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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

Toronto Maple Leafs bump Pacioretty up to new forward line

The Toronto Maple Leafs are hoping the third time’s a charm on Thursday night. After going up 3-0 on the Ottawa Senators in their first-round playoff matchup, Toronto has dropped each of the last two games to make things a bit dicier. Though the

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Published: 1 week ago

Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Core 4, Goalie History & Berube’s Noise

Technically, although you wouldn’t know it listening to the noise, the Ottawa Senators face elimination as they host the Toronto Maple Leafs for Game 6 of their Eastern Conference first-round…

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Published: 1 week ago

It’s time for the Leafs’ stars to deliver in the most important game of the Core Four era

Everything has changed in the span of a week for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and the attendant consequences that come with two consecutive losses to an inferior, provincial rival are mounting. Game 6 against the Ottawa Senators is the most important con

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Insider Predicts Mitch Marner Leaves Maple Leafs for Archrival in $94.5 Million Deal

NHL insider Fluto Shinzawa of The Athletic predicts Mitch Marner will leave the Toronto Maple Leafs in free agency for a rival. The post Insider Predicts Mitch Marner Leaves Maple Leafs for Archrival in $94.5 Million Deal appeared first on Heavy Spor

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Maple Leafs promote Pacioretty to line with Tavares, Nylander for Game 6

The Toronto Maple Leafs are shuffling up their top six for Game 6.

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Why Green believes Senators have another level to reach vs. Maple Leafs

Ottawa Senators head coach Travis Green discusses why he still feels his club has another level to reach in their series vs. the Maple Leafs, and expects them to raise their game once again in order to force Game 7.

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How a superfan couple made their house a Toronto Maple Leafs shrine

If you find yourself wandering around the streets of North Toronto, it shouldn’t take long to find the biggest Maple Leafs fans around. Come playoff time, Michael and Sara Adamson deck out their front lawn entirely in Leafs gear, complete with jer

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Analyzing the Toronto Maple Leafs’ journey from hope to heartbreak

The Toronto Maple Leafs lost Game 5 at home 4–0, and the Ottawa Senators forced a Game 6 on Thursday night.  It gives fans flashbacks from past years and makes them afraid it’s happening again. As most of us know, this is far from the first time

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Published: 1 week ago

Another chance for the Maple Leafs to reverse the close-out curse: Storylines for Game 6

1-13.  It is the only stat that matters now: The Toronto Maple Leafs are 1-13 in series-clinching games in the Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner era. With each passing loss — two more added in this series so far — the stat becomes even more unfat

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Morgan Rielly says Maple Leafs need to stick together and stay grounded with Game 6 looming

Nobody has experienced the ups and downs of being a Toronto Maple Leaf like Morgan Rielly. The team’s first-round pick in 2012 and longtime defenceman is the longest-serving Leaf, and despite some great individual seasons and lots of successful reg

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Suggestions for the hockey gods: Eight ways this latest Leafs collapse could end

The Toronto Maple Leafs are coughing up yet another playoff series they should win. They’ve now lost 13 of the 14 games in the Auston Matthews era in which they’ve had a chance to eliminate an opponent. Five of those games have featured blown lea

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Why the Maple Leafs need to make lineup adjustments for Game 6

Nick Kypreos joins Tim Micallef for another edition of “Rivers Edge” to discuss his confidence level with the Toronto Maple Leafs, if any lineup changes are needed in Game 6, what will be needed from the core four and more.

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