Since Sheldon Keefe took the fall for yet another Toronto Maple Leafs early exit from the playoffs at the hands of the Boston Bruins, all eyes have been on the city to see who will get the head coach role.
Canada squandered a five-goal lead in the third period before Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares scored 15 seconds into overtime to give the defending champions a 7-6 win over Austria at the ice hockey world championship on Tuesday in Prague.
If the Toronto Maple Leafs are to successfully move on from the idea of the Core Four being the backbone of their team and push toward a Stanley Cup, splitting the group will come with sacrifices.
As the Toronto Maple Leafs seem to be edging closer to signing either Todd McLellan or Craig Berube as their new head coach, questions should arise about the wisdom of the organization’s decision-making process.
The mission statement is clear for the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 2024 offseason. Team president Brendan Shanahan laid it out last week when he claimed “everything is on the table” for his club following its seventh first-round playoff defeat in eight seasons of the Auston Matthews/Mitch Marner era.
Honesty and vulnerability are inextricably linked to each other and during a summer that will naturally invite reflection and change for the Toronto Maple Leafs, who gets to be vulnerable?
The Toronto Maple Leafs made one of what could be many offseason changes last week. They fired head coach Sheldon Keefe after five seasons behind the bench.
With the Toronto Maple Leafs out of the playoffs, there still is news to report about current roster players. Three Maple Leafs centers, David Kampf, Pontus Holmberg, and John Tavares, are playing at the World Championships.
Ilya Samsonov likely has a change of scenery coming this summer. The Maple Leafs netminder is a pending unrestricted free agent come July 1 and if the end-of-year press conference was any indication, it certainly sounds like GM Brad Treliving has already moved on.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have long grappled with the challenge of solidifying the team’s defensive core. While Morgan Rielly brings offensive power to the blue line, the team has sought a balance between offensive flair and defensive reliability.
Even though the dust has barely settled on another disappointing first round exit, there’s no question that the search for an Ilya Samsonov replacement in Toronto is firmly underway.
During their recent discussion about potential offseason moves for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Jeff Marek and Elliotte Friedman discussed the implications of this past week’s Toronto Maple Leafs’ press conference.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are searching for a new coach after Sheldon Keefe was fired following their Stanley Cup Playoffs exit. It was a disappointing ending as the Leafs lost to the Boston Bruins in a tough seven-game series.
The Toronto Maple Leafs recently made the biggest offseason headlines by firing Sheldon Keefe. The team, starting with the front office, needed a scapegoat for the lost season and the recent playoff failures, and they found one in Keefe.
Being a coach in the NHL can be beyond challenging. It’s a high-pressure job. Then, there’s coaching a team like the Toronto Maple Leafs, where every move
In a move that shocked nobody, the Toronto Maple Leafs fired head coach Sheldon Keefe last Thursday after five years with the team. Whether he was at fault for the Leafs’ latest early playoff exit is up for debate, but at some point, you can’t ignore results – one round win in five years isn’t good enough (unless you’re Brendan Shanahan).
Maple Leafs general manager Brad Treliving is busy with interviews this week for his head coaching vacancy. Once the recruitment process is wrapped up, the Leafs GM needs to turn his attention to getting contract extensions finalized with Max Domi and Tyler Bertuzzi.
On Friday, the Toronto Maple Leafs front office held a press conference, and something caught my attention. Brendan Shanahan, who’s now the team’s president and alternate governor after joining the Maple Leafs over ten years ago, was deemed a “champion” by Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment Chief Executive Officer Keith Pelley.
Ron Ellis, a longtime member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, has died. He was 79. Ellis was part of the 1967 Maple Leafs team that won the Stanley Cup. Toronto hasn't won another since.
Former Toronto Maple Leafs forward Ron Ellis has died at the age of 79.
While I do not see eye to eye with every decision Brendan Shanahan has made as President of the Toronto Maple Leafs, I believe he’s achieved many commendable actions during his tenure.
Given how many times the Toronto Maple Leafs have tried to win with the Core Four and failed, it’s perhaps not surprising that NHL insider and TSN analyst Chris Johnston says there is close to a “0% chance” the group of Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, John Tavares, and William Nylander are all back together as a group next season.
Keith Pelley’s opener was fitting. The recently minted CEO of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment addressed media Friday at Ford Performance Centre alongside
The team suffered its seventh first-round playoff loss in eight years this season.
The Toronto Maple Leafs brass held an end-of-season press conference and Brendan Shanahan provided injury updates on Auston Matthews, William Nylander, Joseph Woll, Connor Dewar and Bobby McMann.
Where might the Toronto Maple Leafs turn for their next head coach? Running down some of the top potential candidates.
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