Still plenty for Leafs to determine as season draws closer

There was no real mystery as to what Mike Babcock was getting himself into when he signed with the Maple Leafs last June and there was no illusion that much would be right by Oct. 1 of his first year with the team.

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Maple Leafs goalies Bernier, Reimer in close race for starting job

While Jonathan Bernier appears to have the edge, James Reimer has played better lately, complicating Mike Babcock's job.

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Report: Panthers release David Booth from tryout

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Devils Season Preview: Regime change prompts period of transition in New Jersey

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Maple Leafs' Babcock unhappy with veterans after shutout loss to Sabres

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VIDEO: Maple Leafs' Phaneuf levels Sabres prospect Guhle with open-ice check

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Leafs shut out in Buffalo

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock wasn't mincing words when it came to his stars' performance in a 4-0 pre-season loss against the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday. Simply put, he says, they have to do better. "I didn't th...

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Final: Sabres 4 Maple Leafs 0. BUF: E Rodrigues 2 goals, BUF: R Lehner 26 saves. (ESPN)

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Leafs’ Reilly, Gardiner could be going their separate ways

Coach Mike Babcock is not married to the idea of the two of them — both left-handed shots — playing together on the blue line in the regular season.

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VIDEO: Sabres' Eichel snipes short-handed goal vs. Maple Leafs

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Leafs hopeful Clune 'gives other guys courage': Babcock

Mike Babcock likes a good story that involves triumph over personal demons.

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Maple Leafs at Sabres has started. (ESPN)

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Maple Leafs Video: Captain Dion Phaneuf talks to ESPN's Pierre LeBrun about new coach Mike Babcock - \"Change is good\" (ESPN)

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Maple Leafs sign Andrew Campbell

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Tuesday that the hockey club has agreed to terms on a two-way contract with defenceman Andrew Campbell. Campbell had previously agreed to an AHL contract with the Toronto Marlies in July. Campbell,...

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Bernier or Reimer: Who will start opening night?

The battle to determine opening night’s starting goalie for the Maple Leafs is about to enter its critical phase.

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Matthews, Chychrun, Nylander headline Central Scouting's 'Players to Watch' list

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Boyes comes home

Sometimes long, winding journeys can bring you back where you started. For Mississauga's Brad Boyes, he finds himself in a position that was very familiar 15 years ago. The Maple Leafs drafted Boyes, then a star centre for the Erie Otters, with...

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Could Matt Hunwick be the man to patrol Leafs' blue line alongside Dion Phaneuf?

Can veteran defenceman Matt Hunwick do what no other Leafs defenceman before him has been able to do reliably and consistently?

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Three reasons Nylander should stick with Leafs, three reasons he should be cut

Mitch Marner was the easy one.

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Toronto has always been Boyes town for Leafs veteran

“I’m really excited for my family, they’re excited for me,” forward Brad Boyes says of his one-year contract.

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Avalanche to sign Curtis Glencross to tryout deal

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Buffery: Cutting radio guys' road trips is 'bush-league'

I’m not going to lose sleep over Joe Bowen and Jim Ralph not staying at five-star hotels or travelling on luxurious charter planes anymore.

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Senators sign Mark Fraser to 1-year, 2-way deal

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Hunwick settling in with the Maple Leafs

There are many new names for fans to get familiar with over the coming weeks and months. Among them is blueliner Matt Hunwick. Hunwick, who was signed to a two-year contract on July 1, is taking part in his first camp with the Leafs. The 30-yea...

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The NHL Redux: Nazem Kadri and the company he keeps

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Bowen, Ralph to call Leafs' road games from Toronto

First they were turfed from the team charter and now Leafs radio broadcasters Joe Bowen and Jim Ralph have been banished from the road altogether.

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Maple Leafs release Mark Fraser from camp, reportedly signs with Senators

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Maple Leafs kick radio crew off team charters to road games

Long-time play-by-play voice Joe Bowen will call road games off a television feed inside a Toronto studio.

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Maple Leafs' Boyes' father planted maple tree when he was drafted by team in 2000

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Leafs sign Brad Boyes to a one-year contract

Fifteen years after the Maple Leafs drafted Brad Boyes, the Mississauga native finally is going to get to make his debut in the blue and white.

