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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

Maple Leafs Prospect Report: The Finals Are Here

Four of Toronto's prospects are playing in their league's championship finals, including two who will be facing off against each other.

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Published: 22 hours ago

A timeline of Sam Bennett’s villainry vs. the Maple Leafs

Every playoff series has a villain, and it took Sam Bennett a period and change to become a villain to the Toronto Maple Leafs, or at least their fans. In the first round against the Ottawa Senators, you could make the argument that Ridly Greig was t

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Published: 22 hours ago

Maple Leafs need to focus on what worked, not getting revenge

Nothing is ever easy when it comes to the Leafs. For the first time since 2002, the Maple Leafs hold a lead in a second round series. They’ve already matched their best playoff showing in the past twenty years. They scored five goals against the Pa

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Published: 1 day ago

Can the Maple Leafs replicate their five-on-five game and sharpen their special teams? The key storylines for Game 2

For the first time since 2002, the Toronto Maple Leafs hold a lead in a second-round series.  We have to go back a year earlier (2001) to find the last time they won the first game of a second-round playoff series. Step one for not repeating what ha

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How will Maple Leafs fare if Woll plays extended time?

NHL analyst Frank Seravalli joins Sportsnet Central to discuss the Toronto Maple Leafs chances against the Florida Panthers if backup goalie Joseph Woll has to play extended time, and the outlook of the Winnipeg Jets after their first-series win.

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Stolarz back with Maple Leafs, could play Game 2

Toronto coach Craig Berube said Tuesday that Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz hasn't been ruled out of Wednesday's Game 2 of the second-round playoff series against the Florida Panthers after leaving Monday's opener in the second period.

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Analyst Urges Maple Leafs to Sign $42 Million Winger as Mitch Marner Replacement

The Toronto Maple Leafs held off the defending Stanley Cup champions Florida Panthers to take Game One of their second-round playoff series at Scotiabank Arena on Monday, by a 5-4 score. Meanwhile, the Winnipeg Jets — the team with the best record

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Should Panthers’ Bennett have been suspended for hit on Stolarz?

Kyper and Bourne discuss Sam Bennett’s hit on netminder Anthony Stolarz during Game 1 of the Florida Panthers series against the Toronto Maple Leafs and if the NHL should have suspended Bennett given his history.

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Maple Leafs Should Consider Nikolaj Ehlers as Marner Replacement

The Toronto Maple Leafs are currently focused on trying to take down the defending Stanley Cup Champions, the Florida Panthers, as they try to pick up a second-round victory and…

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Should Panthers’ Bennett have been suspended for hit on Stolarz?

Kyper and Bourne discuss Sam Bennett’s hit on netminder Anthony Stolarz during Game 1 of the Florida Panthers series against the Toronto Maple Leafs and if the NHL should have suspended Bennett given his history.

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This Year’s Maple Leafs Are Built for Postseason Chaos

The Toronto Maple Leafs have made it to the second round of the playoffs, again facing off against the Florida Panthers — a team they couldn’t heartbreakingly outlast in past…

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Toronto Maple Leafs assistant coach Marc Savard going viral for wild goal celebrations

Marc Savard is quickly learning just how frantic watching the Toronto Maple Leafs in the playoffs can be. In his first season with the Leafs as an assistant coach — his third such job in the NHL — the longtime NHL veteran has been going viral fo

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