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Jared Cowen’s Buyout and the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Cap Situation

As the Toronto Maple Leafs continue to cross names off their RFA checklist, the Jared Cowen situation is a cloud of mystery hanging over their...

Frederik Gauthier: A Work In Progress

There is no shortage of wreckage to sort through in a post-mortem on the Dave Nonis era in Toronto. There is the David Clarkson contract,...

2017 NHL Free Agency: Next-day thoughts on the Patrick Marleau signing

Some thoughts in note form as we digest a wild couple of days for the Toronto Maple Leafs. - Whatever you think about the contract,...
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Leafs Notebook – A Scintillating Start – October 10

Three games into the Toronto Maple Leafs season, Joel Quenneville has summed it up best so far: "They're good. They're really good. They've got...

Game #45 Review: Toronto Maple Leafs 4 vs. Calgary Flames 0

Frederik Andersen posted his second shutout as a Toronto Maple Leaf and Nazem Kadri scored his 19th and 20th goals of the season as...

Game #49 Review: St. Louis Blues 5 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 1

On the heels of an ugly 6-3 defeat in Dallas, the Maple Leafs suffered a second consecutive blowout loss on Thursday night in St....

Game #80 Review: Tampa Bay Lightning 4 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 1

The Maple Leafs will need at least 81 games to punch their playoff ticket after dropping a 4-1 decision to a hungrier, more organized...

An early look at the Toronto Maple Leafs & the 2017 expansion draft

Sportsnet's Chris Johnston provided an update yesterday on the developing expansion draft rules heading into a likely NHL expansion scenario for 2016-17. The key takeaways: "A minimum of...

Toronto Maple Leafs Q1 Player Grades: Part 2 – Defencemen and Goaltenders

Declan Kerin and Anthony Petrielli contributed to this report. Defencemen Morgan Rielly: B+ Mostly dismissed as a classic Brian Burke-ism at the time, the former Leafs GM...

On the Connor McDavid effect, The Big Three, and the Toronto Maple Leafs’ “two-year...

The 2016-17 season featured an exciting turn of events for the Toronto Maple Leafs and their fans. Led by eventual Calder winner Auston Matthews, the...
Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens

Game Tape: Breaking down the goals against versus the Montreal Canadiens

Each of the Montreal Canadiens goals on Saturday night was created by an error from a Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman. Alex Galchenyuk’s marker may be...

Leafs Notebook – Toronto rookies on historic pace – November 28

A few months into the season, it looks increasingly likely that the 2016-17 Toronto Maple Leafs are going to end the year with a...

Game Review: Game #15, Toronto Maple Leafs 3 vs. Dallas Stars 2

Recent games have seen the Maple Leafs play well via a hard working possession game, yet fail to be rewarded with a win. Tuesday night...

Game #41 Review: Columbus Blue Jackets 3 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 1

This tilt delivered on the promise of a midseason battle between two bottom five teams. The Leafs had a poor start to blame again, as they were a...
Auston Matthews, right, celebrates a first period goal against the Ottawa Senators with teammate William Nylander

Preseason Game #1 Review: Ottawa Senators 6 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 2

It was exciting to have Leafs hockey back, but this was certainly preseason-calibre and not aided by the poor ice at the Canadian Tire...

State of the Toronto Maple Leafs—Part One: The Draft

It has been a whirlwind offseason in Leafs land yet again, with too much activity to cram into one article. With that in mind, I...

Toronto Maple Leafs Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Summary at the Halfway Point

We've been tracking scoring chances and zone entries for every Toronto Maple Leafs game this year. Now that we've reached the halfway point, it's time...

Toronto Maple Leafs Q1 Player Grades: Part 1 – Forwards

Declan Kerin and Anthony Petrielli contributed to this report. Nazem Kadri: A Offensively, the start of Kadri's season couldn’t be any more of a contrast to...

Playoff Notebook – Capitals take Game 1 – April 14

You never know what you are going to get in the first period of a new playoff series. Both teams had three full days to...

Game #21 Review: Toronto Maple Leafs 4 vs. Washington Capitals 2

The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Washington Capitals, the NHL's fourth-placed team coming into the game, by a 4-2 scoreline on Saturday night in...

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