Category: Toronto Sun
A Big Win For The Toronto Maple Leafs
Lightningfrom Lance Hornby of the Toronto Sun, Auston Matthews and the Maple Leafs have planted a seed. Maybe not growing into the first seed in the division quite yet, but one that roots their belief in winning a series or two in the hyper-competitive Atlantic Division. Toronto’s confidence certain...
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Steve Simmonsfrom Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun, - Matthews is a strong candidate for the Hart Trophy as most valuable player in the NHL. But the field is deep, especially now with defenceman Roman Josi leading the NHL in scoring in March; with Connor McDavid getting hot again and sitting 15 points ahead...
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Aaron Ekbladfrom Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun, - If I’m the Florida Panthers, my big concern, maybe my only concern, is the health of defenceman Aaron Ekblad. He is out for the regular season. He was having a sensational season on defence for the Panthers. Will he return to form immediately, will he re...
Read moreToronto Goaltending Still An Issue
Jack Campbellfrom Terry Koshan of the Toronto Sun, The splash that Dubas made on Sunday when he acquired defenceman Mark Giordano and forward Colin Blackwell from the Seattle Kraken was notable, but unless one of Jack Campbell or Petr Mrazek rebounds in a large way in the remainder of the regular season, th...
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Steve Simmonsfrom Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun, - The Chicago Blackhawks are confusing — on so many levels. They had a nice young developing player in Brandon Hagel. So they traded him away for two first-round picks. Likely late picks from Tampa. Picks that may come around in 2024 or 2025 or later than...
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Petr Mrazekfrom Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun, - The Maple Leafs have the car, the body, the engine, the tires, the technology, the ingenuity, and the pit crew to win the big race. What they don’t have is the driver. And you can’t win without one. Petr Mrazek, at his absolute best, is not a Sta...
Read moreAtlantic Notes: Toronto’s Goaltending, Batherson, Pinto, Allen, Grzelcyk
Jack CampbellNotes from the Atlantic including a case for Toronto to not add a goalie by the trade deadline, injury news from Ottawa, and more.
Read moreGoalie Issues For The Toronto Maple Leafs
Maple Leafsfrom Lance Hornby of the Toronto Sun, On First Responders Night at Scotiabank Arena, with their goaltending in dire distress, the Maple Leafs called on Erik Kallgren. Then they dialled in their offence in the third period to erase a three-goal Arizona lead, before having to settle for a poi...
Read moreAuston Matthews Is The Front-Runner For The Hart Trophy
Leafs’from Terry Koshan of the Toronto Sun, With 25 games remaining in the Leafs’ 2021-22 regular season, Matthews not only is pulling away with another Rocket Richard Trophy, he is making it more difficult with each game to argue against giving him a first-place vote for the Hart Trophy. With 43...
Read moreChecking In With Harry Neale
Harry Nealefrom Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun, The life and talk of Harry Neale comes with a built-in list of his best one-liners. Remember this one? Remember that one? He doesn’t remember them all now — he’s turns 85 on Wednesday — “I probably stole a lot of them,” Neale said on the phone, but to...
Read moreAn Unexpected Loss By The Toronto Maple Leafs
Terry Koshanfrom Terry Koshan of the Toronto Sun, You can’t spell embarrassing without ‘Sabres.’ Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe, answering on Wednesday morning after he was asked about guarding against playing down to lesser opponents, mentioned that in an 82-game schedule, “you’re going to have dips...
Read moreCan You See Marc-Andre Fleury With The Leafs?
Toronto Sunfrom Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun, Sand is rapidly running through the hourglass that has been Jack Campbell’s storybook career in goal for the Maple Leafs and time is now of the essence. There are just three weeks to the NHL’s trade deadline and the Leafs are caught in a dilemma: What...
Read moreHockey Notes On The Last Sunday Of February
Toronto Sunfrom Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun, - Every four years, when the NHL can’t or won’t allow its players to participate in the world’s largest winter sporting event, substituting the world junior tournament would be a way to generate the kind of excitement and energy that was lacking from Olymp...
Read moreGoing For A Three-Peat
Yanni Gourdefrom Damien Cox at the Toronto Sun, The Lightning lost an entire forward line: Barclay Goodrow was traded and Blake Coleman lost through free agency, while Yanni Gourde went to Seattle in the expansion draft. Another key forward, Tyler Johnson, was dealt to Chicago. Defenceman David Savard, bri...
Read moreA Terrible Loss By The Toronto Maple Leafs
Torontofrom Lance Hornby of the Toronto Sun, In a highly troubling sign of how bad their coverage game has slipped and that they’ve not absorbed their bitter lessons from the playoffs, they lost badly to the same team that upset them last spring. The rejuvenated Montreal Canadiens slapped them aro...
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