Leaf Hockey

Toronto Maple Leafs News and Rumors

Joe Bowen confirms he's back in Leafs radio booth next year

The Toronto Maple Leafs will have a familiar voice calling their games come this fall. 73-year-old Leafs broadcaster Joe Bowen will be back on the radio call for next season, he confirmed on X on Friday. He has been on the Toronto play-by-play radi

Read the full story on The Daily Hive

Published: 9 months ago

Series Breakdown: The keys to special teams success for the Maple Leafs vs. the Panthers

In our final breakdown ahead of the Leafs-Panthers series opener, we turn to the special teams.  In the first round, you couldn’t ask for much more from the Leafs’ special team units. The power play clicked at 35.3 percent (third-highest rate in

Read the full story on Mapleleafs Hotstove

Published: 4 days ago

Maple Leafs' Mitch Marner on becoming a dad mid-playoffs: 'I'm a lucky guy'

Dad strength? Teammates offer advice and lessons on challenge of balancing a newborn and NHL playoff hockey.

Read the full story on The Athletic

Published: 4 days ago

Matthew Knies’ Maturity Could Shift the Maple Leafs-Panthers Series

One perhaps-overlooked backstory heading into the Toronto Maple Leafs’ second-round clash with the Florida Panthers is how personal this series may feel for a few key players, on both sides.…

Read the full story on The Hockey Writers

Published: 4 days ago

Paul Maurice on the difference in the Leafs’ play under Craig Berube: “There is more patience… It is a bit more of a mature game”

Ahead of Game 1, Panthers head coach Paul Maurice discussed the changes in the Maple Leafs’ game under Craig Berube, the importance of home-ice advantage, Mitch Marner welcoming a new baby at the start of the series, and his experience with Anthony

Read the full story on Mapleleafs Hotstove

Published: 4 days ago

Craig Berube on the Panthers entering the series as the favourite: “Any time you’re playing the Cup champs, you are going to be the underdog, but we’re a good team, too”

Ahead of Game 1, head coach Craig Berube discussed the Panthers entering the series as the perceived favourite, characteristics of a Paul Maurice-coached team, and the possible advantage of home ice. As you check in with Mitch Marner, was he in as go

Read the full story on Mapleleafs Hotstove

Published: 4 days ago

Maple Leafs vs. Panthers Game Day Preview: Round 2 Game 1

The Toronto Maple Leafs kick off their second-round series tonight against the Florida Panthers. This has been a rivalry brewing for the last few years, and it all came to…

Read the full story on The Hockey Writers

Published: 4 days ago

Dan Bylsma believes it’s a ‘war of attrition’ for Maple Leafs to advance

Former Seattle Kraken coach Dan Bylsma thinks the Toronto Maple Leafs have a good chance to take down the Florida Panthers in the second round. Going into this highly anticipated matchup, the majority consensus seems to be that the Panthers are the f

Read the full story on Leafs Nation

Published: 4 days ago

Panthers’ Tkachuk bringing ‘us against the world’ mentality into Round 2

Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk explains why he doesn’t see his team as the favourite heading into Round 2 against the Toronto Maple Leafs, and shares their mindset for playing on the road.

Read the full story on SportsNet

Published: 4 days ago

Maple Leafs’ Mitch Marner back on the ice after birth of first child

Mitch Marner is looking to be the latest Toronto athlete to benefit from some playoff dad strength. He and his wife, Stephanie, welcomed a baby boy, Miles Daniel, on Sunday night, their first child.

Read the full story on SportsNet

Published: 4 days ago

Dan Bylsma picks Toronto to upset Florida in Round 2: Leafs Morning Take

After a well-deserved break, the Maple Leafs are set to kick off Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. This is going to be a battle. Carter Hutton filled in for Jay Rosehill on the Monday edition of Leafs Morning Take. As one might expect, we spent th

Read the full story on Leafs Nation

Published: 4 days ago

Analyzing the Florida Panthers’ strengths and weaknesses

The Toronto Maple Leafs will face the defending Stanley Cup champions in Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Adam Vingan breaks down the strengths, and weaknesses, of the Florida Panthers and how Toronto might fare.

Read the full story on SportsNet

Published: 4 days ago

Justin Bieber drops bold Toronto Maple Leafs prediction

The Toronto Maple Leafs might not ever seem to have the hockey gods in their corner, but they’ll always have one thing most teams don’t: Justin Bieber cheering them on. For Bieber, a longtime friend of several Leafs players (most notably Auston

Read the full story on The Daily Hive

Published: 4 days ago