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Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Young defence leading Marlies on playoff run
Teenagers Liljegren, Sandin were AHL team’s top pair during Rosen’s absence.
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Monday, April 29, 2019
Damien Cox: Why Morgan Rielly is the Leafs’ most C-worthy option
Factoring in performance — on and off the ice — and some organizational politics, the time is right for the Maple Leafs to make Morgan Rielly captain, Damien Cox writes.
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Trevor Moore among Mar-Leafs with something to prove
The Leafs’ Game 7 loss to the Bruins didn’t sit well with winger Trevor Moore, who will give the AHL Marlies a boost as the second round of the Calder Cup playoffs begins.
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Sunday, April 28, 2019
Dave Feschuk: Why the Leafs have to win salary showdown with Marner
Fiscal restraint is now a necessity for GM Kyle Dubas. Feelings figure to get hurt. Negotiations with Mitch Marner will be the test case for the next phase of the Leafs’ blueprint, Dave Feschuk writes.
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Saturday, April 27, 2019
Report: Senators intend to interview Leafs assistant D.J. Smith for HC job
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Friday, April 26, 2019
Damien Cox: Babcock’s future, not Marner’s contract, should be the Leafs’ first priority
The Leafs’ blueprint for success still makes sense, even after another playoff one and done, and Mitch Marner will sign. Job one for GM Kyle Dubas should be putting the coaching question to rest, one way or another — and naming a captain couldn’t hurt at this point, Damien Cox writes.
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Maple Leafs loan Trevor Moore, Michael Hutchinson to Marlies for AHL playoffs
Toronto swept the favoured Rochester Americans in a best-of-five series to open the AHL playoffs. Last season’s Calder Cup champions, Toronto kicks off the second round at home against the Cleveland Monsters on Wednesday.
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Bruce Arthur: Maple Leafs must decide whether they can trust Nazem Kadri
Veteran prefers to stay in Toronto but his scoring numbers slipped this season and only Boston’s Brad Marchand has more suspensions.
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Playoff takeaways: Anonymous Bruins contributing, Tarasenko steals show
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Dubas: 'Imperative' for Leafs to get Marner signed before July 1
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Thursday, April 25, 2019
Rosie DiManno: It’s too soon, and still too sore, for the Leafs but GM Kyle Dubas says ‘it starts with me’
As the players get ready to go their separate ways, they have to think about how they’ll get better when they get back together.
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Leafs coach Mike Babcock under the gun after third straight first-round exit
It seems unlikely the coach could lose his job, but GM Dubas was offering no guarantees.
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Bruce Arthur: Leafs GM Kyle Dubas will have to go from accountable to accountant as he tinkers with the roster
While Dubas pointed the finger at himself for Leafs’ failures, Babcock seemingly had few regrets.
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Kadri: Cross-check was 'boneheaded,' didn't mean to hit DeBrusk in face
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Leafs forward Zach Hyman undergoing surgery for torn ACL
Hyman is expected to miss a minimum of six months after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament during the Leaf’s first-round playoff loss to Boston.
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Stanley Cup Playoffs: Previewing, predicting every Round 2 matchup
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Maple Leafs' Hyman expected to miss at least 6 months with torn ACL
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Dave Feschuk: Now it’s up to GM Kyle Dubas to figure if all the Leafs’ pieces fit
It only gets more difficult, since Matthews and Marner won’t be playing on the cheap anymore.
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Bruce Arthur: Leafs need to dig in with Mike Babcock and find some common ground
The Toronto head coach might need to be a little more flexible but there’s no need to overreact to another Game 7 loss.
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Mitch Marner contract tops Leafs’ off-season to-do list
Pending restricted free agent boosted his value with breakout season and should command Auston Matthews money, according to one agent.
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Gardiner not the only Maple Leaf deserving of post-series criticism
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Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Bruce Arthur: It’s another chapter of Bean there, haven’t done that for Leafs in Boston
Boston capitalizes on Leafs’ Game 7 mistakes, including another from Gardiner.
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Maple Leafs bow out in Game 7 in Boston — again
Bruins end Toronto’s season for the third time since 2013.
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LIVE: Leafs look to get over the hump in yet another Game 7 with Bruins
Here we go again. The Leafs meet the Bruins in another Game 7 and will look to put an end to the 15 year drought without a series win.
