Stars centre Jason Spezza hits 1,000-game mark just before Leaf Ron Hainsey.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Thursday NHL preview: Dallas Stars at Toronto Maple Leafs
Stars centre Jason Spezza hits 1,000-game mark just before Leaf Ron Hainsey.
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Hockey Halloween throws a scare into Maple Leafs
That inflatable Carlton the Bear might not be what it seems.
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Hard-working Leaf Ron Hainsey hits NHL milestone
Reaching the 1,000-game mark Thursday against the Stars doesn’t impress the veteran defenceman. He’s all business ... which is exactly what makes the milestone impressive, coach Mike Babcock says.
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Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Dave Feschuk: Marner’s Leaf price tag on the rise with spotlight to himself
Long overshadowed by Auston Matthews and often erroneously co-billed with William Nylander, Mitch Marner looks poised to make the coming month his moment. It’s difficult to fathom why GM Kyle Dubas didn’t sign him to a contract extension before this season, Dave Feschuk writes.
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Leafs fall into another neutral-zone trap in loss to Flames
Nazem Kadri, who scored the home side’s lone goal in his 500th career game, summed up what wasn’t working for the Leafs at Scotiabank Arena: “Everything.”
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Monday, October 29, 2018
Leafs offence cold minus Matthews in loss to Flames
Frederik Andersen holds the fort for two periods before Calgary takes command in third at Scotiabank Arena. Nazem Kadri nets lone Leaf goal in 500th career game.
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Dave Feschuk: A month without Matthews hurts Leafs in many ways
Bad luck is bad luck, but it’s fair to say Auston Matthews — sidelined with a left shoulder injury —has become alarmingly familiar with injury rehab — and opponents are taking notes, Dave Feschuk writes.
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Flames’ Hanifin and Gaudreau have sympathy for Leafs’ Nylander during contract impasse
‘Obviously it’s strange that guys don’t have arbitration rights,’says Hanafin of players coming off entry-level deals. ‘Maybe that will be adjusted in the next CBA. It’s tough.’
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Auston Matthews out four weeks on injured reserve
Matthews took a hit from Winnipeg defenceman Jake Trouba during Saturday’s game. He’s been dogged by previous shoulder injuries.
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Matthews expected to miss at least 4 weeks with shoulder injury
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Sunday, October 28, 2018
Kadri hits Leafs milestone and steps up minus Matthews
The goals are starting to come, but Nazem Kadri — reunited with Mitch Marner and Patrick Marleau — knows “everyone has to pick up the slack” for however long Auston Matthews’ shoulder takes to heal.
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Monday NHL preview: Calgary Flames at Toronto Maple Leafs
Former London linemates Matthew Tkachuk and Mitch Marner face off at Scotiabank Arena.
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Damien Cox: Marner’s Maple Leafs redefining payback game
The hit that knocked Auston Matthews out indefinitely with a shoulder injury didn’t go unpunished. Mitch Marner and his speedy teammates hurt the Jets on the scoresheet — the kind of damage they’re designed to inflict, Damien Cox writes.
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Saturday, October 27, 2018
Leafs’ Matthews knocked out with shoulder injury vs. Jets
Top-line centre Auston Matthews missed a month with a left shoulder injury last season.
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Leafs’ Gardiner hits milestone at top speed
Defenceman Jake Gardiner reaches 500-game mark against Jets, but might be too rich for Leafs’ blood past this season. Coach Mike Babcock, for one, hopes they find a way to pay the man.
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Dave Feschuk: Former Maple Leaf Miroslav Frycer just happy to be alive
Autobiography details alcohol, drug use during a productive NHL career, much of it with an awful Toronto team. All these years later, Frycer, now age 59, can only surmise that his vices played a significant role in a remarkable dance with mortality.
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Friday, October 26, 2018
Saturday NHL preview: Winnipeg Jets at Toronto Maple Leafs
Mark Scheifele and the Jets hit Scotiabank Arena after dropping Wednesday’s date in Winnipeg.
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Damien Cox: Leafs are proving bigger isn’t better
With giant Jets in town, Toronto’s skill and speed could win the day again.
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Thursday, October 25, 2018
Dave Feschuk: Andersen makes his mark on Leafs on ice and off
How Frederik prepared for a hot start to this season
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Ten observations ten games into the Maple Leafs’ season
From their strong road record, to Morgan Rielly’s excellent beginning to the season, here are ten observations on the Leafs’ red-hot start.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Game Centre: Maple Leafs 4, Jets 2
The Leafs ended a two-game skid and got goals from players who haven’t been scoring.
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Dave Feschuk: Curtis Joseph’s book an intriguing look at an interesting life
While the hockey stories are fun to read, it’s Cujo’s stark portrayal of his destitute early life that really hits home.
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Par Lindholm winging it with the Maple Leafs
Lindholm is a centre, playing wing, usually Nazem Kadri’s left wing. That most certainly was not the idea when the Leafs signed the star from the Swedish Hockey League. He was supposed to be their fourth-line centre.
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John Tavares’ homecoming game against Islanders moved to Long Island
Islanders move February game against Maple Leafs to Nassau Coliseum instead of Barclays Center.
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Tavares' Isles homecoming moved from Barclays Center to Nassau Coliseum
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Wednesday NHL preview: Toronto Maple Leafs at Winnipeg Jets
The Maple Leafs look to put an end to two-game losing streak as they head to Winnipeg for the first of two matches this week against the Jets.
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Brian Burke on Kyle Dubas' fight, ‘pirate’ GMs, and being ‘Bettman smart’
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Nazem Kadri not panicking about his scoring slump
‘At the end of the day, I’m confident the goals will come,’ says centre who has no goals and four assists so far this season.
