It’s Game 7 time. I’m not sure much more preamble is required than that. Try to enjoy the anxiety-ridden day in front of you. Here are a pair of stray thoughts: The fact that few teams come back from 3-1 deficits in a series doesn’t matter.
On an off-day on Friday, Sheldon Keefe discussed the team’s growth throughout the series, the power play’s struggles, and preparation for Game 7. Has Auston Matthews made any progress toward a return?
The two best words in sports? Game seven. The Maple Leafs played a perfect road game on home ice and snapped their six-game playoff losing streak at Scotiabank Arena.
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe appeared to be extremely impressed with his team after authoring a 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins in Game 6, staving off elimination for the second consecutive game.
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins will face off in Game 6 tonight at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena as ghosts of postseasons past whoosh heavily through the air.
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe talked about the team’s mindset in Game 5 following their stellar performance in a 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins.
Sheldon Keefe addressed the media after the Maple Leafs’ 2-1 overtime win over the Boston Bruins in Game 5 of the ECQF playoff series. On Joseph Woll’s composure: It’s more just about consistency in his routine.
Toronto Maple Leafs head Coach Sheldon Keefe has been criticized for his statement following his team’s 3-1 loss to the Boston Bruins in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. When asked about his team’s effort following the loss, Keefe responded, “Nothing wrong with our effort level here tonight.
Timing is everything and right now, the Toronto Maple Leafs are on the wrong side of it. It was to everyone’s surprise during the final frame of Game 4, that Auston Matthews didn’t come out of the Leafs’ tunnel for action.
The reality that the Toronto Maple Leafs were facing the Boston Bruins in the first round of the playoffs provided just as much fear as it did optimism.
Speaking about the Toronto Maple Leafs’ playoff woes, NHL insider Chris Johnston noted on his podcast this week that audio likely exists of the bench argument between William Nylander and teammates Mitch Marner and Auston Matthews.
Auston Matthews may not be available for the Toronto Maple Leafs in a do-or-die Game 5 playoff situation against the Boston Bruins. Head coach Sheldon Keefe said he was hopeful, and noted his status for tomorrow is “yet to be determined”.
The Toronto Maple Leafs find themselves in a familiar and troubling position once again as they face a 3-1 deficit against the Boston Bruins in the playoffs.
As Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman put it himself in the latest episode of 32 Thoughts: The Podcast, Game 4 on Saturday night may have been rock bottom for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Brad Treliving is getting his first taste of the Stanley Cup Playoffs as general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs and needless to say, he can’t be too pleased with the dish.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are in serious trouble. In what felt like a must-win Game 4 on Saturday, they had by far and away their worst effort of the series, falling by a 3-1 final.
Last night’s loss by the Toronto Maple Leafs to the Boston Bruins set social networks ablaze for a variety of reasons. Whether it was the words of the Leafs’ stars on the bench, or Sheldon Keefe’s comments after the game, everything is being picked up and analyzed this morning to talk about another Toronto playoff collapse.
With the Toronto Maple Leafs on the ropes after a disheartening showing in Game 4, Sheldon Keefe decided not to read the room when assessing his team’s play.
Boston Bruins pesky forward Brad Marchand is at it again.
The rivalry between the Bruins and Maple Leafs is heating up in the aftermath of the B's dramatic 4-2 victory in Game 3 on Wednesday.
Brad Marchand was the catalyst of a 4-2 Toronto Maple Leafs loss to the Boston Bruins in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference first-round series on Wednesday night — and Sheldon Keefe was not happy with the captain’s antics afterwards.
Boston Bruins captain Brad Marchand is apparently cooking dinner in the collective head of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Brad Marchand scored two goals and
After Brad Marchand's third-period heroics helped the Boston Bruins secure a 4-2 Game 3 win and a 2-1 series advantage over the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, head coach Sheldon Keefe was in no mood to praise the rival.
For one Toronto Maple Leafs superstar, Monday night at TD Garden will go down as a defining performance. Auston Matthews was everywhere in Game 2 against
How much do special teams matter in the playoffs? Not as much as they used to. I argued as much just a few weeks back when crunching the numbers of the past 10 Stanley Cup champions.
You expect it at this point. It's the start of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, so it's time for the Toronto Maple Leafs' potent regular-season offense to disappear and for their players to panic in the glare of the postseason bright lights and do inexplicable things on the ice.
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