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The Toronto Maple Leafs may face as much pressure as any professional sports team in North America. The Dallas Cowboys may be America’s Team, but the Maple Leafs are clearly Canada’s team. Nearly all hockey fans can repeat the sad statistic that has dogged this franchise for decades. Even though the Maple Leafs are historically […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are entering an intriguing season with John Tavares and Mitch Marner both having expiring contracts next offseason, and as training camp is set to start, both players spoke on their situations, and they took different approaches. “Obviously I want to be here,” John Tavares said, via Chris Johnston of The Athletic. […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs and forward Mitch Marner are embroiled in contract negotiations. Marner has been the scapegoat for their playoff struggles over the past five years. While he has been a great regular-season player, they could move on from him to improve their team elsewhere. TSN’s Darren Dreger reported that the two sides are […]

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner has been the scapegoat for the team’s recent playoff woes. He scored just three points in seven playoff games last year and became the face of the loss to the Boston Bruins. Marner became a trade target for many teams, thinking they were going to be tearing apart their […]

Toronto Maple Leafs fans have been asking for a trade shake-up for years. The core four of Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, William Nylander, and John Tavares have been unable to get the team past the second round of the playoffs despite their high salaries. The salaries also hurt the development of their young stars like […]

The Vegas Golden Knights struggled through most of the regular season but grabbed a wild card spot in the postseason. They started with a 9-0-1 record through the season’s first month but cooled down as the season wore on and injuries piled up. The Golden Knights drew a difficult matchup in the postseason, facing the […]

Immediately after the Toronto Maple Leafs suffered another early elimination from the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a first-round series loss at the hands of the Boston Bruins last May, questions about the future of Mitch Marner with the team started to become among the main topics concerning the franchise. Over a month later since that […]

Trade speculation continues to swirl relentlessly around Toronto Maple Leafs star forward Mitch Marner, who is virtually No. 1 on every single trade board that’s been made since the season ended. But that doesn’t guarantee that Marner, who is from Toronto and has played his entire career for the franchise, will be traded before the […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs must figure out how to clear up some cap space. Kyle Dubas left the team with plenty of question marks after his tenure as general manager, as the top-heavy nature of their contracts has put them in a difficult spot with their depth. Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews, John Tavares, and William […]

The Nashville Predators need a star offensive player like Mitch Marner, who is on the trade block for the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Leafs don’t want to trade Marner, but the writing could be on the wall as they battle an extreme cap crunch. Ex-General Manager Kyle Dubas left the team in a difficult spot […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have been one of the most predictable teams in the National Hockey League. Every season they are viewed as one of the most physically talented teams in the league and they regularly perform well during the regular season. But the playoffs are another story. Once the Maple Leafs reach the postseason […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs endured another disappointing playoff run when they once again lost another seven-game series in the first round against the Boston Bruins. As a result, big changes are expected to be made this offseason, and while one of them has already been made, with Sheldon Keefe getting fired as the team’s head […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs face a significant decision regarding how to manage the Mitch Marner situation in the coming months. The speculations surrounding Marner’s future intensified last week when the Maple Leafs’ star forward was spotted in a Toronto coffee shop having a conversation with new coach Craig Berube. Maple Leafs not wanting to make […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have a new coach in Craig Berube replacing Sheldon Keefe to try to help the team get over the hump in the postseason after another disappointing first-round exit, and general manager Brad Treliving is expected by many to make significant changes, with Mitch Marner’s name at the center of attention, but […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are again heading home for an early summer following yet another Round 1 exit from the Stanley Cup Playoffs. In a scene already played out three times prior, the Leafs failed to emerge victorious over the rival Boston Bruins in Game 7 at downtown Boston’s TD Garden despite having held the […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs once again suffered a disappointing first-round playoff exit at the hands of the Boston Bruins, losing in overtime of Game 7, and with questions about his future with the team and a potential contract extension looming, Mitch Marner spoke about what it means for him to play for the original six […]

An important part of the Toronto Maple Leafs lineup is expected to return to action when the team takes the ice Saturday night in Montreal against the Canadiens. Right winger Mitch Marner is expected to be in uniform and will take his regular shift and play on the Toronto power play as he returns from […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have been without one of their best forwards for over three weeks, but that could soon change as Mitch Marner continues to inch closer to a return. The 26-year-old participated in a full practice with the Leafs on Friday — his first since suffering a high ankle sprain in a 4-1 […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have made a flurry of moves in recent days as the Atlantic Division race has heated up. The Leafs’ Head Coach Sheldon Keefe is planning to put together a strong roster and several players have shuffled in and out of the lineup lately with the Leafs eight points out of first […]

