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The Toronto Maple Leafs have recently fired Kyle Dubas and signed ex Calgary Flames GM Brad Treliving to become their new GM.The Toronto Maple Leafs are expected to bring back head coach Sheldon Keefe, but there are still a lot of changes coming this summer.Not only do the Leafs have to make decisions with Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner, and not only is the new GM going to be looking for a signature move to put his stamps on the team, but they have ten free agents.

As the new general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, will Brad Treliving bring in a few familiar faces from his time as the GM in Calgary?The Toronto Maple Leafs recently added Shane Doan to be an assistant GM to Treliving.Doan and Treliving worked together during Treliving's time in the Arizona Coyotes organization.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will have to develop a few prospects if they want to ever win the Stanley Cup.If you can criticize the Toronto Maple Leafs for anything under the stewardship of Brendan Shanahan dating back to the end of the Dave Nonis Era, it's failing to develop any star players outside the top ten in the draft.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have a lot of options in net for next year.The Toronto Maple Leafs could go with Ilya Samsonov, who had a great season but faltered in the playoffs somewhat before an injury forced the Leafs to give the job to Joseph Woll.In order to move forward with Samsonov the Leafs will have to give him a raise on the $2 million he made last season.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have Matt Murray on the books for another season at close to a five million dollar cap hit.While many Toronto Maple Leafs pundits want to see the team get rid of Matt Murray, they probably should just keep him.Yes, he's expensive, and very injury prone.I still say it's the right move to stick with him.

The Toronto Maple Leafs held their season-ending media exit press conferences this week after being eliminated from the 2023 NHL playoffs.In addition to now ex-GM Kyle Dubas on Monday and President Brenden Shanahan on Friday, there were many current Toronto Maple Leaf players who came up and spoke, players like Auston Matthews, William Nylander, John Tavares, Mitch Marner, Noel Acciari, Morgan Reilly, and Ryan O'Reilly were some key names that spoke this week.

Folks, it's looking unlikely that the Washington Capitals will win the Stanley Cup in 2023.If you need to take a moment to process this news, we will wait.On the bright side, it's looking increasingly likely that the eventual Stanley Cup-winning team will include at least one former Washington Capitals player.

The Toronto Maple Leafs played a horrible game on Wednesday night.Taking on the Avalanche after their recent horrible performance against Buffalo on Monday, you'd think the Toronto Maple Leafs would have put up a better effort.They did not.They played horrible and could have lost by six goals, if not for the heroics of Ilya Samsonov.

So... John Tory resigned after a sex scandal was revealed to have been going on until the beginning of this year.As the most important city in Canada reels with elections surely on the horizon, one must ask... who's going to run?The obvious answer is that John Tavares decides to take on the mantel a decade or two early for the sake of the city.

Ilya Samsonov and the Toronto Maple Leafs reached a milestone on Saturday night, beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 in overtime to win their first-round series in Game Six.It marks the first time the Leafs have advanced to the second round since 2004.Facing off against one of the league's best goaltenders in Andrei Vasilevskiy, Samsonov held his own.

Friday night's games ensured we'll have two games seven (#gaysev) on Sunday night, and tonight's games might deliver three more.The Bolts will try to keep alive against the Leafs, the Rangers will search for scoring against the smothering Devils, and Oilers will try to put the Kings to bed.Hockey kicks off at 7 with the Leafs game.

Former Capitals goaltender Ilya Samsonov has officially become a dad.Sammy, 26, posted on Instagram announcing the arrival of his son early Thursday afternoon."Welcome son, mom and dad will always be there❤️❤️," he wrote.He shared an official photo holding his son's hand just a few hours later.

Ilya Samsonov and his wife Maria are expecting a baby "any day now" according to Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe.Keefe filled the media in on Saturday as the Leafs are getting ready to embark on a five-game road trip starting in Ottawa.Samsonov did not travel with the team."We left Samsonov at home last night," Keefe said.

The Stanley Cup Playoffs have been devastating to your bracket, probably.Early exits from Boston, Colorado, and Toronto meant that a ton of pre-loffs favorites have lost their chance at a Cup.They've also meant that a ton of former Capitals players have been eliminated from the postseason, leaving just a scant few remaining.

