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Game #58 Review: Toronto Maple Leafs 4 vs. Tampa Bay Lightning 3

The Toronto Maple Leafs ran up a 3-0 lead, gave it up, and found a way to win anyway against the President's Trophy frontrunners...
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Game #53 Review: Toronto Maple Leafs 4 vs. New York Rangers 0

The Toronto Maple Leafs cruised to a convincing 4-0 victory over the New York Rangers on Thursday night, marking their second consecutive shutout and...
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Game #62 Review: Toronto Maple Leafs 1 vs. Florida Panthers 0

The Toronto Maple Leafs made it 11 wins in their last 13 games with a 1-0 win over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night. Your...
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Systems Analysis: The Toronto Maple Leafs like to “cheat”… but is that a problem?

Phil Kessel was singled out for doing it. He cheated. Same thing with William Nylander. He cheats. Let’s watch Nylander do it right now.   Did you catch...
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Game #57 Review: Toronto Maple Leafs 6 vs. Ottawa Senators 3

The Toronto Maple Leafs picked up their seventh win in their last eight games after a convincing victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday...
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Leafs Playoff Notebook: Mike Babcock under the microscope after Game 2 adjustments

After Game 1, we touched on the Leafs’ poor bench management after the team missed challenging a goal that was offside, put their fourth...

Maple Leafs’ Free Agents: Who stays and who goes?

We looked at options with the Maple Leafs under contract last week. Today, let's take a look at the UFAs and RFAs. UFAs Dave Bolland Quick Thoughts: Had...

Leafs Notebook – What should the Toronto Maple Leafs do with James van Riemsdyk?...

At the intermission of Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday night, the panel had a few interesting notes regarding the trade deadline and the...
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The Eric Fehr Trade: How the Toronto Maple Leafs turned waiver claim Frank Corrado...

The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired a seventh-round draft pick in 2020 from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for veteran forward Eric Fehr,...
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ECQF Game #7 Review: Boston Bruins 7 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 4

A 3-1 series comeback ended in Game 7 third-period disappointment in Boston for the Toronto Maple Leafs, who will have to wait at least...
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Anthony Petrielli analyzes the Toronto Maple Leafs’ systems on The Leafs Geeks Podcast

MLHS' Anthony Petrielli joined The Leafs Geeks podcast over the Christmas break to discuss the team's play of late, systems adjustments, Jake Gardiner's play...

Leafs Notebook, Trade Deadline Edition – On Ryan McDonagh, Luke Glendening, Pat Maroon, and...

Happy trade deadline day eve, everyone! There’s a lot to unpack as the deadline approaches, so let's get right to it. Clearing Contracts Over the past couple...
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Toronto Maple Leafs Systems – Defensive Zone

INTRODUCTION I've always had an keen interest in systems, the X's and O's technical side, with a desire to document team systems across the entire...
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Game #31 Review: Toronto Maple Leafs 1 vs. Edmonton Oilers 0

The Toronto Maple Leafs got out to a very early lead for the second consecutive night before leaning on a first-star performance from Curtis...
William Nylander of the Toronto Maple Leafs scores against the Edmonton Oilers

Game #27 Review: Toronto Maple Leafs 6 vs. Edmonton Oilers 4

The Maple Leafs gave up the lead twice but found a way to win over the Oilers on Thursday night. First period dominance by Toronto...
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Game #66 Review: Florida Panthers 3 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 2 (OT)

After grabbing a point against the run of play in Tampa Bay, the Toronto Maple Leafs dropped a point in a game they should’ve...
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Leafs Playoff Notebook: Home Cooking

Well, we now have a series. That was closer to the Toronto Maple Leafs team fans were expecting when the series got underway. And what...

Trading James Reimer: Not So Fast

One of the “logical” things that is supposed to play out in Leafland this summer is the team trading James Reimer and officially running...
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The Decline of Dion Phaneuf

Oh, how the mighty have fallen. “Personally, I think by a country mile he’s the best defenceman in the league. It’s not even close right...

Game In 10: Game #15, Leafs 0 vs. Canucks 4

The Leafs visited the Vancouver on Pavel Bure night for the first of two seasonal meetings with the Canucks. In other news, Luke Schenn...

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