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Sunday, April 30, 2023
Cooper: Lightning aren't 'used to this feeling' after losing series to Leafs
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Behind the scenes from the Maple Leafs series-clinching Game 6 win over the Lightning
In the raw moments immediately after the victory, those of us wearing an all-access pass saw what having a monumental burden lifted looks like.
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Leafs' Rielly wants more than long-awaited series win: 'We're not done'
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Why the Leafs finally broke through - and what lies ahead in Round 2
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Saturday, April 29, 2023
Revisiting Panthers-Flames blockbuster, playoff trends, and 4 other NHL items
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Rosie DiManno: Forget about Game 7, the Maple Leafs’ problem has been Game 6
Frankly, it has been any game in which the Leafs have a chance to eliminate their opponents.
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Friday, April 28, 2023
6 players primed to swing the rest of the Maple Leafs-Lightning series
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Rosie DiManno: Leafs miss first opporunity to close out the Lightning, but they have two more cracks at it
A game was lost, Rosie DiManno writes, not a series. But the dread is understandable.
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Thursday, April 27, 2023
Leafs' O'Reilly: Lightning will 'throw everything they have at us' in Game 5
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Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy has a solution for seeing-eye goals
“Maybe I’ll buy myself some X-ray glasses,” Lightning goaltender says.
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From weird GIFs to a goal-scoring dog bell, here are some Leafs superfans’ quirkiest superstitions
Some rituals last the duration of a playoff series while others stretch on for years.
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Nick Kypreos: Why we got the Kyle Dubas and Maple Leafs contract stalemate all wrong
Many of us could only speculate last fall that Dubas needed to get out of the first round before he could get an extension. We may’ve had that wrong.
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Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Maple Leafs, Senators, Red Wings, Wild heading to Sweden in November
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Dave Feschuk: Here’s a tip, Leafs: Keep going to the front of the net
Lightning coach Cooper might be right in saying the Leafs have been lucky. But they’ve created that luck.
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Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Monday, April 24, 2023
Kerfoot scores OT winner to cap comeback, Leafs take 3-1 series lead
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Leafs and Lightning Game 4 live blog: Toronto tries to win in Tampa before returning home
We’ll have you covered for Game 4 with live updates and analysis from Amalie Arena as the Leafs take on the Lightning.
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Damien Cox: NHL referees have made some disastrous calls in the playoffs. It’s time to expand video review
The NHL needs to spend less time defending its officials and more time helping them avoid wrong calls by giving them more tools to work with.
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Sunday, April 23, 2023
Bruce Arthur: Steven Stamkos vs. Auston Matthews. Kyle Dubas vs. Tampa fans. Are Leafs feeling the heat or learning to handle it?
The Leafs are in a hell of a first-round battle for the second straight year, under terrific pressure, and are responding with some eff-you aggression.
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Saturday, April 22, 2023
Morgan Rielly scores in overtime, Leafs beat Lightning 4-3 to grab 2-1 series lead
Morgan Rielly scored at 19:15 of overtime and Ilya Samsonov made 36 saves as the Toronto Maple Leafs came back from a goal down late in the third period Saturday to defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 and take a 2-1 lead in their first-round playoff series.
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Cooper praises Perry: 'One of my favorite players I have ever coached'
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Rosie DiManno: The next challenge for the Maple Leafs is ‘doing it again’ in Tampa
Keefe wants his team to understand the urgency to win is still there.
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Friday, April 21, 2023
7 players who could sway Vegas-Winnipeg series as Jets pursue the upset
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Rosie DiManno: Leafs flip the script and find themselves in a laugher over the Lightning
The goals came early and often for a team trying to make people forget Game 1 embarrassment.
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Thursday, April 20, 2023
Maple Leafs bring their best to blow out Lightning and even series
Everything that could go right for the Maple Leafs, did go right. And it all added up to a 7-2 victory in Game 2 of their first-round series.
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Leafs and Lightning Game 2 live blog: Toronto tries to flip the script and even series with Tampa
We’ll have you covered for Game 2 with live updates and analysis from Scotiabank Arena as the Leafs try to even the series with the Lightning.
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Ex-Leaf Nazem Kadri on Michael Bunting comparisons: ‘Y’all gotta leave me outta this one’
Bunting’s three-game suspension after Game 1 is conjuring up memories of Kadri’s back-to-back playoff suspensions in 2018 and ’19.
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Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Samsonov owns difficult Game 1 performance: 'I played like shit today'
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Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Leafs and Lightning Game 1 live blog: ‘Disaster start’ for Toronto as Tampa scores two early
We’ll have you covered for Game 1 with live updates and analysis from Scotiabank Arena — plus a look at what’s happening outside at Maple Leaf Square.
