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Sunday, May 31, 2020
Saturday, May 30, 2020
Foligno: Tortorella could give Blue Jackets advantage vs. Maple Leafs
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Thursday, May 28, 2020
Damien Cox: Leafs vs. Jackets — somewhere in the summer — is what you get when the NHL doesn’t know when to quit
Unusual times call for unusual measures, but the league’s recent proposals — including an off-the-wall plan for the draft lottery — just might wind up compromising two seasons, Damien Cox writes.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Dave Feschuk: We’d love to be a hockey hub, NHL, but don’t expect us to change the rules for the game to return
The league says quarantine regulations are the biggest roadblock to having hockey in Canada right now, but cities like Toronto and Vancouver aren’t willing to risk lives. Nor should they, writes Dave Feschuk.
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Dubas, Tavares embracing playoff format as 'tremendous opportunity'
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Top prospect Nick Robertson could have a role with the Leafs when the NHL returns
The high-scoring junior star is already in quarantine, preparing for a potential mini-camp next month.
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Foligno not willing to stop seeing family in return-to-play scenario
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Tuesday, May 26, 2020
From can't-miss to potential dud: Ranking the NHL's 8 play-in series
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Dave Feschuk: Ex-Leaf Doug Gilmour looks back at the Wayne Gretzky high stick in 1993 and sees ‘the worst officiated game you can imagine’
It was the closest the Leafs have gotten to the Stanley Cup final since 1967 and it ended with the Gretzky high stick and Gretzky overtime winner in Game 6 and a Gretzky hat trick in Game 7.
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The Maple Leafs have clinched a playoff spot — or a play-in spot, at least
Toronto will face Columbus in a best-of-five series when the NHL returns, trying to earn a spot in the round of 16.
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4 big questions as NHL's return-to-play plan slowly comes into focus
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NHL play-in series odds: Breaking down betting lines for every matchup
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Monday, May 25, 2020
Stanley Cup odds update: Avoid favorites in potential 24-team playoff
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Friday, May 22, 2020
Dave Feschuk: The Leafs are built for the Stanley Cup playoff blueprint that’s slowly taking shape
No Bruins or Lightning in the opening series? No road jinx or media circus? If you’re a fan of the Maple Leafs, there’s a lot to like, Dave Feschuk writes.
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Mailbag: How would Maple Leafs fare against Columbus if this new format is approved?
The weekly Mailbag brings reader input on the Harold Ballard era, some fun names with lines, and a tale from the Norris Division.
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Thursday, May 21, 2020
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Report: NHL looking to base 24-team playoffs on conference standings
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Dave Feschuk: Free-agent-to-be Tyson Barrie believes he’ll don a Maple Leafs sweater again — for the playoffs, at least
The 28-year-old blueliner says both the NHL and the players’ association remain “pretty dedicated” to finding a way to name a Stanley Cup champion this season and in his mind the Leafs are well-positioned to emerge from the coronavirus pause in relatively full flight no matter the format.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Agent poll: Lucic's contract the worst, MacKinnon's most team-friendly
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Monday, May 18, 2020
NHL still weighing up to nine potential sites for 12-team hubs
The “hub” concept would place teams in an NHL city to play, practise and isolate.
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New Leaf Mikko Lehtonen wins KHL’s top defenceman award
The 26-year-old Lehtonen, signed by the Leafs two weeks ago after a bidding war, finished with 49 points in 60 games for Jokerit Helsinki.
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Saturday, May 16, 2020
Friday, May 15, 2020
Toronto mayor: Pro sports might not be played in city before the fall
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What if John Bassett had been able to buy Harold Ballard’s shares in the Maple Leafs?
There’s no guarantee the one-time Leafs chairman would have led the team to a Stanley Cup but he likely would have put the team ahead of himself. Our Hindsight In 2020 series looks at Ballard and Bassett as they headed on separate paths.
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Thursday, May 14, 2020
Marner all for return, but: 'What if someone gets sick and dies?'
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Maple Leafs sign forward Adam Brooks to two-year, two-way contract
Brooks, 24, has registered three assists in seven games with the Maple Leafs this season.
