Leafs drop last audition before final cuts

Opening-night roster to be announced Monday, coach Mike Babcock says after shootout loss to Red Wings at Ricoh Coliseum.

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Maple Leafs lose to Red Wings in shootout featuring fringe players

Pack away all those ungainly high training camp sweater numbers, it’s time to reduce for the Maple Leafs.

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end of the 2nd OT: Red Wings 2 Maple Leafs 2. (ESPN)

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Final/SO: Red Wings 3 Maple Leafs 2. (ESPN)

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Leafs' Auston Matthews: 'I want to be elite of the elites'

Training camp is done, with final cuts to come, but the truth is that Auston Matthews has been ready for his second season as a Maple Leaf for weeks, if not months.

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Spectacular job done by Brendan Shanahan, rest of Maple Leafs management to upgrade roster through draft, signings

When Brendan Shanahan took over as president of the Maple Leafs in April 2014, one of his first acts on the job was to do a thorough investigation of the prospects not playing for the NHL team.

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Leafs’ Fehr skates fine line in centre mix: Feschuk

Throwback Eric Fehr reached the NHL the old-fashioned way. No hockey school. No skills camp. Just a sheet of prairie ice and a dream. Cracking the Leafs’ opening-night lineup might be a long shot, but it’s a long season and he knows the score.

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Final impression looms large for Leafs hopefuls

As crucial as a first impression might be, the final one looms large for some Maple Leafs hopefuls.

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Fact or fiction: Which preseason trends will last?

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At least one of Maple Leafs' new Swedes should make opening-night roster

DETROIT — The long process of paring the Leafs starting defence could come down to a pair of Swedes.

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Final: Maple Leafs 4 Red Wings 2. TOR: M Marner 1 goal, DET: G Nyquist 1 goal, DET: J Howard 23 saves. (ESPN)

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Maple Leafs at Red Wings has started. Starting Goalies: TOR F Andersen, DET J Howard. (ESPN)

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Defence should dictate how far Leafs go: Cox

Toronto seems to have finally figured out how to develop its blue-line talent.

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Red Wings' new Little Caesars Arena a real hockey palace

DETROIT — The Red Wings’ new rink is not your average Joe.

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Maple Leafs inspired by last season's playoff appearance

While the general expectation is that the Maple Leafs will improve naturally during the 2017-18 regular season, the inspiration that comes from the six-game playoff appearance last spring should be a contributing factor.

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Debate: Who will win the Stanley Cup in 2018?

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Fehr: Matthews reminiscent of former teammates Crosby, Ovechkin [Video]

Having been a teammate of Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin, veteran forward Eric Fehr has no doubt that Auston Matthews belongs in the same sentence.

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Leafs’ overlords might be listening to Mike Babcock

The number of games on consecutibve nights, often a result of television needs, is down this season.

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Nikita Soshnikov will have to wait for another chance with Leafs

Winger's road back from concussion will include stop with Marlies.

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As Babcock mulls final roster spots, Kadri line seeks greater cohesiveness

TORONTO — Training camp nearly has run its course and Mike Babcock wants more.

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Simmons: Canada's Cup drought destined to end soon [Video]

When Guy Carbonneau’s name was called to be presented with the Stanley Cup in 1993, he had no idea what a historic moment it would turn out to be.

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Leafs' Babcock wants more out of Kadri's line: 'They have to upgrade'

Training camp has nearly run its course and Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock wants more.

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Remembering Henderson: 5 unheralded players who scored career-defining goals

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Predicting the Pacific Division standings

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Maple Leafs' bubble players impress in win over Canadiens

QUEBEC CITY — Mike Babcock hoped a couple of players in a lineup largely composed of fourth liners and bottom four defencemen would rise above their station.

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Final: Maple Leafs 4 Canadiens 2. TOR: A Johnsson 1 goal, MTL: J Drouin 1 goal, (ESPN)

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Kody Clark following NHL path blazed by dad Wendel

Kody Clark says most of what he knows of his famous father’s NHL career comes from watching old highlights on YouTube.

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Watch: Canadiens' Drouin goes backhand shelf on Leafs

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Leafs players willing to be put to CTE test: Feschuk

If researches can come up with a test, players want to know the answer, though it wouldn't keep them off the ice.

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Maple Leafs at Canadiens has started. (ESPN)

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Visit by Maple Leafs a reminder of what could've been for Quebec City

QUEBEC CITY — The great hockey fans in these parts don’t need another Roch Carrier short story to rekindle their dislike of the Maple Leafs hockey sweater — and the hole in their NHL heart.

