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Saturday, October 31, 2020
Friday, October 30, 2020
Why the Maple Leafs gave Michael Hutchinson (and Joey Anderson) multi-year contracts
Hutchinson returns from Colorado as no better than fourth on the goalie depth chart, but the Leafs are thinking a bit further down the road — including the expansion draft to stock the Seattle Kraken.
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Sunday, October 25, 2020
Saturday, October 24, 2020
Maple Leafs defenceman Travis Dermott will have to fight for his job, and fight for his payday
Three-year veteran knows he will have to be consistent on a blue line that appears deeper than in years past.
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Dermott excited to play with Thornton, who he 'grew up watching'
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Friday, October 23, 2020
Travis Dermott re-signs with the Maple Leafs — a short-term bargain that could pay off down the road
The 23-year-old defenceman — back on a one-year deal worth $874,125 (U.S.) — will be in a better position contract wise in the next off-season if he combines a solid year with the arrival of his arbitration rights.
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Damien Cox: Maybe Joe Thornton and Wayne Simmonds will work out, but the Maple Leafs have a long history of veteran misfires
Kirk Muller. Dave Manson. Owen Nolan. Joe Nieuwendyk. Mike Peca. Brian Leetch. Ron Francis. Patrick Marleau. Attempts to buy leadership and character at a bargain price are as old as the uniform itself, Damien Cox writes.
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Thursday, October 22, 2020
Bang for the buck: Rating the Maple Leafs’ contracts player by player
Given how tight the Leafs are expected to be against the NHL salary cap by opening night, the difference between playing in the NHL and not might come down to the size of the contract.
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Report: Senators, Brown avoid arbitration with 3-year, 10.8M deal
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Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Dave Feschuk: The Maple Leafs’ salary structure could lead to a dressing-room divide
At the top of the Leafs’ food chain is a few star players who, if they don’t perform superbly, can be easily framed as greedy hogs who’ve commandeered the trough. Meanwhile, there’s a larger group of modestly paid but still important players who can make the case — as Ilya Mikheyev already has — that they have, unlike their highest-paid brethren, sacrificed for the cause, Dave Feschuk writes.
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Kraken hire Gary Roberts as sports science and performance consultant
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2020-21 Stanley Cup odds: Teams to buy, sell amid chaotic offseason
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Agent: Mikheyev took less money so Maple Leafs could be cap-compliant
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Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Ilya Mikheyev signs two-year deal with Leafs, avoids arbitration hearing
Leafs forward, who had been asking for a one-year, $2.7-million (U.S.) contract, agrees to two years at an average of $1.645 million.
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Monday, October 19, 2020
Maple Leafs will find out what wiggle room they have after Ilya Mikheyev arbitration
A generous award to Mikheyev may mean demoting players to the minors to bury their salary, leaving the team short of extra skaters. Or it could mean trading Mikheyev, or another player, to save salary cap space.
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Sunday, October 18, 2020
Rosie DiManno: Old Man Joe Thornton just might give the Maple Leafs what the core has failed to deliver. The move speaks volumes
Joe Thornton will wear No. 97 as a Leaf, declining Jason Spezza’s generous offer, after 15 seasons in San Jose. At 41, he believes this is his best shot at a Stanley Cup, but it’s a serious indictment of GM Kyle Dubas that a team of such dazzling talent is still looking for leadership and impetus a la Jumbo, Rosie DiManno writes.
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The Maple Leafs got a bit older, wiser and tougher. That’s what Stanley Cup champions do
GM Kyle Dubas says he now has a promising mix of young and old, with added toughness. With that, the Leafs roster seems set.
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‘I need to win a Stanley Cup.’ Joe Thornton made a tough decision to leave San Jose for the Leafs — with some help from an NFL legend
There were a number of factors that went into Thornton’s decision to join Toronto after 15 seasons in San Jose, namely his family, Leafs goalie Freddie Andersen, and a little nudge from NFL great Joe Montana.
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Thornton: I signed with Leafs because they're 'ready to win now'
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Penguins GM: Kapanen 'should be a good fit' with Crosby, Guentzel
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Saturday, October 17, 2020
Friday, October 16, 2020
Sharks players send Thornton heartfelt messages after signing with Leafs
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Joe Thornton is a Maple Leaf. They’ve been after the future Hall of Famer for a long time
Thornton, who recently joined the Swiss league to keep his skills sharp while testing the free-agent market, signed a one-year deal worth $700,000 (U.S.).
