Though the Leafs only learned who their opponent would be in the first round of the playoffs after game 81 on Tuesday night, they’ve been practically locked into third place in the Atlantic for the last few weeks, leaving them little to strive for beyond a milestone 70th goal for Auston Matthews.
Game 82 has finally come, and that means the playoffs are right around the corner for 16 teams, who all have one goal, including the Toronto Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning, who will meet tonight as they close out their regular season preparing to not face each other in the first round for the first time in three years.
None of the first-round matchups in the Stanley Cup playoffs are garnering more pre-round hype than the beaut of a battle that will take place between the Boston Bruins and the Toronto Maple Leafs.
With only one game to go, now is a good time to look back on the Toronto Maple Leafs’ season that was. This season saw a new general manager (GM), Brad Treliving, take over and attempt to make it his own.
It has been a historically significant season in the NHL. There is potential for two players to hit the 100-assist mark. Connor McDavid did it already.
The Toronto Maple Leafs might have the same elite scoring from the Core Four, but they are a far different team this season than they’ve been. My prediction is that—win or lose—they will play the Boston Bruins tougher during this postseason series than they played during their loss to the Florida Panthers last season.
Max Domi initially took some time to establish himself with the Toronto Maple Leafs, possibly due to the team’s initial confusion about utilizing him within their lineup.
It seems ridiculous to imagine the Toronto Maple Leafs sitting Auston Matthews while he’s on the cusp of getting his notching 70th goal of the season. Wednesday night, against the Tampa Bay Lightning, he has a chance to do something few have ever done.
Boston Bruins: 2nd in Atlantic Division, 109 points Toronto Maple Leafs: 3rd in Atlantic Division, 102 points* * – with one game remaining To be announced It’s 2013.
Back to Boston. It seems that the path the Leafs take to exorcize their playoff demons would always involve facing the Bruins. And while the Panthers have provided the Leafs with the freshest playoff hockey wounds, the ones from the Bruins still feel the deepest.
We swept our two plays yesterday on the ice thanks to following playoff motivation. Today, we have to get more creative, as most of these games mean close to nothing for the postseason race.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have one game left on their 2024 NHL regular season schedule and plenty of newsworthy lineup notes. That game goes tonight, from the Amalie Arena against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The Toronto Maple Leafs went into Tuesday night’s game against the Florida Panthers with the spotlight focusing on two things – their own destiny, and of course, Auston Matthews’ pursuit of 70 goals.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are being hit hard by injuries. Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe provided updates on a handful of players ahead of the team’s final regular-season games and playoff preparations.
Howard Berger, who writes a Toronto Maple Leafs blog titled Between the Posts, recently noted that he believes this team has a chance of doing as well as any he’s seen recently in the postseason.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenseman Nicolas Mattinen to a one-year, two-way contract, the club announced Sunday afternoon. Mattinen, 26, was named the DEL Player of the Year for the 2023-24 season after leading the Straubing Tigers with 16 goals and 46 points in 52 games.
The goaltender has been skating with the team as he works his way back from bilateral hip surgery performed back in October.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are signing defenseman Cade Webber to an entry-level contract. Webber is not much to look at on offense, but the NHL should keep its collective head on a swivel around the hard-hitting youngster.
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