Did ex-Leaf Tomas Kaberle just deliver my food? The answer might be yes

During the pandemic, the four-time NHL all-star is delivering meals for Toronto’s Quanto Basta, the Italian restaurant co-owned by his wife Julia and her sister Daniela: “Some people do a double take.”

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Dubas: Robertson will get 'every opportunity' to make Leafs next season

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Dave Feschuk: First things first, but the Maple Leafs are chasing a Russian forward — and making plans for a junior sensation

GM Kyle Dubas acknowledged on a conference call the Leafs are interested in KHL free-agent Alexander Barabanov, and plan to give junior sensation Nick Robertson a full shot to make the roster next season, whenever that may be. For now, of course, the focus is on weathering the coronavirus crisis, Dave Feschuk writes.

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NHLPA releases 2019-20 player poll

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Report: Leafs, Coyotes front-runners to land KHL forward Barabanov

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Ranking the NHL's No. 1 overall picks of the 2010s

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NHLers salute healthcare workers on National Doctors' Day

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🏒 Hiatus Diaries: Getzlaf is the king of chicken coops

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Ex-Leafs star Kaberle delivering orders for wife's restaurant

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Dave Feschuk: Shanahan’s Maple Leafs expect to play again this season — and play a role in the healing process

The Leafs president — still the pen and paper type — has been taking notes during the pandemic shutdown and likes what he’s heard from players committed to using the interruption of the season as an opportunity for improvement, Dave Feschuk writes.

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NHL Rocket Richard update: How did we do?

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Odds to lead the NHL in goals: Dissecting our preseason predictions

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MVPs for all 16 Eastern Conference teams

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Agent: Leafs, Clifford mutually interested in extension

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Without Hockey: This could finally have been the tortured Flyers' year

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NHL point totals: Our best, worst preseason predictions

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Without Hockey: How a disrupted season complicates Ovechkin's pursuit of Gretzky

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5 best moments of the NHL season so far

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7 hockey books to read during the NHL's hiatus

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Hiatus Diaries: Nicklas Backstrom shows off goalie skills

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Rangers sign college forward Austin Rueschhoff

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Damien Cox: Former Leafs defenceman Tom Kurvers understands the need for social distancing but the cancer patient misses hockey’s camaraderie

As he fights the cancer in his right lung, Kurvers is one of those people counting on the social conscience of others.

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Plot twists: Recalling the strangest last stops in superstars' careers

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Without Hockey: We may never find out how Leafs' puzzling season ends

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Tie Domi: 'Scott Stevens was the biggest phony I ever played against'

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NHL point totals: 9 bad beats with season suspended

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Development is on hold with hockey’s minor leagues pausing or cancelling seasons because of coronavirus

This is the time of the year that provides the most meaningful hockey for up-and-coming players.

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The hockey world is fighting the good fight on the coronavirus in many ways

Tweets of wisdom. Support for an ailing friend. Funds for those thrown out of work. Social media can be a force for good in a time of crisis.

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How Europe's hockey pros are coping with coronavirus chaos

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Major storylines to monitor as NHL suspends season

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Coronavirus in sports: NCAA Tournament canceled, Gobert apologizes

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Coronavirus in sports: NCAA Tournament canceled, Gobert apologizes

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NHL cancels morning skates amid speculation that season will be postponed because of coronavirus

The NHL on Thursday morning ordered all 31 teams to cancel their morning skates, practices and team meetings today.

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Coronavirus in sports, the latest: NBA suspends season, no autographs at Players

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Freddie Andersen’s back in the groove, and that’s music to the Maple Leafs’ ears

The No. 1 goalie has been there for his teammates all season long, and a big win over the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning was a perfect example

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Report: Maple Leafs ground scouts amid coronavirus concerns

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Bruce Arthur: Hope and confidence in a time of crisis. The Leafs need more of what worked against the Lightning this time

Remember last week, when team president Brendan Shanahan refused to lower the Stanley Cup expectations for his maddening team? Games like this are why, Bruce Arthur writes.

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Maple Leafs snap three-game slide with victory over Lightning

With the victory, Toronto moved three points ahead of the Florida Panthers for the third and final playoff spot in the Atlantic Division. Florida has one game in hand.

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Keefe’s Leafs will stickhandle Sandin’s ice time the rest of the way — for his own good

Morgan Rielly’s return from a broken foot, days after Cody Ceci got the green light, allows the Leafs to lean on experience over youth. Coach Sheldon Keefe is eager to see how rookie Rasmus Sandin handles it, while trying not to shatter his confidence.

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Maple Leafs sign Mikhail Abramov to entry-level contract

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Leafs will have Morgan Rielly back for crucial game against Lightning

Veteran defenceman will be paired with Cody Ceci against Tampa after missing 23 games with a broken foot.

