Keefe says he accepts “the pressure and responsibility that comes with this position. I knew that when I got into it.”
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Thursday, September 30, 2021
Chris Johnston: The Leafs make sure there’s one less thing for head coach Sheldon Keefe to worry about, extending his deal before crucial season
Keefe says he accepts “the pressure and responsibility that comes with this position. I knew that when I got into it.”
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Maple Leafs, coach Sheldon Keefe agree to two-year extension
The new deal will keep the head coach in Toronto through the 2022-23 season.
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Leafs captain John Tavares believes reconciliation should only be the beginning for Indigenous people
Tavares learned about discrimination while playing lacrosse as a youth.
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Leafs forward Wayne Simmonds not sure ‘if I’d want my kids to play hockey’ with the racism in the sport
“I can see why people of colour don’t want to play hockey,” Simmonds says after a Black player in Ukraine quits over racist incident and the federation’s response.
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Michael Bunting has three goals in Leafs’ pre-season win over the Senators
The goals, all on the power play, could lead to a spot on Tavares line.
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Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Prospect Nick Robertson has become the Leafs’ boy on the bubble
There always seems to be someone more experienced ahead of the 20-year-old, like Bunting, who had three goals against Ottawa on Wednesday.
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Alex Kerfoot knows he has a role with the Maple Leafs. Actually, he has a few of them
Kerfoot can play centre and wing. He can play up and down the lineup, and he can kill penalties. So playing time shouldn’t be an issue for a forward left exposed to the expansion draft.
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Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Auston Matthews takes part in first Leafs practice since training camp began
Matthews skated and continued working with the puck prior to practice, then joined the main group once the workouts began at 11 a.m.
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Monday, September 27, 2021
Net results mixed for Leafs in Petr Mrázek’s pre-season debut against Canadiens
Mrázek and Jack Campbell split duties in Montreal, where the home side scored three power-play goals in a 5-2 victory.
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Chris Johnston: Mitch Marner may be the most compelling Maple Leaf, in the middle of all they hope to accomplish
With a new role on the power play, Marner could become the Leafs’ first 100-point scorer since Doug Gilmour in 1993-94. There’s also the Beijing Olympics. And somewhere well down the road he’ll be thrown back in the middle of the playoff pressure-cooker. There will be questions and a chance to answer, Chris Johnston writes.
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‘It was a horrible act.’ Maple Leafs denounce racist on-ice taunt in Ukraine
During a Sunday game, HC Kremenchuk forward Andrei Deniskin mimed peeling and eating a banana in the direction of Jalen Smereck, a former Oshawa Generals defenceman, who is Black. The outcry was quick and widespread.
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Chris Johnston: ‘All or Nothing’ reveals the Leafs are a team still trying to come of age
Coach Sheldon Keefe is the most compelling character in five episodes that take fans further than any other previous NHL series of its kind, and it’s because of his direct nature. Keefe doesn’t mince words, Chris Johnston writes.
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Sunday, September 26, 2021
Why the Leafs need more William Nylander on the power play
Taking better advantage of Nylander’s lethal one-timer and knack for puck possession could go a long way toward solving the club’s problems with the man advantage.
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Stone questions whether cross-checking should warrant suspension
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Saturday, September 25, 2021
Leafs give returning fans a thrill in exhibition win over Canadiens
John Tavares sparks Leafs to victory before crowd of about 10,000 at Scotiabank Arena, largest since the start of the pandemic.
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The Leafs went fishing. Alex Kerfoot’s speed and versatility tipped the scales
With expansion draft intrigue behind him, Kerfoot sets his sights on a bigger role with the Leafs, and ending a string of playoff disappointments.
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Friday, September 24, 2021
Leafs camp notebook: Auston Matthews resumes stickwork after wrist surgery. Bigger crowds welcome news
Matthews did on-ice work separate from the rest of the Leafs, with a stick for the first time since midsummer surgery on his left wrist.
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Why the Maple Leafs think David Kämpf is part of the solution
After four seasons in Chicago, the defence-minded centre with a knack for killing penalties and winning faceoffs does a lot of the little things that good teams need.
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Damien Cox: Maple Leafs no longer alone in NHL’s pay-up-and-hope lottery with young, unproven players
In less than a year, Toronto committed more than $168 million to Nylander, Marner and Matthews before any had established themselves as elite NHL players. These same financial stresses are starting to hit them.
