Connor Murphy cracked a joke seconds after we met. I’d heard from reporters in Chicago that Murphy is one of the most genuine players you will cover. After our first interaction, he reminded me of Zach Hyman — polite, humble, laughs often and well spoken. How the Oilers media availability works is the group requests…
Today the Colorado Avalanche continued to reshape their roster for the stretch run and acquired their first new forward in right shot center Nicolas Roy from the Toronto Maple Leafs. The 29-year-old is a good fit for Colorado’s bottom six forward group as he possesses size at 6-foot-four and 201 lbs and is known for […]
The cupboard was bare, but GM Brad Treliving has taken advantage of the seller's market, and has started to restock the shelves. The Toronto Maple Leafs have dealt Nic Roy to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for a conditional first-rounder in 2027 plus a fifth-round pick. The Maple Leafs have traded Nic Roy to the Avs 🔄 #NHLTradeDeadline | @bet365ca pic.twitter.com/rDmvoVNwth — Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) March 5, 2026 The '27 first-rounder is top-10 protected, but if it doesn't convey in '27, th...
Go get a Cup, Nic.
Original Six fans should love it.
Kyle Dubas offered some comments on his podcast about the team ahead of tomorrow’s NHL trade deadline. Dubas isn’t about to tip his hand or give out particulars, but his thoughts about the team are interesting. Unsurprisingly, he’s looking to Egor Chinakhov as the template for what he wants to do: add a forward or […]
“For whatever reason, we didn’t start on time. They took it to us. We were on our heels and fortunate to get the one goal. After a wakeup call between periods, our guy responded, and I thought we got a lot of pushback.” – John Gruden This game could easily have been out of sight […]
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Craig Berube addressed the media after his team’s 4-3 shootout loss to the New Jersey Devils, which dropped the Maple Leafs’ record to 27-24-11. On the team’s performance: I thought the first period was fine — a pretty even period. The second period was all penalties. They had the better third period than us. Our […]
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Bobby McMann, OEL, and Scott Laughton will all sit out ahead of Friday’s trade deadline as the Maple Leafs visit New Jersey (7:00 p.m. EST, Sportsnet). Game Day Quotes Sheldon Keefe on seeing Jack Hughes and Auston Matthews win gold for Team USA: It is different than Jack, because I am right here dealing with […]
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The Matchup: New Jersey Devils (30-29-2) versus the Toronto Maple Leafs (27-24-10) The Time: 7:00 pm EST The Broadcast: TV — ESPN+, Hulu; Radio — Devils Hockey Network The Game Preview: I had it here. The Rules: If you have been a reader here, you already know the rules. But for the rest, a reminder: please do […]
And here we go... The Toronto Maple Leafs have scratched three key players from their game with the New Jersey Devils Wednesday night, for 'roster management purposes.' NEWS: Maple Leafs scratching Bobby McMann, Scott Laughton, and Oliver Ekman-Larsson tonight vs NJ, per @reporterchris & @FriedgeHNIC . #LeafsForever — NHL News (@PuckReportNHL) March 4, 2026 That's a dramatic development in a short period of time, as head coach Craig Berube told the me...
The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without their best defensive defenceman for the rest of this season, as Chris Tanev has undergone core muscle surgery. Tanev is expected to make a full recovery in time for training camp in September. Tanev has been out for the majority of the season with multiple injuries. Back on November 1, the Leafs blueliner was stretchered off the ice and taken to hospital during a game in Philadelphia. Tanev missed multiple games and returned to the lineup in late Decembe...
Ahead of Wednesday’s game in New Jersey, head coach Craig Berube discussed the news of Chris Tanev undergoing season-ending surgery, Easton Cowan’s minutes, healthy-scratching Troy Stecher, and the challenge of coaching a team through a lost season. Can you address the news about Chris Tanev, who is shutting it down for the season after undergoing […]
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For the record, Coach Jon Cooper isn’t worried about the team right now. Yes, he acknowledges that they’re not playing well, but he’s confident that the team will figure it out. For 55 games or so this has been a tough defensive team that makes opponents work for every goal. Right now that’s not happening and the Minnesota loss was a microcosm of the losing streak.
They gifted the Wild a stretch of power plays that ended with a Mats Zuccarello power play goal to make it 2-0. Then Andrei V...
It feels like every game has been hellish this year.
The Matchup: The New Jersey Devils (30-29-2) versus the Toronto Maple Leafs (27-24-10) The Time: 7:00 PM EST The Broadcast: TV — ESPN+/Hulu, Radio — Devils Hockey Network Rolling While it may prove to be “too little, too late,” the New Jersey Devils have been playing great hockey over the last couple games. With Arseny […]
Toronto Maple Leafs remain a team to watch heading into Friday's trade deadline, as general manager Brad Treliving is involved in multiple trade conversations. The Leafs are sellers ahead of this season's trade deadline, which is a situation they had no interest in being in at the start of the year. After a disappointing year, Treliving is trying to retool on the fly and has several players who could be on the move before Friday afternoon. Bobby McMann and Scott Laughton are the two who teams ...
He's missed plenty of time this season, but Rasmus Ristolainen is back as a top-pairing Philadelphia Flyers defenseman, and he's proving to be a serious commodity at this trade deadline. The right-shot blueliner has been terrific in his time back in the lineup the past couple of months and is logging massive ice-time for Philly, culminating in a 27-minute workhorse effort in a win over Toronto Monday night. The Flyers will be charging a high price, though, for any team looking to t...
The Andrew Mangiapane sweepstakes will be coming to an end over the next 48 hours, as the Edmonton Oilers are engaged in advanced trade talks around the struggling winger. Mangiapane was recently sent down by the Oilers to the AHL, and only played one shift, just to ensure he 'played' in one game, and is now eligible to be traded. The Oilers want to acquire a third-line center and have interest in Nic Roy and Scott Laughton off the Toronto Maple Leafs, but need to move Mangiapane first, to cle...
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Minnesota Wild are becoming more and more plausible trade partners as Friday's deadline creeps closer. Maple Leafs forwards Scott Laughton and Bobby McMann have both acknowledged the noise around their names, and the Wild's general manager Bill Guerin is clearly in the market for forward help as the Central Division race tightens.
Maple Leafs Wild trade partners for Scott Laughton
Laughton feels like the best fit if Minnesota wants a dependable middle of t...
The Leafs are in New Jersey and then New York.
In the latest MLHS Podcast, Nick Ashbourne and Anthony Petrielli discuss the Leafs’ miserable stretch of hockey coming out of the break, Craig Berube’s disastrous season behind the bench, and the possible deadline moves to come in the next few days. Episode Topics The Maple Leafs’ grim 0-3-1 stretch coming out of the Olympic break, […]
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They’ve played 60 games and have 22 to go. That’s a possible 44 points available if they were to somehow run the table the last six weeks of the season. That’s probably not happening. However, after losing to Washington 3-1 in their first game after the Olympic break, Philadelphia has managed to beat the Rangers, then eke out victories against the Bruins and, on Monday night, Toronto. That’s six of a possible eight points. It puts them four points out of a wildcard spot heading into Tuesday ni...
“We did a much better job of slowing down [Chicago] through the neutral zone. You’re not going to contain them for 60 minutes, but we slowed them down enough to be able to defend with numbers and get pucks stopped. We did a lot of good things.” – John Gruden “As prospects, they continue to […]
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Knight likely became the first out LGBTQ athlete to appear on 'Saturday Night Live' last weekend.
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