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The Leafs next play tomorrow night, against the heavily injured Columbus Blue Jackets. But for today, you get to read links. Oh, Jack Eichel, the places you'll go! Buccigross with a piece on Jack Eichel. Kadri, Lupul proving point totals aren’t everything Should be fun when they

The Leafs lost 4-1 to the Bruins and it really wasn't a very good game.

The Leafs play the Bruins tonight at 7 - only there's no Chara to be seen. Have some links until then! Leafs to Honor Fallen The Leafs, Senators, and Habs will honor Warrant Office Patrice Vincent and Cpol. Nathan Cirillo tonight. Lee Stempniak and North-South Hockey Blue Shirt

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If you missed last night's game, we'll kick things off with the game in six: Simply put, the Leafs had no answer for Zetterberg's passing. Detroit was able to gain the zone easily, and then they were able to pass through the slot easily

In "Maple Leafs bet big on Big Data with analytics partnership," Mirtle explores the Leafs' new partnership with SAS Analytics. Given the buzzword status of "big data," that level of collection might make me nervous if not for the Leafs' newly hired analytics department.

The Leafs will host the Penguins tonight at 7, as every team in the NHL takes the ice tonight. "Hockey all day!" you might think - but no. There are nine games starting at 7, and the rest of the league follows afterwards. Re-Evaluating Dion Phaneuf -- A

There's only one game on tonight - Islanders vs. Hurricanes. Always seems weird that the NHL so rarely schedules Friday night games, considering Saturday and Sunday are football days in the US (and some on Monday and Thursday as well). Beside than tonight's relative hiatus, the

I'm in love with this picture. One of the brighter sides to losing last night's game is that we won't have to deal with the overinflated expectations that come with a hot start, I suppose. Read last night's recap, talk about the

Toronto lost 4-3 to the Montreal Canadiens on the season's opening night.

The final round of roster cuts are expected today, as the deadline is Tuesday and the Leafs kick off their season on Wednesday. Here's what Jonas Siegel has to say: No sign of Colton Orr. Carter Ashton though is with the Leafs. Appears he and not Orr has

In their last game of the pre-season, the Leafs beat the Red Wings 5-1 - although 5 Gustavsson goals translate to roughly 3 non-Gustavsson goals. Two goals from the Captain, one from Gardiner, Kozun with a beautiful little flip (he had a three point night), and one from JVR. Here&

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The evening opened with Chris Stewart scoring a backhand goal on a short breakaway, which was met with a Roman Polak goal after Bozak absolutely threads the needle on a pass. Bozak gets right back into the spotlight, getting in front of the net and going top corner on Neuvirth.

The Maple Leafs played a pair of split squad games against the Senators. They dropped both - one 4-3 in the shootout and one 3-2 in regular time. There were goals from JVR, from Kadri, from Rielly, and from Carrick. I haven't been able to watch much pre-season

You remembered to go hang out with PPPPeople, right? You've read through all the Top 25 Under 25? Okay, then you can read these links: Breakdown: Who will make the Maple Leafs The pre-season competition is upon us. Mirtle: Breaking up Leafs’ top line makes sense Especially if

David Alter has the list of players and their numbers for this weekend's training camp. Should be fun as we all follow along and read too deeply into premature line decisions, fights, and performances! Until that kicks off, enjoy these links: Goalie situation frustrates Wild coach Yeo "

The Toronto Maple Leafs rookies will face off against Chicago's tonight at 7! Then against Ottawa tomorrow, and Pittsburgh on Tuesday. You can find the roster and schedule here. I'm sure twitter and the comments section will be overflowing with amateur analysis of the year'

12 days until pre-season and another piece falls into place. I hope you're reading up on the Top 25 Under 25 because there will be a quiz at the end. Spencer Abbott Re-Signs 575k for one year. Moore Re-signs with NYR 850.5k for one year. New York

What do you have planned for this late summer weekend? Soccer's back, football's starting on Sunday, and rookie camp's a week away. Sports are in the air, my friends! Until then, try reading: Puck Daddy’s NHL 2014-15 Emoji Preview: Toronto Maple Leafs Randy

Yesterday, QMI News Agency reported Sidney Crosby had been arrested in Ottawa for DUI - turns out, "jail" sounds a lot like "Vale," as the star was in Colorado rather than Canada's Capital. The Sun, devoting all the fact-checking resources you'd expect,

Two weeks until rookie camp, three weeks until pre-season, and four-and-a-half weeks until the regular season. Enjoy the long weekend as a typically hockey-free August fades away. Good time to catch up on all the great prospect rankings that have gone out. Jersey Fouls: An Avalanche of failure; Wild consolidation;

Rumor is that the league is considering an expansion to Seattle, Las Vegas, Quebec City and a second team in Toronto. Could we actually see hockey players in Las Vegas for a reason other than to bore the crap out of everyone who lost the remote? Would anyone here consider

Only 30 more days until Leafs' pre-season hockey opens up. Tim Leiweke’s pending departure: good or bad for the Maple Leafs? Thousands of radios across the GTA have deflated. How much does a standings point cost in the NHL? Estimating the amount of money NHL teams need to

Boy there sure is a lot more to talk about than I'd have guessed for August 21st. The NHL: Are things finally going right for two NHL laughingstocks? The latest from DGB. The Stats: Reviewing Rob Vollman's "Hockey Abstract 2014" A book review of