"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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Bruins and Maple Leafs' Dramatic Game 7 Ended as Always Does With Boston Winning

The fourth Round 1 meeting between the Bruins and the Leafs in 12 years required Game 7, as it always has. The takes, narratives, tropes, and dramatics…

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Keefe: “When teams play the Leafs, they set up the game for the Leafs to beat themselves”

The Toronto Maple Leafs’ series against their biggest playoff demon of recent memory, the Boston Bruins, ended the same way life would have it end – with an overtime loss in Game 7. The Leafs were hit with a bombshell before the game, with the an

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Leafs show 'fight' in Game 7, as Matthews returns

Auston Matthews returned to the lineup and registered an assist, but the Toronto Maple Leafs bowed out of the postseason on Saturday night, falling 2-1 in overtime of Game 7 at TD Garden to the Boston Bruins, who will advance to meet the Florida Pant

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Ex-Leafs coach Babcock gave Bruins advice before Game 7

The Boston Bruins had some advice from a former Toronto Maple Leafs head coach ahead of their Game 7 victory tonight. The Bruins were able to advance past the Leafs thanks to an overtime winner from David Pastrnak. Toronto fans are already furious a

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Nylander stands by Leafs' core: 'We're f-----g right there'

Warning: Story contains coarse languageDespite another early playoff exit, Toronto Maple Leafs star William Nylander doesn't want to see his team undergo radical changes."Look, I don't think there's an issue with the core," he said after Tor

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Should the Maple Leafs get credit for forcing a seventh game?

Luke Fox joins Shawn McKenzie to discuss whether the Maple Leafs should get credit for making a seven-game series, what this team will be remembered for, and how much change this team will undergo in the offseason.

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Maple Leafs lose to Bruins, Game 7

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Leafs fans can't believe Keefe's explanation for loss to Bruins

Toronto Maple Leafs fans are in a state of shock after another early playoff exit at the hands of the Boston Bruins. After fighting back in a series which they trailed 3-1, it felt like this may finally be the year the Leafs got past the Bruins. Ult

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Game 7 takeaways: Maple Leafs eliminated in crushing fashion

Of course this is how it ends. David Pastrnak scored shortly into the first overtime period as the Boston Bruins eliminated the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 in Game 7 of their first-round series. There’s no need to belabour the points. Let’s get right

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Maple Leafs’ Nylander defends Core Four after series loss to Bruins

William Nylander doesn’t want to break up the band.

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Sheldon Keefe Post Game, Bruins 2 vs. Leafs 1: “The core wasn’t different, but the group around them was different, the feeling was different, and we played different… We showed signs of a team that could win”

Sheldon Keefe addressed the media after the Maple Leafs’ 2-1 overtime loss to the Boston Bruins in Game 7 of the ECQF playoff series. On his immediate feelings after the crushing OT loss: Obviously, the series is very close. It is the thinnest of m

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