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Scott Laughton admits the lack of response to Radko Gudas was embarrassing before tonight's Ducks rematch

Scott Laughton was traded for a conditional third-round pick though he's still watching his old team. But he's surprised that nobody went after Radko Gudas when Auston Matthews went down and on Monday ...
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Mitch Marner has now watched a head coach get fired twice in two cities and the pattern speaks for itself

Sheldon Keefe was fired when Mitch Marner was in Toronto. Bruce Cassidy was fired after Mitch Marner arrived in Vegas and now he's had four coaches in three seasons with a clear pattern pointing ...
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John Tavares is having his worst season because Simon Benoit is draining 50 percent of the team's scoring

The Maple Leafs are 50% less likely to score when Simon Benoit and John Tavares are on the ice together because Benoit is one of the worst defenders in the league at leaving the zone. That is not a ...
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William Nylander won’t say what went wrong with the Maple Leafs this season but we will

William Nylander stayed silent when pressed about his thoughts regarding this season, but time is going to show everyone that Nylander has every right to feel conflicted. Embossed in a losing season, ...
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Seattle is already moving to extend Bobby McMann after the Maple Leafs failed to reach a deal at the deadline

Bobby McMann is thriving in Seattle and the Kraken are keen to re-sign him which leaves the Maple Leafs high and dry if they were hoping for a reunion this summer. There's simply no denying it now: ...
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The Mitch Marner era in Vegas just claimed its first victim as Bruce Cassidy is out and John Tortorella is in

Mitch Marner was in Vegas less than a year and already has a new coach as the Golden Knights fired Bruce Cassidy and hired John Tortorella in his place as they try to turn things around before it's ...
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The Maple Leafs just signed a second right shot defenseman in two days to fix the depth from the AHL up

The Toronto Maple Leafs added some serious offensive firepower on the blueline as they continue to grow their prospect pipeline as they signed University of Maine defender Frank Djurasevic to a ...
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The Maple Leafs sign 6’3 right shot Hayes Hundley to address the blue line’s biggest weakness

Hayes Hundley is a name that not many people know about but will soon after signing a contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday. On Friday the Maple Leafs added another free agent NCAA signing ...
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Radko Gudas is ready to answer the bell Monday against the Maple Leafs no matter what the doctors say

Radko Gudas is attempting to play Monday against the Toronto Maple Leafs, even despite an injury and knows that the Maple Leafs want him in the lineup for some much-anticipated revenge. Anaheim Ducks ...
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The Maple Leafs are quietly building a farm system without using draft picks and it might actually work

Toronto is notoriously bad recently when it comes to having enough draft assets to rebuild as they consistently given away pick after pick. That means a new strategy has to be drawn up and from the ...
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The real trade cost of Auston Matthews and the underdog teams with the assets for a Maple Leafs blockbuster

There are several teams who want Auston Matthews. Probably all 31 others actually. However, there are some under the radar teams who could help Toronto out to not only give them a huge haul of assets, ...
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Maple Leafs sent Bo Groulx to the Marlies one game before losing him, it wasn’t a demotion

On Friday, the Toronto Maple Leafs demoted Bo Groulx but it wasn't due to a struggling performance but rather a way to protect him as he's going to be a factor in the future of the team. Bo Groulx has ...