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Maple Leafs sign Brad Boyes to 1-year deal, worth reported $700K

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Leafs Agree To Terms With Brad Boyes

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Sunday that the club has agreed to terms with free agent forward Brad Boyes on a one-year contract. Boyes was originally invited to training camp with Toronto on a professional try-out. Boyes, 33, appeared in ...

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Setoguchi, Glencross among Maple Leafs’ cuts

Setoguchi and Glencross were released from their professional tryouts, top pick Mitch Marner was returned to the OHL’s London Knights, and goalie Rob Madore was sent to the Marlies.

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Maple Leafs trim training camp roster

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Sunday that the team has trimmed their training camp roster to 42 players. The Leafs current training camp roster includes a total of 23 forwards, 15 defencemen and four goaltenders. An updated training camp roste...

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Leafs make more cuts to roster including Marner

The Maple Leafs roster is down to 42.

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Maple Leafs release Glencross, Setoguchi from tryouts, send Marner back to OHL

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Report: Maple Leafs' Babcock interested in coaching Canada at World Cup

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Refresh Needed

Leafs and Habs on a Saturday night. It’s typically a high-octane affair. But, it’s the pre-season. And, it’s midway through the pre-season where players could start running into a wall. The effort on Saturday night has Maple Leafs head coach...

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Leafs can't solve Condon, fall to Canadiens

TORONTO — Mike Condon continues to make his case to be the Montreal Canadiens' backup goaltender. Condon stopped all 17 shots he faced Saturday night in a 1-0 shutout of the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre. In limited pre-season act...

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Maple Leafs fall to Canadiens at ACC

At least one sports memoribilia auction in Toronto is already displaying Phil Kessel’s signed No. 81 sweater in Pittsburgh colours.

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Final: Canadiens 1 Maple Leafs 0. (ESPN)

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Canadiens at Maple Leafs has started. (ESPN)

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Easy decision for Shawn Matthias to join Maple Leafs

In reality, Shawn Matthias didn’t need the sales pitch at all, but a summer meeting with Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock certainly helped settle the free agent’s mind.

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Toronto Furies and Maple Leafs unveil rebrand and continued investment in women's hockey

The Canadian Women’s Hockey League’s (CWHL) Toronto Furies unveiled a rebrand with the support of the Toronto Maple Leafs prior to Toronto’s preseason game against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. The Furies’ new logo was designed to better str...

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Tough lessons handed down

The Maple Leafs dropped their first game of the pre-season. They started well, playing a style that head coach Mike Babcock had been preaching. But the Sabres turned it on midway through the game and Toronto ran into issues that will be a focus...

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Special Teams Hurts Leafs In Loss

TORONTO -- A lack of discipline and special-teams struggles cost the Toronto Maple Leafs in pre-season action against the Buffalo Sabres. The Leafs gave up three power-play goals and one short-handed in a 6-4 loss to the Sabres on Friday night ...

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Maple Leafs' Percy continues to display patience

Stuart Percy doesn’t have to be told about patience.

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Final: Sabres 6 Maple Leafs 4. BUF: M Pysyk 1 goal, TOR: S Percy 1 goal, TOR: J Bernier 27 saves. (ESPN)

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Joffrey Lupul optimistic Maple Leafs can surprise this season

It’s only pre-season, but the Leafs seem to have adhered to new coach Mike Babcock’s demand for a work ethic and a high compete level while the team learns his new systems.

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Sabres at Maple Leafs has started. (ESPN)

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Fit, healthy, Maple Leafs' Lupul hopes to bounce back

He may have just turned 32 this week and is coming off one of the more frustrating years of his career, but Joffrey Lupul vows he isn’t done as a meaningful NHLer.

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Placing bets on the over/under line for every NHL team

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Leafs host Sabres in fourth pre-season contest

The Toronto Maple Leafs will play their fourth pre-season game — and second at Air Canada Centre — on Friday night when they play host to the Buffalo Sabres. The Leafs are 3-0-0 to this point in the pre-season and have shown a good work rate a...

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William Nylander unlikely to make Maple Leafs despite impressive showing

With the Leafs committed to a win-later approach, they want their top prospects developing in the minor leagues and at the junior level.

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Stars Season Preview: Championship trio has Dallas primed for playoff push

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Leafs still have plenty to prove to Babcock

With Game 4 of the eight-game NHL pre- season schedule up next for the Maple Leafs Friday night, coach Mike Babcock sounds like a man who needs to see more.

