For the second time in just three seasons, we will be treated to a battle between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Florida Panthers in the NHL’s Eastern Conference Final, beginning on Tuesday. That seemed like an unfathomable reality just a decade ago, but both franchises have gone from mediocrity and relocation rumors to becoming bona … Read more
The Florida Panthers have defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-1 in Game 7 of the second round and will move on to play the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Final. While Matthew Knies was questionable to play, he was in the lineup, and Anthony Stolarz was on the bench serving as the backup to … Read more
The Toronto Maple Leafs managed to squeak out a win in Game 6 of the second round to push their series against the Florida Panthers to Game 7. Say the words ‘Game seven’ to any Leafs fan and they’ll shudder. The team has yet to win a Game 7 in the Auston Matthews/Mitch Marner era, … Read more
Credit to the Toronto Maple Leafs. When the heat was turned up, they delivered, led by their star players, their goaltender, and a depth player who needed a favourable bounce more than anybody. After two periods of lockjaw hockey, featuring a good first period from the Leafs and a not so good second, Auston Matthews … Read more
Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer A point of conventional hockey wisdom very much applies to the Charlotte Checkers and the Florida Panthers, their NHL parent team. All other elements being equal, ideally an AHL team can tailor its philosophies to its NHL parent team. There may well be times when those objectives need some flexibility, … Read more
The Toronto Maple Leafs suffered what could be argued as the worst playoff loss of the Core Four era, in terms of both play and circumstance. They laid an egg for a 6-1 loss on home ice with the series tied 2-2 and now have to return to Sunrise with the extremely daunting task of … Read more
The Florida Panthers take on the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 5 of their second-round matchup at Scotiabank Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. Eastern Conference Second Round, Game 5 7 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, ESPN Best-of-7 series tied 2-2 Panthers projected lineup Jesper … Read more
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner won’t dwell on the lack of a penalty on the play where he got elbowed by Florida Panthers defenceman Dmitry Kulikov. The incident in question occurred during Game 4 on Sunday night, in which no call was issued to Kulikov on the play. Marner suffered no apparent injury and … Read more
It probably doesn’t feel like it, but the Toronto Maple Leafs are in a good position heading back home for Game 5 against the Florida Panthers on Wednesday. The Leafs beat the Panthers 5-4 in Game 1 and 4-3 in Game 2, before dropping Game 3 5-4 in overtime and Game 4 by a score … Read more
The second round matchup between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Florida Panthers is headed back to Toronto tied 2-2, and frankly, Florida winning one of these games handily had to happen at some point. After a pair of Leafs wins at home followed by a loss in Game 3 in an affair of bounces, the … Read more