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Kody Clark following path to NHL blazed by his father, Leafs legend Wendel Clark

17-year-old Kody Clark is projected to be a third-line player at the NHL level, following in the footsteps of his father Wendel Clark, the Toronto Leafs’ longtime captain.

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Ranking the NHL's 100 Greatest Players: Nos. 60-41

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Red Wings' Rasmussen impressing at training camp

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'Greasy' Aaltonen working hard to slide into Maple Leafs' fourth-line role

TORONTO — Miro Aaltonen has had plenty of opportunities at Maple Leafs camp to demonstrate he is not quite ready for prime time in the National Hockey League.

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Leafs rookie Alts unlikely to be deleted: Feschuk

Finnish rookie Aaltonen appears to have inside track for fourth-line centre's job

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Leafs’ defensive prospect Rosen looking right at home in Toronto

Young Swede in battle to be team's sixth defenceman.

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Babcock sees improvements in Maple Leafs' Matthews, says confidence without puck 'is way better'

TORONTO — Scary as the thought might be for National Hockey League opponents, Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock figures he has witnessed significant steps forward in Auston Matthews during training camp.

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5 reasons to look forward to the 2017-18 season

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Roman Polak could be back in action for Leafs when team faces Canadiens

Polak has yet to appear in a pre-season game after suffering a broken leg in the playoffs last season against Washington.

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Maple Leafs: 2017-18 season preview and predictions - Chuck Gormley (ESPN)

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Ranking the NHL's 100 Greatest Players: Nos. 80-61

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Predicting the Atlantic Division standings

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3 biggest takeaways from Monday's preseason action

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Watch: Matthews beats Montoya on breakaway to collect hat trick

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Final: Maple Leafs 5 Canadiens 1. (ESPN)

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Leafs, Habs best-on-best simulates season

Questions about whether Leafs would accept an invitation to the White House if they won the Cup tricky mostly for infamous Cup-less streak.

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Canadiens dress 1 goalie for preseason game due to injury

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Canadiens at Maple Leafs has started. (ESPN)

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Ranking the NHL's 100 Greatest Players: Nos. 100-81

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Leafs and Canadiens bringing top guns tonight

Lineups for exhibition clash to mirror opening night lineup.

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Leafs' Auston Matthews says anthem protests 'dishonour' to military

Auston Matthews says while American athletes have the right to protest during the U.S. national anthem, he will not be taking a knee along with them.

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Leafs’ Auston Matthews says protesting during anthem dishonours military who ‘fight for the flag’

“I don’t think I’d be one of the people who would take part in that,” Matthews said at training camp. Matthews, who admits he’s not a “big politics guy,” also said he understands athletes using a platform to “send a message.”

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Matthews: Kneeling during anthem a dishonor to those who 'fight for that flag'

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Predicting the Metropolitan Division standings

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Leafs' Andersen in fine form this camp

While Mike Babcock decides who will be his fourth-line centre and which players will comprise his third defence pair, the Maple Leafs coach feels nothing but a wave of confidence when he glances at his goaltending crease.

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In Andersen, Maple Leafs trust

It’s early, but No. 1 goalie Frederik Andersen is ahead of the game compared to this time last year. With little depth in goal, the Leafs need him at the top of his game and healthy.

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Cherry to Lupul: Keep your mouth shut

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Leafs walking fine line in pre-season

Van Riemsdyk, Bozak and Marner sticking together after impressive performances.

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Leafs' Moore focused on learning system

BUFFALO — Dominic Moore isn’t about to get ruffled by the idea that the Maple Leafs job most assumed was his could be in jeopardy.

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Scanlan: Leafs get the love, even after the Senators make the run

In late May, when hockey’s annual war of attrition had reduced 16 NHL playoff teams to four Stanley Cup contenders, the Ottawa Senators stood tall. They went toe-to-toe, like Ali-Frazier back in the day, throughout a seven-game Eastern Conference final against Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

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Maple Leafs hitting stride with jobs on line

Back-to-back wins over Sabres make looming round of roster cuts tougher.

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Leafs hopeful Borgman hits right notes: DiManno

Monster check on Sabre Evan Rodrigues getting YouTube love. Leo Komarov likes what he sees of young Swedish D-man Andreas Borgman, too.

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Final: Maple Leafs 3 Sabres 1. TOR: N Soshnikov 1 goal, BUF: H Fasching 1 goal, BUF: R Lehner 30 saves. (ESPN)

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Grundstrom’s Leafs stock continues to rise

Big winger Carl Grundstrom might not crack opening-night lineup with few openings, but future looks bright for Leo Komarov clone.

