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Toronto gets three players back from injury Wednesday night as a lengthy road trip begins in Columbus, Mark Masters writes.
For Joshua and Maccelli, “there’s no time to be the new guy anymore” — and they're running out of time to find their way with Toronto.
MONTREAL -- Noah Dobson and Josh Anderson each scored twice, and the Montreal Canadiens ended a five-game skid with a 5-2 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Bell Centre on Saturday.
Toronto’s performance so far this season has been brutal enough to speculate if this team could be sellers at the trade deadline, Travis Yost writes.
This was supposed to be the season of cap flexibility for the Leafs. Instead, too many players aren't playing at the level they're paid to.
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The Maple Leafs Need to Rethink Auston Matthews’ Role
Toronto Maple Leafs fans know that Auston Matthews is the kind of player you build a team around. When he’s on the ice, the puck tends to follow him, and his presence alone changes the dynamic of a game.
Pop sensation Sabrina Carpenter electrified Toronto during her "Short n’ Sweet" tour stop, embracing the city's hockey passion. She sported dazzling Maple Leafs-themed attire, including bedazzled boots and a custom jersey,
The back-to-back setbacks left the Leafs with an ordinary record of 8-7-1, bad enough to put them sixth in the Atlantic Division, five points behind the division-leading Montreal Canadiens. Some thoughts on the Leafs’ overall play:
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What Forwards Are Actually Driving the Maple Leafs This Season?
Every season, we try to get beneath the Toronto Maple Leafs’ surface-level numbers and figure out who’s really driving this team. Analyzing the team using goals for and against gives us one insight into what’s going on.
According to NHL insider Chris Johnston, Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly has emerged as a notable trade target amid the team’s underperforming season.
“The glass is half full, not half empty,” the coach said as the Leafs stretched at centre ice, with Auston Matthews leading before his possible return from injury on Wednesday in Columbus. “That’s the way you have to look at things. We have an opportunity to go in there tomorrow, get two points, then go from there to the next game.”