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JVR and Kessel are playing against Chara and Hossa right now. Phil Kessel and JVR each have an assist and a couple great shots, and it's clear that "Olympic sized ice" is not incompatible with hits or scoring chances. Canada will be on ice at noon,

It was all Florida from the moment the puck dropped.

The Leafs play the Panthers tonight, and they've brought along the Orr-Smithson-McLaren line. In today's day and age, it's hard to ice three sub-NHL players at the same time, but Randy's creativity knows no bottom. If tonight's game inspires you

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Yet another game that got tough to watch quickly, but this time the Leafs came back to lose in overtime, rather than the first twenty minutes. Scheifele opened the scoring when the puck squeezed through Reimer (pictured above), then Blake Wheeler converted on the power play and the Leafs were

The Leafs continue their western road trip tonight, when they visit Winnipeg. Puck drops at seven eastern, but you can catch hockey starting at noon, as the Sens play the Canes, then a couple of one o'clock games. Hockey all day rules. Some pre-game links! For Lindy, A

Leafs get embarrassed in Dallas, 7-1.

I know the teams and players hate it, but man do I love when the league plays with a condensed Olympic schedule. More hockey than you can shake a stick at. Trades: Maple Leafs Trade for Brandon Kozun | Toronto Maple Leafs Marlies make a move. Crescenzi heads to the Monarchs.

The Leafs' skilled forwards and defensemen threw four goals up early to carry the Leafs past Nathan MacKinnon's second-half pair.

The skill players delivered and the Habs were sent home without any points at all.

The truth is, it's weird not having Leaf Hockey on Saturday night. After a week where we all forgot to make fun of Don Cherry, the Leafs will return to HNIC tonight against the Montreal Canadiens. Links! Kadri trade talk makes no sense for Leafs Duh. No Place

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Tyler Bozak banged in a rebound, Henrique put up a PPG. JVR did his work in close off a Franson rebound, and Ryan Clowe tied the game up on a breakaway. The Leafs had a goal called off, the game would head to a shootout, and the coin would land

Ovechkin scored, in part because there's no one on that side to challenge him as he walks in off a line change (can't tell if Franson, coming on-ice after a line change, stopped skating before or after the shot got away). JVR tipped a puck in

The Leafs have fallen to seventh, with the possibility of ending tonight in ninth (with wins from Ottawa and New Jersey). They'll play Sunday against the Devils, then a back to back: Bruins on Tuesday and Sabres on Wednesday. The rough stretch continues. Links! VLM: Can the Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs were blown out of their own building by the Rangers in a 7-1 loss. Despite obvious red flags, from ownership to the coaching staff, it seems like no one is willing to question their own performance.

ESPN's Scott Burnside wrote about how team USA was built. There's some real gold from Calgary's President of Hockey Operations, Brian Burke: Brian Burke says he'd had a dream the U.S. team lost a medal game because of a mistake made

There isn't any NHL hockey on today, but you can watch the World Juniors Tournament. Canada plays Germany, Norway players Russia, the Swiss play the Swedes, and the Czechs will play the US. Leafs prospects Fredrick Gauthier (CAN), Fabrice Herzog (SUI), and Andreas Johnson (SWE) will all be

Leafs get massively outshot. Goaltending gets the team a point. You've heard this song before.

The Leafs front office enjoys getting on the radio and talk about how injuries to their second and third best centers are really holding the team back. Pittsburgh, on the other hand, is missing Evgeni Malkin, James Neal, Paul Martin, Kris Letang, Brooks Orpik, Rob Scuderi, Tanner Glass, Beau Bennett,

D'Amigo scores his career first, Lupul puts up a four point night, and Holland netted two. It was a fun night to be a Leafs fan.

Bruins media will be homers, Clarkson faces suspension, the Leafs play the Blackhawks, and 24/7 kicks off tonight.

The Leafs gave up 22 shot attempts and three goals in 20 minutes, and despite a pair of goals and a deflection, the game stayed ugly for the last 40.

The Leafs played LA last night, and they'll play St Louis tonight. Oof. Expect Reimer to start, but I don't know that we'll see many more lineup changes. Keep an eye on how much Gardiner plays after hitting 26 minutes last night. Here are

In stark contrast to the usual - winning poorly - the Leafs managed to play very well in a 3-1 loss to the LA Kings. And it's thanks to the team's skill players.