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The Leafs last game was an away game on January 12 against the Detroit Red Wings, which Toronto lost by a score of 4-1. The Leafs have a record of 26-10-7 so far. The Boston Bruins last played at home on January 12 against the Seattle Kraken. The Bruins lost by a score of 3-0, and their current league record is 32-5-4. The team we love to hate the…

A team that's halfway through the NHL schedule with less than 10 regulation losses should feel good about itself and provide fans ample positives ahead of playoffs. But these are the Maple Leafs, whose string of six first-round defeats in the Shanaplan era keep clouding such semi-annual midway mirth. You can sense the pessimism in Leafs Nation.…

Dryden Hunt is going to get a shot with the Maple Leafs. First, though, Hunt will be given a chance to get accustomed to his new surroundings. Acquired on Monday from the Colorado Avalanche for Denis Malgin, Hunt arrived in Toronto on Tuesday night and practised on Wednesday on the fourth line with centre Pontus Holmberg and winger Joey…

Toronto Maple Leafs at Tampa Bay Lightning: GAME# 24 Time: 7:00 pm Eastern Time Location: Amalie Arena Broadcast/Streaming: BSSUN, NHLN, SN Opponent SBNation Site: Pension Plan Puppets DraftKings Odds: Lightning -1.5 O/U 6 The Tampa Bay Lightning and the Toronto Maple Leafs haven't played since the first round of the 2022 NHL Playoffs last spring.…

The notion that never seemed to make sense in the big picture: The idea of the always reserved O.G. Anunoby growing into an NBA star of any kind. He has been the quiet man playing his quiet game in an overly noisy NBA for years. He doesn't say much for attribution. He doesn't care to create controversy on social media or anywhere else. He even…

Pittsburgh Penguins vs Toronto Maple Leafs 11/11/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The Pittsburgh Penguins will go against the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada on Friday, November 11, 2022, at 8:00 PM (EDT). The Penguins are in seventh place in the Metropolitan Division with a record of 5-6-2. The team escaped its eighth…

1. Mike Sullivan betrayed a weakness when he allowed himself to be distracted by heckling fans. A losing streak will do that to a losing coach. 2. Suggestions that the Maple Leafs' high command should dump Sheldon Keefe are dumb and dumber. (See Damien Cox below.) 3. Big money dulls motivation. Exhibit A: Jonathan Huberdeau's meh efforts in…

And the next chapter of the Pittsburgh Penguins (20-9-5) season likely begins on Tuesday at the Honda Center against one of the surprise teams of the NHL, the Anaheim Ducks (19-12-7). Penguins center Evgeni Malkin is likely to make his season debut after serious knee surgery in June sidelined him for at least six months. Malkin took like rushes on…

Remember when the Florida Panthers struggled to win games away from home? They still do - although it is a fading memory at this point. On Monday night, the Panthers won their fourth consecutive road game and eighth in their past 10 with a 6-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres. Things get a little tougher tonight when they visit the Pittsburgh Penguins,…

Let this much be said: The Toronto Maple Leafs are not playing favourites in the Connor Bedard sweepstakes. So far they've lost to the Montreal Canadiens, Arizona Coyotes and now the San Jose Sharks, teams that will all be closer to the bottom rather than the top of the NHL standings by the time April comes. They'll be clutching lottery tickets…

In net, the whole position was obviously an unknown. Jack Campbell was an unrestricted free agent and Petr Mrazek was coming off of a nightmare first season in Toronto. Both are in the other conference now. Logically, betting on any two goalies in the league that have flashed ability/shown some form of extended success in their careers to better…

TORONTO - Training camps so often bubble with giddy excitement and high hopes for the 82 winnable games laid out on the calendar. This guy is fitter. That guy is stronger. So and so is faster. And am I crazy, or can you not just taste the chemistry our new winger has with his linemates? It is against this familiar backdrop that Harvard man…

While the star players remain the same, the Leafs added two new goaltenders, plenty of depth forwards, and will now benefit from a full season of Mark Giordano. On paper, this team looks as strong as ever. Toronto's dominant top line is back. Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, and Michael Bunting finished second, fifth, and seventh in points last…