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Oddsmakers set over/under on win totals for the 2015-16 NHL season

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Report: Flyers' Luke Schenn 'a strong candidate' to be traded prior to season opener

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Report: NHL to review knee-on-knee hit by Blue Jackets' David Clarkson

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Mark Fraser reunites with Lou Lamoriello, Maple Leafs

If Mark Fraser was going to extend his NHL career, it required help from Lou Lamoriello, who had helped launch it a decade ago.

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Babcock isn't pushing Maple Leafs to be pacifists

The last time the Maple Leafs earned enough points to make the playoffs, credit went in part to a league-leading total in fighting majors and penalty minutes.

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Martin Marincin a good fit for Mike Babcock's Leafs

Defenceman Martin Marincin the first player the Leafs acquired after hiring Mike Babcock, has excellent possession stats.

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Phaneuf-Hunwick to lead Maple Leafs' defensive pairings

A look at what could be the Leafs’ top three defensive pairings as training camp progresses.

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Froese aiming to build off strong showing with Marlies

Throughout this training camp, one message has been echoed from management down through the coaching staff to the players looking to play for the Maple Leafs — you get what you earn. While many onlookers take that message with cynicism given th...

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Parenteau hoping to lead, prove doubters wrong

If it looks like P-A Parenteau is having a great time at training camp, it’s because he feels like he can carve out a prominent role with the Maple Leafs. “It’s been great, I feel like I have my confidence back of a year, year and a half ago. T...

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PHOTO: Maple Leafs don't cheap out on mannequins, apparently

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Report: Maple Leafs' Lamoriello may covet Devils' Zajac

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Young veteran Jake Gardiner 'excited' about future of Maple Leafs

Jake Gardiner has become accustomed to having his head on a swivel during Maple Leafs games, trying to be aware as possible of what each opposing forward is going to do next.

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Maple Leafs test out four forward power-play unit

Assistant coach Jim Hiller brings extra-man scheme that helped Detroit become one of the top-scoring teams with the man advantage.

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Rape kit left at mother’s home, Patrick Kane accuser alleges

‘Something seriously has gone amiss,’ the lawyer for a woman accusing the NHL star says at a news conference.

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Maple Leafs make cuts, trim roster to 46

Mike Babcock wanted his roster down to two workable practice squads by the end of this week and wasted no time after the club completed three exhibition games.

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Five Takeaways from Leafs vs. Canadiens

Nylander impressing Having completed his second pre-season game, the forward has shown an impressive amount of skill and a good net presence. With the staff looking for skilled players who can earn a spot, if he continues to produce offensively...

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Maple Leafs make first cuts of training camp

Seven players sent back to minors or juniors including 2013 first-round pick Frederik Gauthier.

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Maple Leafs trim Training Camp roster

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Wednesday that the team has trimmed their training camp roster to 46 players. The Leafs current training camp roster includes a total of 26 forwards, 15 defencemen and five goaltenders. An updated training camp ro...

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Penguins Season Preview: Kessel, healthy blue line provide major boost

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Cup champion Blackhawks, finalists Lightning favored to repeat as division winners

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Maple Leafs ready to get down to business

If you’re going to look ahead to what the future holds for the Maple Leafs, the pre-season game at the Bell Centre on Tuesday night provided a tidy glimpse.

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end of OT: Maple Leafs 0 Canadiens 0. TOR: W Nylander 1 goal, MTL: M McCarron 1 goal, MTL: Z Fucale 14 saves. (ESPN)

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Leafs Polak and Marincin aren't two wild and crazy defencemen

On the entertainment stage, Maple Leafs defence partners Roman Polak and Martin Marincin are no threat to the longevity of the Festrunk Brothers.

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VIDEO: Kessel finishes tic-tac-toe for 1st goal with Penguins

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Few Maple Leafs prospects expected to crack NHL lineup

Highly touted prospects including Mitch Marner and Connor Brown are likely to start the year in junior or with the Marlies.

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Curtis Glencross fights for right to wear blue and white: Feschuk

Glencross, in Maple Leafs camp without a contract, said he grew up a fan of Toronto at the behest of his grandparents, who got to love the team in a glorious era.

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The long and the short of Connor Brown’s chance with the Leafs: Feschuk

Leafs prospect has overcome questions about his height to get an opportunity with Toronto's top line.

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Leafs' No. 1 pick Marner to get 'first real taste' against Montreal

Where to start the evaluations for the Maple Leafs in Montreal Tuesday night?

