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Looking at why Connor Dewar, David Kampf, and Steven Lorentz are the perfect fourth line for the Toronto Maple Leafs

Over the course of the Auston Matthews era, one of the main causes of playoff failure has been the drying of top-six production, without secondary scoring to back this up. Generally, less attention has been paid to the fourth line, as is common among

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Published: 4 months ago

NHL notebook: Marchand vehemently rejects report of Bruins’ feud, Flames’ Andersson ‘hates’ Oilers, Canucks

Welcome back to another edition of NHL notebook, where we take a look at stories around the league, often through a Toronto Maple Leafs-centric lens. We’ll get right into it, as Bruins captain Brad Marchand rejected a report from WEEI’s Rich Keef

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Published: 4 months ago

Is It Time for Nicholas Robertson to Leave the Maple Leafs?

NHL Insider Chris Johnston recently shared his perspective on a Toronto Maple Leafs Nicholas Robertson potential trade during an episode of The Leaf Report podcast. Johnston noted that, while Robertson…

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Published: 4 months ago

Quick Shifts: Why Maple Leafs’ trade strategy will be complicated

In this week’s Quick Shifts, Luke Fox takes a look at the Maple Leafs’ deadline plans, John Tortorella’s strategy for Matvei Michkov, Jakub Dobes’ quotes, what changed with Bobby McMann and much more.

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Published: 4 months ago

CanucksArmy answers 5 key questions heading into Saturday’s game

Ahead of Saturday’s game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Vancouver Canucks, we’re getting some insight from our friends at CanucksArmy! CanucksArmy managing editor David Quadrelli answered five key questions about the Canucks heading into Sat

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Published: 4 months ago

Toronto Raptors' RJ Barrett explains why he loves playing in Canada

Last week, Toronto Raptors forward RJ Barrett celebrated an anniversary: one year since the franchise-altering move that brought him back to his hometown. Spending the first four-and-a-half years of his NBA career with the New York Knicks before Tor

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Published: 4 months ago

Saturday's FTB: Canucks in town for an evening game

The Leafs will play the Canucks at the correct 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

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Published: 4 months ago

Mortgaging the future, rough night against the Canes, and Jake Evans as a trade target: Leaflets

With the Canucks playing the Maple Leafs tonight it seems like an easy thing to do is write about how J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson would be great ways to put the Maple Leafs over the top this season. Honestly though, other than that one line I’

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Published: 4 months ago

Tocchet vexed by missed chances vs. Hurricanes: 'You gotta hit the net'

Vancouver head coach Rick Tocchet was annoyed by the missed chances that plagued the Canucks during their 2-0 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night."I think we had 25 missed shots. ... You gotta hit the net," he lamented postgame. "That's t

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Published: 4 months ago

Canucks on Sportsnet: Vancouver vs. Carolina

The Carolina Hurricanes host the Vancouver Canucks after Jordan Staal’s hat trick against the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Hurricanes’ 6-3 win. The puck drops at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+, or follow along with the NHL Live T

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Published: 4 months ago

NHL Rumors: Oilers, Bruins, Maple Leafs

In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Edmonton Oilers revealed that Evander Kane had a separate surgery that will delay his rehab by 4-8 weeks. Kane also confirmed the injury news…

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Published: 4 months ago

This artist from northern Ontario designed Toronto Maple Leafs logo for Indigenous heritage game Saturday

A special Toronto Maple Leafs logo, designed by Indigenous artist Jennifer Taback from northern Ontario, will be on full display during the NHL team's Indigenous heritage game at home on Saturday against the Vancouver Canucks.

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Published: 4 months ago