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What the Jets, Oilers, Flames, and Canucks have to prove this season
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Thursday, September 23, 2021
Chris Johnston: Spencer Carbery’s first NHL job is fixing the Leafs’ exasperating power play. No pressure
The history books will tell you that teams can win a Stanley Cup without a dominant power play — Chicago converted just 11 per cent of its chances on the way to the 2013 title — but it’s hard to imagine one built the way the Leafs are replicating that feat, Chris Johnston writes.
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Enigmatic forward Josh Ho-Sang says he’s changed. The Leafs will give him a shot
To earn a job, the former Islanders first-round will have to beat out players with better NHL resumés and on guaranteed contracts. It’s a steep climb, but not impossible.
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Have your say: How do you feel about expanded capacity at Toronto home games?
The Ontario government is changing regulations that will allow the Maple Leafs to open their pre-season in front of a half-full Scotiabank Arena this weekend, according to sources.
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Chris Johnston: Ontario changing regulations to allow 9,500 fans at Maple Leafs pre-season game in Scotiabank Arena, sources say
Provincial regulations had previously limited the Maple Leafs, Raptors and Ottawa Senators to a maximum of 1,000 fans per event.
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Prove-it season: What's at stake for the Habs, Leafs, and Sens in 2021-22
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Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Chris Johnston: Why Morgan Rielly’s 10th Leafs training camp might be his last
If you were establishing odds based on all of the available information, you’d tilt them toward business dictating that the veteran defenceman will have a new NHL home next season, Chris Johnston writes.
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From junior hockey rivals to Leafs tandem, goalies Jack Campbell and Petr Mrázek know the pressure is on
Both are expected to play a significant role as the Leafs try to break a five-year string of first-round playoff exits, with workhorse Frederik Andersen now playing for Mrázek’s old club.
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Leafs' Rielly not focused on extension heading into contract year
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Leafs training camp opens with Auston Matthews healing and William Nylander not yet fully vaccinated
Matthews expects to be ready to go for the Oct. 13 season opener after wrist surgery, while Nylander — free to participate in on-ice work at camp — says he’ll have his second shot in time to play opening night against the Canadiens.
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Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Justin Bieber and Maple Leafs unveil new clothing collaboration
The team released a video that showed players — including Auston Matthews, a close friend of Bieber — unwrapping boxes filled with apparel from the fashion company, Drew, started by the Canadian musical superstar.
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No love for Mitch Marner? Is Auston Matthews healthy? Ten Maple Leafs storylines to watch
You might think you know how this show is going to end — in disappointment — but you can’t take your eyes off the Leafs. How can a team with this much talent keep losing in the first round? That’s your overarching plot, but it’s the subplots along the way that will set the scene.
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Maple Leafs training camp depth chart: The fight for jobs begins
There are more spots up for grabs than usual as the Leafs open camp Wednesday.
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Have your say: Which area of the roster are you most concerned about heading into the Leafs season?
The Toronto Maple Leafs made a few changes to the roster as they once again look to conquer their ongoing playoff struggles. Does this version of the roster have any areas of major concern?
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Monday, September 20, 2021
Leafs, Raptors expect Scotiabank Arena to be at full capacity for games this season
The Leafs and Raptors —which both begin regular-season play in October — hope to hear from the province this week about crowd size.
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Sunday, September 19, 2021
Saturday, September 18, 2021
Maple Leafs prospects Nick Robertson, Semyon Der-Arguchintsev and Pavel Gogolev are Toronto’s re-Petes
The former junior linemates in Peterborough have been reunited in the Leafs’ organization, two goal-scorers and a playmaker looking to make the final step.
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Have your say: Do the Maple Leafs have the goaltending to win in the playoffs?
Can Jack Campbell and/or Petr Mrázek take Toronto on a long run?
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New Leafs goaltender Petr Mrázek says he’s ‘a positive guy,’ and he’s positive he wants to be in Toronto
The 29-year-old free agent was looking for a place he could win a Stanley Cup when he signed with the Leafs this summer.
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Friday, September 17, 2021
Have your say: What are you most excited to watch at Leafs training camp?
The Maple Leafs summer skates are winding down and training camp opens for real on Wednesday. There are plenty of storylines to watch for a team under insurmountable pressure to win a playoff round.
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Leafs captain John Tavares returns with no restrictions and no excuses
The Maple Leafs captain suffered a concussion and a knee injury on his second shift of Toronto’s playoff opener against the Montreal Canadiens in May, and was done for the series. But he’s scrimmaging now and going flat out to prepare for the NHL season, with training camp just around the corner.
