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Evaluating Brad Treliving’s first season as the Toronto Maple Leafs GM

Evaluating a given general manager’s performance can often be a difficult exercise. In some ways, GMs have a direct influence on their team on a game-to-game basis, while in others it can take years until the labours of their vision come to fruitio

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Published: 5 months ago

Why Maple Leafs’ Ilya Samsonov is a worthy Masterton pick

Ilya Samsonov is back to his glove-windmilling, smiling, joking self and has earned the Toronto Chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association’s honour of being nominated for the 2024 Bill Masterton Trophy.

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Published: 5 months ago

What exactly does David Kampf do for the Maple Leafs?

What does David Kampf do? The short answer is “frustrate you when overtime starts.” Given that we’re switching into playoff mode soon and 3 on 3 faceoff Kampf can’t hurt you anymore I’m going to attempt to expand on that answer. In the gran

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Published: 5 months ago

Friday FTB: how the Leafs will clinch a playoff spot this weekend

The Toronto Maple Leafs sit 10th in the league (5th in the conference) with 43 wins and 95 points in 75 games this season.

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Published: 5 months ago

Atlantic Notes: Jeannot, Greenway, Crookshank

Tampa Bay Lightning forward Tanner Jeannot will miss tonight’s game against the Montreal Canadiens as the rugged forward has been deemed day-to-day with an upper-body injury. Jeannot suffered the injury in last night’s game against the Toronto Ma

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Published: 5 months ago

Lightning’s Tanner Jeannot will miss Thursday’s game vs. Canadiens, listed as day-to-day

Jeannot left Wednesday’s game against the Maple Leafs after fighting Ryan Reaves and did not return.

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Published: 5 months ago

Is it time to reassess Treliving’s first year with Maple Leafs?

The hosts of Real Kyper and Bourne discuss the performance of Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brad Treliving, and whether his first offseason at the helm deserves more credit than it received at the time.

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Published: 5 months ago

Are the 2023-24 Maple Leafs’ Cup odds really any worse than in recent seasons? – MLHS Podcast Ep. 65

In this week’s edition of the MLHS Podcast, Nick Ashbourne and Anthony Petrielli discuss the Maple Leafs’ special teams situation ahead of the playoffs, the legitimacy of the perception that this Leafs team is worse than recent iterations, Ryan R

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Published: 5 months ago

Analyzing Matthew Knies and how he can be Maple Leafs’ playoff X-Factor

Rookie Matthew Knies has all the raw ingredients to become a difference maker in the NHL, but he’s still learning the pro game. Vanessa Kezwer looks at video of Knies’ season and highlights how, with some adjustments, he could be an X-Factor for

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Published: 5 months ago

Auston Matthews Sets Sites on First 70 Goal Season

Auston Matthews has once again confirmed his elite status within the NHL,…

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Published: 5 months ago

Peter Mansbridge thinks his beloved Maple Leafs could be poised for a long playoff run: Leafs Morning Take

And so, the Leafs will have to wait a little bit longer to clinch a playoff spot. Full credit to Tampa. Jon Cooper’s squad came ready to play on Wednesday night at Scotiabank Arena. We kicked off the Thursday edition of Leafs Morning Take by dissec

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Published: 5 months ago

Sheldon Keefe should be on the hot seat the rest of this season

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe has taken some heat after losing to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night. Keefe ran out his fourth line against the Lightning’s top line and the line was immediately scored on. Meanwhile, with eigh

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Published: 5 months ago