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Analyzing the Maple Leaf blue line, and if it’s deep enough to compete for a Stanley Cup

For all intents and purposes, Monday’s signing of Simon Benoit all but fortified the Maple Leafs blue line ahead of training camp next month. Is it deep enough, though? Well, at this point, the jury’s still out on that. Following a flurry of acti

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Published: 1 year ago

EA Sports predicts Maple Leafs will defeat Avalanche in Stanley Cup Final

If you want to view predictions as prophecy, it may be time to start planning the parade. EA Sports simulated the upcoming Stanley Cup Playoffs, where it determined that the Toronto Maple Leafs will win the Stanley Cup this year. The simulation predi

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Published: 3 weeks ago

Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Ullmark vs. Stolarz, Reaves & Avoiding Collapse

Tomorrow night, the Toronto Maple Leafs open their postseason against their provincial rivals, the Ottawa Senators, in what promises to be a hard-hitting, emotionally charged series. Some Maple Leafs players…

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Published: 3 weeks ago

EA Sports has predicted this Canadian team will win the Stanley Cup

The EA Sports Stanley Cup Playoff simulator is predicting this to be the year a Canadian team ends the countries lengthy drought. The last time a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup was the Montreal Canadiens back in 1993. Over that time, several Cana

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Published: 3 weeks ago

Series Breakdown: The keys to special teams success for the Maple Leafs vs. the Senators

We are breaking down the series in segments as we prepare for the upcoming Battle of Ontario playoff matchup.  We started with the matchups at five-on-five, where the majority of the game is played. If we’re honest, though, this era of Leafs playo

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Published: 3 weeks ago

Maple Leafs’ McCabe to return for Game 1, Ekman-Larsson questionable

Jake McCabe will be in the lineup for Sunday’s series opener against the Ottawa Senators, head coach Craig Berube confirmed on Saturday.

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Published: 3 weeks ago

Leafs Practice Notes: Robertson takes reps on 2nd power-play unit, Domi stays with Tavares, Nylander

Ahead of Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Toronto Maple Leafs held practice Saturday, where head coach Craig Berube provided an indication of what the lineup will look like Sunday against the Ottawa Senators. Max Domi remained with John Tavare

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Published: 3 weeks ago

Toronto Maple Leafs: The definition of a must-win playoff series

The Toronto Maple Leafs must win this playoff series, there is no other option.  My entire Leafs fandom life, I have known nothing but postseason heartbreak. In 2004, the last time the Battle of Ontario happened, I was six and had just recently arri

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Published: 3 weeks ago

Maple Leafs Can Apply Joseph Woll’s Style of Inspired Hockey in the Playoffs

If you read my post yesterday, you’ll know how impressed I was with how the Toronto Maple Leafs played in Game 82 — and for good reason. Maybe I read…

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Published: 3 weeks ago

Toronto Maple Leafs injured defencemen appear ready to go for playoffs

The Toronto Maple Leafs recently banged-up back end appears to be healthy and ready to go for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Maple Leafs had been without Oliver Ekman-Larsson for the final four games of the regular season due to an upper-bo

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Published: 3 weeks ago

Great Moments in Battle of Ontario history: Joe Nieuwendyk and The Patrick Lalime Game

The Battle of Ontario will be reinvigorated when the Toronto Maple Leafs square off against the Ottawa Senators in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. For many of The Leafs Nation’s editorial staff, the Leafs-Senators rivalry in the 2000s

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Published: 3 weeks ago

History of the Battle of Ontario: Leafs vs. Senators rivalry

With the Toronto Maple Leafs slated to face off against the Ottawa Senators, one of hockey’s most contentious rivalries is set to resume. While this season’s chapter is soon to be written, there is value in reliving the past to understand what ma

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Published: 3 weeks ago

Is Maple Leafs’ Anthony Stolarz ready to be a playoff starter?

Toronto Maple Leafs netminder Anthony Stolarz has posted 21 wins and a .926 save percentage in 34 games this season.

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Published: 3 weeks ago