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3 Takeaways From Maple Leafs’ 6-4 Loss to Sabres

After three straight losses to the Nashville Predators, Los Angeles Kings, and Boston Bruins, the Toronto Maple Leafs looked to finally get back into the win column against the Buffalo…

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Published: 10 months ago

The Maple Leafs currently have a John Klingberg problem

The Toronto Maple Leafs are not getting enough out of defenseman John Klingberg and at a time of desperate need, things need to change in a hurry. Klingberg wasn’t signed to a one-year $4.1 million contract to win the Norris. Everyone and their mot

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Published: 10 months ago

The Toronto Maple Leafs Deserve a Little Bit of Patience

It’s an annual rite of passage. The Toronto Maple Leafs have a middling start to the season and panic ensues. Players should be benched, demoted, or traded. The Toronto Maple Leafs coach or GM needs to be fired. The team lacks passion. Sure, much o

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Published: 10 months ago

Depth scoring & defending continue to falter, Maple Leafs drop fourth straight 6-4 to Sabres

It’s been a rough few games for the Toronto Maple Leafs as they entered last night 0-2-1 in their previous three games against the Nashville Predators, Los Angeles Kings and Boston Bruins. They needed a response against a middle-of-the-pack Buffalo

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Published: 10 months ago

A Former Strength Is Now a Weakness for the Toronto Maple Leafs

Special teams have played a huge role in the success of the Toronto Maple Leafs for the past couple of seasons as both their power play and penalty kill have ranked in the upper echelon in the NHL during that time. In particular, the Toronto Maple Le

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Published: 10 months ago

Game in 10: Matthews hat trick not enough to overcome defensive frailties in Maple Leafs’ loss to Sabres

Playing against a tired Sabres team, the Maple Leafs received a hat trick of goals from Auston Matthews and still lost this game in regulation in what was a miserable night for an over-taxed Leafs defense. A few thoughts in note form tonight: – The

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Published: 10 months ago

Even Auston Matthews’ hat trick can’t save Maple Leafs’ major depth issues

Toronto’s superstars flashed their brilliance and drummed up with four goals Saturday at Scotiabank Arena, but in terms of team success, it amounted to nothing more than cookie-gobbling and stats-padding.

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Published: 10 months ago

‘A brutal performance’: Bissonnette sounds off as Maple Leafs drop fourth straight

Guest Hockey Night in Canada panelist Paul Bissonnette gives his thoughts on the Toronto Maple Leafs after a loss to the Buffalo Sabres, blasting their lack of response after holding a team meeting the day before.

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Published: 10 months ago

Sheldon Keefe Post Game, Sabres 6 vs. Leafs 4: “The most exhausted I’ve seen a core of defensemen in my time in this league… Couldn’t skate, couldn’t make a pass”

Sheldon Keefe addressed the media after the Maple Leafs’ 6-4 loss to the Buffalo Sabres which dropped the team’s record to 5-4-2. On the team continuously conceding quickly after scoring throughout the game: There are two different stories in the

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Published: 10 months ago

Knee Jerk Reaction: Leafs continue to play stupid games, win stupid prizes

If you’re a loyal Toronto Maple Leafs fan, enough to the point where you can list off several boneheaded decisions they tend to make between players and coaches on command, tonight was like a greatest hits album.  The Leafs did just about everythi

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Published: 10 months ago

Matthews’ hat trick not enough as Sabres down Maple Leafs

Auston Matthews registered his third hat trick of the season but Alex Tuch scored twice, including the winner, as the Buffalo Sabres defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-4 on Saturday.

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Published: 10 months ago

Maple Leafs’ Matthews tips home point shot to record 10th career hat trick

Watch all three goals from Toronto Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews, who scored his 10th career hat trick against the Sabres.

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Published: 10 months ago