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Maple Leafs at Sabres has started. Starting Goalies: TOR F Andersen, BUF R Lehner. (ESPN)

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Will the NHL's faceoff/slashing crackdown lead to more goals like in 2005-06?

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Battles continue for Maple Leafs' fourth-line centre, third defence pair

Five pre-season games remain for the Maple Leafs and there’s some clarity in training camp.

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NHL awaits results of Hossa's independent medical evaluation

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Leafs blank Sabres at home of Marlies

Matthews-Marleau power-play pairing gets mixed results at Ricoh Coliseum. Teams meet again Saturday in Buffalo.

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Marleau sees time on PP with Matthews in Maple Leafs win over Sabres [Photos]

TORONTO — The Maple Leafs' best shooters had the green light on the power play Friday, but couldn’t trip the red light.

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Final: Maple Leafs 3 Sabres 0. TOR: M Rielly 1 goal, (ESPN)

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3 reasons keeping Hyman with Matthews is right call for Leafs

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Sabres at Maple Leafs has started. (ESPN)

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Odds: Lightning, Blackhawks, Oilers, Pens pegged as division winners

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Maple Leafs' Marner preparing to give second season his best shot [Video]

TORONTO — Observers with an eye on Mitch Marner during practice on Friday at the MasterCard Centre were sure there was a little more mustard on the 20-year-old’s shot as he fired puck after puck at an open net.

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Leafs' Marner shooting for strong second effort

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Fourth-line centre? Maple Leafs coach Babcock holding gate open for Aaltonen [Video]

TORONTO — Centre Miro Aaltonen could work his way into fourth-line duty with the Maple Leafs.

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Leafs look to ramp up work ethic in series against the Buffalo Sabres

After a pair of sub-par efforts in losses to the Ottawa Senators, the Leafs are looking for an improved all-around game when they hit the ice against the Buffalo Sabres on Friday.

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NHL reportedly planning to have independent doctor assess health of Leafs’ Joffrey Lupul

Lupul will undergo an independent exam to determine if he is healthy enough to play this season, according to multiple reports on Thursday.

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Ranking the NHL's 100 Greatest Logos: Nos. 20-1

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Rosen, other young 'D' pushing Maple Leafs veterans [Video]

TORONTO — If there is true competition for jobs on the Maple Leafs blue line, Connor Carrick is all for it.

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Lack of spotlight takes pressure off top Leafs pick Timothy Liljegren

With attention focused on young stars like Marner and Matthews, defenceman has fewer distractions at training camp.

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Report: Lupul will have independent medical exam to determine status

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Babcock squashes swapping Hyman for Marleau: I'll coach, you write articles

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Leafs experiment with Matthews, Marleau on power play together

It was a plan Babcock had in mind all summer, but it’s for the power play only.

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'We don't like them. They don't like us': Sabres' Eichel embracing Maple Leafs rivalry [Video]

When Jack Eichel looks at Auston Matthews, he sees something most of us don’t.

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Maple Leafs' forward depth could lead to interesting times for Brown

TORONTO — Sporting a nifty 20-goal season on his resume, Connor Brown could be rewarded with fourth-line duty on the 2017-18 Maple Leafs.

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5 offseason signings that will prove to be steals

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Matthews impressed with Marleau on Leafs’ power play

Babcock puts veteran on power play unit with young gun in practice.

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How dissecting the NHL schedule can win you your fantasy league

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Joffrey Lupul apologizes for Instagram post saying Maple Leafs "cheat" after failing physical (ESPN)

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Ranking the NHL's 100 Greatest Logos: Nos. 40-21

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Maple Leafs' Lupul apologizes for 'unneeded distraction', won't be seeking second opinion

Joffrey Lupul has taken the high road and apologized.

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Lupul apologizes for 'negative comments' about Leafs on Instagram

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Watch: Bieber gets hype playing NHL 18

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All eyes on Polak as Maple Leafs' blue-line battle ramps up

Many Maple Leaf defencemen put in long hours in summer skates at the club’s practice rink — Travis Dermott and Andrew Nielsen to start, and Andreas Borgman, Calle Rosen and Timothy Liljegren near the end.

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Here are 5 things to like about Leafs training camp so far

Jake Gardiner, Nazem Kadri and Freddie Andersen are arguably the players in camp who stand out most for their overall improvements.