The Maple Leafs aren't done yet.Mitch Marner had goal and an assist as Toronto downed the Florida Panthers 2-1 in a must-win Game 4 to cut the deficit to 3-1 in the teams' second-round series Wednesday.William Nylander also scored for the visiting Leafs.Rookie goaltender Joseph Woll made 24 saves in his first post-season start with Ilya Samsonov sidelined due to injury.

Sam Reinhart scored at 3:02 of overtime as the Florida Panthers defeated the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Sunday to take a commanding 3-0 lead in their second-round playoff series.The centre grabbed the puck behind the net and wrapped it around on a surprised Joseph Woll before the Panthers spilled off the bench.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have spent a lot of time in Florida recently.First, they took down the Tampa Bay Lightning.Now they're fighting to keep their Stanley Cup dreams alive against the Florida Panthers.Oh, Florida.The land of sunshine, beaches, and theme parks.Sounds like paradise, doesn't it?Well, not exactly.

- Sheldon Keefe Entering Game 5, the Maple Leafs are also overdue to break an inordinately long streak of scoring exactly two goals per game in the playoffs.#LeafsForever have scored exactly 2 goals in 6 straight games.11 different players have scored their 12 goals in that span.This is their first streak of 6 straight games scoring 2 or fewer goals since 2011-12.

Last night, the Toronto Maple Leafs had their season on the line, needing a win to keep their Stanley Cup hopes alive.It's safe to say they earned their right to keep playing.The Toronto Maple Leafs faced a glaring 3-0 series deficit heading into last night's game 4.
With fans and analysts all over social media acting like the series was over, it wouldn't have been surprising if the Leafs came out with a poor effort.

The Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers are set-up for Game 4 of the series Wednesday night, with the Canadian team still looking for their first victory of the series as the Panthers are up 3-0.During Tuesday mornings skate, Toronto Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe had some dramatic changes to the line-up.

The Maple Leafs will need to keep their undefeated playoff road streak alive tonight to prevent the unthinkable scenario of falling 3-0 down to the Florida Panthers (6:30 p.m. EST, Sportsnet/CBC/TBS).The Leafs currently find themselves in a position they haven't been in since the first-round series versus the Boston Bruins back in 2018 - two games behind - only this time they're heading out on the road for a must-win Game 3.
If there are reasons for optimism, it starts with the resilience shown on the road in the Tampa series - they won all three away games - as well as the team's ability to control the run of play and scoring chances in the series against the Panthers so far.

The Maple Leafs have their second opportunity inside a week to deal another blow to Florida's playoff aspirations in Toronto's first game back on home ice after a five-game road trip (7:30 p.m. EST, Sportsnet).All the work the Panthers did to get themselves back into the wildcard mix with a 6-0-1 stretch earlier in March is on the verge of completely unraveling during their current four-game losing streak in which they have conceded 21 goals.

Sheldon Keefe addressed the media after his team's 7-2 loss to the New York Islanders which dropped the Leafs' record to 42-19-9.On where the game got away from the team in the middle frame:
I thought we had a good second period, but we made some mistakes, obviously.We had some trouble breaking out.

For years now, the common belief has been that if the Maple Leafs could just get past the first round, the pressure would be off, the monkey would be off their back, and they would ride the momentum to a magical playoff run.Well, so far, they won the first round and promptly find themselves in an 0-2 hole.

Michael Eyssimont had a goal and an assist as the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 on Thursday to force Game 6 in their first-round playoff series.Anthony Cirelli, with a goal and an assist, Nick Paul and Alex Killorn, into an empty net, also scored for Tampa.Andrei Vasilevskiy made 28 saves.

Brandon Montour scored at 1:41 of overtime and backup goaltender Alex Lyon made 38 saves as the visiting Florida Panthers downed the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Wednesday to energize to their flickering playoff hopes.Sam Reinhart and Anton Lundell scored the other goals for Florida (37-31-7).Montour added an assist for a two-point night.

Cal Clutterbuck had two goals and an assist as the New York Islanders got all their scoring in the final two periods in a 7-2 win over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night.Anders Lee and Noah Dobson each had a goal and an assist, and Zach Parise, Hudson Fasching and Simon Holmstrom also scored to help the Islanders win their third straight and improve to 7-2-1 in their last 10.

Zach Aston-Reese scored twice as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 on Friday night.Morgan Rielly, with a goal and an assist, Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner provided the rest of the offence for Toronto (41-18-9), which got 32 saves from Ilya Samsonov.John Tavares added two assists.

