The good news for the summer is that the days won’t be filled with “will Auston Matthews and William Nylander reach free agency?” talk. No matter where
There is still a lot of hockey to play down the stretch. The Red Wings and Lightning now find themselves in a potential dogfight with the Flyers, the Islanders, and maybe even the Capitals when it comes to the wild card spots.
Coming off another loss to the Boston Bruins on Thursday night, the Toronto Maple Leafs continued their mini road trip into Montreal to take on another original six rival, the Canadiens, looking to get back in the win column with a couple of newcomers to the lineup.
The trade deadline is now behind us and with that the opportunity to believe that the fix is as simple as bringing in some guy from a losing team and expecting him to be the fix the Leafs need to make everything work again.
The NHL trade deadline is less than a week away and Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving isn’t finished upgrading his roster. There continues to be a focus to find another defensemen and likely a depth forward for the middle-six.
This season has been a bit of a step back for John Tavares. He started off a bit stronger being near a point per game player through the first three months
Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares looked to have sustained an injury in Tuesday night’s 6-2 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights, but the captain is good to go ahead of a date with the Arizona Coyotes at Scotiabank Arena on Thursday night.
One of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ recent lineup adjustments has been the move (is it a demotion?) of John Tavares to the team’s third line. This move comes after Tavares’ prolonged struggle to generate five-on-five production.
When John Tavares missed two out of three games with an illness and then an unspecified injury, it forced Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe to try some new looks.
LAS VEGAS — It had to be done. The only question is how long is it going to last? During the Toronto Maple Leafs' first game of their current four-game road trip, head coach Sheldon Keefe moved John Tavares down to the team's third line and promoted Max Domi.
Despite losing their best defenseman to suspension, the Toronto Maple Leafs went 5-0-0 in Morgan Rielly’s absence, and they welcomed him back into the lineup as they continued their four-game road trip into Vegas last night to take on the Golden Knights for the first time this season.
Over the course of Morgan Rielly’s five-game suspension, the Leafs made a subtle change to their power play that’s worth sticking with for the foreseeable future.
The Toronto Maple Leafs prepared for their four-game road trip with one final practice on Sunday but there were just five defensemen on the ice. One of them was Morgan Rielly, who had just served his third game of a five-game suspension.
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 is day-to-day with an undisclosed injury, coach Sheldon Keefe said Saturday. Tavares didn't take part in the morning skate and will miss Saturday night's home game against the Anaheim Ducks.
Former New York Islanders captain John Tavares is at odds with Canada’s tax service. According to a report by Glen McGregor of the National Post, Tavares is taking the Canada Revenue Agency to court in a fight over more than $8 million in taxes and interest the government says he owes.
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.
It has been more than 30 years since a Canadian NHL franchise has lifted the Stanley Cup, a drought that continues to irk hockey fans north of the border.
Say what you will about the timing of this prediction, but contract talks seem to be a focal point in any market in the NHL under the hard cap. This is more so the case, however, in a market driven by the heavy cap hits of their core five players as is the case with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
When the Toronto Maple Leafs signed John Tavares on July 1, 2018, to a $77 million, seven-year contract, many people predicted that the back of those years would be problematic.
John Tavares was born on September 20, 1990, in Mississauga, Ontario. When he was young, he lived and breathed the Toronto Maple Leafs. Yet, he was drafted by the New York Islanders in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft and played much of his career with that team.
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.
In front of his father and the fans of the team that drafted him, John Tavares recorded his 1,000th career NHL regular season point. With six seconds left in the third period of a 3-2 game, the Toronto Maple Leafs’ captain assisted on a Morgan Rielly goal to send it to overtime against the New York Islanders.
Yikes. In the aftermath of Saturday night’s 4-3 overtime loss to the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs’ captain John Tavares is facing a barrage of criticism from disappointed fans.
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