How Maple Leafs stretched themselves to build deepest team yet
NHL analyst Chris Johnston joins Shawn McKenzie to discuss Frederik Andersen s return to the Maple Leafs crease for at least one start before the playoffs, and what s left to play for, including their outside shot at winning the President s Trophy. | May 11, 2021, 5:43 PM
May 11, 2021, 5:43 PM
TORONTO Back when the bills were coming due on the Toronto Maple Leafs collection of skilled young forwards it was popular to question whether they’d be able to navigate the constraints of the NHL’s salary cap system and put a top tier supporting cast around Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and William Nylander.
Matthews, who might have been chasing 50 goals in the abbreviated season had he not played a bunch of games with a wrist injury – and missed four games entirely – snatched two goals in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 5-1 win on Saturday.
“I thought we played a very strong two periods and a game-breaker gets two goals, and you miss that,” Green told reporters when asked for a Matthews-Pettersson comparison. “It’s not an excuse but I’m not going to sit here and say we don’t miss that in our lineup. They’re difference-makers, they create chances, they alleviate pressure easily, not just in the offensive zone but in your own zone. But we can’t dwell on that and we haven’t been.”
Author of the article: Frances Learment
Publishing date: Apr 29, 2021 • April 29, 2021 • 1 minute read • At a 1928 Toronto Maple Leafs training camp in Port Elgin, Corporal Joe Coyne of the Royal Canadian Regiment (front) put players through pre-season drills including Ace Bailey (front left), Art Duncan, Joe Primeau, and Hap Day. Middle: Shorty Horne, Dr. Bill Carson, Gerry Lowrey, and Art Smith. Back: Lorne Chabot, Jack Arbour, Alex Gray and Danny Cox. IMPERIAL OIL – TUROFSKY/HOCKEY HALL OF FAME PHOTO BY IMPERIAL OIL – TUROFSKY/HOCKEY HALL OF FAME Photo by TUROFSKY/HOCKEY HALL OF FAME
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In homage to past players, when COVID-19 pandemic restrictions allow, antsy members of the Saugeen Shores Winterhawks OWAA hockey team will re-create iconic Toronto Maple Leaf pre-season training camps photos taken in Port Elgin in 1928.
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Last week’s snow reminded me that our illustrious prime minister was born on Christmas Day and will turn 50 this year.
I have been trying my darndest to think of a present to mark the auspicious occasion.
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I thought about a nice shirt from the Red Shark, but Justin often does not wear one in good weather and you can’t see the shirt when the weather calls for a parka.
Socks from Sox It To Me would be appropriate. Justin is famous around the world for his rather rakish hosiery. And he often wears theme socks – Christmas-tree and-Santa adorned ones in season, pumpkin for Halloween, bunny socks for Easter – you get the idea. Anyone know in the name of diversity if there are Muslim socks? Sikh socks? Jewish socks? Christian socks? Men’s feminist socks? Too confusing for me, I am crossing socks of the list of possibilities.
‘Phenomenal’ Sandin making case for Maple Leafs playoff lineup
Mitch Marner scored the 100th goal of his NHL career as the Toronto Maple Leafs went on to beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-1. | April 25, 2021, 12:33 AM
April 25, 2021, 12:33 AM
The savvy 6-foot-5, 225-pound Winnipeg Jets captain barrelled in on a 31-game rookie retrieving a dumped puck from his own corner. Wheeler spotted a 21-year-old defenceman six inches and 40 pounds smaller and reached for a forecheck, figuring either (a) Sandin would move his feet and try to skirt contact or (b) if the two men were to collide, the bigger one in full stride wouldn’t be harmed.