The Toronto Maple Leafs may have won, but the Marlies didn't.The Toronto Maple Leafs farm club had all the comforts of home ice when they laced up on Saturday afternoon at Coca-Cola Coliseum.They were taking on the Utica Comets in Game 2 of their best-of-five game series.Unfortunately, they got squashed and it wasn't pretty.

It's been far too easy to be negative about the Toronto Maple Leafs over the last two decades.That's because the Toronto Maple Leafs haven't made it to the second round of the playoffs since before 'The Facebook ' gave their users a Wall as part of their online profile.There's been many theorized curses on the Leafs.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have escaped the question of "will they advance?"and won their first-round series vs the Tampa Bay Lightning.They had not won since 2004, almost two decades of agony for Leafs Nation, and now is the time to play hockey like it is drawn up and go the distance.For the Tampa Bay Lightning, this was a tight game from the get-go, and for the Toronto Maple Leafs, this was a characteristic win.

For many young Toronto Maple Leafs fans, this was the first time they ever celebrated a playoff series victory.After losing ten consecutive potential series-clinching games and having not won a series in 19 years, Auston Matthews & Co. finally found a way to get it done.The Toronto Maple Leafs rode near-flawless goaltending from Ilya Samsonov, a full 60 (plus 4) minute effort from just about every skater, and a small helping of good furtune to a 2-1 overtime victory in Game 6 of their opening round series against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have seven forwards becoming unrestricted free agents (UFA) this off-season.A few spent most of the 2022-23 season playing on the left wing.Each will be looking for a raise, but should the Toronto Maple Leafs pay up or let them walk?Calle Jarnkrok is under contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs for three more seasons at $2.1 million.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in game six of their first round series.John Tavares was the hero, along with Ilya Samsonov, as the Toronto Maple Leafs did what they haven't been able to do for the last twenty years - advance to round two.The Leafs took an early lead, but Tampa tied it in the third, making things very intense.

The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Tampa Bay Lightning have played 5 games of their opening round Stanley Cup playoff series, and they are in a virtual dead-heat statistically.Goals for the Toronto Maple Leafs: 21.Goals for the Tampa Bay Lightning: 20.Shots per game for Toronto: 32.4,shots per game for Tampa Bay: 32.8 (stats per nhl.com).

The Toronto Maple Leafs failed to advance last night against Tampa, but did put up a solid showing, nearly clawing their way back, but falling just short.Though the effort was excellent, it's frustrating to see the Toronto Maple Leafs continually fail to dress their best lineup.Enough is enough.Barring an injury to the blue line, the Toronto Maple Leafs cannot have Justin Holl play another minute for the team.

If we are going to be completely honest about this playoff series, the Maple Leafs really didn't deserve to be up 3-1 based on the run of play.They gutted out great comebacks and scored some timely goals, but if you keep playing like that, you are going to get burned eventually.The Leafs were (a bit) better this game, but when they are regularly getting outplayed, it's hard to win a series in just five games.

The Toronto Maple Leafs play tonight against the Florida Panthers in their ninth-last game of the 2022-23 regular season.Puck drop is at 7:30 in Toronto.The Leafs held a practice yesterday and Ilya Samsonov made his return to the team after the birth of his first child with his wife, Maria.His quote is infinitely adorable.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have clinched a playoff spot for the seventh straight season.However, there is still plenty of work to do.With the Ottawa Senators' victory over the Florida Panthers on Monday night, the Toronto Maple Leafs are officially in the 2023 NHL playoffs.The Leafs have nine games left in the regular season before their first-round matchup against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Toronto Maple Leafs @ Florida Panthers07:00 PM at FLA Live ArenaWatch on: BSFLX, SNO
The Leafs last game was an away game on March 21 against the New York Islanders, which Toronto lost by a score of 7-2.The Leafs have a record of 42-19-9 so far.The Florida Panthers last played an away game on March 21 against the Philadelphia Flyers.

It's the start of a road trip, and first stop is Long Island.Noel Acciari is ready to play, Ilya Samsonov thinks he's ready to be a dad for the first time, but he's going on the road trip.Joe Woll is still on hand if he has to head back home in a hurry.TJ Brodie is day-to-day after blocking a shot.We'll have a preview later today.

