Toronto Maple Leafs News and Rumors
A decade of the NHL's terrible playoff format ought to be enough
The Winnipeg Jets had an excellent regular season. They had 46 regulation wins, more than any team in the National Hockey League. Even with the statistical noise of loser points, the Jets finished with the second-best point total in the Western Confe
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Published: 4 months ago
An interesting off-season in Toronto awaits as Bruins eliminate Maple Leafs 2-1 in Game 7
After falling behind in the series 3-1, the Maple Leafs rallied back and won Games 5 and 6, which forced a deciding Game 7 in TD Garden last night for the fourth time in 11 years and the third time in the Matthews, Marner, Nylander era. First period:
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Published: 4 months ago
Maple Leafs’ Core Four Respond to Talk of Split After Game 7 Loss
The Toronto Maple Leafs lost another first-round matchup and the “core four” failed to take the team as far as early-season expectations would have suggested. Immediately after losing in Game…
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Published: 4 months ago
What's hanging in the balance for Leafs after another early playoff exit
They had it.The Toronto Maple Leafs had a 1-0 lead over the Boston Bruins with 11 minutes left in Saturday's Game 7. Then, like all good things tend to do in the Leafs' Auston Matthews era, the lead slipped away in excruciating fashion.Bruins defense
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Published: 4 months ago
David Pastrnak, Bruins’ Game 7 OT hero, breathes again: ‘A little relief’
Pastrnak had a tough series against the Maple Leafs but ended it in the best way possible. "It's so fun to see a guy like that succeed."
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Published: 4 months ago
Matthews, Nylander, Keefe reflect on team camaraderie after Game 7 loss
Auston Matthews and William Nylander almost engineered a comeback for the ages but the Toronto Maple Leafs fell short, losing to the Boston Bruins 2-1 in Game 7 of their first-round series. David Pastrnak scored in overtime, ending the Maple Leafs’
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Published: 4 months ago
Good but not good enough: a look at how the Maple Leafs got here and why it’s time for change
When you brand your players the “Core Four” and split $50M a year between them you are advertising that there are big expectations for this group. Money might not matter on the ice but it has mattered over the past few seasons of roster construct
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Published: 4 months ago
Another gutting Game 7 loss demands cuts to Maple Leafs’ core
Same sad faces, same old story. As the (willing) members of the Maple Leafs core walked one by one across the TD Garden’s visitors’ room and faced all the usual questions, there was a striking familiarity to the hollowness of it all.
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Published: 4 months ago
"F***ing right there": Nylander, Matthews talk on Leafs core's playoff failures
Another spring, another debate about how to fix the Toronto Maple Leafs. After the Leafs suffered a 2-1 Game 7 overtime loss to the Boston Bruins on Saturday night, you can bet there were all sorts of questions being floated by the fanbase about ho
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Published: 4 months ago
Bruins and Maple Leafs' Dramatic Game 7 Ended as Always Does With Boston Winning
The fourth Round 1 meeting between the Bruins and the Leafs in 12 years required Game 7, as it always has. The takes, narratives, tropes, and dramatics…
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Published: 4 months ago
Keefe: “When teams play the Leafs, they set up the game for the Leafs to beat themselves”
The Toronto Maple Leafs’ series against their biggest playoff demon of recent memory, the Boston Bruins, ended the same way life would have it end – with an overtime loss in Game 7. The Leafs were hit with a bombshell before the game, with the an
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Published: 4 months ago
Leafs show 'fight' in Game 7, as Matthews returns
Auston Matthews returned to the lineup and registered an assist, but the Toronto Maple Leafs bowed out of the postseason on Saturday night, falling 2-1 in overtime of Game 7 at TD Garden to the Boston Bruins, who will advance to meet the Florida Pant
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Published: 4 months ago