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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

Leaf stars’ playoff disappearing act returns and lets Senators back in series

The Leafs needed their superstars to impose their will in Game 5. It didn’t happen.

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Published: 1 week ago

Anthony Stolarz reflects on Thomas Chabot’s opening goal, playoff hockey after Game 5 loss

The toughest game to win is the fourth one. It’s the phrase we’ve heard time and again about the Toronto Maple Leafs since they opened the Battle of Ontario with three wins to take the dominant series lead. Now with losses in Games 4 and 5, it’

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Published: 1 week ago

Mitch Marner remains undeterred despite Leafs getting shutout in Game 5: ‘It’s not supposed to be easy’

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner remains hopeful in his team despite being shutout 4-0 by the Ottawa Senators in Game 5. With a chance to close out the series in front of their fans for the first time since 2004, the Leafs were never able to

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Published: 1 week ago

Game 5 is nightmare fuel for Maple Leafs as they continue to fall short when it matters

The Maple Leafs will have to fight and prove they aren't a team that falters under the highest pressure — again.

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Published: 1 week ago

Famous last words? Tanev might've provided perfect fuel to Toronto Maple Leafs doubters

The Toronto Maple Leafs are making their fans very nervous. The Leafs won the first three games of their first-round series against the Ottawa Senators before losing two straight potential series-clinching games. Remarkably, Toronto has now lost 13

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Published: 1 week ago

Nightmare game from Matthews, Marner puts all the pressure back on the Leafs

A plea for rationality may have sailed through the exits at Scotiabank Arena. In a closeout game against an inferior Ottawa Senators team that is making their first playoff appearance in eight years, the Toronto Maple Leafs submitted their worst perf

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Published: 1 week ago

Berube looking for more from Leafs’ top six as Senators keep series alive

If the Leafs are going to find a fourth win against the Sens, Craig Berube knows the offensive approach as a whole needs to shift. And Toronto’s top six is a worthy place to start.

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Published: 1 week ago

Time for Maple Leafs’ superstars to stomp out Senators

The Maple Leafs elite are treating the Battle of Ontario death blow the way most folks treat cleaning out the garage or doing their taxes: They’ll get around to it.

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Published: 1 week ago

Maple Leafs living and dying by special teams as Senators force Game 6

Anna Dua and Luke Fox discuss the Maple Leafs’ struggles on the power play, how the series momentum has shifted in Ottawa’s favour as a result, and why Toronto’s biggest stars have failed to show up in series-clinching games.

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Published: 1 week ago

Tkachuk thinks Senators have planted seed of doubt in Leafs

Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk believes his team has planted a seed of doubt in the minds of the Toronto Maple Leafs after cutting its first-round deficit to 3-2. "I think so, we're not going to go away easy," the star forward said following O

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Published: 1 week ago

Linus Ullmark & the Senators Shut Out Maple Leafs 4-0 in Game 5

On Tuesday, April 29, the Toronto Maple Leafs hosted the Ottawa Senators for Game 5. The Maple Leafs could have ended the series with a win here on home ice.…

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Published: 1 week ago

Toronto Maple Leafs' Nylander had awful backcheck on backbreaking goal against

In his time with the Toronto Maple Leafs, William Nylander has had many opinions shared about him, but he’s hardly been described as “universally beloved.” The 28-year-old winger has been a pretty polarizing figure for much of his tenure in To

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