Heading into this season, the Toronto Maple Leafs had numerous questions regarding their goaltending.Last summer the Toornto Maple Leafs made some unusual choices when it came to their net, and It's safe to say that Matt Murray and Ilya Samsonov have exceeded expectations.While their goaltending has not been perfect, it has been solid.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will travel to Ottawa for a Saturday night game against the Senators which will be their third contest this season against their divisional rivals.The game will be the first of five consecutive games on the road that will also take the Toronto Maple Leafs through Long Island, Florida, Carolina and Nashville.

The St. Pat's jerseys were on, Luke Schenn was welcomed home (with a big hit and a 'Luuuuuuke' chant to boot!), and the Maple Leafs played with some real purpose in this 5-2 win over Carolina.Other than an injury to Noel Acciari, this was a great night for the Leafs.Let's hope Acciari is okay and that the Leafs continue to play with this kind of urgency and pace.

Colorado Avalanche @ Toronto Maple Leafs07:00 PM at Scotiabank ArenaWatch on: TNT, TVAS, SN, SN1
The Leafs last game was at home on March 13 against the Buffalo Sabres, which Toronto lost by a score of 4-3.The Leafs have a record of 40-18-8 so far.The Colorado Avalanche last played an away game on March 13 against the Montréal Canadiens.

Despite what very young fans believe, the Toronto Maple Leafs haven't existed since dinosaurs roamed the lands.However, in this latest version of re-imagining the Toronto Maple Leafs, we wonder what would happen if we took the Buds to prehistoric times.Paleontologists Leafs fans, this is for you.Before going back to the Mesozoic Era, take a moment to catch up on the previous versions of the Maple Leafs reimagined.

With the recent injury to goaltender Matt Murray, the Toronto Maple Leafs have installed Joseph Woll into their lineup on an emergency loan.The Toronto Maple Leafs top goalie prospect missed the beginning of the 2022-23 season with his own injury problem.He has been near perfect since returning to the Toronto Marlies lineup.

The Toronto Maple Leafs can't win for losing.When the Toronto Maple Leafs were on fire, it was "the regular season doesn't matter" but when they were struggling, it was "this team better shape up."To be honest, it's pretty annoying, but without any forward progress (at least the visible kind) it's pretty hard to avoid.

For many years, the Toronto Maple Leafs have been criticized for not being tough on the ice.One complaint that hasn't been made is that the Toronto Maple Leafs lack spice.Well, the Buds are about to bring a new level of heat to the rink as they're re-imagined as hot peppers.It's the next in the series of recognizing the adaptive ability of the Leafs.

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS VS MONTREAL CANADIENS7:00PM - SCOTIABANK ARENACBC, TVA SPORTS, SPORTSNET, CITY-TVOTHER GUYS: EYES ON THE PRIZE
Did you know that the Toronto Maple Leafs traded for Ryan O'Reilly (and a couple other guys) last night?It's true!I really hope this isn't the first you're hearing about it.

The Ryan O'Reilly era begins on Hockey Night in Canada as the Maple Leafs look to end a recent trend of upset losses to their oldest rival (7 p.m. EST, Sportsnet).Reflecting on the Mike Babcock era is a divisive subject among the fan base and not at all our goal here, but what he definitely got right was accurately predicting the culture shift to come in Toronto whereby coveted Southern Ontario-born players would want to come home and chase Stanley Cups in a Leaf sweater.

The Toronto Maple Leafs made a huge trade last night but they still have a game to play tonight.The Toronto Maple Leafs will take on the Montreal Canadiens for the third time this season.They lost to them at the start of the season.They lost in OT to them a couple weeks ago.If there was ever a game the Toronto Maple Leafs were 100% going to win, it is tonight.

Toronto Maple Leafs @ Chicago Blackhawks06:00 PM at United CenterWatch on: ESPN+, HULU, TVAS, SNO
The Leafs last game was at home yesterday against the Montréal Canadiens, which Toronto won by a score of 5-1.The Leafs have a record of 34-14-8 so far.The Chicago Blackhawks last played an away game on February 17 against the Ottawa Senators.

Should the Toronto Maple Leafs shut down Matt Murray for the rest of the season?Matt Murray is currently injured, but would it make the most sense for the Toronto Maple Leafs to shut him down for the rest of the season?Murray, currently in his first year with the Leafs, makes $4.6M AAV for the next two seasons.