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Lance Hornby
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Canoe
19 May
CHARLOTTE — Coach Sheldon Keefe didn’t expect a teaching moment like this.Up 3-0 at one stage on Saturday, half a period away from a 2-0 lead in the conference final and a ninth straight playoff win, the Marlies collapsed in a 5-3 loss to the...
Toronto Maple Leafs
... after. This is the eighth Marlies series in three years for the fifth-round Leafs pick. LOOSE LEAFS The Marlies came up two wins short of tying the AHL record ...
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Lance Hornby
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Canoe
18 May
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Mason Marchment is already a major distraction in this series.With people wondering if he can be the net presence/general irritant that the Maple Leafs lack in big wingers, Marchment supplied the Marlies’ 2-1 winner Friday night in...
Toronto Maple Leafs
... orial Cup in Halifax … Eemeli Räsänen, the super-sized Finnish defender, the Leafs picked in the second round of 2017, will play at home with Jokerit of the KH ...
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Michael Traikos
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Canoe
17 May
RALEIGH, N.C. — This has to be killing the Toronto Maple Leafs.How could it not?No one wants to live their life in the past, always asking themselves ‘what if,’ and wondering what might have happened had they done things differently.
Toronto Maple Leafs
... better at adapting to whatever their opponent was throwing at them. Had the Leafs advanced to the second round, there was no guarantee that they would not hav ...
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Lance Hornby
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Canoe
16 May
Coach Sheldon Keefe is already in record territory as the Marlies prepare for Game 1 of the AHL Eastern Conference final Friday night in Charlotte.
Toronto Maple Leafs
... free agents because of their successful program, the close proximity to the Leafs and the lure of working in the Toronto market. The team’s theme this season ...
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Lance Hornby
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Canoe
15 May
While defensive depth wasn’t a strength for the Maple Leafs as their lone NHL playoff set unfolded, the farm team Marlies are three series in, trying to find room to grade all their prospects.
Toronto Maple Leafs
... is is a contract year for me and I hope I can stay here.” SHANNY AND SHELDON Leafs president Brendan Shanahan’s six-year extension with Maple Leaf Sports and E ...
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Lance Hornby
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Canoe
15 May
Brendan Shanahan spent the first day of his contract extension sitting in on the most important player contract discussion of the summer.
Toronto Maple Leafs
... . Dubas has been on record saying the Marner deal must be settled before the Leafs get around to any other restricted free agents or unrestricted for that matt ...
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Lance Hornby
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Canoe
14 May
The Shanaplan is getting six more years of runway.Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment announced late Tuesday that Leafs president and alternate governor Brendan Shanahan has signed a six-year extension with the club until the end of 2024-25.
Toronto Maple Leafs
... uit until we reach our ultimate goal.” That would be a Stanley Cup, with the Leafs qualifying for the playoffs the past three years. But the first cracks in th ...
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Lance Hornby
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Canoe
13 May
As an incurably polite Swede, Rasmus Sandin’s first reaction when appraised of Travis Dermott’s shoulder surgery was to wish him a speedy recovery.
Toronto Maple Leafs
... st year on smaller rinks. Hopefully, this makes me better for a chance (with Leafs) next year.” Lindgren would like to join a list of Leaf prospects who came f ...
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Lance Hornby
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Canoe
10 May
As Red Kelly’s casket emerged from Holy Rosary Church with an honour guard of Maple Leafs alumni, a small patch of blue and white broke through the overcast sky.
Toronto Maple Leafs
... Detroit GM Steve Yzerman and the Wings president Chris Ilitch. Toronto Maple Leafs alumnus Red Kelly at the unveiling of his bronze statue at Leafs Legends Row ...
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Terry Koshan
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Canoe
9 May
Two weeks after the Maple Leafs were eliminated from the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs, the injury bug continues to have an impact.
Toronto Maple Leafs
... riday in its first game of the 2019 tournament. In his first season with the Leafs after signing a seven-year, US$77-million contract with Toronto last July, T ...
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Terry Koshan
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Canoe
8 May
As much as Maple Leafs fans get jacked up when considering the strides players such as Trevor Moore, Rasmus Sandin and Jeremy Bracco have taken with the Toronto Marlies, the organization always keeps the bigger picture in mind.
Toronto Maple Leafs
... nted, under Keefe’s cerebral guidance the Marlies are accomplishing what the Leafs organization desires every season, as difficult as that might be to attain. ...
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Terry Koshan
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Canoe
8 May
CLEVELAND — A two-goal deficit on the road in the midst of the intensity that defines playoff hockey?For this Toronto Marlies team, not a problem.
Toronto Maple Leafs
... onto in his first four years. The key for Babcock’s Leafs in 2019-20 will be growth to the point that Toronto advances beyond the firs ...