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Want to talk Leafs ahead of Game 1? Kevin McGran takes your questions in a Reddit AMA today
Ask Kevin McGran anything as the Maple Leafs host the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 1 of their first-round matchup.
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Leafs-Lightning playoff preview: Five keys to victory
It all starts with goaltending. If you have the second best in net, you’re going to lose.
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Monday, April 17, 2023
Leafs-Lightning preview: ESPN, TNT analysts like Toronto’s chances (a lot)
Picking the Leafs to finally win a round is all the rage. Couldn’t find any of them to say a bad thing about the blue and white with the series set to begin Tuesday night.
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Playoff Predictions: Round 1, the conference finals, and Cup champs
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Can NHL 23 predict the Stanley Cup winner? Here’s how the Leafs did in our 15 playoff simulations
We put the playoff bracket into the video game’s playoff mode and churned it out 15 times. Here’s what we got.
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Sunday, April 16, 2023
Bruce Arthur: Leafs’ stars will have nowhere to hide against Lightning. Talk about pressure
Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, William Nylander and John Tavares will be remembered for first-round exits until they make fans forget. Starting Tuesday, they get another shot at their moment.
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Stanley Cup storylines: 1 big question for every Eastern playoff team
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Bruce Arthur: The Leafs need to beat the Lightning, and they should. That doesn’t mean they will
Being at their best when it matters has been what this entire season — what this entire accumulated era of Maple Leafs hockey — has been about. Their biggest rival has been themselves.
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Dave Poulin: Kyle Dubas shifted his Leafs game plan to try and beat the Lightning. And it just might work
Speed and skill had once been emphasized over size and grit. Six consecutive first-round playoff losses changed that.
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Saturday, April 15, 2023
Friday, April 14, 2023
Leafs-Lightning playoff preview: History hovers over first-round rematch
The Leafs finished strong and should be favoured starting Tuesday night on home ice. The lineup is deeper this spring, but will it be enough?
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Thursday, April 13, 2023
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Matthew Knies. Joseph Woll. The Leafs might have a playoff surprise or two for the Lightning
Knies is the more likely of the two to see the ice against Tampa. But which established Leafs forward sits to make room remains to be seen.
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What Maple Leafs’ goalie chaos tells us about plans for Matthew Knies
The 20-year-old forward is being considered as a potential factor for this year’s playoffs to a much higher degree than anyone within the organization had previously let on.
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Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Damien Cox: The Leafs playing an amateur goalie in an ‘emergency’ isn’t charming. It threatens the integrity of the NHL
One can never imagine an NFL team deciding to bring in a local high school star to play backup quarterback in a pinch.
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NHL Tuesday best bets: McDavid, Oilers to make noise vs. Avalanche
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Rosie DiManno: Ilya Samsonov the constant as the Leafs and their moving parts beat the Panthers
Knies plays his first game and Owen Sound goalie assumes the backup spot.
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Monday, April 10, 2023
Sunday, April 9, 2023
Maple Leafs sign college prospect Matthew Knies to entry-level deal
Knies. whose college season ended Saturday, is expected to join the Leafs in Florida on Monday.
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‘Pretty nerve racking.’ U of T goalie Jett Alexander savours moment in Maple Leafs spotlight
Varsity Blues goalie signs one-day amateur tryout contract and plays last minute of game against the Habs.
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Canadiens’ Wideman fumes over Leafs putting in amateur goalie: ‘They’ll get what they deserve in a few weeks’
University of Toronto goalie Jett Alexander signed a last-minute amateur tryout agreement with the Maple Leafs and played the final minute in a blowout win.
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Saturday, April 8, 2023
Friday, April 7, 2023
The ice might be tilted in the Maple Leafs’ favour heading into their series with the Lightning
It may be hard to fathom but, based on the numbers, the Leafs might actually have the better goaltender
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Maple Leafs prospect Matthew Knies ‘wants the big moment’
Prospect’s former coach calls him “super likeable” and praises his competitiveness.
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Thursday, April 6, 2023
What makes a 'good room?' NHL players talk about team chemistry
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Nick Kypreos: Michael Bunting lost the respect of officials and opposing players. The Leafs forward can still earn it back
Over the last 20 games or so, Bunting’s inability to draw penalties has garnered major attention and some questions as to why.
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Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Bruce Arthur: Ilya Samsonov passes on Pride and Matt Murray is hurt again. For the Leafs, goaltending is never easy
Betting on Matt Murray’s health might have been the riskiest thing this franchise has done in the search for Stanley Cup playoff success.
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