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That's the first-round mountain for the Maple Leafs now they're locked in with the Lightning. Despite home ice advantage at Scotiabank Arena, a record team ...

“But he’s a great competitor and he’d do anything it takes to win. “I think (that painful lesson) is huge,” he said before the Boston game. Article content Article content Article content Article content

The Toronto Maple Leafs will take on the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, beginning with Game 1 set to take place at ...

The Lightning are the defending champs. “That’s what I believe and banking on here as we guide the ship ahead.” They addressed talked about it in the summer and felt they learned from it, but their mettle was tested early this season when they started this season with a 2-4-1 record. “I was monitoring ice time more than I was monitoring the play to be honest. “I look at our group, I think the harder the better. The Leafs defeated the Bruins 5-2 in a game that saw both players rest a combined salary cap hit of $72,775,195.

A bow has been tied on the longest and most successful regular season in the Toronto Maple Leafs' 105-year history. The Tampa Bay Lightning are next.

“It's tough at times when you're battling injury and you're competing and just trying to keep yourself in the lineup. “I mean, we’ve played a lot of hockey, that's for sure,” admitted Victor Hedman, the best defenceman in the series. I think he’s done a really good job for us.” They have been a hell of a hockey team that has run into some bad breaks come the spring. “But we won the ultimate prize two years in a row. He’ll give the puck to his parents. This is like facing Bowser at the end of Level 1-1. "Our fan base is, to say the least, crazy. And if we make a deep run, it'll be like, ‘Well, look at the mental, physical toughness that team,’” Cooper said. “For me, I see a hell of a hockey team. “I don't know if that's a question can be answered (now). But I wouldn't ever sit here and say, regardless of what happens in spring, we're tired.” “It’s a great challenge.

We should have to watch one fewer preseason game next fall for living through this.

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With that in mind, John Tavares will join Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and Jack Campbell on the sideline for Friday's game. And the regulars in the lineup won' ...

That way when we get rolling on Monday, we're in a good head space and feeling confident." I was a centre my whole life and then started playing more wing and learning as I went and watching the older guys and picking it up." "It doesn't matter what time of the season it is, when you're playing you play the same way. "This is what you dream about as a kid ... I'm a little fired up, to say the least." "That's been my bread and butter my whole career," the 5-foot-9 Massachusetts native said. The forward avoided any serious injury and doesn't plan to take it easy on Friday. "You lay everything out there every single shift, every second that you get, because you don't know if you'll get another opportunity to even be able to even play in the Stanley Cup playoffs. I feel like maybe in a couple games I was caught in between whether it was on the forecheck or defensively with little reads. I think it's an opportunity here for all of us, all of our depth players, to prove that we're great players in this league as well and we can help our big guys out." "Our fan base is, to say the least, crazy. But, obviously, the most important thing is to get through the game healthy." "We want to get through the game healthy," Keefe stressed.

In the Mailbag, where we talk overtime faceoffs, Leafs-Raptors fans, and NHL awards.

Most games, the Leafs are the better faceoff team, often by a wide margin, yet it seems to me that they lose the opening faceoff of overtime way too much and spend the first shift (or more) chasing the other team. The MVP is given to the player most valuable to his TEAM. It’s McDavid. ANSWER: The case for McDavid is strong. So Keefe noticed the difference, too. And I'd switch the Art Ross to the Gretzky. The Leafs, of course, have lost to the Bruins three times in the first round over the past decade. But obviously the most important things is to get through the game healthy.” Now that we're approaching the end of the season, the subject of year-end awards is coming up more frequently. I'd leave the Hart alone for that reason. But should Leaf fans even try to do a “Go Leafs Go,” they would be quickly drowned out by the game operations who have a playlist they absolutely must get through. ANSWER: The league seriously considered renaming the awards for 2017-18, their 101st season. “We're really excited for what's ahead,” said Keefe. “Guys have put in a lot of work.

Maple Leafs beat Boston Bruins in regular-season finale, will meet Lightning in first round of the playoffs.

“We solidified ourselves after a tough start. “I didn’t put any expectations on points or wins,” Keefe said. For Tampa, captain Steven Stamkos had nine points to lead the Lightning. Ondrej Palat was next with six points. In the most recent match last Thursday, the Lightning won 8-1 in a laugher at home. Sheldon did a great job all year of keeping us on task, game to game, week to week. The Leafs finished with a record of 54-21-7 for 115 points. Article content “It’s a massive challenge, it goes without saying,” Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe said. Game 1 of the best-of-seven will be in Toronto on Monday. Article content Article content Article content

“We want to get through the game healthy,” head coach Sheldon Keefe said Friday morning, ahead of the regular-season finale against the Boston Bruins. “It's ...

The fact that we didn't clinch home ice until Game 81, despite setting franchise records and having a terrific season, shows just how tight the division is. Heck of a reward for the greatest regular season in franchise history: Do you want to face the two-time defending Stanley Cup champs? “We’ve put ourselves in a good spot. And yet, we have this game of Boston here, so we've been looking at them as well,” Keefe said. “We’re on the same page there, so it’s an easy one for us to give [Erik] Källgren.” No matter who it's gonna end up being, Boston or Tampa, it’s a significant challenge.

