Toronto maple leafs articles
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Keefe fired as Maple Leafs coach, no replacement named
Sheldon Keefe was fired as coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday. No replacement was named. The Maple Leafs lost the Eastern Conference First Round in seven games to the Boston Bruins and have advanced beyond the opening round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs once (2023) since 2004. They went 46-26-10 in the regular season to finish third in the Atlantic Division with 102 points. “Today’s decision was difficult," Maple Leafs general manager Brad Treliving said. "Sheldon is an excellent coach...
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The Maple Leafs changed the way they play in the playoffs and lost because of it
It took eight disappointing years, but the finally did it. After back-to-back 2-1 wins in Games 5 and 6, they achieved the platonic ideal of playoff hockey they’ve desperately longed for in the Auston Matthews-Mitch Marner era. They won The Right Way. The Leafs played two “perfect” games. They won a close, tight-checking, defensive, grind-it-out slog-fest — the type of victory many previous Stanley Cup champions had to pull out of their hat at least once or twice en route to glory. They doubled...
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Saint-Etienne set for purchase by Raptors, Maple Leafs owners
Storied French soccer club Saint-Etienne said on Monday it was in exclusive talks for a sale to the owner of the Toronto Raptors and Toronto Maple Leafs.