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Could John Tavares be part of the Maple Leafs penalty kill in Game 7? ‘Maybe.’
Toronto penalty kill has been atrocious — Boston has scored seven goals in 16 chances — and Tavares said he enjoyed killing penalties as an Islander.
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'Two completely different emotions': A guide to the playoff handshake line
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Bruce Arthur: Leafs know Game 7 impact might not be fair, but you get what you play for
The state of the franchise will be judged by the result of one game in Boston on Tuesday night, win or lose. It isn’t fair, but that’s the gig and they go in with eyes wide open, Bruce Arthur writes.
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Monday, April 22, 2019
Dave Feschuk: Stubborn Babcock passes on change with Leafs special teams falling short
The Leafs’ power play has been sputtering. Their penalty killing has been historically brutal. A simple move to deploy John Tavares for more faceoffs could go a long way ... if coach Mike Babcock was one for making adjustments, Dave Feschuk writes.
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Rosie DiManno: Marner and the Leafs are old enough to know better in Game 7 this time
Mitch Marner has been kept in check against the Bruins. These Leafs are good enough to advance. A shot of the not-so-old Marner magic could go a long way, Rosie DiManno writes.
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Leafs coach urges Gardiner to keep it simple in Game 7
Defenceman Jake Gardiner isn’t quite up to speed after a back injury, but he’s healthy enough to help Tuesday night in Boston — and, maybe, exorcise some Game 7 demons.
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Here they go again: Leafs, Bruins know all about facing each other in Game 7
On Tuesday, the Leafs will go to Game 7 in Boston in what will be the fifth Game 7 in history between the Original Six rivals.
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Sunday, April 21, 2019
Bruce Arthur: Game 6 dud tees up another defining moment for Maple Leafs
Game 7 on Tuesday in Boston is too close to call, but Sunday’s performance — Frederik Andersen aside — didn’t help the Leafs’ cause against the Bruins, Bruce Arthur writes.
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Marchand rips TD Garden ice: 'We might as well play with a tennis ball'
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Rosie DiManno: Leafs’ Morgan Rielly brings will to win, even in defeat
Shut out as a Norris Trophy finalist, Rielly was the best skater on the ice Sunday. It wasn’t enough, but the defenceman who should be captain sees no reason to think Game 7 won’t go the Leafs’ way, Rosie DiManno writes.
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Marchand act plays well in Bruins’ Game 6 win
Boston’s Brad Marchand scores twice with season on the line at Scotiabank Arena. Game 7 awaits, again.
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Leafs fail to knock out Bruins, forcing Game 7 Tuesday
Canada’s last Stanley Cup hope lacks jump on home ice. Brad Marchand scores twice for Boston at Scotiabank Arena.
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LIVE: Will the Leafs take the series against Boston? Game 6 means “protecting the house”
“We'll be ready when the puck drops,” Leafs coach Mike Babcock said this morning.
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Saturday, April 20, 2019
Report: Oilers complete 2nd interview with Mark Hunter for GM vacancy
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Dave Feschuk: So much has changed since Leafs’ last playoff series win — over Chara’s Senators
Wooden sticks, obstruction on top of obstruction. Hockey was a different game in the spring of 2004, the last time the Leafs made it out of the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
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Bruce Arthur: Closer role is a whole new ball game for Maple Leafs
Lose Game 6 on home ice Sunday and their first-round series with the Bruins could turn on a dime. The Leafs have been the better team, no doubt, but they have no history of sealing this kind of deal, Bruce Arthur writes.
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Rosie DiManno: No one’s talking about firing Babcock now, with Leafs’ first-round master class in session
Coach Mike Babcock has changed his approach in the Leafs’ third playoff appearance under his watch, because the players have changed. In the first-round chess match behind the benches, he’s made all the right moves, Rosie DiManno writes.
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Matthews finds his voice in Leafs-Bruins showdown
Auston Matthews’ playoff breakout starts in the Leafs’ end.
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Bruins' Cassidy: Matthews' goal 'looked like goaltender interference'
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Friday, April 19, 2019
Bruce Arthur: Auston Matthews’ big moment breaks deadlock as Leafs put Bruins on brink
High-octane Leafs show they can play defence in tight, tense Game 5.