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Marner set for Montreal debut

Mitch Marner will get his first taste of pre-season hockey when the Leafs visit the Canadiens tonight. The odds are stacked against the Leafs first round draft choice from 2015. With many prospects at camp, his chances of making the NHL roster ...

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Maple Leafs' van Riemsdyk embracing enhanced role

TORONTO -- The Toronto Maple Leafs made sweeping changes over the summer, but it was not entirely a case of out with the old and in with the new. The new-look Maple Leafs will turn to a holdover, forward James van Riemsdyk, to provide some of t...

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Babcock's focus getting Maple Leafs to follow system

TORONTO -- Success for the Toronto Maple Leafs this season won't necessarily be measured in victories. Rather, new coach Mike Babcock will be pleased if his players buy into his system, which basically requires dedication on and off the ice as ...

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Maple Leafs hope to camp out around net

The spots are there for the taking.

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Maple Leafs' Babcock a busy body in pre-season debut

On the morning of his first game at the Air Canada Centre, Mike Babcock was curious about the game-night travel time from his house to the rink.

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Final/OT: Maple Leafs 4 Senators 3. (ESPN)

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Learning the system

TORONTO – It was just one pre-season game, but there were some positive signs of what the Leafs can do if they play the right system. In his first game (albeit a pre-season one) as head coach of the Maple Leafs, there was barely a moment where ...

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Report: Hockey Canada to wait until at least late October to name World Cup coach

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Leafs win pair over Senators, including first game under Babcock

Babcoc’s pregame message? The team is simply beginning to learn how he wants them to play.

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Stars should come out for three-on-three overtime: Feschuk

The new format is going to allow the very best players in the league a chance to operate with the luxury of open ice at a moment in time when five-on-five play often presents only closed door after closed door.

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Brown looking to show what he can do

Maple Leafs forward Connor Brown has impressed in his first few days of training camp. With size always being a concern for the prospect, Brown was able to put on 10 pounds in the offseason. The addition in size could be just what he needs to f...

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Leafs ready to test new-look team against Sens

With Mike Babcock in and Phil Kessel out, the Maple Leafs are ready to test drive their new-look team on two fronts Monday night.

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Red Wings Season Preview: Jeff Blashill takes the reigns

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Leafs Announce Roster Moves

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Sunday that the team has trimmed their training camp roster to 53 players. The Leafs current training camp roster includes a total of 31 forwards, 17 defencemen and five goaltenders. An updated training ca...

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PHOTO: Maple Leafs' Reimer debuts new 'Optimus Reim' mask

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Leafs' Connor Brown growing into an NHLer

It was a long time coming, so when Connor Brown looked down at the scale this summer and saw the 180 pounds reading, it was a time for celebration.

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Leafs' Babcock dividing up pre-season rosters

Since his hiring in late May, Mike Babcock couldn’t wait to get behind the bench of the Maple Leafs.

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Leafs' Nazem Kadri looking to cash in [Video]

It has never been easy to be Nazem Kadri.

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Leafs set to trim roster after 'good effort' at training camp

The first cuts are coming.

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It's butt-kicking time for Leafs

There was many a miserable night last season when veteran and sometimes surly Maple Leafs defenceman Roman Polak looked and sounded like he wanted to kick a teammate or two in the butt.

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Red Wings' GM Holland on Maple Leafs' Babcock: 'We want to kick his ass'

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Setoguchi thankful for opportunity with Leafs after turbulent year

Devin Setoguchi came from Alberta to Atlantic Canada for a chance to revive his NHL career with the Maple Leafs.

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Leafs coach Babcock unsure if Tyler Bozak a top-line centre without Kessel

Phil Kessel helped make good pal Tyler Bozak a better centre and kept him a first-liner on a Leafs team that struggled through most of the latter’s six seasons.

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Red Wings' veterans happy for fresh start under new coach

Was hockey life under Mike Babcock beginning to get stale for veteran Red Wings players?

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Red Wings' Ken Holland on Mike Babcock: 'We want to kick his ass!'

There were tears trickling down the cheeks of both men when Mike Babcock and Ken Holland shared a heartfelt embrace on the morning of May 20, an indication of just how emotional this much ballyhooed hockey divorce in Hockeytown was going to be after a successful 10 year run.