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Thursday, September 16, 2021
Leafs prospect Matt Hellickson makes good first impression after dance with the Devils
Drafted by New Jersey four years ago, the defence hopeful — now playing at the NHL rookie tournament in Michigan — went on to play four years at Notre Dame, then opted for free agency and jumped at a chance to join the Leafs organization.
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Five years ago, North America's young guns electrified the World Cup
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Wednesday, September 15, 2021
The race to replace Zach Hyman on the Leafs’ top line begins. Mitch Marner likes what he sees
Hyman made his name playing mostly with Auston Matthews after they both arrived in 2016. Marner got added to the mix the last two seasons. It’s a coveted role with no clear-cut favourite.
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Former ‘Leafs Lunch’ host Andi Petrillo trades airtime for we time: ‘I had to adjust my life balance’
This week, the Toronto native stepped down after five years as host of TSN Radio’s “Leafs Lunch” — to focus on her other two jobs, and simply take care of life.
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Have your say: Which Leafs prospect at the rookie tournament are you most excited about?
The NHL rookie tournament starts Thursday in Traverse City, Mich. and there are a number of Maple Leafs prospects worth keeping an eye on.
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‘It’s like going to the spa.’ Leafs goalie prospect Ian Scott brings calm to every crease he calls home
After a stellar junior career in Prince Albert, Sask., lingering injuries — and then COVID-19 — prevented the one-time world junior star goaltender from making any headway. But heading into an NHL rookie tournament in Michigan, he has impressed Toronto Marlies coach Greg Moore.
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Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Chris Johnston: Former Leafs forward Zach Hyman is about to find out if the grass is greener on Connor McDavid’s wing
Hyman asked himself, “What if I went somewhere else? Could I be a better player in another situation?”
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Monday, September 13, 2021
Chris Johnston: Leafs stars Mitch Marner and Auston Matthews understand the urgency to win. They’re not old but they’re not part of the kiddie core anymore.
Matthews suggest things can get “overdramatized” in Toronto but admits “not like we have all the time in the world.”
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Alex Steeves could be the first star out of Hayley Wickenheiser’s Leafs lab
Notre Dame product finds a chemistry with prospect Nick Robertson at Leafs’ development camp.
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Matthews 'really hopeful' wrist will be ready for season opener
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Saturday, September 11, 2021
Leafs' Robertson reflects on his 9/11 birth: 'I was fighting for my life too'
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Chris Johnston: Has the new defence market created a salary bridge too wide for the Maple Leafs and Morgan Rielly to overcome?
This is the most important contract of Rielly’s career. How GM Kyle Dubas navigates the organization’s most pressing decision bears watching, Chris Johnston writes.
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Friday, September 10, 2021
Maple Leafs rookie Nick Robertson was born on 9/11. Birthdays have never been the same
Robertson arrived prematurely 20 years ago in California on the same day terrorist events were unfolding in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. Birthdays serve as a yearly reminder of the tragedy.
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Dave Feschuk: Ilya Mikheyev might want out, but the Leafs have no incentive to trade him. The soup man can stew
It never makes sense to trade a player whose stock is down. And his case for more ice time would be stronger if he had recorded even a single point in 12 playoff games as a Leaf, Dave Feschuk writes.
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Thursday, September 9, 2021
Report: Leafs' Mikheyev requested trade, club not interested in moving him
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Dubas: Leafs players, staff will be 100% fully vaccinated to start season
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The Maple Leafs’ first priority at development camp is to let the prospects play
“A little less thinking, a little more playing,” Wickenheiser says about the hopefuls whose schedules have been interrupted by the pandemic.
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Dave Feschuk: Colby Saganiuk will try to show the Maple Leafs he’s a chip off the old Rock
Saganiuk is an undersized player similar to his grandfather Rocky, who played for Toronto in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but the NHL hopeful is a more complete player. Or so the former Leaf believes.
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Maple Leafs GM Kyle Dubas admits he considered breaking up his core in the off-season
“The time for sentiment has come and gone ... I think we would look at anything that would that would improve our team,” Dubas says on McCown podcast.
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Have your say: Who is the best home-grown player on the Maple Leafs?
Maple Leafs prospects will hit the ice for development starting Friday.
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Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Burke wanted to offer sheet Kessel before trading for him as Leafs GM
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Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Forward Nick Robertson headlines this week’s Leafs development camp
The team didn’t hold the camp last year due to the pandemic and a number of its European prospects won’t make the trip this year.
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