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Leafs-Senators takeaways: Leafs fall to Senators on a lucky bounce in low-event affair

The Toronto Maple Leafs have struggled big time against the Ottawa Senators in recent years, and it was no different on Saturday night. Two months after the Senators blanked the Leafs 3-0 at home, they came out victorious with a 2-1 win in a relative

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Published: 7 months ago

John Tavares isn’t the player he used to be, so how can he still be effective for the Toronto Maple Leafs?

A lot is going well for the Toronto Maple Leafs, most importantly are early signs of a much better quality as a team (even after last night). As always, there are always negatives, injury-related or otherwise. Such is the push and pull of attrition a

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Published: 10 months ago

Auston Matthews on loss to Blue Jackets: ‘The neutral zone was the Autobahn’

It was a rough night for the Toronto Maple Leafs, who were soundly defeated 6-2 by the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday evening. Toronto was on the second game of a back-to-back and submitted its worst performance of the young season. Maple Leafs cap

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Published: 10 months ago

Matthew Knies’ extension won’t be getting done anytime soon: Alberga’s Take

If you were hoping for the Toronto Maple Leafs to get an extension done quickly with Matthew Knies, think again. For those wondering.. Status quo on contract talks between Matthew Knies and the Maple Leafs. I’m told his camp is in no rush to get a

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Published: 10 months ago

NHL Trade Talk Recap Oct. 22: Maple Leafs, Oilers, Canucks, Panthers…

The post NHL Trade Talk Recap Oct. 22: Maple Leafs, Oilers, Canucks, Panthers… appeared first on NHL Trade Talk. NHL Trade Talk Recap Oct. 22: Oilers changes don't lead to win, Maple Leafs without Woll, Pettersson talk, Panthers extend coach. The

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Published: 10 months ago

‘We brought our worst’: Maple Leafs cannon fodder for depleted Blue Jackets

The six thunderous canon blasts ringing through the ears of the Toronto Maple Leafs on a Tuesday night in Columbus should teach them something. If you’re going to dress an AHL goalie, you’re better off not playing like an ECHL team in front of hi

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Published: 10 months ago

Craig Berube Post Game, Blue Jackets 6 vs. Leafs 2: “Bottom line, it boiled down to them out-skating us, out-working us, and being a harder team… The only thing that was good was the penalty kill”

Craig Berube addressed the media after the Maple Leafs’ 6-2 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets, which dropped the team’s record to 4-3-0.  On the biggest issue for the team in the game: We obviously started slow and got down 3-0. We couldn’t ge

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Published: 10 months ago

‘They outskated us, outworked us, bottom line’: Berube on Leafs effort

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube discusses the need to move on after an ugly loss before highlighting what the Leafs did wrong in their loss to the Blue Jackets.

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Published: 10 months ago

Game in 10: Maple Leafs concede five goals in 31 minutes in Columbus, lay first egg of the Craig Berube era

The Maple Leafs laid their first rotten egg of the Craig Berube era, falling 5-0 down through 31 minutes to the Columbus Blue Jackets en route to a 6-2 final. Stinky. Your game in 10: 1.   The matchups against Columbus last year were pretty similar

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Published: 10 months ago

Maple Leafs-Blue Jackets takeaways: Hildeby struggles with no support, Knies gets lone passing grade

You could call it a trap game, or the function of a tough back-to-back, but this was an abnormally poor performance from the Toronto Maple Leafs, who were soundly defeated by the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-2. Dennis Hildeby allowed three goals in the fi

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Published: 10 months ago

Olivier scores twice as Blue Jackets crush Maple Leafs

Mathieu Olivier scored twice and Daniil Tarasov stopped 25 shots as the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-2 Tuesday night.

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Published: 10 months ago

NHL Highlights: Blue Jackets 6, Maple Leafs 2

Justin Danforth had a goal and two assists, Mathieu Olivier scored twice and Daniil Tarasov stopped 26 of the 28 shots he faced to help the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-2.

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Published: 10 months ago

Knee Jerk Reaction: Nothing goes right for Maple Leafs in 6-2 blowout loss to Blue Jackets

The Toronto Maple Leafs started this week’s back-to-back games by dominating the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday. It was a performance for the ages, in front of the entire hockey world. Tuesday in Columbus? It was a completely different story. The Bl

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Published: 10 months ago