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Babcock focusing on Rielly, Gardiner early at Leafs camp

As the latest Maple Leafs coach charged with the development of young defencemen Morgan Rielly and Jake Gardiner, Mike Babcock has some big plans.

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Setoguchi gets a clean start with Maple Leafs

Former 30-goal scorer is married, sober and trying to get his career back on track.

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Setoguchi relishing second chance with Maple Leafs

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Maple Leafs' Kadri wants to be role model after tumultuous season

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All NHL rinks will have walk-through metal detectors this season

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Maple Leafs did homework on goalie coach Steve Briere

With six masked men in camp, it’s a busy time for new Leafs goalie coach Steve Briere.

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'Gremlin' Grabner out to prove himself with Maple Leafs

After so many gremlins got in their system the past few years, the Maple Leafs now have one on their side.

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Who these Maple Leafs turn out to be is anyone’s guess: Cox

This camp is about hunger and impressing the new bosses. We’ve heard about establishing “new cultures” ad nauseam for years, so of course we must wait to see if this is for real.

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Babcock sends clear message to players as Leafs camp opens in Maritimes [Video]

If the 69 Maple Leafs on the ice didn’t see new coach Mike Babcock on Friday morning, they sure heard him.

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Michael Grabner enjoys first taste of life as a Maple Leaf

“I know the Leafs have a big following, and it’s great to be part of it,” said Grabner, who was acquired from the Islanders on Thursday.

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Phil Kessel 'thrilled' to be in Pittsburgh as camp opens

Phil Kessel admits being nervous.

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Who will grab Maple Leafs’ starting goalie duties, James Reimer or Jonathan Bernier?

Toronto netminders ready to battle it out to see who becomes the Leafs' No. 1 goaltender.

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Maple Leafs see training camp start in Halifax as bonding trip

Mike Babcock and Lou Lamoriello heartily endorse opening camp in Nova Scotia.

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Maple Leafs chat with Kevin McGran: Live at noon

The Leafs are in Halifax for training camp after clearing some roster spots with a six-player trade that netted Michael Grabner.

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Leafs' Babcock ready to put work boots on [Video]

The simple guy from Saskatchewan isn’t going to take any crap.

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It’s Babcock’s way or the highway in Leafland: Feschuk

Anyone who doesn’t comply — well, since no one’s going to outlast Babcock, even the dumbest among the group will understand there’s a great seat in the press box, or a plane out of town, for the uncommitted.

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Well-travelled Mark Arcobello hopes to make impact with Maple Leafs

The motto of Mark Arcobello’s alma mater, Yale University, is “Lux et veritas,” which translates to “Light and truth.”

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The Kessel Plan: How the Penguins see Phil Kessel fitting in [Video]

Just one year ago, the first question posed to Phil Kessel.

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Babcock thinks Phaneuf will have bounce back year [Video]

Dion Phaneuf spoke to reporters on Thursday. It might be the last anyone hears from him for a while.

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Maple Leafs’ training camp filled with possibilities

Goalie Jonathan Bernier and captain Dion Phaneuf are among the players looking to make a good impression on the new coach.

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Leafs' Nathan Horton takes physical, hasn’t given up hope of playing

At least one Maple Leaf flunked his physical on Thursday, but it wasn’t a shock.

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Mike Babcock gives Maple Leafs a ‘clean slate’

New Leafs coach refuses to watch video of team's lacklustre efforts at the end of 2014-15 season.

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Babcock Will Observe As Well As Teach

While many Leafs are back for another season, the past is truly being left in the past in the eyes of new Maple Leafs Head Coach Mike Babcock. “Have I seen these players play? Absolutely “I know the Red Wings, Lou (Lamoriello) knows the Devils,...

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Simmons: It's all dreamy, unrealistic ... as it should be

On the first day of school, everyone smiled on cue.

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Maple Leafs: New GM Lou Lamoriello's prints all over the team; \"night and day\" feeling from last year - Pierre LeBrun (ESPN)

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Leafs acquire Michael Grabner in six-player trade with Islanders

On the first day of training camp, the Toronto Maple Leafs got faster and more flexible by trading five players to the New York Islanders for winger Michael Grabner.

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Islanders ink Steve Bernier to 1-year deal worth a reported $750,000

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Maple Leafs acquire Michael Grabner from Islanders in six-player trade

Toronto sends five players to New York for a forward acknowleged as one of the fastest players in the NHL.

