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How has a remarkable +1 junior season changed Easton Cowan’s NHL projection with the Maple Leafs?

I want to take you back to the draft floor of the 2023 NHL Draft in Nashville, where I was standing with my wonderful contemporaries in the scouting and media world when the Maple Leafs approached the podium at 28th overall. As Toronto’s Director o

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Published: 5 months ago

William Nylander needs to flick the switch before playoffs

For the first three months of the 2023-24 NHL season, William Nylander was one of the top five players in the entire NHL. Lately, he’s hardly in the top five on his own team. The Maple Leafs need Nylander to flick the switch and become the dominant

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Published: 5 months ago

3 Looming Questions as the Maple Leafs Enter the Playoffs

The post 3 Looming Questions as the Maple Leafs Enter the Playoffs appeared first on NHL Trade Talk. As the Toronto Maple Leafs enter the postseason, several questions remain unanswered. What are three of these key questions? The post 3 Looming Quest

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Published: 5 months ago

Maple Leafs Lose to Red Wings in OT Depsite 2nd Period Comeback

The Toronto Maple Leafs took on the Detroit Red Wings Saturday night in what could have been the biggest game of the year for the Red Wings. They desperately needed…

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Published: 5 months ago

The fallout from the Coyotes relocation (and yes, how it affects the Maple Leafs)

To say that the Coyotes relocation has been a long time coming is an understatement. And while as a Jets 1.0 fan growing up, and a resident of Connecticut at the time the Whalers relocated, I’d like to believe I know what hockey fans in Arizona are

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Published: 5 months ago

Matthews nets 69th goal but the Maple Leafs fall 5-4 to the Red Wings

On the final Saturday night, Hockey Night in Canada of the 2023-24 regular season, the Toronto Maple Leafs hosted their original six rivals, the Detroit Red Wings, for the third and final meeting this season, with both teams playing the remaining gam

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Published: 5 months ago

Samsonov struggling isn’t ideal, but don’t read too much into it

Having absolute confidence in the Maple Leafs heading into the playoffs wouldn’t feel natural. The team has had varying levels of success heading into the post season over the past eight years and the results have largely been the same and very rar

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Published: 5 months ago

Maple Leafs’ Keefe Calls Matthews’ 70-Goal Pursuit “Major Distraction”

The Toronto Maple Leafs had a massive game against the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday (April 13) as the Red Wings tried to keep their playoff hopes alive. While the…

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Published: 5 months ago

Leafs Visual Recap 80: Toronto drops to Detroit in overtime, Matthews scores goal number 69

The Toronto Maple Leafs lost another game, this time against the Detroit Red Wings in an overtime setback. The game saw the Leafs come back from a 4–1 deficit to tie it up at four goals apiece in the second period, but a late-game penalty to Max Do

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Published: 5 months ago

Game in 10: Maple Leafs’ injury scares, ugly first period make for suboptimal final home game of the regular season vs. Detroit

Auston Matthews scored #69, but Maple the Leafs fell 5-4 in overtime to the Red Wings in a game that saw plenty of goals and a few injury scares.  The Leafs opened the scoring but then allowed four unanswered goals to close the first period, exhibit

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Published: 5 months ago

‘A major distraction’: Sheldon Keefe feeds into Auston Matthews’ 70 hype

The final Saturday night of the regular season was all about watching for, waiting for, the puck to fly off Auston Matthews’ stick, past James Reimer, and into the Red Wings’ net. It happened once, but not twice, leaving the Leafs star at 69 goal

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Published: 5 months ago

Sheldon Keefe Post Game, Red Wings 5 vs. Leafs 4 (OT): “It seemed like one of those nights where our guys thought it was going to be easy… We know how it goes when that is the case”

Sheldon Keefe addressed the media after the Maple Leafs’ 5-4 overtime loss to the Detroit Red Wings, which dropped the team’s record to 46-24-10. On the status of Bobby McMann and Jake McCabe after they left the game injured: Bobby has a lower-bo

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