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Polak takes the long, painful road back to Leafs: Arthur

Rehab and surgery just part of recovery after defenceman's gruesome playoff injury.

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Off The Post podcast - Predictions galore: Michael Traikos on Matthews/Laine in Year 2, Vegas, more [Video]

On the latest episode of Off The Post, Postmedia's national hockey podcast busts out the crystal ball to make some predictions for the 2017-18 NHL season.

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Marleau wastes no time in making some noise with Leafs: Arthur

Flanked by vociferous wingers Kadri and Komarov, veteran centre scores Toronto’s first goal in Tuesday’s pre-season game against Ottawa at ACC.

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Crackdown on hacks to hands should help Leafs, Matthews says

TORONTO — Having finished his training camp workout by noon Tuesday, Auston Matthews turned his attentions to how the NHL’s crackdown on hacks to the hands could be advantageous to his young Maple Leafs.

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Final: Senators 5 Maple Leafs 2. OTT: L Brown 1 goal, TOR: P Marleau 1 goal, OTT: M Condon 22 saves. (ESPN)

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Watch: Marleau roofs perfect wrister in 1st Leafs appearance

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Marleau soaking up quiet vet role on Maple Leafs line with Kadri and Komarov

Poor Patrick Marleau couldn’t have expected this.

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Senators at Maple Leafs has started. (ESPN)

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Devils' Boyle diagnosed with leukemia

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Marchand: Crackdown on faceoff violations is 'an absolute joke'

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Leafs face adjustment period amid NHL faceoff rule crackdown

By the end of the Leafs’ Monday night game, faceoff violations had been called 10 times around the league and a crackdown on an obscure, lightly called rule — Rule 76 — had begun.

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Leafs’ Nazem Kadri, Leo Komarov to get first game experience with new linemate Marleau

Kadri and Komarov have had to explain a few things to their new linemate, including the intensity of the chirping between the two.

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Marleau set to make Leafs debut at ACC tonight

The Toronto Maple Leafs will play their first pre-season, home game Tuesday night.

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Sens argue Game of Thrones' Night King deserves assist on Hoffman goal

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Matthews looks good in Maple Leafs loss to Senators

OTTAWA — Well, Auston Matthews was in mid-season form.

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Maple Leafs drop pre-season opener in Ottawa

Auston Matthews and William Nylander score but Senators cruise after four-goal first period. Rematch Tuesday night at Air Canada Centre.

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Final: Senators 6 Maple Leafs 2. TOR: W Nylander 1 goal, OTT: M Hoffman 2 goals, OTT: C Anderson 15 saves. (ESPN)

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Twitterverse having trouble adjusting to NHL's new faceoff violation rule

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Goalie Sparks knows Maple Leafs clock is ticking

Garret Sparks and Kasimir Kaskisuo next in line if Leafs need help in net because of injury. Pre-season could decide who gets the call first.

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Simmons: Maple Leafs don't want Lupul — and there's nothing he can do about it

The last of our conversations was accidental. Joffrey Lupul answered his cellphone and said hello, thinking he recognized the incoming number.

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Maple Leafs at Senators has started. (ESPN)

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Leafs’ Lupul loophole works in mysterious ways: Feschuk

Joffrey Lupul wouldn’t make this Leafs lineup and still gets paid after “failed physical,” while the cap room helps the club grow. The NHL doesn’t want to mess with a Toronto team finally on the rise. Other clubs don’t complain because they might want to use the loophole themselves someday. Everybody wins.

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5 players who have plenty riding on their preseason performances

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Maple Leafs players sympathize with Lupul but fall short of commenting on allegations against team

TORONTO — Maple Leaf players have to tread lightly around Joffrey Lupul’s “cheat” chirp on Instagram.

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Matthews, Nylander and Hyman back together as Leafs face Senators

Leafs give sneak peek in practice ahead of exhibition opener in Ottawa.

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Daly: NHL can't comment on Lupul's 'Leafs cheat' claim yet

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Joffrey Lupul breaks silence on Maple Leafs' status

Joffrey Lupul isn’t going away quietly from the Maple Leafs.

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Lupul gets physical with Maple Leafs on social media

Veteran Joffrey Lupul, days after the Leafs told him he’d flunked his physical, posted on Instagram: “Haha failed physical. They cheat, everyone lets them.”

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Senior Leafs newcomers stick together

Ron Hainsey, Dominic Moore and Patrick Marleau were brought in for a common purpose — lend a mostly young, playoff-starved Leafs team their combined experience and facilitate some chemistry lessons.