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Thursday, October 15, 2020
Joe Thornton offers just the kind of veteran leadership the Maple Leafs could use
He’s a playmaker, he’s a faceoff specialist and he has an even more important asset — his presence.
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NHL podcast: Rick Clune talks sobriety, adrenaline chasing, ride with Leafs
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Maple Leafs sign goaltender Aaron Dell to one-year deal
Former Sharks backup played career-high 33 games last season.
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Dave Feschuk: The Maple Leafs put John Tavares ahead of team-building two years ago, and they’ve been paying ever since
The signing started a series of dominoes that has left the club struggling with the salary cap as it makes roster moves.
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NHL podcast: Nick Kypreos talks Taylor Hall, playing with Messier, new book
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Pietrangelo hassle worth it for Vegas, plus 5 other early offseason thoughts
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Sunday, October 11, 2020
Leafs sign former Hobey Baker winner Jimmy Vesey to 1-year deal
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Saturday, October 10, 2020
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Thursday, October 8, 2020
Dave Feschuk: The Maple Leafs won’t find a saviour in free agency. To win, the stars have to buy in — like Steve Yzerman did
It wouldn’t be an easy sell, but Scotty Bowman’s experience with the Red Wings, detailed in a new book on the coaching legend by Ken Dryden, translates to the Leafs’ current situation on many levels, Dave Feschuk writes.
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Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Here are the newest members of the Maple Leafs, many a long way from Toronto
A look at the players selected Wednesday in rounds two through seven of the NHL draft.
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Leafs first-rounder Rodion Amirov has a big heart — now he has to work on his body
The Russian prospect weight just 167 pounds, though GM Dubas thinks he is one of the best skaters in his class.
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Maple Leafs give qualifying offers to Travis Dermott and Ilya Mikheyev
Forwards Gauthier, Bracco and Rodrigues will become unrestricted free agents on Friday.
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WATCH: Who is Rodion Amirov? Breaking down the Toronto Maple Leafs’ first pick and the opening round of the NHL draft
Star hockey reporter Kevin McGran shares his thoughts on the first round, the Leafs picking Amirov at 15 and what Kyle Dubas could do next.
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Senators trade up with Leafs to select Tyler Kleven 44th overall
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The next one? Shane Wright has the intangibles - and shot - of a generational star
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Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Rangers take Lafrenière No. 1 in NHL draft, Maple Leafs think long term with Russian prospect
Leafs pick Amirov is a skilled forward who has five points in 10 games in the early stages of the KHL season.
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Monday, October 5, 2020
The Maple Leafs listened, but head into the NHL draft with no plans to trade the No. 15 pick — or Frederik Andersen
Leafs GM Kyle Dubas made it clear on the eve of the draft that he has no intention of dealing the Leafs’ No. 1 netminder, whose future has been the subject of intense speculation with one year left on his contract.
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Maple Leafs sign forward Jason Spezza to one-year contract extension
Jason Spezza’s deal with Leafs is worth $700,000 and gives him another chase at the Stanley Cup with his hometown team.
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Sunday, October 4, 2020
Saturday, October 3, 2020
The Maple Leafs can dream big at No. 15 in Tuesday’s NHL draft — as deep as the William Nylander crop of 2014
The Leafs have only picked 15th twice before: Defenceman Jeff Ware (1995) managed only 21 games in the NHL, but blueliner Ian Turnbull (1973) went on to a 628-game career. Which way will they go Tuesday night, assuming they don’t trade the pick? It depends on which position they value most.
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Friday, October 2, 2020
Damien Cox: The shame of this Stanely Cup is that the Leafs have been lapped by the Lightning again
Comparing the Leafs with the Lightning over the past 16 years should be a cause for civic embarrassment, Damien Cox writes.
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2020 NHL Mock Draft: Big decision at 2nd overall, intrigue high at No. 5
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Thursday, October 1, 2020
The Maple Leafs enter defenceman-hunting season knowing any answer won’t come cheap
Toronto will need to create cap space if it hopes to land the likes of Pietrangelo.
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