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Leafs Acquire Michael Grabner from the Islanders

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced today that the team has acquired forward Michael Grabner from the New York Islanders in exchange for forwards Taylor Beck and Carter Verhaeghe, defencemen Matt Finn and Tom Nilsson, and goaltender Christopher Gibs...

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Islanders trade Michael Grabner to Maple Leafs for Taylor Beck, 4 prospects

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Phil Kessel to make Penguins preseason debut Tuesday

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Live: First day of Leafs camp

It's Day One on the job for head coach Mike Babcock. The new coach begins the 99th training camp in Toronto's history.

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Mike Babcock vows to put Maple Leafs ‘back to rightful place’ as training camp opens

Some 73 players filed into the Leafs practice facility to begin a rebuilding process following on the heels of a disastrous 2014-15 campaign.

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Maple Leafs' Nathan Horton failed physical, not on training camp roster

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'I have absolutely no concerns': Penguins' GM Jim Rutherford on Phil Kessel's so-called issues

The soup, we assume, was not sour.

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Maple Leafs reveal training camp roster

The raw materials are of questionable quality, but the Maple Leafs grand rebuild is about to commence on the job site.

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Leafs Announce Training Camp Roster

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Wednesday the hockey club’s 2015 training camp roster. The Leafs have invited 73 players to training camp, including 42 forwards, 24 defencemen and seven goaltenders. The entire training camp roster is attached. ...

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Mike Babcock better be the star for 'disgraceful' Maple Leafs lineup

We interrupt all this cooing over Mike Babcock and Lou Lamoriello for a brief pronouncement: The intended blowing up of the Maple Leafs never happened.

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Lightning Season Preview: Steven Stamkos, and the contract that lies in wait

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Ex-Leafs GM Gerry McNamara: Ballard passed on Quinn, Lamoriello as coach

If given more time to let draft picks mature, empowered to hire and fire coaches and not compromised by the owner’s headline-hogging, then history might judge Gerry McNamara quite differently.

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Blackhawks remain 2016 Stanley Cup favorites

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Phaneuf says he's never asked Maple Leafs to trade him

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Air Canada Centre advises fans of new security measures and venue entry changes for Maple Leafs and Raptors games

As Air Canada Centre prepares to open the 2015-16 Toronto Maple Leafs season with a pre-season game against Ottawa on Monday, MLSE outlined a number of changes in and around the arena today to help ensure an easy and enjoyable experience for fans ...

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Leafs' Reimer excited about club's direction [Video]

James Reimer won’t know for sure what kind of team plays in front of him until we’re well into the 2015-16 regular season.

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Lamoriello wants to get to know Maple Leafs players

If only the many problems dogging the Maple Leafs could be solved by Lou Lamoriello dragging shaggy-haired Maple Leafs to the barber.

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Lou Lamoriello yet to put his stamp on Maple Leafs

With training camp set to open Thursday, new general manager Lou Lamoriello is taking his time before setting the tone.

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Leafs Announce TV And Radio Broadcast Schedule

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Monday the club’s 2015-16 regular season broadcast schedule. All Maple Leafs’ games will be televised live on Sportsnet and Rogers affiliates (56 games), and TSN (26 games), while Sportsnet 590 The FAN and TSN Rad...

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Maple Leafs invite three undrafted players to main camp

Heading to Toronto are goalie Lucas Peressini, defenceman Nikolas Brouillard and forward Michael Joly.

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Bernier puts new Maple Leafs mask on display

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Roster Moves Announced Following Rookie Camp

The Toronto Maple Leafs today announced roster moves following the Club’s rookie camp and tournament in London, Ontario. Players joining the team as main camp opens on Sept. 17 in Toronto include forwards Martins Dzierkals, T.J. Foster, Freder...

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VIDEO: Maple Leafs' Nylander offers glimpse into future with rookie game snipe

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Good showing for rookie Leafs

Right after Mitch Marner scored his first as a Maple Leafs rookie, part of a strong two-point night, Budweiser Gardens rocked with The Kid Is Hot Tonite by Loverboy.

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Maple Leafs hope someone will fill top-line void

The addition of 30-something forwards Brad Boyes and Curtis Glencross and 28- year-old Devin Setoguchi on professional tryout contracts should spice up Maple Leafs training camp, which starts this week in suburban Halifax.