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Leafs win away from eliminating Bruins after Game 5 triumph in Boston
The Maple Leafs can wrap up their first series win since 2004 in Sunday’s Game 6 at Scotiabank Arena.
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LIVE: Leafs back in Boston for crucial Game 5 vs. Bruins
The Leafs hope to get out to a fast start in Game 5, get the lead and take the rowdy TD Garden crowd out of the game.
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Bruce Arthur: Leafs forward Mitch Marner is reinventing the game shift by shift
‘He might not know what he’s going to do until the last second there when he does it,’ linemate Zach Hyman says,
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Thursday, April 18, 2019
The key for Toronto against Boston is more of the same
The Leafs turned the possession game in their favour in a Game 4 loss.
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Bruce Arthur: Leafs-Bruins not too close to call for a landmark Boston bar
Out-of-town sports fans have been calling Boston’s The Fours for years, although Toronto fans might need a little help with their trash talking.
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Rosie DiManno: Maple Leafs need to (penalty) kill or be killed
Two Boston power-play goals were the difference in a Game 4 Toronto could have, or should have, won.
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Bruins’ Zdeno Chara still a giant of the blue line
‘He’s been our rock back there for quite a while now,’ Boston centre Patrice Bergeron says. ‘Everyone wants to try to take a shot at him, but it’s never really fazed him.’
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Split up and briefly reunited, Bruins' top line finally busts out vs. Leafs
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Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Leafs drop Game 4 and hand home-ice advantage back to Bruins
Pastrnak’s pair timely for Bruins. Game 5 Friday in Boston with series tied.
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Rosie DiManno: Leafs’ Rielly learns to roll with playoff joy ride, speed bumps and all
D-man Morgan Rielly was a force in the Leafs’ Game 4 pushback. They didn’t fold, but in the end the series was tied heading back to Boston. Another lesson learned, Rosie DiManno writes.
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Bruce Arthur: Better is not good enough for Leafs as mistakes catch up to them in Game 4 loss
Bruins break up big line, and their stars combine for three goals.
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Johnsson gives Leafs top-six option out of the blue
Andreas Johnsson has given the Leafs no reason to take him off the Auston Matthews line, after finishing fourth in rookie scoring and looking comfortable so far in the pseries against the Bruins.
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Follow live Toronto Maple Leafs host Boston Bruins in Stanley Cup playoffs
The Maple Leafs hit the ice at Scotiabank Arena hoping to build on their 2-1 series lead over the Bruins.
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NHL podcast: Lightning collapse, Isles sweep, Leafs-Bruins, Cale Makar
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Leafs expecting heavy pushback from Bruins in Game 4
Highly physical approach worked for Boston in Game 2 and Toronto admits they didn’t handle it “as well as we would have liked.”
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4 takeaways from Lightning's epic collapse at hands of Blue Jackets
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Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Rosie DiManno: Nylander frustrates Leafs and fans sometimes, but looks can be deceiving
William Nylander’s effortless skating can make his game seem too easy, but his Game 3 performance — at centre in place of Nazem Kadri — was the kind of all-around effort that could go a long way in these playoffs, Rosie DiManno writes.
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Dave Feschuk: The Leafs’ Jake Muzzin and family are ready to deliver, on and off the ice
While Jake Muzzin plays some of his best hockey with the Leafs, wife Courtney prepares for the arrival of their first child.
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Jeremy Bracco leads the Marlies into the AHL post-season, with higher goals in mind
The playoff heroes of a year ago, like Johnsson and Moore, have found roles with the parent Leafs this spring.
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Bruins’ top line needs to get the inside scoop against the Leafs
Toronto’s Tavares-Marner-Hyman unit is keeping Boston’s Bergeron, Marchand and Pastrnak to the outside — and off the scoresheet.
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Marner not afraid to block shots: 'There's dentists for a reason'
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Down Kadri, Leafs' forward group serves notice to Bruins in Game 3
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Monday, April 15, 2019
Rosie DiManno: Auston vs. Boston win-win for Leafs in Game 3 vs. Bruins
Auston Matthews breaks the ice and ends playoff goal drought. The Leafs have been patient. This could be just the start, Rosie DiManno writes.
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