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7 takeaways from Leafs-Rangers: Tavares, Nylander dominate on historic night, playoff lines in focus

At the iconic Madison Square Garden, the Toronto Maple Leafs may have found their optimized line combinations, defeating the New York Rangers 4-3. John Tavares scored twice, becoming the 68th player in NHL history to reach the 1,100-point career mile

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Published: 4 months ago

Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Tavares, Stolarz, Domi, Tanev & Nylander

The Florida Panthers made a point last night, even with a depleted lineup. They extended their strong run with a 3-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, their seventh win…

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Published: 4 months ago

Maple Leafs Fill Nikita Grebenkin’s Spot with Borya Valis

The Toronto Maple Leafs were active at the trade deadline and significantly upgraded their roster at the cost of their prospect system. They had to part with first-round picks in…

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Published: 4 months ago

Stay at home defencemen aren’t exciting but Brandon Carlo can help Morgan Rielly

The Maple Leafs had a very specific need for their blueline. Maybe two specific needs for their blueline. Maybe two specific needs and one very strong preference. On paper, Brandon Carlo checked those boxes. Carlo is a right-shot defenceman that push

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Published: 4 months ago

3 Players on Both Sides of the Canadiens-Maple Leafs Rivalry

There’s a lot of history between the Original Six teams, especially between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens. How could it be otherwise? Both teams are over a…

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Published: 4 months ago

Nick Kypreos’ defense of Mitch Marner badly misses the mark

This week, Nick Kypreos penned a Toronto Star column imploring Maple Leafs fans not to vilify Mitch Marner if he walks away this summer as a UFA. Kypreos specifically cites the recent examples of Mikko Rantanen and Brad Marchand in his piece: Kypreos

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Published: 4 months ago

The Maple Leafs are far away from being Stanley Cup contenders

Last night’s game was a possible playoff preview between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers. The Maple Leafs are coming off playing nine games in eight different cities since the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament. During this stretch of games

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Published: 4 months ago

Max Domi on his big hit and fight vs. Panthers: ‘That’s part of the game’

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Max Domi had arguably his best game of the season on Thursday against the Florida Panthers. On a night that had major implications for the Atlantic Division title race, Domi made his presence felt early on with a big open-

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Published: 4 months ago

Friday Four: Avalanche provide Maple Leafs glimpse of life without Marner

In this edition of the Friday Four, Michael Amato looks at Mitch Marner walking, Dylan Cozens’ role for the Senators, Brad Marchand’s new threads and the heat on Andrei Kuzmenko.

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Published: 4 months ago

Maple Leafs’ Max Domi might have just played his best game of the season

Max Domi isn’t going to the Toronto Marlies any time soon. But if you let social media commenters control the Toronto Maple Leafs, he would have been long gone ages ago. Domi has gotten his fair share of criticism this year – and much of it was w

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Published: 4 months ago

Keith Tkachuk offers high praise, believes a ‘different’ Auston Matthews is on the way

Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews is having a down year by his excellent standards, but he has the full support of some of the greatest American players in history. Keith Tkachuk joined Nick Alberga and Jay Rosehill on Thursday’s edition

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Published: 4 months ago

32 Thoughts Podcast: All good in Buffalo

In this edition of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman begin by discussing their takeaways from Thursday night’s tilt between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers which Elliotte attended, and from the Senators-Bruins game whic

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Published: 4 months ago

Paul Bissonnette predicts Mitch Marner’s next contract on The Sheet

NHL on TNT analyst Paul Bissonnette joined Jeff Marek on The Sheet this week to discuss a number of items, where Mitch Marner’s impending contract status was naturally discussed. Bissonnette appeared to have Marner’s back, believing that the Toro

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Published: 4 months ago