To be clear, the pressure falls on every member of the Toronto Maple Leafs as they navigate the emotions of their seventh opening-round postseason defeat in their past eight seasons.
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner reiterated his desire to remain with the franchise during the team’s end-of-year media availability on Monday.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have long struggled to overcome their playoff demons, winning only a single round through eight seasons with the core of Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, and William Nylander at the forefront.
It’s the same ol’ story. Eight playoff runs since 2016-17, one series win, and an 0-6 record in winner-take-all games. Time after time this Toronto Maple Leafs team gets so close they can taste it, and then all hope disappears in one clear swoop.
The reality that the Toronto Maple Leafs were facing the Boston Bruins in the first round of the playoffs provided just as much fear as it did optimism.
As Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman put it himself in the latest episode of 32 Thoughts: The Podcast, Game 4 on Saturday night may have been rock bottom for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Brad Treliving is getting his first taste of the Stanley Cup Playoffs as general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs and needless to say, he can’t be too pleased with the dish.
When starting to write this series I think there was either optimism or naivety involved. I didn’t account for how difficult it would be to come up with positive takeaways as the Leafs neared elimination, especially when there wasn’t a sense of urgency in the performance to get there.
The 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs are underway, and there isn’t much for the New York Islanders to be happy about. Of course, they are still in the playoff race, but they are down 2-0 in their best-of-seven series against the Carolina Hurricanes, and optimism is running short.
Auston Matthews is eight years into his decorated career and yet, no one’s managed to give him a fitting nickname. Sure, we know No. 34 as ‘Papi’ — although it should be exercised with caution, especially against the Boston Bruins as it used to be the nearly-exclusive domain of Boston Red Sox legend David Ortiz.
For one Toronto Maple Leafs superstar, Monday night at TD Garden will go down as a defining performance. Auston Matthews was everywhere in Game 2 against
We're onto our first full week of playoff hockey, and it's going to be a great one around here. We have two new series beginnings and a pair of matchups heading into big Game 2s.
We’re approaching six years since that wonderful morning on July 1st, when this beautiful photo graced our timelines. John Tavares chooses Toronto. Finally.
We’re past the point of preamble, you don’t need us to tell you that the Toronto Maple Leafs-Boston Bruins series is an immovable object clashing against an unstoppable force.
Either the Boston Bruins or Toronto Maple Leafs are going to cast off some bad postseason vibes in the first round of the NHL playoffs. For the other, yet another long summer awaits.
As the Toronto Maple Leafs gear up for the postseason, two key players, John Tavares and Max Domi, are hitting their stride at the perfect moment. What might their recent performances mean for the team’s playoff aspirations?
The new-look lineup the Toronto Maple Leafs have been icing recently has been one of the biggest topics in the stratosphere of late. When a month-long
John Tavares, a childhood dreamer turned Toronto Maple Leafs captain, has become a fixture of leadership and class within the organization. As his contract approaches its final year beyond the 2024-25 season, there are several ideas about what his next contract could and should look like.
While the Toronto Maple Leafs wind down the season and get ready for the playoffs, a number of eyes will be on the core four, particularly John Tavares and how productive he is heading into the last year of a long-term contract he signed with the Maple Leafs in 2018.
Toronto Maple Leafs fans often surprise me with their negativity about their hometown team. One player who has collected his share of negative comments is John Tavares.
The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without their captain for the near future. Head Coach Sheldon Keefe told reporters on Saturday that John Tavares will be out for their game against the Anaheim Ducks.
Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares has begun a legal battle with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) over an $8 million tax bill stemming from a $15.3 million signing bonus he received in 2018.
The captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs finds himself in a battle over the taxation of his signing bonus. According to Glen McGregor of the National Post, Tavares is going to court with the Canada Revenue Agency.
In a game that saw strategic lineup adjustments and messaging sent by Toronto Maple Leafs’ coach Sheldon Keefe, the spotlight fell on captain John Tavares and forward Tyler Bertuzzi on Saturday.
Tavares became the 98th player in NHL history to record 1,000 points, and he did so against the team that drafted him.
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