot into the lineup for Game 3 on Friday, reports Mark Masters of TSN. It will be his debut this postseason. In 12 career playoff games, Holl has one assist, 14 shots and six PIM. He won't be counted on for offense, but his size with the Bolts having last change at home.

Holl recorded an assist, three blocked shots, two hits and a plus-2 rating in Sunday's 4-2 win over the Islanders. Holl has found his way on offense with five helpers through eight appearances in April. The 30-year-old defenseman helped out on a Pierre Engvall tally in the second period Sunday. For the season, Holl's collected a career-high 21 points with 61 shots on net, 98 blocked shots, 113 hits and a plus-16 rating through 64 outings.

For the Toronto Maple Leafs, Justin Holl has represented a shining light in terms of developing and graduating a player to the big-time. Unfortunately in recent months, other players that the Toronto Maple Leafs have been developing (namely Timothy Liljegren and Rasmus Sandin) have surpassed Justin Holl. He now finds...

Holl (undisclosed) will play Thursday versus Winnipeg, Kevin McGran of The Toronto Star reports. Holl exited Tuesday's win over Boston with an undisclosed issue, but whatever forced him from that contest evidently wasn't overly serious. He'll likely slot into a second-pairing role against the Jets.

Holl (undisclosed) won't return to Tuesday's game versus the Bruins. The Leafs classified this as a precautionary absence after Holl was hurt in the second period. More on his status should arise before Thursday's game versus the Jets.

Holl posted an assist, two hits and four PIM in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Panthers. Holl posted the secondary helper on Ilya Mikheyev's insurance tally in the third period. The 30-year-old Holl has picked up two assists in his last five games, but his scoring contributions remain limited much of the time. The defenseman has 15 points, 54 shots on net, 98 hits, 83 blocked shots, 33 PIM and a plus-13 rating in 54 outings.

Holl scored a goal on three shots, dished an assist, blocked two shots and went plus-2 in Monday's 5-3 win over the Capitals. Holl struck in the dying seconds of the first period to give the Maple Leafs a 3-1 lead. That didn't knock the Capitals out -- they rallied to tie the game, only for Holl to set up Rasmus Sandin's game-winner late in the third period. Two of Holl's three multi-point efforts this season have come in the last two contests. He's at two goals, 11 assists, 39 shots on net, 75 hits, 67 blocked shots and a plus-15 rating through 42 appearances overall.

Holl picked up three assists in a 10-7 win over the Red Wings on Saturday. Holl looks like a lumber truck on the ice -- slow to get rolling and hard to stop once he does. His confidence had taken several hits over the last few months, and there were plenty of rumors that the team needed a better option than him on the blue line. But Holl has started to rebound and is on a three-game, five-assist scoring streak. He's not a fantasy scorer, but Holl adds stability to the Toronto blue line.

Holl notched an assist, four PIM and a plus-2 rating in Monday's 5-2 loss to the Canadiens. This was Holl's second assists in as many games since he snapped a five-game point drought. The defenseman is up to eight points, 36 shots on net, 74 hits, 65 blocked shots, 20 PIM and a plus-10 rating through 40 contests. With Timothy Liljegren playing well and Ilya Lyubushkin acquired from the Coyotes, Holl will need to play well to maintain an everyday role in the lineup.

Justin Holl has gone from nobody to somebody and back, from healthy scratch to should be scratched in his up-and-down time as a Maple Leafs defenceman. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content. His plight and his play are particularly confusing and confounding in...

With the All-Star break over, the stretch drive has officially begun. There is no playoff race to speak of in the East at the moment. The top four teams in each division are basically set (unless the Islanders can cash in on their eight games in hand with a big winning streak) and the rest of the season will basically be about fine-tuning, getting to the playoffs healthy, firing on all cylinders, and jockeying for position in the standings.

Holl notched two assists, three hits and a plus-4 rating in Saturday's 7-4 win over the Red Wings. All around, this was Holl's best game of the season. The 29-year-old helped out on the first two of Michael Bunting's three goals in the contest. Offense isn't a big part of Holl's game -- he's at five points, 24 shots on net, 63 hits, 53 blocked shots and a plus-8 rating in 31 appearances. He'll continue to be a defensive presence in the Maple Leafs' top four.

Toronto Maple Leafs’ defender Justin Holl has not had the type of season general manager Kyle Dubas expected when he went the route of protecting four forwards and four defensemen, instead of protecting seven forwards and three defensemen for the Seattle Kraken expansion draft. He left unprotected newly-acquired Jared McCann (Seattle’s selection) and forward Alex Kerfoot, specifically to protect Holl.