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Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe

Sheldon Keefe Post Game, Leafs 4 vs. Canucks 1: “Both [Rielly and Barrie] played...

Sheldon Keefe addressed the media after his team's 4-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night, improving the Leafs' record to 15-13-4 on...
Toronto Maple Leafs President Brendan Shanahan

Brendan Shanahan: “I think that we all have to do a better job of...

Brendan Shanahan addressed the media after the NHL Board of Governors meetings on Tuesday, discussing the NHL's four-point conduct plan to eliminate abusive behaviour...
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe

Sheldon Keefe: “Generally, I like to let the skilled players have some freedom to...

Sheldon Keefe addressed the media on Tuesday after the morning skate, discussing Frederik Andersen's workload, his approach to encouraging offensive creativity, and the reduction...
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe

Sheldon Keefe: “We trust our bench, but I think they all recognize the difference...

Sheldon Keefe addressed the media after practice on Monday, discussing the increase in ice time for his star forwards, Frederik Andersen's leadership, Nick Robertson...
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe

Sheldon Keefe Post Game, Flyers 6 vs. Leafs 1: “We want to be a...

Sheldon Keefe addressed the media after his team's 6-1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night, dropping the Leafs' record to 13-12-4 on...

Toronto Maple Leafs vs Philadelphia Flyers – Game #29 Preview & Projected Lines

Toronto Maple Leafs Projected Lines Forwards #18 Andreas Johnsson – #34 Auston Matthews – #88 William Nylander #65 Ilya Mikheyev – #91 John Tavares – #19 Jason...
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe

Sheldon Keefe: “Tyson has a chance to really work with those guys and see...

Sheldon Keefe addressed the media after practice on Monday, discussing Mitch Marner’s nearing return, Tyson Barrie playing on the top unit of the power...
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe

Sheldon Keefe Post Game, Sabres 6 vs. Leafs 4: “With Auston, I played him...

Sheldon Keefe addressed the media after his team's 6-4 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Friday evening, dropping the Leafs' record to 12-11-4 on...
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe

Sheldon Keefe: “It is just as much a priority to focus on the culture...

Sheldon Keefe addressed the media after practice on Thursday, discussing the decision to start Michael Hutchinson in the first game of this weekend's back-to-back,...
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe

Sheldon Keefe Post Game, Leafs 6 vs. Red Wings 0: “The players have responded...

Sheldon Keefe addressed the media after his team's 6-0 win over the Detriot Red Wings on Wednesday night, improving the Leafs' record to 12-10-4...
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe

Sheldon Keefe on his coaching style: “I try to deal more directly and more...

Sheldon Keefe addressed the media after practice on Tuesday, discussing his coaching style, developing relationships with the players, learning from other coaches in other...

Brendan Shanahan: Mitch Marner – Mike Babcock incident was handled poorly

On Monday night, Dave Hodge and the cast of Bruce Arthur, Steve Simmons, and Michael Farber got together for a reunion of The Reporters...
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe

Sheldon Keefe: “That we’ve tried to tap into the offensive abilities of the players...

Sheldon Keefe addressed the media on Monday in his first-ever scrum at the Scotiabank Arena as Leafs head coach, discussing the team's freedom offensively...
Toronto Maple Leafs vs Montreal Canadiens, preseason, Alex Kerfoot

Alexander Kerfoot suspended two games for boarding incident in Colorado

Alexander Kerfoot has been suspended two games for his boarding infraction against former teammate and Avalanche defenseman Erik Johnson in Colorado on Saturday night. The...
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe

Sheldon Keefe Post Game, Leafs 5 vs. Avalanche 3: “The most challenging thing to...

Sheldon Keefe addressed the media after his team's 5-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night, improving the Leafs' record to 11-10-4 on...

Report: Toronto Maple Leafs management decided to keep Mike Babcock on board to start...

Chris Johnston dished some interesting nuggets on the Headlines segment in the second intermission of HNIC on Saturday night, including Leafs management's thinking for...
Kyle Dubas of the Toronto Maple Leafs

Kyle Dubas on the Toronto Maple Leafs’ team toughness: “It is something we’ll continue...

Kyle Dubas joined the Hockey Night in Canada broadcast at the first intermission of the Toronto Maple Leafs' game versus Colorado, discussing the changes...
Sheldon Keefe of the Toronto Maple Leafs

Sheldon Keefe: “The big thing is trying to be a little more purposeful when...

Sheldon Keefe addressed the media after practice on Friday in Colorado, discussing his first game (and win) behind an NHL bench, the process of...
Jason Spezza, Toronto Maple Leafs

Jason Spezza discusses emphasis on off-the-puck movement and keeping possession offensively, “protecting the middle,...

After practice on Friday, Jason Spezza discussed the points of emphasis in the systems play under new head coach Sheldon Keefe. How did you find...
Sheldon Keefe of the Toronto Maple Leafs

Sheldon Keefe on the cohesion between him, Kyle Dubas, and Brendan Shanahan: “I think...

New Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe joined TSN Overdrive on Friday evening, discussing his first NHL win in Arizona, the process of...

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