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Saturday Mashup: NHL Draft Lottery – Connor McDavid or Bust
30 Thoughts: NHL Awards edition SN
Report: Stoll arrested for cocaine possession SN
NHL Draft Lottery: All you need to know SN
Canadiens upend Senators in overtime SN
Lack shines as Canucks...
Friday Mashup: Shanahan in ‘ongoing’ discussions with Sean Burke
https://twitter.com/darrendreger/status/589084009717637120
Burke's potential role isn't clear, but the two have history dating back to their New Jersey Devils days.
He wouldn't exactly be an experienced candidate,...
Thursday Mashup: NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs — Round 1 Opening Night 2.0
It was a fun opening night of round one last night. Your recap:
Tonight's games:
Pittsburgh vs. NY Rangers - 7 p.m., CBC
Detroit vs. Tampa Bay...
Wednesday Mashup: NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs: Round 1 – Opening Night
A few items before the links.
Great Spring weather with playoff hockey in the air; the only way it gets any better is if the...
Tuesday Mashup: The Shanaplan
All of your coverage from the past few days in one spot:
Brendan Shanahan well aware of past managerial downfalls
Brendan Shanahan's Media Address: Notable Passages
Brendan...
Marlies two points away from clinching playoff spot after win over Iowa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46ikAhw198g
The Marlies will have a three-game set this Friday-Saturday-Sunday in need of at least two of six points to clinch a spot in the Calder...
Shanahan’s Media Address: Notable Passages
Some of the more interesting passages from today's media address by Brendan Shanahan:
For the full video, click here.
On the replacement GM:
One thing I don't...
Brendan Shanahan’s Media Address
For the full transcription, click here.
Monday Mashup: Sorting Through the Rubble
It should be a busy day on the media rounds for Leafs players and management to say the least, with the exit interviews coming...
Leafs fire Dave Nonis, Peter Horachek, Steve Spott, Chris Dennis, Rick St. Croix
It's official: Dave Nonis has been let go with two years left on his contract, while the entire Leafs coaching staff has been cleared...
Peter Horachek’s final post game media address
Peter Horachek
“Ultimately, this team had to change. If we continued right where we were in November, we might not make the playoffs, we might...
Damien Cox: Shanahan to continue “cleaning house” on Monday
As the last billow of black smoke dissipated from the tirefire that was the 2014-15 Leafs season, Damien Cox had the latest on the...
GDT: Game #82, Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs (7 p.m., CBC)
The Leafs' draft position is locked in at fourth, and for the first time in a long time Leafs fans can feel no inner...
Marlies make it two for two versus Rochester
A three point game from William Nylander (1g,2a) and another goal and assist from the red-hot Brendan Leipsic sent the Marlies to a 5-1...
Is Dave Nonis long for Toronto? No one knows, not even his cousin
Darren Dreger, on TSN Radio yesterday, discussed the future of Dave Nonis and some of the big questions facing Brendan Shanahan this spring and summer.
On Shanahan’s...
More Leipsic Magic has Marlies in Playoff Spot
A goal and an assist from Brendan Leipsic -- extending his points streak to three games, with four goals and seven points in those...
2015 NHL Draft Rankings: Maple Leafs to draft fourth overall, pending lottery
With Carolina's win over Philadelphia tonight, the Maple Leafs have unofficially secured the fourth overall draft pick, pending the April 18 lottery results.
Assuming either...
Thursday Mashup: Orr’s Send Off, Valiev joins Marlies
https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/586154061461852160
https://twitter.com/MLHS_Mike/status/586158883632189440
Thursday Links:
Chris Johnston: Maple Leafs call up Colton Orr for season finale (Sportsnet)
This has been a dark, dark season for the Maple Leafs....
GDT: Game #81, Toronto Maple Leafs at Columbus Blue Jackets (7:30 p.m., SN)
The situation is this as far as the draft positioning stakes in the final two games: The 26th-placed Hurricanes are two points ahead of...
Wednesday Mashup: Brendan Leipsic hat trick has Marlies within striking distance of playoff spot
A hat trick from Brendan Leipsic and a goal and an assist from William Nylander sent the Marlies to a vital 7-4 win over the Adirondack...
Recent MLHS articles
Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Pittsburgh Penguins – Game #36 Projected Lines,...
Chris Tanev will return to the lineup, and somebody new will run the power play (Derek Lalonde, according to Brad Treliving; the whole staff,...