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Wendel Clark talks 1993 Leafs-Kings Game 7: 'We got Gretzky'd that night'
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Dave Feschuk: Leaf Kyle Clifford dares to dream of a Stanley Cup parade under pandemic rules
If the NHL finds a way to return safely, the post-season is likely to break with tradition. Clifford, who won two rings with the Kings, says the tradeoff would be worth it: “Playing for a Stanley Cup is better than not playing for a Stanley Cup at all, regardless of the format.”
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Leafs' Clifford: Expanded playoffs not ideal but 'different can be good'
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GOAT Uniforms: NCAA beauties, NHL classics shine as we enter top 25
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Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Miss the Leafs, Raptors and Jays? Here’s where the major sports stand for the Canadian fan
It’s still a long way from here to hockey, baseball and maybe basketball by July 4 ... but there’s hope for these and other sports during the pandemic with increased health and safety precautions.
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GOAT Uniforms: Footy giants, expansion masterpieces dominate Part 7
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Monday, May 11, 2020
HOFer Gartner discusses playing with 1 good eye: 'I was pretty limited'
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AHL cancels remainder of season, Calder Cup
Any Marlies fans who hold tickets to any of the unplayed games remaining on the 2019-20 schedule will be contacted to receive a full refund or the option to move credit to the 2020-21 season.
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Sunday, May 10, 2020
Saturday, May 9, 2020
Friday, May 8, 2020
Leafs assistant coach Paul McFarland returning to head coaching job in Kingston
The 34 year old from Richmond Hill returns to Kingston where he spent three seasons as coach of the OHL’s Frontenacs.
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Leafs assistant McFarland taking job as OHL Frontenacs head coach
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Thursday, May 7, 2020
Leafs forward Alex Kerfoot has a leg up on fellow players during the lockdown — his family has a rink
NHLers aren’t used to being off skates this long but Kerfoot thinks they’ll have time to get up to speed.
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Kerfoot 'not overly thrilled' with inconsistent 1st year with Leafs
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Taking Stock: Questions swirl around Pietrangelo and his next move
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Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Capitals: Leipsic's Instagram messages are 'unacceptable and offensive'
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Dave Feschuk: Leafs and Raptors season-ticket holders got mad and MLSE backed off: ‘I just want to know what I’m paying for’
The Leafs and Raptors were set to demand about 23 per cent of the bill for next season’s seats as early as this Friday, no matter that nobody knows when next season might begin. After a backlash, that date has been bumped back a month — for starters, Dave Feschuk writes.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Leafs’ Holl plays wait and see with NHL game plan still murky
Defenceman Justin Holl, one of three American-born Leafs riding out the pandemic south of the border, hopes for clarity on a return to the ice with a likely two-week quarantine to factor in.
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MLSE asked about Toronto being a hub city should NHL resume its season, Ford says
The NHL, which was forced to pause its schedule March 12 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, has been looking at plans to centralize groups of teams in low-risk centres in hopes of resuming the 2019-20 campaign this summer.
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Leafs' Holl: U.S. players need 'concrete plan' before re-entering Canada
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Ontario premier in contact with MLSE about Toronto as potential hub city
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Monday, May 4, 2020
Dave Feschuk: The Leafs expect Mikko Lehtonen to step right in on defence next season, and the price was right
There aren’t many stories of undrafted late bloomers arriving in the NHL deep into their 20s and making their mark, but the KHL’s top-scoring defenceman has made a decent career out of proving skeptics wrong, Dave Feschuk writes.
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NHL podcast: Mike Johnson on unexpected playing career, growth as analyst
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Maple Leafs sign KHL's top-scoring D-man Lehtonen to 1-year deal
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Leafs sign offensive defenceman Mikko Lehtonen to one-year deal
The 26-year-old led Jokerit of the KHL — and all defencemen — in scoring in 2019-20, with 17 goals and 32 assists in 60 games.
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Sunday, May 3, 2020
Quarantine Power Rankings: Who was the isolation GOAT this week?
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Friday, May 1, 2020
Maple Leafs great Borje Salming on his fight with the coronavirus: ‘When you get this, you can’t breathe’
The Hall of Fame defenceman opened up about his battle with a suspected case of coronavirus that saw him hospitalized in March
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