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Toronto Maple Leafs call up goaltender Dennis Hildeby from AHL

This is Hildeby’s first call-up to the NHL.

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Published: 1 year ago

Top 3 Leafs individuals who should take the most heat for yet another first round exit

The post-mortem is underway on yet another disappointing conclusion to a Maple Leafs season. Admittedly, the pain feels a bit different this time around. It’s probably because of what the team was able to put together following their complete no-sh

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Published: 1 year ago

Barkov, Matthews, Staal named Selke Trophy finalists

Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov, Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews, and Carolina Hurricanes veteran Jordan Staal were named the three finalists for the Selke Trophy on Sunday.The Selke Trophy is awarded "to the forward who best ex

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Published: 1 year ago

NHL drops schedule for 2nd-round Eastern Conference matchups

The NHL revealed the schedule for the second-round matchups in the Eastern Conference on Saturday night, shortly after the Boston Bruins eliminated the Toronto Maple Leafs in overtime to secure the last spot. The Bruins will take on the Florida Panth

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Published: 1 year ago

A decade of the NHL's terrible playoff format ought to be enough

The Winnipeg Jets had an excellent regular season. They had 46 regulation wins, more than any team in the National Hockey League. Even with the statistical noise of loser points, the Jets finished with the second-best point total in the Western Confe

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Published: 1 year ago

An interesting off-season in Toronto awaits as Bruins eliminate Maple Leafs 2-1 in Game 7

After falling behind in the series 3-1, the Maple Leafs rallied back and won Games 5 and 6, which forced a deciding Game 7 in TD Garden last night for the fourth time in 11 years and the third time in the Matthews, Marner, Nylander era. First period:

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Published: 1 year ago

Maple Leafs’ Core Four Respond to Talk of Split After Game 7 Loss

The Toronto Maple Leafs lost another first-round matchup and the “core four” failed to take the team as far as early-season expectations would have suggested. Immediately after losing in Game…

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Published: 1 year ago

What's hanging in the balance for Leafs after another early playoff exit

They had it.The Toronto Maple Leafs had a 1-0 lead over the Boston Bruins with 11 minutes left in Saturday's Game 7. Then, like all good things tend to do in the Leafs' Auston Matthews era, the lead slipped away in excruciating fashion.Bruins defense

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Published: 1 year ago

David Pastrnak, Bruins’ Game 7 OT hero, breathes again: ‘A little relief’

Pastrnak had a tough series against the Maple Leafs but ended it in the best way possible. "It's so fun to see a guy like that succeed."

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Published: 1 year ago

Matthews, Nylander, Keefe reflect on team camaraderie after Game 7 loss

Auston Matthews and William Nylander almost engineered a comeback for the ages but the Toronto Maple Leafs fell short, losing to the Boston Bruins 2-1 in Game 7 of their first-round series. David Pastrnak scored in overtime, ending the Maple Leafs’

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Published: 1 year ago

Good but not good enough: a look at how the Maple Leafs got here and why it’s time for change

When you brand your players the “Core Four” and split $50M a year between them you are advertising that there are big expectations for this group. Money might not matter on the ice but it has mattered over the past few seasons of roster construct

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Published: 1 year ago

Another gutting Game 7 loss demands cuts to Maple Leafs’ core

Same sad faces, same old story. As the (willing) members of the Maple Leafs core walked one by one across the TD Garden’s visitors’ room and faced all the usual questions, there was a striking familiarity to the hollowness of it all.

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Published: 1 year ago

"F***ing right there": Nylander, Matthews talk on Leafs core's playoff failures

Another spring, another debate about how to fix the Toronto Maple Leafs. After the Leafs suffered a 2-1 Game 7 overtime loss to the Boston Bruins on Saturday night, you can bet there were all sorts of questions being floated by the fanbase about ho

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Published: 1 year ago