Toronto Maple Leafs superstar forward Mitch Marner has missed each of his team’s last eight games, and the 26-year-old is expected to be on the shelf for at least two more. Marner won’t play again this week — either against the Washington Capitals at home on Thursday, or vs. the Buffalo Sabres in Western New […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs’ Mitch Marner is having an outstanding season with 51 assists, tied for the team lead, and 76 points on the season, good for third among all Leafs players. His injury status has been a hot topic of conversation recently and many fans are just now waking up to the news. Recently, […]

Before he turned heads as a star in the NHL, Mitch Marner applied his incredible skill in the Ontario Hockey League with the London Knights. With the Knights, he formed a fearsome tandem with fellow forward Max Domi that went on to etch their names in Knights history. Now, the two are reunited with the […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs added a ton of sandpaper in free agency, bringing Ryan Reaves, Tyler Bertuzzi and Max Domi into the fold — and superstar Mitch Marner elegantly explained what the trio will bring to the team next season. “All three of those guys can play with snot, p**s, and vinegar,” Marner said on […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs finally managed to win their first playoff series since 2004 this postseason, but they didn’t do much after that unfortunately. The Maple Leafs were quickly bounced by the Florida Panthers in their Eastern Conference semifinals series in five games, only adding to the franchise’s recent playoff woes. However, there were signs […]

In a must-win Game 3 against the Florida Panthers on Sunday night, the Toronto Maple Leafs absolutely needed their best players to show up — and, in a trend that has become all too familiar in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner were nowhere to be found. The two highest paid players […]

The streak is over! For nearly two decades, the Toronto Maple Leafs were the eternal meme of the NHL. They would make the playoffs almost every time, only to lose in the first round over and over again. Whether they were the favorites or the underdogs, they were unable to break this curse. Now, the […]

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner has moved ever closer to breaking a long-standing franchise record. When Marner scored the game-winner for the Maple Leafs off a power-play goal in the third period of Wednesday night’s matchup against the visiting Nashville Predators, he successfully tied the franchise’s record for longest point streak at home set […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have had plenty to celebrate of late, with two of their superstar players having etched their names in the franchise history books during the same week. Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner both joined the 500-point club this week, becoming the fastest two players to achieve the career milestone in franchise history. […]

While it’s usually Auston Matthews soaking up headlines for the Toronto Maple Leafs, it’s been a bit of a different story during the 2022-23 NHL season. Through the first 38 games of the season, it’s William Nylander who leads the Leafs in scoring this season. Nylander’s dominant season drew a brutally honest take from fellow […]

Team Canada is heading to the World Juniors Final against the Czech Republic after spanking Team USA 6-2 in the semifinals on Wednesday night. By no surprise, Connor Bedard played his part again, scoring once and tallying an assist, taking his points total for the tournament to a whopping 23 points. That’s a Canadian record. […]

When Mitch Marner and his Toronto Maple Leafs travel to Texas to take on Jason Robertson and the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night, National Hockey League history will be made. For the first time since the league’s inception in 1917, two players riding a point streak of 18 games or more will face off. Robertson […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are red hot, as they continue their unbeaten run with a 3-1 home win over the San Jose Sharks Wednesday night. Even hotter than the Maple Leafs as a team is forward Mitch Marner, who had his fingerprint in the win against San Jose, as his insurance goal in the third […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs were widely expected to be one of the top Stanley Cup contenders in the NHL again this season, despite their recent inability to make it out of the first round of the playoffs. But they have struggled to open the 2022-23 season, crawling out to a 4-4-2 record in their first […]

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe had some eye-opening comments about the team’s top line, including Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner, following their defeat to the Arizona Coyotes in their home opener. On Thursday, Marner told reporters that he and Keefe had a discussion about his comments, during which Keefe offered an explanation for […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are looking to snap an unwanted streak of first-round playoff exits in 2022-23, and heading into the campaign, there’s optimism that this could be the year they make a run. The Maple Leafs have plenty of star talent, yet whether it be due to tough first-round matchups or key players failing […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are already shorthanded on defense as the preseason gets underway, leaving Sheldon Keefe searching for answers. Among the moves he’s mulling experimenting with is potentially playing Mitch Marner on defense. According to Luke Fox, Toronto is experimenting with using Marner as a situational defenseman, describing the role as being something like […]

Things have gotten from bad to worse for Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner. Just days after Marner witnessed the Tampa Bay Lightning steal a win in Game 7 against his team, the skater got involved in a terrifying incident when he got carjacked at gunpoint in Toronto, according to Joe Warmington of the Toronto […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs will look to make a deep run in the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs after a strong regular season saw them finish second in the Atlantic Division. After five straight years of failing to advance past the first round of the playoffs in each of the past five seasons, Toronto will look […]

Mitch Marner was absolutely out of his mind Saturday night, as he led the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 10-7 (not a typo) road win over the Detroit Red Wings. Marner finished the game with four goals and two assists. He buried three of those goals in the second period. With his explosive performance, Marner […]