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Kasperi Kapanen says he was shocked by trade to Maple Leafs

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Sabres' Cody Franson: Difficulty in free agency 'aggravated me'

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PHOTO: Fan hangs Stamkos jersey in Maple Leafs' dressing room

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Verhaeghe ready to take next step

With four years of junior play behind him, Carter Verhaeghe wants to be a pro.

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For Leafs, the future can wait

In one corner of the Budweiser Gardens ice on Saturday morning, the potential future of the Maple Leafs were standing and joking while waiting their turn for a drill.

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Leafs prospect Kasperi Kapanen can't escape Phil Kessel comparisons

Former Leafs pick Tyler Biggs, sent to Pittsburgh in the Kessel trade, understands the huge expectations Kapanen, 19, will face in Toronto.

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Sundin, Salming immortalized in bronze on Maple Leafs’ Legends Row

The rainy weather held out long enough for hundreds of Leaf fans and season ticket-holders to show their appreciation for the two former Leaf standouts.

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Report: Jiri Tlusty rejects 5 NHL tryout offers; has KHL 'options'

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Red Wings' Franzen cleared to play after missing nearly 4 months with concussion

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PHOTOS: Sundin, Salming monuments added to Maple Leafs' Legends Row

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One Of The Greats

At the Draft in 1994, the Leafs held the 16th overall pick. Who could have predicted that the next fourteen years of Maple Leafs hockey would be defined by what happened that day? Twenty-seven year old Captain Wendel Clark was now a Quebec Nordiqu...

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Sundin's Leafs legacy becomes permanent

"Loose puck in front. Down is Irbe. Rebound — Scores! They score! They score with 28.8 seconds left! The Leafs have tied the game! Don't tell me about heart and dedication and resilience. This is unbelievable." - Joe Bowen's call of Mats Su...

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Nylander nets two as kid Leafs fall to Senators

Part of the allure of this four-team rookie tournament for the Maple Leafs was pitting their skilled snipers against some of the best prospect goalies in the NHL.

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Rookie tournament calls for intensity from prospects

Late in recent losing seasons, putting on a Leafs sweater became a burden for some jaded veterans.

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Leafs look to Russia again to add to talent base

The Maple Leafs, like many teams, had eschewed drafting Russians in recent years, in large part because it was difficult to be certain players would choose the NHL over the KHL.

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Brad Boyes always wanted to play for the Maple Leafs

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Phil Kessel: 'I didn't lose any weight, guys'

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'Everybody has a chance to make' Leafs: Shanahan [Video]

They didn't know it at the time, but as 29 Maple Leafs prospects hit the ice at the MasterCard Centre late Thursday afternoon, their big boss offered motivation via Twitter.

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Leafs brass woos season ticket holders at Fan Fest [Video]

The first Air Canada Centre audience that the new Maple Leafs hockey department faced liked what they heard.

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Mats Sundin gets his due, will join Leafs' Legends Row [Video]

He’s firmly ensconced atop the franchise lead in points. Now, Mats Sundin will be bronzed on Legends Row of the Maple Leafs.

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Mats Sundin Latest Addition To Legends Row

On Saturday, former Leaf defenceman Borje Salming will be inducted into the Toronto Maple Leafs ‘Legends Row’. On Thursday night, the team announced that his fellow countryman, Mats Sundin, would be added to the monument alongside him. Acquire...

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Leafs giving old first-round pick Boyes a tryout

The Maple Leafs unloaded Brad Boyes well before his time, now he hopes there’s some time remaining with Toronto in his NHL career.

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Maple Leafs add Mats Sundin to Legends Row monument

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Mats Sundin joins Maple Leafs' Legends Row

Sundin and Borje Salming have had their likeness reproduced in a bronze statue by Rockford, Ill., sculptor Erik Blome, and the Leafs will hold an unveiling ceremony with both players on hand Saturday morning.

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Leafs’ Mitch Marner heads to junior home to start his pro career

Marner and fellow prospect William Nylander will play centre in a three-game, four-team rookie tournament.

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Maple Leafs in no rush to bring up young stars

Sometimes, general managers just cannot help themselves.

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Estimating how many goals Kessel will score as a Penguin in 2015-16

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Report: Maple Leafs invite Brad Boyes to training camp on tryout deal

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Cody Franson signs with Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres signed free agent defenseman Cody Franson to a two-year contract reportedly worth around $6.6 million.

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Report: Sabres sign Cody Franson to 2-year contract

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Devils goalie has the book on Leafs' Lamoriello

He’ll have your back.

