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Quick Shifts: Where will Lightning’s ruthless approach take Steven Stamkos?

Tyler Bertuzzi set up lovely for contract year | Tampa doing Steven Stamkos dirty? | All 16 playoff picks | Captaincy gets Brad Marchand in his feelings | William Nylander might have to sacrifice breakaways + 7 more NHL goodies…

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Published: 1 year ago

Toronto Maple Leafs: The Can’t Miss Game of the Season

The puck drops on a new Toronto Maple Leafs season on Oct. 11, 2023. The Buds take on the Montreal Canadiens in what has become an annual battle. The Toronto Maple Leafs will have home ice advantage for that contest and will hope to get the a win to

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Published: 1 year ago

Constructing the Toronto Maple Leafs Optimal Defensive Pairings

Recall last season when the Toronto Maple Leafs had a bunch of quality defencemen following the trade deadline last year, they began to use various combinations for their defensive pairings down the stretch. Some of the pairings turned out alright fo

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Published: 1 year ago

Toronto Maple Leafs: 3 Things to Expect Early in 2023-24

The current generation of Toronto Maple Leafs players come with a high degree of certainty. Toronto Maple Leafs Stars such as Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner et al will score plenty of goals again this season. Morgan Rielly and the defense will struggl

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Published: 1 year ago

3 Toronto Maple Leafs Who Could Disappoint In 2023-24

The Toronto Maple Leafs season is around the corner, which also means disappointment may be looming. As sad as that may sound, unjust expectations have followed the Toronto Maple Leafs for years, and the season will only be considered a success if t

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Published: 1 year ago

Paul Bissonnette thinks this is the year for the Toronto Maple Leafs: Leafs Morning Take

Just like that, training camp is underway as we inch closer and closer to puck drop on the 2023-24 NHL regular season. And with that, specifically for the Maple Leafs, comes renewed optimism. For obvious reasons, there was a buzz, an excitement surro

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Published: 1 year ago

Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Robertson, Domi, Nylander & Cooper

In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs News & Rumors, I’ll take a look at the uncertainty surrounding young Nick Robertson‘s future with the team and the possibility that a…

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Published: 1 year ago

Leafs' Ryan Reaves is not a fan of team's EDM practice playlist

Earlier this week, newly acquired Toronto Maple Leafs enforcer Ryan Reaves told reporters that the team’s room would no longer be “quiet” now that he’s around. But so far, things are a little louder than he may have anticipated, especially d

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Published: 1 year ago

Overacting to the Maple Leafs preseason line combinations: Leaflets

We’ve gone four months without seeing Maple Leafs line combinations and given that it is probably the most frequent topic of discussion outside of who the Leafs should trade for (despite not having the cap space or assets required to acquire said p

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If Stamkos Is Left Hanging, Could the Maple Leafs Come Calling?

Could Steven Stamkos finally be heading home this offseason? To kick off the Tampa Bay Lightning’s training camp, their captain met the media with some fireworks. He was asked about…

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Published: 1 year ago

Sheldon Keefe on the addition of John Klingberg: “It’s a different element than we’ve had on the backend… He has some work to do defensively, but he has great gifts offensively”

After the second day of on-ice training camp sessions, Sheldon Keefe discussed the defense pairing of Jake McCabe – John Klingberg, Conor Timmins’ push to make the NHL roster, and the skill set PTO signing Noah Gregor could bring to the team. Lin

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Published: 1 year ago

Ilya Samsonov is healthy, happy and ready for the Toronto Maple Leafs’ starting job

“First of all, I’m just so happy to be here.” Ilya Samsonov was all smiles to kick off training camp on Monday. And for good reason: for the first time in his career, he’s a clear No. 1 goaltender on a contending team. The Toronto Maple Leafs

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Published: 1 year ago