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NHL Tuesday betting preview: Expect Flyers to win 10th straight

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Hurricanes' Mrazek expected back after missing 6 games with concussion

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Leafs' Rielly will play vs. Lightning after 23-game absence

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Media groups: Locker rooms must not be 'unnecessarily limited'

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Maple Leafs hope ‘the very near future’ for Morgan Rielly is Tuesday against Tampa Bay

Leafs have allowed five or more goals in eight of the 24 games the defenceman has missed while his broken foot heals.

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Here’s what the Maple Leafs need to do to clinch a playoff spot

Cut down the opponents’ chances, clean up their defensive play, and get their captain going. Easy, right?

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There’s another wave of defencemen with the Marlies, and you might hear them before you see them

Blueliners Duszak and Hollowell have been on the move this year, from the Growlers to the Marlies, and their mouths have had no problem keeping up.

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Dave Feschuk: Offence? Defence? The Maple Leafs are in search of a middle ground

The Leafs seem to be trying to figure out just who they are, but it might just be a case of finding that sweet spot.

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Bruce Arthur: Maple Leafs have ‘one foot in, one foot out,’ according to Auston Matthews, and very little time to make up their minds

There are 13 games left in the regular season and the Leafs are still having trouble explaining their play.

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Bruce Arthur: Maple Leafs drop third straight as offence sleeps through the California trip

The Leafs go 144 minutes and 33 seconds between goals and pick up just one point in three-game swing against non-playoff teams.

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Bruce Arthur: Auston Matthews should be in the Hart Trophy discussion every season. The boss expects a Selke, too

The Leafs’ No. 1 centre has the tools to become the NHL’s dominant force on offence and defence — the rarest of combinations in pro sports, Bruce Arthur writes.

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Maple Leafs activate Ceci off injured reserve

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Which NHL teams benefit most, least from projected salary-cap spike?

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Bruce Arthur: The Maple Leafs’ first shutout loss of the season — to the worst in the West, no less — exposes weakness up front

Coach Sheldon Keefe opened the door to switching up the top two lines in L.A. to create more offensive depth on a team that suddenly does not have a surfeit of it, and the result was ... Pierre Engvall, who had one goal (against the Zamboni driver) in 18 games since the all-star break. It didn’t end well, Bruce Arthur writes.

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Bruce Arthur: The goal couldn’t be clearer — Shanahan sees the Maple Leafs as Stanley Cup contenders now and for years to come

Leafs president Brendan Shanahan, who doesn’t often speak publicly, made it clear in L.A. on Thursday that he isn’t letting this squad lower its expectations, even as its young players grow and learn, even with the playoffs not even guaranteed. The organization still believes in this thing, Bruce Arthur writes.

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Shanahan optimistic about Leafs' direction: I 'see adversity differently'

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NHL Thursday betting preview: Wild to climb into playoff spot

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Bruce Arthur: It’s awfully late in the race for the Maple Leafs to be fumbling for the gear shift

It’s not just that this Leafs team isn’t an A-plus every night. Who is? It’s that when things go wrong, they too often implode, Bruce Arthur writes.

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NHL Wednesday betting preview: Coyotes continue Canucks' slide

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Bruce Arthur: Don’t blame the goalie. The Jekyll and Hyde Leafs just couldn’t keep up with the lousy Sharks

On Tuesday night in San Jose, the Leafs — whose general manager called them Jekyll and Hyde a week ago — failed to match the intensity of a non-playoff team. Asked if the problem was effort or execution, head coach Sheldon Keefe said: “I think it’s both,” Bruce Arthur writes.

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Bruce Arthur: How the Maple Leafs’ Zach Hyman became the NHL’s most accurate sniper

The Maple Leafs winger is shooting 21.2 per cent, tops in the NHL, and he owns the high-danger zone. However replicable or even sustainable this season is, Hyman simply continues to improve year by year, Bruce Arthur writes.

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Hurricanes' Mrazek, Reimer to miss at least another week

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NHL Tuesday betting preview: Leafs stay hot in California

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Bruce Arthur: The Maple Leafs are back on top of the wave as they hit the West Coast

The urgency of a week ago is gone after three straight wins. And with some of their walking wounded now skating, the Leafs hope to extend the latest ride.

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Leafs' Rielly, Ceci on track to return next week

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GMs content with emergency backup goalie procedure

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NHL Power Rankings: Each team's key player for the stretch run

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Damien Cox: Steven Stamkos surgery creates a hole for the Lightning, and he could miss a potential first-round playoff matchup with the Leafs

Nothing is set, including the Leafs’ participation in the post-season, but the high-scoring Stamkos is expected to miss six to eight weeks with a core muscle injury.

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There’s nothing empty about the value Zach Hyman brings to the Maple Leafs

The forward has tied Dave Keon for the third-most empty-net goals by a Leaf but his offence — with or without a goalie facing him — is just a small part of Hyman’s game.

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Dave Feschuk: The Maple Leafs’ injury numbers aren’t as painful as you might expect

Their blue has been hit hard but the Leafs are just ninth in the NHL in man-games lost and seventh in win shares lost.

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