Toronto Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Knies, OEL, Andrae & Irritating Strategy – The Hockey Writers – Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs have been busy enough this offseason to keep fans talking, but not so busy that we know exactly where things are headed. More and more, that’s looking like it might be by design. Sometimes the most interesting moves aren’t the ones that happen. They’re the ones that don’t. Over the past…

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NHL Rumors: Nurse to Bruins, Byram Trade, Kane’s Future, Maple Leafs Passed on Cassidy – The Hockey Writers – NHL Rumors

In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Edmonton Oilers are exploring trade options for Darnell Nurse, the Buffalo Sabres could be moving Bowen Byram, the Toronto Maple Leafs made a surprising coaching decision, and Patrick Kane’s future with the Detroit Red Wings remains up in the air. Oilers Exploring Market for Darnell Nurse The Edmonton Oilers…

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Canadiens Offseason Focus Needs to be Fixing Bottom Six – The Hockey Writers – Montreal Canadiens

It is a brutal, unyielding truth as old as the Stanley Cup itself: you can’t survive the punishing, bone-crushing gauntlet of the playoffs on skill alone when your bottom-six gets physically overwhelmed. When the Montreal Canadiens watched their unexpected, exhilarating playoff run dissolve in a five-game Eastern Conference Final (ECF) exit against the Carolina Hurricanes,…

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What the Maple Leafs’ Woll & Benoit Trade Says About Their New Direction – The Hockey Writers – Toronto Maple Leafs

The biggest surprise about the Toronto Maple Leafs‘ June 16 trade with the Philadelphia Flyers wasn’t that Joseph Woll was moved. Once Anthony Stolarz established himself as the team’s starter and Dennis Hildeby continued pushing for NHL time, a move always felt possible. What caught my attention was the other part of the deal. Toronto…

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