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Leafs in a hurry with their vets

With most of their roster set to return, the Maple Leafs might have used their eight exhibition games to decide their fourth line and the last two or three spots on defence.

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Lupul blames Leafs for failed physical: 'They cheat, everyone lets them'

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Maple Leafs veterans face busy pre-season starting in Ottawa

Auston Matthews hits 20 with jab from Mitch Marner.

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Liljegren survives Maple Leafs' first wave of cuts

But opening night still far from sure thing for first-round pick Timothy Liljegren, with exhibition season in Ottawa on deck Monday.

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Babcock shows young Leafs he cares

NIAGARA FALLS -- Mike Babcock’s cell phone bill likely spiked last summer with calls around North America and the world.

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Rielly, Hainsey hitting it off as a Leafs defence duo

NIAGARA FALLS — They don’t have the makings of a great buddy film, just yet.

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Connor Brown embraces training camp competition

Patrick Marleau's arrival has meant a demotion to fourth line, but Brown is taking it in stride.

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Leafs pair top pick Liljegren with Dermott

Young puck-moving defencemen have "good chemistry" at training camp.

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Legendary bench boss Roger Neilson remembered

No one knew what to make of the curly- topped coach when he first walked into Maple Leaf Gardens, carting his workbooks, scads of paper stats and rudimentary electronics.

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Less is more as Leafs indulge in need for speed: Feschuk

Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews perfect examples of how today’s NHL is all about quickness, as bulking up becomes a thing of the past.

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Confidence is the key for Leafs’ Rielly, Gardiner: Arthur

The two young defenders will be asked to share the biggest burdens this season, and to become as indispensable as they can be.

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The biggest challenge facing every Canadian NHL team

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Ultimate Leafs fan sells most of collection to Ottawa museum

The Canadian Museum of History has bought more than 1,700 hockey-related items from Mike Wilson.

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Cowen calls dispute with Leafs 'a joke of a process'

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'It's a joke of a process': Bitter Cowen rips Maple Leafs

Jared Cowen arrived in Denver Friday with nothing good to say about the Leafs.

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Newcomer Rosen gets in his first rep as a Maple Leaf

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — The first ‘game’ of the Leafs season was a shutout, 3-0 for the Mitch Marner-led Whites over Auston Matthews’s Blues.

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Marleau starts Maple Leafs training camp alongside Komarov

NIAGARA FALLS — With training camp held in the shadow of big casinos, Mike Babcock can gamble a bit with the one forward line sure to be his most contentious call.

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Swedish defencemen could be important imports: Feschuk

Leafs hoping Rosen and Borgman can follow Russian Zaitsev and jump from European league to NHL.

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The NHL's 100 Greatest Stanley Cup Champions: Nos. 20-1

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Be patient, Canada, your NHL teams are still developing [Photos] [Video]

TORONTO — On the first day of training camp, Mike Babcock was asked about managing expectations.

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Maple Leafs' Kadri knows he'll be asked to play annoying role [Photos] [Video]

TORONTO — Mike Babcock took a mental note as he watched the Maple Leafs’ informal skates in the weeks leading up to the start of training camp.

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Speechless in a Maple Leafs jersey, Marleau officially starts new era [Photos] [Video]

TORONTO — As a wee lad growing up on the family farm near Aneroid, Sask., young Patrick Marleau had a special blue T-shirt with a round Maple Leafs crest sewn on the front.

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3 future RFAs who can benefit from Pastrnak's market-stabilizing extension

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Leafs’ depth promises to keep pre-season interesting: Feschuk

It’s hard to be complacent with so much competition in camp.

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Leafs embracing expectations they’ve created

Players want to exceed last year, Kadri says. “We don’t want to be a one-and-done type team.”

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Leafs have become a team that players are drawn to: Arthur

Veterans like Marleau and Hainsey believe in the direction young team is headed.

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Simmons: Maple Leafs success reliant on progression of Matthews, Marner, Nylander in Year 2 [Photos] [Video]

TORONTO — Peter Stastny was 23, having just escaped Czechoslovakia, when it happened. His brother Anton was 21. The kid, Dale Hunter, was only 20.

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Babcock, Lamoriello temper expectations on Day 1 of Maple Leafs camp [Photos] [Video]

TORONTO — The Maple Leafs begin the franchise’s 101st season with a course in Reality 101.

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Season in a sentence: 1 positive storyline for every NHL team

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Polak joins Leafs on camp tryout

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No captain for Maple Leafs this season: Lamoriello

'When it's the right time, there will be a captain,' says GM as training camp opens.

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