Locker room clean-out day media availabilities are nonsense. There is a faint hope that someone will say something that offers some optimistic glimpse into the future, but nothing said changes the fact that the Leafs lost in the first round and it looks like there is more than one summer’s worth of work in getting the Maple Leafs back on track.
“The challenge here in Toronto is not coming up with the plan. The challenge in Toronto is sticking to it.” Those were Brendan Shanahan’s famous words when he was hired as Leafs President and set out to rebuild the ailing, storied franchise.
When speaking with the media yesterday, Mitch Marner made it clear that he wants to sign a long-term extension with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He is eligible to do so as of July 1, as he has just one season remaining on his current deal, which pays him $10.9 million.
After playing the past three seasons on one-year contracts, Ilya Samsonov wants a long-term deal this summer. This isn’t something the Toronto Maple Leafs are likely interested in.
The Toronto Maple Leafs power play and lack of offensive production is a key aspect as to why they fell short against the Boston Bruins in the first round of the 2024 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs.
In the latest of a slew of end-of-season interviews and postmortem, the Toronto Maple Leafs elaborated on their plan for management to speak to the media.
The Toronto Maple Leafs once again failed in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It’s been eight years with the team’s current core of players. And all they have to show for it is one first-round victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning last year.
Bruins rookie defenseman Mason Lohrei broke a 1-1 tie with an absolute heater in the second period of Game 1 in Boston's second-round series with the Panthers.
The Toronto Maple Leafs surprised a lot of people by extending their first-round series of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Boston Bruins to seven games.
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.
Sheldon Keefe’s days with the Toronto Maple Leafs appeared to be numbered following Monday’s end-of-year press conference. Perhaps we can ditch the plural tense.
From all accounts, the Toronto Maple Leafs love Jake McCabe, and McCabe loves being with the Maple Leafs. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman had lots to say
As the offseason approaches, the Toronto Maple Leafs find themselves at a critical juncture in their relationship with star forward Mitch Marner. His contract can be re-negotiated this summer, and he’s already said he’d like to stay in Toronto long-term.
Once again, the battle between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Boston Bruins in the first round of the Playoffs didn’t disappoint, well aside from Leafs’ players, fans, and staff.
Tyler Yaremchuk was joined by Colby Cohen to discuss what the Toronto Maple Leafs should do now on the latest episode of Daily Faceoff Live. Tyler Yaremchuk: Sheldon Keefe came out after the game with a weird quote about how the Leafs beat themselves.
The annual spring tradition of the Toronto Maple Leafs getting ousted from the Stanley Cup playoffs means plenty of Toronto Maple Leafs rumours. Toronto was eliminated on Saturday night by the rival Boston Bruins and the franchise is at a crossroads.
What a strange and twisted ride it was for Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs in Round 1 of the 2023-24 Stanley Cup playoffs. We finally got some clarity Monday as to what ailed him physically during the seven-game loss to the Boston Bruins.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are not having the best weekend.
The Toronto Maple Leafs invented a new way to lose a Game 7 and crush their fans.
Boston Bruins fans got an unexpected treat Saturday when franchise legend Patrice Bergeron made an appearance in Game 7 of their first-round series against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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