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With the Toronto Maple Leafs still in search of only their second win of the season, all eyes were on Phil Kessel at practice on Monday as the young forward skated on a line with Matt Stajan and Jason Blake.
Kessel, who has been recovering from off-season shoulder surgery, could make his Leafs debut on Tuesday night when Toronto plays host to the Tampa Bay Lightning. He will undergo a final test Continue reading ‘Kessel skates on top line at Leafs practice’
MONTREAL – The Toronto Maple Leafs have reached a critical point in the learning curve. That point where it becomes easy to say, “We’re close every night. We’re just not getting any breaks.”
“Poor us.”
Spend a Saturday around this group, and you certainly hear too much about the breaks they aren’t getting. As if good luck is something that is owed to this last-place team. Or something they have earned.
But give some credit Continue reading ‘Spector: Leafs need to make own breaks’
The Toronto Maple Leafs finally earned their first win of the season, but they still have plenty of work left to do if they hope to climb out of the Eastern Conference cellar.
They’ll hope to use the momentum from their breakout performance as they continue their road trip with Wednesday’s visit to Dallas, where the Stars will be trying to reverse a trend of problems at home.
Toronto relieved some of the pressure from its franchise-worst Continue reading ‘If Stars align, Leafs may win second-straight’
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A casual observer would never have guessed the Toronto Maple Leafs were the last winless team in the NHL.
There were smiles all around as players exchanged barbs and finished packing up their equipment for the start of a five-game road trip on Thursday.
The 0-6-1 team had just wrapped up a fourth straight day on the practice ice — a potentially monotonous stretch that the Leafs have tried to turn Continue reading ‘Winless Leafs look for answers on the road’
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In an attempt to break the tension surrounding a winless team, the Toronto Maple Leafs mixed in some dodge ball at practice on Thursday, with GM Brian Burke watching from the seats.
The light-hearted morning skate also included Phil Kessel, who practised with the team for the first time since arriving in a trade with Boston. Kessel is not expected to be back in the lineup until November as he Continue reading ‘Winless Leafs go light-hearted at practice’
TORONTO — Goaltender Jonas Gustavsson had minor heart surgery, rookie right-winger Mikhail Stefanovich scored two goals in a scrimmage and returning forward John Mitchell continued to impress at Maple Leafs training camp Tuesday.
The NHL club’s exhibition opener is at home Wednesday against Boston and coach Ron Wilson says among players in the lineup will be rookie standouts Tyler Bozak and Nazem Kadri, comeback longshot Jason Allison Continue reading ‘Leafs Gustavsson has heart surgery’
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TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs opened training camp Saturday with fitness tests and the promise that they’ll be a much tougher team to play against this season.
The off-season acquisitions of bruising defencemen Mike Komisarek, Francois Beauchemin and Garnet Exelby and of belligerent forward Colton Orr clearly showed where GM Brian Burke is steering the Leafs as they begin pursuit of the Continue reading ‘New-look Leafs vow to be tougher’
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TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs opened training camp Saturday with fitness tests and the promise that they’ll be a much tougher team to play against this season.
The off-season acquisitions of bruising defencemen Mike Komisarek, Francois Beauchemin and Garnet Exelby and of belligerent forward Colton Orr clearly showed where GM Brian Burke is steering the Leafs as they begin pursuit of the Continue reading ‘New-look Leafs vow to be tougher’
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TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs opened training camp Saturday with fitness tests and the promise that they’ll be a much tougher team to play against this season.
The off-season acquisitions of bruising defencemen Mike Komisarek, Francois Beauchemin and Garnet Exelby and of belligerent forward Colton Orr clearly showed where GM Brian Burke is steering the Leafs as they begin pursuit of the Continue reading ‘New-look Leafs vow to be tougher’
TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs traded goaltender Justin Pogge to the Anaheim Ducks on Monday for a conditional draft pick in 2011.
Pogge had one win in seven appearances and a 4.35 goals-against average with the Leafs last season.
He spent most of the season with the American Hockey League’s Toronto Marlies, posting 26 wins and a 2.70 GAA in 53 games while leading the team to the North Division semifinals, where they lost to Continue reading ‘Maple Leafs deal Pogge to Ducks’