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‘Old school’ Lou Lamoriello will have Leafs’ backs

He’ll have your back.

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Babcock looking forward to the journey that will be coaching the Maple Leafs

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Leafs players won’t settle for being part of a rebuild

To think the players are just keeping the seats warm for those to come in a season or two is largely an insult to the 2015-16 team.

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Canadiens' Max Pacioretty opens up on offseason knee injury, skates for 1st time

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Toronto Maple Leafs announce final Rookie Tournament roster

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced their finalized Rookie Tournament roster on Tuesday. Joining the tournament are forwards Scott Eansor (Seattle-WHL) and Nikolai Skladnichenko (Mettalurg–KHL). They replace forwards Zach Hyman (Michigan – Big-10) ...

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Panthers extend training camp invite to David Booth

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Report: Maple Leafs bringing in Glencross on tryout deal

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Penguins' Sidney Crosby, Phil Kessel 'an overdose of skill'

James van Riemsdyk predicts Phil Kessel will win the Rocket Richard Trophy. New Jersey’s Cory Schneider believes he will lead the entire NHL in points.

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Maple Leafs' Rielly wants 'to be a go-to guy' in Toronto

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Crosby, Malkin both want to play with Kessel

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Maple Leafs’ Dion Phaneuf welcomes Mike Babcock’s changes

Many thought Dion Phaneuf would not return as captain of the Maple Leafs, either getting traded as part of the Shana-plan housecleaning or being defrocked outright.

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Babcock: We're embarking on a journey

Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock joined both TSN 1050 and Sportsnet 590 The FAN in Toronto on Tuesday morning. The Leafs' new bench boss hopped on to talk about the club's upcoming training camp and exhibition season. While there's always e...

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Babcock's departure persuaded Red Wing's Larkin to sign with team

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Michael Nylander joins OHL's Steelheads, son Alexander, as assistant coach

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Leafs' Babcock: It would have been easy to stay in Detroit [Video]

From Motown to Hogtown.

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Mike Babcock on new challenge: 'It scares the crap out of you'

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Babcock on coaching Leafs: 'It scares the crap out of you' [Video]

It is less than two weeks before Maple Leafs training camp and Mike Babcock admits he is frightened.

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Leafs read Cody Franson's market value right

In the winter, Dave Nonis had to convince Brendan Shanahan that Cody Franson was worth more in the trade market than he was as a locked-up member of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

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Brown ready for his second pro season

Leafs prospect and reigning AHL rookie scoring champion Connor Brown joined TSN 1050 earlier this week during the NHLPA's Rookie Showcase. Brown hasn't been the subject of as much chatter in recent weeks and months following the arrivals of Mi...

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Devils senior VP Chris Lamoriello no longer with organization

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Report: Jonas Gustavsson to attend Bruins training camp on tryout

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Scrivens on Oilers' acquisition of Talbot: 'I don't see how I could be upset'

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Zetterberg on Babcock's move to Toronto: 'Both him and us probably decided it was time'

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Babcock: It's time to get going

Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock is getting set for his first season at the helm of the Blue and White. It's just about time to drop the puck on the 99th season in franchise history. Players are filing back to Toronto and training camp is just ...

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Report: NHL moves trade deadline to Feb. 29

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Kadri looking to thrive under new coaching staff

Nazem Kadri says the summer of 2015 has been his best away from the rink. He'll look to channel that into his best on the ice when training camp kicks off in two weeks. Kadri signed a one-year contract extension with the club on July 5. Follow...

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Report: Penguins' owners looking for $750M for sale of team

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Maple Leafs' top prospects hope to accelerate rebuild

TORONTO -- Some of the Toronto Maple Leafs' top prospects are hoping the changes made this summer will increase their chances of making the team this season. Mitch Marner, Connor Brown and Kasperi Kapanen, who were in Toronto on Monday at the N...

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PHOTO: Maple Leafs' Gardiner, Kadri wins stuffed animals at Canadian National Exhibition

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Mitch Marner wants to 'leave a footprint' at Leafs camp

Mitch Marner knows what number he’d like to wear at next week’s rookie tournament and the Maple Leafs training camp, but isn’t holding his breath waiting for 93 to be hanging in his stall.

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Maple Leafs’ prospects eager to make the team a winner

Mitch Marner, Kasperi Kapanen and Connor Brown want to help make the team into something the city will be proud of.

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