Toronto Maple Leafs
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7 hours agoJohn Chayka may have to pull off biggest trade in Maple Leafs history soon
John Chayka's main priority is to keep Auston Matthews with the Maple Leafs while improving the team.
The U.S. has won only two the last a long 46 years ago, when an underdog American squad upset the Soviet Union in 1980's "Miracle on Ice." Today, the Americans aren't such underdogs anymore. But this generation of American stars including team captain Auston Matthews, star goaltender Connor Hellebuyck, and the Tkachuk brothers Matthew and Brady still lack a signature win to prove they belong with the best.
In overtime, the two teams traded chances, without many of them materializing into anything high-danger. That is, until Minnesota Wild defenceman Quinn Hughes took advantage of some space on the ice and wired home the overtime winner at 3-on-3. Matthews picked up an assist on the play, bringing him to six points in four games to lead the United States in scoring at the tournament thus far.