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East Notes: Nylander, Jensen, Sandin, Iorio

The Maple Leafs have been tight-lipped about the status of star winger William Nylander, who was absent from yesterday’s Game 1 loss to the Bruins with an undisclosed injury. It appears he’s nearing a return, though. He practiced with the team a

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Published: 1 year ago

Maple Leafs push ‘hakuna matata’ mindset as Nylander hits the ice

It’s the only acceptable mindset for a team that arrived in Boston an underdog but quickly earned Monday’s pressure with a careless performance on Saturday.

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Published: 1 year ago

Nylander back on the ice after missing Leafs’ first playoff game

The Toronto Maple Leafs might have some good news to help forget about last night’s embarrassing 5-1 loss to the Boston Bruins in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. After missing Saturday’s playoff opener, star forward William Nylander

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Published: 1 year ago

Game 1 Analysis: The song remains the same in another frustrating loss to Boston

For the second straight year, the Toronto Maple Leafs opened the first round of the playoffs with a near-worst-case scenario.  The Leafs allowed the first goal on the first shot against and continued to make sloppy mistakes all night. After the Leaf

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Published: 1 year ago

Sheldon Keefe on Mitch Marner’s Game 1 performance: “He was like a lot of our other guys — at times, he was really good, but he needed to do it more consistently and more frequently”

After an optional skate on Sunday, Sheldon Keefe discussed the areas for improvement ahead of Game 2. What is the key to bouncing back in Game 2? Keefe: Continue to believe in what we are doing, get to our game more frequently, and clean up the detai

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Published: 1 year ago

Bruins still mull G2 goalie despite Swayman gem

The Bruins aren't committing to a goaltender for Game 2 of their first-round series against the Maple Leafs on Monday even after Jeremy Swayman's dominant 35-save performance in Game 1.

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Published: 1 year ago

The Maple Leafs missed William Nylander in more ways than one

It’s been an interesting week in Leafs land. William Nylander was ruled out of Game 1 against the Boston Bruins. The undisclosed injury remains a mystery. It was his first game missed due to injury in seven and a half years and his team missed him

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Published: 1 year ago

Bill Barilko, the Tragically Hip & the Most Famous Goal in Maple Leafs History

On April 21, 1951, Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Toronto Maple Leafs and their bitter Original Six rival the Montreal Canadiens had gone into overtime. Then-Maple…

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Published: 1 year ago

Keefe: Maple Leafs must ‘be more responsible’ with penalties

Toronto Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe discusses the penalties by his team in Game 1 against the Boston Bruins, saying that their game must be cleaned up but that some calls were out of their hands.

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Published: 1 year ago

“No updates” as Sheldon Keefe stays mum on William Nylander and the Maple Leafs lineup card

Coming out of Game One there were a lot of questions for the Leafs head coach and at least on the most basic ones, Sheldon Keefe was unwilling to provide answers: Sheldon Keefe: “No updates on William.”“No updates on goaltending.”“No update

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Published: 1 year ago

Maple Leafs’ Keefe has no update on Nylander’s status for Game 2

Much like he has the past couple of days, Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe didn’t have any update on William Nylander’s playing status.

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Published: 1 year ago

Maple Leafs had a rough Game 1, but it’s going to be a long series

The Toronto Maple Leafs were handed a 5-1 loss by the Boston Bruins in Game 1, thanks to brutal puck management and a lack of discipline, two areas that can be cleaned up. The Bruins may have drawn first blood, but it’s the first to four wins, not

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Published: 1 year ago