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Scouting Report: What free agent Maxim Tsyplakov could bring the Toronto Maple Leafs

It’s that time of year again. The KHL is in its final weeks of the 2023-24 regular season, with contracts set to expire at the end of April. That means attention will soon turn to which free agents could make the move to the NHL for next season –

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Published: 1 year ago

Evaluating whether the Leafs’ top players eat up too much power-play time

Does the Toronto Maple Leafs’ star-studded top power-play unit stay on the ice too long? Justin Bourne breaks it all down to get us a definitive answer.

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Published: 1 year ago

Leafs among 12 teams eyeing KHLer Maxim Tsyplakov, agent says

The Toronto Maple Leafs are among 12 NHL teams interested in signing Russian forward Maxim Tsyplakov, his agent, Alexander Chernykh, told The Athletic's Joshua Kloke.Tsyplakov, 25, is in the final year of his KHL contract and enjoying a breakout seas

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Published: 1 year ago

Ryan Whitney offers up a ringing endorsement for both Simon Benoit & Chris Tanev: Leafs Morning Take

The Leafs held their annual practice at Nathan Phillips Square on Thursday. Speaking of which, Toronto’s overdue for an outdoor game soon, aren’t they? T-minus 28 days until the trade deadline. We kicked off the Friday edition of Leafs Morning Ta

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Published: 1 year ago

Leafs interested in signing star KHL winger: report

The Toronto Maple Leafs may be getting an early start to their offseason additions. According to a new report from The Athletic’s Joshua Kloke, the Leafs are among more than a dozen NHL teams interested in signing KHL forward Maxim Tsyplakov next

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Published: 1 year ago

Maple Leafs Trade Targets, Part 1: The Difference Makers

Part 1 of my trade targets series looks at three big names with the potential to move the needle for the Maple Leafs for this season and beyond. Ahead of the trade deadline, we previously broke down how the Leafs should approach the deadline from a b

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Published: 1 year ago

NHL Rumors: Toronto Maple Leafs and Washington Capitals

The rumors in the NHL keep swirling around Chris Tanev and the Toronto Maple Leafs along with what the Capitals will do at the deadline.

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Published: 1 year ago

The Maple Leafs have a secondary scoring issue that needs to be addressed

The core four of the Toronto Maple Leafs have been carrying the team since game one this season and it’s eventually going to catch up to them. GM Brad Treliving must do something about it before the March 8 trade deadline as the Leafs aren’t goin

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Published: 1 year ago

2023-24 Toronto Marlies Mid-Season Player Grades: Kieffer Bellows and Ryan Tverberg rank top of class at the halfway point

The Toronto Marlies reached the midway point of their 2023-24 in Cleveland on the recent Boat Show road trip, and after a 2-1-0 stretch before the All-Star break, currently sit at 19-14-6 (tied for third in the North Division). Let’s start with the

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Published: 1 year ago

Hart Trophy Rankings: Frequent runner-up zeroes in on hardware

The MVP race is really starting to solidify now that we're into the unofficial second half of the 2023-24 NHL season.A quintet of superstars continues to dominate, but one game-breaker in particular appears dead set on finally winning the Hart after

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Published: 1 year ago

Grading the Maple Leafs’ Top 7 Right-Wingers

In this post, I’m going to look at the seven top Toronto Maple Leafs right-wingers who have played for the team this season. To engage in these rankings, I’m relying…

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Published: 1 year ago

Parity: The frenemy of the Toronto Maple Leafs at the trade deadline

On TSN Overdrive, as well as a slew of other platforms the conversation of late has been around parity and to quote Pierre LeBrun, “how it cuts both ways.” The Leafs parity situation is interesting. From the standings point of view is the Leafs m

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