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Mike Augello: Lack Of NHL Openings May Keep Eakins In Toronto; Komarov Back To KHL?
The Toronto Marlies eerily mimicked the parent Maple Leafs in Game 6 of the Calder Cup Western Conference Semi-Final, as the Grand Rapids Griffins rallied from a two goal third period deficit with three goals in the final 10 minutes to win 4-3 at Ricoh Coliseum on Tuesday and eliminate the Blue and White from playoff competition.
Carter Ashton and Paul Ranger gave Toronto a 2...
Toronto Maple Leafs: Nonis wants to upgrade
By Tony Ambrogio (@SNTonyAmbrogio)
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A couple of observations from the Maple Leafs locker clean out:
*The sting of the Game 7 loss to Boston is still fresh.
*The Leafs won’t overspend to keep unrestricted free agent Tyler Bozak.
*GM Dave Nonis expects to make his team better through trades, and not via free agency.
Nonis may have said it best on Thursday...
Mike Augello: Rielly Gains Valuable Experience With Marlies, Bite-Gate Revelation
The Maple Leafs reaped the rewards during the 2013 season of allowing their top prospects to gain confidence and experience with the AHL Toronto Marlies. Nazem Kadri, Matt Frattin and Jake Gardiner all played a significant part in the Marlies 2012 run to the Calder Cup Final and that exposure made them more effective, mature and well-rounded hockey players.
The organization is...
Maple Leafs Fan Mounts GoPro Camera to TV, Captures Agony of Defeat as Friends React to Game 7 Loss (Video)
This was an experiment that clearly did not work out as planned.
According to the uploader of the below YouTube video, he’s just a Maple Leafs fan who owns a GoPro camera and wanted to capture some memorable playoff moments. However, what he ended up getting was visual evidence of a memory that will probably stick in his sports-fan brain for the rest of his life.
In any case, this...
Maple Leafs fans record their experience of excruciating Game 7 loss
This Toronto Maple Leafs fan used his Go Pro camera to try and make some fond memories as he and his friends gathered together to watch the Boston Bruins-Leafs Game 7. Unfortunately, the Maple Leafs epic collapse gave them this depressing video. Their reactions are pretty expected, too sad and shocked that they lost to even be angry about it. This video pretty much defines what...
Top Ten Memes From The Toronto Maple Leafs Choke
As it’s been well-documented the Boston Bruins scored three goals in a nine-minute span of the third period to turn a 4-1 deficit to the Toronto Maple Leafs into a remarkable 4-4 tie in the memorable Game 7. That incredible flurry set the stage for the Bruins to end Toronto’s season with a Patrice Bergeron game-winning goal in overtime. Since then Maple Leaf fans have had to...
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Man breaks TV watching Maple Leafs, selling it
This was posted online at Kijiji, which is basically the ebay classifieds, shortly after the Toronto Maple Leafs blew a 4-1 lead and lost in overtime in game seven to the Boston Bruins. The description is hysterical and I wish there was video of the TV being broken which looks like it was beaten repeatedly with either fists or a bat. [@JimmyTraina]
Kick the Toronto Maple Leafs when they're down
That is what a lot of folks did in the Twitterverse. Here is a sampling of the conversation:
Howard Bryant, ESPN.com: “ ‘The Toronto Maple Leafs, unless they suffer a colossal collapse, are going to eliminate the Bruins.’ -- Jack Edwards, 14:10 left 3rd period.”Gerry Callahan, WEEI radio: “How do you line & shake hands if you're Leafs? You just completed one of...
Toronto Maple Leafs called out by Toronto Sun for choking
The Toronto Maple Leafs completed the biggest choke job in the history of third period of Stanley Cup Playoff hockey. Yes, the Leafs blew a 4-1 lead in the third, gave up two goals in 31 seconds, and lost to the Boston Bruins 5-4 in overtime to lose Game 7 of their Eastern Conference series on Monday night.
The local paper, the Toronto Sun decided to put the joke err choke on them...
Leaked CT scan of puck injury a fake?
Mark Fraser suffered one of the worst hockey injuries to date during Toronto's Game 4 loss to the Bruins.
The Maple Leafs defenseman took a Milan Lucic shot to the forehead and required surgery to repair a broken bone in "his cranial area." Days after the surgery rook place, a Reddit user uploaded a photo of what he or she claims to be Fraser's CT scan from St...
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Toronto Sun rips Maple Leafs for Game 7 loss
The thrill of victory is great, but the agony of defeat always makes for better and juicier headlines. Take the Toronto Sun for instance and their reaction to the hometown Maple Leafs blowing a 4-1 3rd Period lead in Game 7 against the Boston Bruins, losing 5-4 in overtime. "The Choke's On Us" might be a little harsh considering Toronto did fight back from a 3-1...
Toronto Sun Cover Proclaims ‘The Choke’s on Us’ After Maple Leafs Blow Three-Goal Lead Against Bruins (Photo)
The Toronto Maple Leafs looked assured of advancing to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs after taking a three-goal lead against the Bruins in the third period of Monday’s Game 7. Somehow, they didn’t.
The city’s first playoff team in nine years is instead heading home after losing 5-4 to the Bruins in overtime, thanks to four unanswered Boston goals. Maple Leafs...
St. Michael’s Hospital Denies Releasing Mark Fraser’s Fractured Forehead CT Scan (Photo)
Mark Fraser suffered one of the worst hockey injuries to date.
The Maple Leafs defenseman took a Milan Lucic shot to the forehead in Game 4 of Toronto’s opening-round series with the Bruins and required surgery to repair a broken bone in “his cranial area.” Days after the surgery rook place, a Reddit.com user uploaded a photo of what he or she claims to be Fraser’s CT...
WAG STAREDOWN
Cuthbert, Reimer's wife exchange looks?
In Season 2 of the action series 24, Elisha Cuthbert's character, Kim Bauer, inexplicably won a staredown with a mountain lion. And so a fellow hockey WAG was no issue on Wednesday night in Toronto. In Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals between the Maple Leafs and Bruins, Cuthbert's fiancé, Dion Phaneuf, committed a silly pinch leading to a game-winning goal...
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AHL goalie makes amazing save
We take you to the AHL where the Toronto Marlies took on the Rochester Americans in Game 1 of their playoff series. The game was tied at three a piece in the second period when Zemgus Girgensons of the Americans looked to take the lead, but Marlies’ goaltender Drew MacIntyre wasn’t about to let that happen. MacIntyre went behind-the-back with his glove for one of the best saves...
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