A quick mix of the things we gleaned from the week of hockey, serious and less so, and rolling four lines deep. My wife insists the toothpaste be cap-compliant by opening night. 1. Wayne Simmonds may not enjoy the precarious situation he finds himself in - what with the Toronto Maple Leafs roster guillotine raised and ready to slice downward any…

Denis Malgin will ultimately feel hard done by if he doesn't make the Toronto Maple Leafs opening night roster. Coming into training camp, very few Toronto Maple Leafs fans would likely have seen this being the case; but Malgin has really pushed his case for a spot in the line-up. Joining up with the team after spending last year back in his native…

The Maple Leafs easily defeated the Montreal Canadiens last night in their fifth of seven preseason games, winning 5-1, with two goals each by Alex Kerfoot and William Nylander, plus one by Zach Aston-Reese. Aston-Reese is still on a try-out contract, the team still apparently not certain they want to lock him up for this season. The Leafs have…

The Toronto Maple Leafs are officially halfway through their pre-season slate at this point, with every single player on their training camp roster having ample opportunity to state their case for a job on opening night. That's an even playing ground, right? With just how competitive the race for the final few roster spots is ahead of Saturday's…

Most betting sites have the Toronto Maple Leafs as the most favoured Canadian team to win the Stanley Cup in 2022-23 and the second or third most likely in the NHL (from'NHL Stanley Cup Odds: 2022-23 Winner Futures Betting', The Philadelphia Inquirer, 7/21/22). Considering what the Edmonton Oilers accomplished last season, making it to the Western…

It has been a long time since the Florida Panthers have been on the verge of a losing streak and when they face the Penguins in downtown Pittsburgh on Thursday night, they'll be trying to avoid one. The Panthers have not lost two consecutive games since April when they had their last losing streak. Last year, Florida was a near model of…

How you feel about the Toronto Maple Leafs' 2021-22 is a matter of perspective. Sunny side up: it was the best, most memorable regular season in team history. Toronto smashed its single-season bests for wins (54) and points (115), and superstar center Auston Matthews rewrote the franchise record books. His 60 goals leapfrogged Rick Vaive's…

Thu., Sept. 22, 20224 min. read Article was updated 2 hrs ago Jordie Benn is about as grizzled a veteran as they come. Bearded, 35, knows his role as a physical left-side defenceman heading into his 13th NHL season on his sixth NHL team. But walking around these days as a Maple Leaf seems to have brought out the kid in him. "You see some of the…

The Pittsburgh Penguins (3-2-0) face their first of 17 back-to-back challenges Sunday against the Winnipeg Jets (4-2-0) at Bell MTS Place. The Penguins meet Winnipeg for the second time in the past five days. Winnipeg beat the Penguins on Tuesday, 4-1. Both teams played Saturday and won. The Penguins will need to stifle any late surgest which have…

Day 1 of camp commences in a few hours. Over the next couple of weeks, battles will ensue, and the roster will take shape. The vast majority of Maple Leafs fans could accurately predict most of the top 6 forwards for opening night, and there are some familiar names that should help round out the top 9. The 4th line however, is not nearly as…

Wins are wins, and the Pittsburgh Penguins (24-10-5) are proving the axiom. The score is all that matters to the standings, but the process matters greatly to the coach and team. The Penguins' process has been ugly, but they've won their last three and five of their last seven. They will finish the second of their back-to-backs Friday night against…

Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman when asked about Calgary Flames defenseman MacKenzie Weegar, who has one year left on his contract at $3.25 million and will be a UFA after the season. ** NHLRumors.com transcription "I think they are taking a run at it, the two sides. It's quiet right now but I think they're taking a run at it." Sportsnet: Elliotte…

When Kyle Clifford signed with the St. Louis Blues back in October of 2020, it seemed like a return to the Maple Leafs was never a reality. However, after one season in the blue and gold, and then two games with St. Louis in 2021, the 31-year-old found himself on the outside looking in. The Blues then placed Clifford on waivers on November 15th,…

The team is currently just about at the upper limit of the salary cap with Rasmus Sandin still to sign. There is little doubt that a trade will happen prior to the start of the season; it's only a matter of when. While any player could be traded in theory, let's not waste our time worrying about any potential blockbuster that has a 0.1% chance of…