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Game Day #67: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Ottawa Senators
Toronto Maple Leafs (21-33-11, 30th in NHL) vs. Ottawa Senators (31-30-8, 21st in NHL)
Puck drop: 7 p.m. ET
Arena: Canadian Tire Centre
Watch: CBC HNIC
Who's Hot
Zach Hyman: 2 goals in his last 2...
2016 NHL Draft Aggregate Player Rankings — March 12
No huge "risers and fallers" in this month's NHL draft rankings.
Minor changes to the rankings this month:
Bob McKenzie's rankings were added. They were originally...
Thursday Mashup: The kids are crushing it
Nylander, Soshnikov and Hyman continue to impress, the Leafs will again play the Red Wings in an outdoor game on New Year's Day 2017,...
Game Day #66: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. New York Islanders
Toronto Maple Leafs (21-33-11, 30th in NHL) vs. New York Islanders (37-20-7, 10th in NHL)
Puck drop: 7 p.m. ET
Arena: Air Canada Centre
Watch: Sportsnet
Who's Hot
Nikita Soshnikov: 3 points (2g,1a) in his...
Game Day #65: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Buffalo Sabres
Toronto Maple Leafs (21-31-10, 30th in NHL) vs. Buffalo Sabres (26-31-9, 25th in NHL)
Puck drop: 7:30 p.m. EST
Arena: Air Canada Centre
Watch: TSN4
Greatest Tank Battles
Who's Hot
Nikita Soshnikov: 2 goals in his last...
Game Day #64: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Ottawa Senators
Toronto Maple Leafs (21-31-10, 30th in NHL) vs. Ottawa (30-28-7, 20th in NHL)
Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. EST
Arena: Air Canada Centre
Watch: CBC HNIC
Dion Phaneuf Tribute Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwnvPmTXUQQ
Who's Hot
Nazem Kadri: Seven points...
William Nylander scores the first of many
You couldn't have scripted a more poetic first period for tonight's Leafs vs. Senators matchup: Leafs fans said goodbye to the past with a touching tribute...
Game Day #63: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Minnesota Wild
Toronto Maple Leafs (21-30-10, 30th in NHL) vs. Minnesota Wild (29-25-10, 17th in NHL)
Puck drop: 7:30 p.m. EST
Arena: Air Canada Centre
Watch: Sportsnet Ontario
The two pieces of lineup info...
Game Review #62: Washington Capitals 3 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 2
When you’re bottom of the standings with one of the youngest rosters, playing against the runaway Presidents Trophy favorites, a chart like this should lend...
Game Day #62: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Washington Capitals
Toronto Maple Leafs (21-30-10, 30th in NHL) vs. Washington Capitals (46-12-4, 1st in NHL)
Puck drop: 7 p.m. EST
Arena: Verizon Centre
Watch: Sportsnet, CSN-DC, NHL-TV
- William Nylander, Nikita Soshnikov,...
Game #61 Review: Tampa Bay Lightning 2 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 1
There was a lot of disorganized energy on the ice tonight at the Air Canada Centre, as expected with seven new faces in the...
Game Day #61: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Tampa Bay Lightning
Toronto Maple Leafs (21-29-10, 29th in NHL) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (36-22-4, 9th in NHL)
Puck drop: 7:30 p.m. EST
Where: Air Canada Centre
Watch: TSN4
It's William Nylander debut night.
And Zach...
A visual breakdown of the Daniel Winnik trade
Courtesy of @SeanTierneyTSS: a visualized statistical breakdown of the Daniel Winnik trade to Washington in exchange for Brooks Laich, a 2nd round pick (2016)...
Trade deadline passes, PA Parenteau remains a Leaf
Ostensibly a lock to be traded, PA Parenteau remained a Leaf after today's 3 p.m. deadline passed.
Back on July 1, the Leafs signed PA Parenteau to a...
Toronto Maple Leafs recall William Nylander, Kasperi Kapanen, Zach Hyman, Nikita Soshnikov and Ben...
All of William Nylander, Kasperi Kapanen, Zach Hyman, Nikita Soshnikov, Brooks Laich and Ben Smith will be making their Toronto Maple Leafs debuts tonight.
All told, that's...
Game Day #60: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens
Toronto Maple Leafs (21-28-10, 29th in NHL) vs. Montreal Canadiens (29-27-5, 21st in NHL)
Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. EST
Where: Bell Centre
Watch: CBC HNIC
Who's Hot
Josh Leivo: Four goals in last four games
Nazem Kadri: Five points...
Lou Lamoriello on the James Reimer trade: “We made a decision to give the...
Transcript below of Lou Lamoriello's media address on the James Reimer trade.
I’m wondering if you can talk about what James brought to the table...
Saturday Mashup: Jared Cowen clears waivers, Leafs pursuing trade options; Parenteau to play, Hunwick...
https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/703626407642062848
The Leafs weren't realistically expecting anyone to claim Jared Cowen yesterday, but waiving Cowen enables any team acquiring him to stash the defenceman in...
Friday Mashup: Trade talk, Maple Leafs place Jared Cowen on waivers, PA Parenteau leaves...
The Toronto Maple Leafs have floated Jared Cowen out on the waiver wire hoping some team will take an interest in an expensive depth defenceman at no...
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Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Pittsburgh Penguins – Game #13 Projected Lines,...
William Nylander returns to the lineup as the Maple Leafs hope to build on a strong effort in Philadelphia. It will be a stiff...
