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Leafs made a mistake gifting Lafferty to Canucks

Wonder if the Toronto Maple Leafs could use a player like Sam Lafferty. Check that, the way the Vancouver Canucks forward has played this season, every team could use a player like Lafferty. Vancouver picked up the unheralded Lafferty from Toronto i

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Published: 1 year ago

The critical timeline and fair contract parameters for William Nylander amid a (so far) career season offensively

As the numbers continued to pile up night after night during William Nylander’s season-opening 17-game point streak, it felt like his asking price in contract negotiations would naturally follow suit. Suddenly, his reported $10 million asking price

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Published: 1 year ago

Treliving: Maple Leafs want to improve defence, but only if cost makes sense

Fresh off the announcement that hip surgery will end John Klingberg’s season, moving the defender to long-term injured reserve and opening up $4.15 million in cap space for the Toronto Maple Leafs, GM Brad Treliving offered something of a reality c

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Published: 1 year ago

Maple Leafs defenceman John Klingberg to have season-ending hip surgery

Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brad Treliving told reporters after Wednesday's practice that veteran defenceman John Klingberg is set to undergo hip surgery in the coming weeks that will keep him sidelined up to six months.

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Published: 1 year ago

Flames owner Murray Edwards in "no hurry" to help Treliving and Leafs via trade: report

The Calgary Flames may very well continue selling ahead of the trade deadline, but any chance of a deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs could prove difficult. Prior to the Flames trading Nikita Zadorov to the Vancouver Canucks, there were reports that

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Published: 1 year ago

Maple Leafs News & Rumors: McMann, Tavares, Minten & Cowan

‘In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs News & Rumors, I’ll take a look at John Tavares’ impact on the rest of the team. Second, I’ll look at two of…

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Published: 1 year ago

Sheldon Keefe on Easton Cowan & Fraser Minten making the Team Canada World Junior selection camp roster: “I don’t know if they were overly popular picks at the time, but they’ve just worked… They’re absolute competitors”

After Wednesday’s practice, Sheldon Keefe discussed stopping practice to tear a strip off the team, Ilya Samsonov’s status for Thursday’s game, and a pair of Leafs prospects making the Team Canada WJC selection camp roster. Practice Lines – D

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Published: 1 year ago

Shanahan’s Logic: Embrace Nylander’s Record-Breaking Season

All Toronto Maple Leafs fans know the backstory. Forward William Nylander has been growing as a player for several seasons, but this season, in particular, he’s delivered in ways that…

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Published: 1 year ago

Brad Treliving on whether John Klingberg’s season-ending surgery heightens interest in trading for a defenseman: “It’s no secret we’ve investigated the market and what those costs would be”

After Wednesday’s practice, GM Brad Treliving discussed the news of John Klingberg’s surgery, his activity in the trade market, and the naming of Easton Cowan and Fraser Minten to the Team Canada WJC selection camp. Treliving’s update on John K

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Published: 1 year ago

Toronto Maple Leafs Get $4 Million Cap Bonus: Klingberg to LTIR

Toronto Maple Leafs Defenseman John Klingberg will miss the rest of the 2023-24 NHL season to undergo hip surgery at the end of the month, Leafs GM Brad Treliving today announced. Klingberg, 31, re-aggravated a prior hip injury that now requires surg

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Published: 1 year ago

Leafs' Klingberg needs hip surgery, out for '23-24

Maple Leafs defenseman John Klingberg will have hip surgery at the end of month and miss the remainder of the season.

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Published: 1 year ago

Klingberg injury frees Maple Leafs to pursue trade

John Klingberg has elected to undergo season-ending hip surgery at the end of this month, after playing just 14 games as a Leaf. Luke Fox looks at what that means for the team going forward.

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Published: 1 year ago