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Sundin not surprised Leafs asking stars to take less money to stay together
Former captain recognizes it’s part of the business while hoping William Nylander slatemate quickly settles as young winger and Leafs reportedly as much as $2 million apart on a long-term deal.
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Curtis Joseph Q&A: On his new book, life in Toronto, and what he'd change about the game
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Monday, October 22, 2018
Damien Cox: Maple Leafs have most to lose in Nylander stalemate
Imagine if the Leafs end up having to negotiate with Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner AND William Nylander next summer. A messy situation would turn ugly if the club, short on leverage at the moment, can’t get Nylander back in the fold by Dec. 1, Damien Cox writes.
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Nylander scenarios play off Leafs’ long-term game plan
Any deal with unsigned William Nylander will have an impact on talks with Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner, as well as any shot at re-signing Jake Gardiner when he hits free agency. The Leafs miss Nylander’s production, but it’s complicated.
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Hurricanes' Darling activated from IR, assigned to minors for conditioning
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Sunday, October 21, 2018
Rosie DiManno: Leafs’ lost line of defence knows the score
Filling the opposition net masked weaknesses on the Leafs’ blue line early on. Now, with goals harder to come by of late, the solution isn’t rocket science. Morgan Rielly and the veteran core of the defence are well aware of what it will take to work it out — emphasis on work, Rosie DiManno writes.
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Audiences and sponsorship dollars draw sports business moguls to esports
MLSE fields three esports ventures, while a Toronto-based Overwatch League team will launch next week. Games on.
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Tavares preaches hard work and patience to slumping Leafs
After back-to-back losses and with two games against the Winnipeg Jets up next, John Tavares says the Leafs need to do what teams with championship aspirations do: Work harder and turn it around fast — “actions speak louder than words.”
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Struggling Leafs learning the hard way
Opponents are adjusting after the Leafs’ flying start, and even Auston Matthews and John Tavares are suddenly finding chances tough to come by. The solution is hard — and doable.
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Rosie DiManno: Maple Leafs play generous hosts to Bozak’s Blues
After a video tribute and a little chirping in Tyler Bozak’s return to Toronto, the fun kind of stopped for Mitch Marner and the blue and white — who can’t buy a goal all of a sudden, Rosie DiManno writes.
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Saturday, October 20, 2018
Kings held closed-door meeting after 4th-straight loss at hands of Sabres
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Quiet Leafs shut down by Blues
Scoring drought ends late in loss at Scotiabank Arena, where the Leafs paid tribute to Tyler Bozak.
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TOR vs. STL at Scotiabank Arena has started
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Ex-Leaf Bozak finds ‘perfect fit’ with Blues
Centre Tyler Bozak, in town to face his old club Saturday night, has a knack for delivering good value on free-agent deals.
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Damien Cox: The blown call, the chaos and the whistle
Things turned ugly for the Maple Leafs, and ref Kerry Fraser’s family, after Wayne Gretzky’s undetected high stick on Doug Gilmour in Game 6 of the 1993 conference final. In an excerpt from his new book — The Last Good Year: Seven Games That Ended An Era — Damien Cox takes a closer look at the incident and the aftershocks.
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Friday, October 19, 2018
Saturday game preview: St. Louis Blues at Toronto Maple Leafs
St. Louis, with four points in six games, is off to one of the franchise’s worst starts.
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Dave Feschuk: Leafs centre Nazem Kadri waiting for the first goal to come
Veteran will return to his shutdown role, but he expects to contribute offensively too.
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William Nylander’s bargaining power with Leafs on thin ice, rival executives say
Toronto’s red-hot start has diminished forward’s clout, and ‘there’s no way any team in the NHL is going to pay Nylander $8 million.’
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Thursday, October 18, 2018
Matt Murray shuts out Maple Leafs in surprising goaltender’s duel
Murray, Leafs’ Andersen shine against high-powered offences.
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The Maple Leafs’ centres have our attention
Toronto used to look with envy at the Penguins’ duo of Crosby and Malkin. Now the Leafs have a trio.
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TOR vs. PIT at Scotiabank Arena has started
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Phil Kessel and his lethal snap shot have fit in well with the Penguins
Former Leafs forward doesn’t have to be the star of stars in Pittsburgh.
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Andersen back in action as Leafs face Penguins tonight
Goalie’s sore knee good enough to go against Crosby & Co.
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018
NHL podcast: McDavid's torrid start, Leafs power play, Bettman for a day
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Phil Kessel-Kasperi Kapanen deal has worked out for both teams
Fomer Leafs star helped Penguins to two Cups; Kapanen an emerging star on an emerging team.
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Thursday game preview: Pittsburgh Penguins at Toronto Maple Leafs
Crosby, Kessel and company come to Toronto in search of first road win.
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Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Dave Feschuk: They’re not singing the blues on the Leafs’ blue line
While Jake Gardiner admits he started slowly, the Leafs’ defence is showing signs of strength.
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Andersen’s status for Penguins game still up in air
Maple Leafs starting goaltender left practice early Tuesday as he continues to battle swelling in his knee.
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Leafs’ Kapanen and Sparks take advantage of golden opportunities
The more Kasperi Kapanen produces — including two goals against the Kings on Monday night — the less pressure the Leafs feel to meet William Nylander’s contract demands. Garret Sparks looks more like the goalie who set the AHL on fire last season, getting the start with Frederik Andersen day-to-day while nursing a knee injury.
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Monday, October 15, 2018
Kapanen, Sparks help Maple Leafs stretch win streak to five
Kasperi Kapanen ignites offence on home ice, while Garret Sparks stands tall in Leafs net.
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