Toronto Maple Leafs forward Easton Cowan is projected to make his NHL debut on Monday against the Detroit Red Wings and can’t wait for the opportunity ahead. Cowan was placed on Toronto’s first line alongside Matthew Knies and Auston Matthews during Sunday’s practice session, providing the 20-year-old with a golden opportunity to thrive among two … Read more
The Toronto Maple Leafs found themselves on the receiving end of a bounce-back effort from the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night to even their record at 1-1 through two games. The Red Wings, who were booed off the ice in their home opener after losing 5-1 to the Montreal Canadiens, who the Maple Leafs … Read more
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Steven Lorentz was ruled out of Saturday’s game against the Detroit Red Wings due to an upper-body injury, the team announced prior to the start of the third period. Lorentz departed early in the first period after taking an open-ice hit from Red Wings defenceman Ben Chiarot, only registering 1:17 of … Read more
Wednesday’s opener felt like a bit of a tease. Hockey is back and then immediately followed by a couple of nights off. Saturday night, Hockey Night in Canada, marks the return and with it the chance to see if this is a team of destiny that is going to be first club ever to go … Read more
The Toronto Maple Leafs announced on Friday that they have moved up the start time for Monday’s game against the Detroit Red Wings to 2 pm. EST to avoid conflict with the Toronto Blue Jays. A birdie just told me our game on Monday is now set for 2pm 👀 @BlueJays pic.twitter.com/rPML2kgyBT — Toronto Maple … Read more
Following their day off on Thursday, the Leafs returned to practice on Friday morning as they get set for their home and home with the Detroit Red Wings. We kicked off the Friday edition of Leafs Morning Take by addressing Thursday night’s 14 game card in the NHL. Remarkably, there are ZERO games tonight. That’s … Read more
The Toronto Maple Leafs‘ opening night win over the Montreal Canadiens was overshadowed by the Toronto Blue Jays squaring off against the New York Yankees. Throughout the night, the scoreboard at Scotiabank Arena provided updates on the playoff game taking place in the Bronx and even showed game footage during the intermission. At one point … Read more
What a night for Toronto sports. It wasn’t pretty but the Leafs took care of business against the rival Montreal Canadiens 5-2 in the season opener. Then, the Blue Jays smothered the Yankees by the same 5-2 score to punch their ticket to the American League Championship Series. Suffice it is to say, we were … Read more
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman was in attendance for the Toronto Maple Leafs’ home opener against the Montreal Canadiens. Not to announce anything specific, but just because he wanted to be there. Bettman took questions from the media ahead of the game and spoke fondly of the Maple Leafs, who recently topped Sportico’s NHL franchise valuations, … Read more
Last season, the Toronto Maple Leafs opened their season with a 1-0 loss to the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre. Exactly one year later, the two teams are set to face off on Wednesday to kick off the season once again, this time from Scotiabank Arena. Both these groups are coming into the year … Read more