Auston Matthews is simply Auston Matthews. There’s really no one like him. He’s a generational star, and those kinds of players come around only, well, every generation. The Toronto Maple Leafs are fortunate that they have him on their team. Matthews has been a driving force for the team since he joined the NHL. He
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In today’s NHL rumors rundown, there is already talk about off-season moves for the Toronto Maple Leafs. That sort of thing happens when your team is down three games in a series. Meanwhile, what are the chances that Taylor Hall stays with the Boston Bruins and plays for the team next season? Finally, what are
The Florida Panthers have momentum heading into Game 2 of their second-round series with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday. They won the opening game, which means they’re guaranteed at least a split on the road. They’ll also be looking for their fifth straight win. If the Panthers win tonight, they will take a significant
It is official, the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Edmonton Oilers have both made it past the first round of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs. They both won their series in six games. The Maple Leafs have exorcised their first round demons while the Oilers defeated their 2022 first round foes once again. Toronto Maple
Saturday was a great day for Toronto Maple Leafs’ fans. With the win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, they broke a 19-year curse by winning their first playoff series since 2004. In this post, I’ll take a look at how I believe the Maple Leafs were able to pull off the win. Reason One: The
April 10 has been quite an eventful day in National Hockey League history. Among some of the memorable moments is the greatest comeback in Stanley Cup playoff history and a new record for the most goals ever in the postseason. The THW time machine is fired up and ready to take us back through the
The New Jersey Devils can expect an electrifying crowd at Prudential Center tonight when Timo Meier makes his debut in front of the home crowd against Mitch Marner and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Tuesday’s game marks the club’s 32nd home game of the season for an 18-11-2 record. It will also conclude a three-game series,
As the Toronto Maple Leafs prepare for the Chicago Blackhawks tomorrow, the team made a number of roster changes and moves. In this edition of Maple Leafs News & Rumors, I’ll share some of these. The really good news is that Auston Matthews looks to be ready to play again. The team missed him during
Heading into the NHL’s All-Star break, looking at a team’s standing can be a good determinant of where they lineup amongst the league’s 32 teams. For some, it’s a good time to rest, regroup and get back to 100 percent, while others will join stars from around the league in its annual so-called showcase of
Leon Draisaitl has once again been overlooked as a great player. This could be for a number of reasons, but one could be he is overshadowed by the best player in the world in Connor McDavid. In terms of comparisons in today’s NHL, Draisaitl is similar to Auston Matthews, except has arguably had a more
Welcome to our daily rumours article brought to you by NHL Lines site Betway The Ducks have John Klingberg‘s no-trade list as he waits as trade bait Lisa Dillman of the Whillier Daily News: John Klingberg signed a one-year, $7 million deal with the Anaheim Ducks this past offseason and is well aware that he
The Toronto Maple Leafs may have overeaten turkey during the holidays because they returned from the Christmas break as a sleepy, inconsistent squad. The team that left for the holidays was simply one of the best in the business. Despite suffering significant injuries to the blue line, Toronto was shutting teams down while putting enough
The calendar year 2022 has come to a close. The NHL season is such that it encompasses two calendar years. As a result, the Toronto Maple Leafs played 52 games of the 2021-22 season in 2022 amassing a record of 34-13-5 in that period. They then played 37 games of the 2022-23 season in 2022, finishing
When the regular season began, Mitch Marner and Auston Matthews were on the same line. The last week of October saw the team’s horrible four-game western road trip end with four straight losses. Yet, Maple Leafs’ head coach Sheldon Keefe kept Marner and Matthews together. November began well for the Maple Leafs. The team came
My colleague Andrew Forbes shared a curious statistic with me recently, the Toronto Maple Leafs “Core Four” of John Tavares, William Nylander, Auston Matthews, and Mitch Marner have combined to score 49 percent of all the points for their team. They also take up 49 percent of the team’s salary cap. #LeafsForever core 4 forwards
In what might have been one of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ best games of the season, they beat the Pittsburgh Penguins on the road by a score of 5-2. The win is a bit of revenge for the 4-2 loss the team suffered at the same hands of this team last week. Perhaps even more
Late in the third period of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 5-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers, an altercation ensued between the Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews and the Philadelphia Flyers Travis Konecny. By that time, the game’s outcome was no longer in doubt. And, as some games do, frustration took over. The game became chippy. Because
The sky isn’t falling yet in Toronto, even though it may sometimes feel that way if you’re a fan of the Maple Leafs. The club is off to a less-than-stellar start again and losing to teams the club should be beating. There are reports of failed communication between the coach and the stars who are
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