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Maple Leafs’ Defense: Better or Worse for 2023-24?

The Toronto Maple Leafs have made a number of changes this offseason, the biggest one at the top when team president Brendan Shanahan did not extend a contract renewal to General Manager (GM) Kyle Dubas. That move allowed Dubas to walk to the Pittsb...

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Maple Leafs’ Defence Could Be the Team’s Achilles’ Heel

When the Toronto Maple Leafs announced that they had signed Auston Matthews to a four-year extension, it seemed like the dog days of summer in the NHL ended. It drew a buzz that got all of Leafs Nation excited and gave other fan bases hockey-...

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Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Rielly, Bernier, Amirov & Edler

In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs News & Rumors, I’ll share news about Morgan Rielly’s reaction to Kyle Dubas being let go. While he noted that he was surprised, he’s learned to not be that surprised about wha...

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Maple Leafs’ Rielly Should Be Fuelled by Klingberg Signing

When the Toronto Maple Leafs signed defenseman John Klingberg, there were questions in regards to bringing in another puck-moving defenseman when the team already had Morgan Rielly.  

Klingberg has seen a gradual decline in production after a 67-point seaso...

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Maple Leafs Core Players: Best Playoff Performers

We are all aware of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ record of futility in the playoffs. No other team in the history of the NHL has made the playoffs five seasons in a row and lost all five first-round series. To make matters worse and their record e...

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Maple Leafs Must Re-Sign Schenn for Rielly’s Sake

On Feb. 28, 2023, Luke Schenn was traded from the Vancouver Canucks to Toronto Maple Leafs for a third-round pick in the upcoming 2023 NHL Entry Draft. It wasn’t his first go-round with the team; in 2008, the Maple Leafs drafted him fifth overall. Schenn played with Toronto for fo...

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Maple Leafs Defense Not As Bleak As It Seems

If the 2023-24 season were to start right now, the Toronto Maple Leafs' defence pairings would look something like this: 

First Pairing: TJ Brodie - Jake McCabe

Second Pairing: Morgan Rielly - Timothy Liljegren

Third Pairing: Mark Giordano - Conor Timmi...

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Maple Leafs’ Core 5 Finally Come Alive During Their Playoff Run

The Toronto Maple Leafs recently ended a 19-year playoff series drought, which started on April 20, 2004, till the captain John Tavares ended that streak on April 29, 2023. During the team's first-round series against the Tampa Bay Light...

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Maple Leafs’ Conn Smythe Leader After Round 1

We know. It’s far too early for such speculation. 

Although the Toronto Maple Leafs have finally made it past the first round after seven tries, and it's been 19 years since they last advanced to the second round, it is, after all, just one round...

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Maple Leafs Series Win Should Motivate Them for Long Run

It really has been a long time coming.

For the first time since 2004, the Toronto Maple Leafs have exorcised their playoff demons and won a playoff series. They defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 in the series with a 2-1 win ...

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Maple Leafs Have Chance to Clinch Series and Re-Write the Script

For the longest time, playoff success has eluded the Toronto Maple Leafs. They haven’t won a series since 2004 and in addition, there have been many instances where they have a strangle hold or a lead of a s...

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3 Takeaways From Maple Leafs’ Stunning Game 4 Comeback Win

If you were shocked to see the Toronto Maple Leafs score two last-minute goals to take a 4-3 overtime victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 3, then imagine your surprise when I tell you that they did the same thing in Game 4, this time o...

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Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Bunting, Rielly, O’Reilly & Hirvonen

As my The Hockey Writers colleague Alex Hobson wrote this morning, the Toronto Maple Leafs are playing a more physical game against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Lightning have a reputation for playing ...

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Maple Leafs Are Different But Still Haven’t Proven Anything Yet

The Toronto Maple Leafs are different now than in year's past. They are a deeper team. They are a more experienced team. Their play in Games 2 and 3 have proven that beyond any doubt.

With all of that said, the Maple Leafs still haven't ...

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Maple Leafs News & Rumors: O’Reilly, Knies, Rielly & Acciari

The Toronto Maple Leafs won a thrilling overtime game over the Tampa Bay Lightning by a score of 4-3. Morgan Rielly scored the game-winning goal just before the end of the first overtime session.

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