William Nylander scored twice as Toronto defeated the Boston Bruins 5-2 in a regular-season finale that saw both teams rest most of their stars. “Bizarre game ...

“We’re in a good spot to leave here and use the next two days to prepare for some important hockey.” “No matter what night it is, who you’re playing, you want to be in the lineup and make an impact.” “Back-to-back champs, one of the best teams in the league,” Nylander said of Toronto’s next opponent. “He’s not overly big or scary looking,” Rielly said with a little grin. It was a weird game that way, but the guys did a good job.” You’re trying to do well in the game, yet you’re trying not to use guys too much. “We’ve got 82 games in the books,” Keefe said. “Bizarre game to coach,” Keefe said. “It’s going to be a tough series, but it’ll be a good battle for us.” “You want to play every game you can,” Bruins centre Charlie Coyle said. “I was monitoring ice time more than I was monitoring the play on the ice to be honest. “They can be difficult games to play in,” Toronto forward Jason Spezza said of Friday. “It doesn’t have a normal feel.”

TORONTO - William Nylander scored twice as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Boston Bruins 5-2 on Friday in...

The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed forward Bobby McMann to a two-year, two-way future contract with an average annual value of US$762500.

Before joining the Marlies, McMann recorded 92 points (37-55) over four years with Colgate University and served as captain during the 2019-20 season. Through 81 career AHL games with Toronto, McMann has 39 points (26 goals, 13 assists). McMann, 25, has 35 points in 60 games with the American Hockey League’s Toronto Marlies this season.

It's the final game of the regular season, and there's still something to be decided.

Will the Leafs play the Bruins or the Lightning in the first round of the playoffs. There’s really nothing left to say on the season right now. The Leafs areshort on forwards with all those scratches, even with the emergency recall of Joey Anderson from the Marlies, so they will use a variant 11 forward/7 defence setup tonight meaning the lines will be scrambled from the start.

It's been a long time coming, but we are finally at the point where the Maple Leafs can begin righting the wrongs of last season. Sheldon Keefe let it slip ...

The downside is the later start for the Leafs, the upside is there will probably be hockey you can watch instead of intermission panels in the first round. Interestingly enough the Leafs manage to go the entire round without either a back to back or a two day off section in the schedule. It’s been a long time coming, but we are finally at the point where the Maple Leafs can begin righting the wrongs of last season.

There has never been a Maple Leafs season like this one. Not with this many points. Not with this many wins. Not with a 60-goal scorer in their lineup. Not…

This is the deepest and strongest the Leafs have ever been. This is the best team Keefe has had and the toughest first-round opponent he will have faced. John Tavares will play centre, maybe with William Scoring more points per game than any Leafs winger in the modern era was fine for Marner, but again, if he doesn’t produce what do all those regular-season accomplishments really mean? Begin with the first line. The pressure changes. The pace changes. The game changes. That was the last time they could say that in a playoff series. The numbers aren’t really that simple. Article content Article content

The playoff matchups in the NHL have been set after a busy Friday night of games. The Tampa Bay Lightning needed to lose their game to the Islanders, ...

He was activated from IR yesterday, and will start in their final game of the regular season tonight. The Leafs will be playing on the same night as Boston/Carolina, Minnesota/St. Louis, and Edmonton/Los Angeles. The other four series start on Tuesday and play on those off-days. Is Florida sure they want to keep him as an RFA? If only the NHL could maximize this kind of viewing all season long. By conference, the matchups are 1v8, 2v6, 3v5, and 4v7. Rasmus Sandin, who didn’t play in the last game of the season, is probably going to stay out as the team’s 8th defenseman. Sheldon Keefe has done nothing but project William Nylander will start on the third line away from John Tavares. We shall see if he reunites them for the first round or sticks to what he’s been doing. No back-to-backs, so the Leafs and Lightning will play every other day from Monday until next Saturday, if necessary. The Leafs haven’t been the home team in a playoff series (ignoring the pandemic) since 2004 when they beat Ottawa in seven games. Lightning in the first round. The Bruins also seemed very interested in staying on the Metro side, as they kept six regulars out of the lineup against the Leafs. The playoff matchups in the NHL have been set after a busy Friday night of games.

It's the final game of the 2022 NHL season and the Leafs play the Boston Bruins. We already know Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner are resting ahead of the ...

The weather looks to be excellent, so take advantage and go outside. We get the Lightning if: We get the Bruins if:

The Toronto Maple Leafs continue to wait to learn who they'll face in the first round after the Boston Bruins closed to within one point of the Tampa Bay ...

"We're looking at a high probability that it's going to be Tampa, but Boston's right there." The Toronto Maple Leafs continue to wait to learn who they'll face in the first round after the Boston Bruins closed to within one point of the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday. The Toronto Maple Leafs continue to wait to learn who they'll face in the first round after the Boston Bruins closed to within one point of the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday.